The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-11-18
REPUBLICAN RASCALlTY.
Nuns. Ltnewar d Pope.
Illinois State journal. !


The firm Of Mum, Linegar Il Pope, In
Republican rascality, located at Cairo,
ILL.,, among others Is in tribulation, by
reason Of the unearthing Of the whisky
ring frauds In the West. MIR. Mum, late
supervisor OF internal revenue Of this dis
trict, has been indicted at st. Louis, 'for
cOnspiring 10 defraud the government"
etc. For this oiicnse the punishment is
q tine, and Imprisonment In a peniten.
tiary from one ~ tive years.
The organization of the firm is about
Us follows: Mum Is the hcad-tlle grand
mOgul Linegar Is the outside manager
general business man, and Pope is NUNS
inside man or confidential clerk.
1t IS alleged that distiller By the name
OF Turner, at SagetOwn, ILL.,, fraudulently
issued stamps on about three hundred
and fifty packages Of whisky; that SUI
pcrvisor Mum found it out, reported the
transaction to headquarters ut Washing
ton; that In the meantime Turner en-
ployed an ex-State Senator Of Indiana, by
the name Of >. NJ. Barton, who was a sort
Of an agent for all the distillers In the
that Barton, as soon as Mum had re.
ported the Irregularities at Turner's
distillery to Washington, at
once put himself in commune
cation with Hon. David \. Linegar ut
Cairo, Munn's agent, when 1t was agreed,
after much correspondence, that II Mum
would recall his first report, So, 600 should
be paid by. Turner to NUNS agent.
barton paid the money, on or about the
lst Of July, 1874, as agreed, aud drew on
Turner for the cash Mum then sent an.
other report to Washington stating, that
Turner's distillery at Sagetown was all
right, he having been mistaken in the
first report, and wished it Withdrawn.
TO guard against accidents" in the fu-
ture, 1t was agreed with Munns
agents, through Barton, that a
man by the name of HOvey
should he appointed stOrekeeper at the
Sagetown distillery, and the distiller, in
consideration Of "having the right man
put in the right place" by Mum, agreed
to pay Munn's agent. who was Mr.. Da-
vid L. Linegar, 500 per month. This
part Of the contract failed ct first, as Col.
TillsOn, collector of the Quincy 1.-THE 4th
vey, as Mum had agreed. However, after
= long controversy, Mum succeeded in
getting HOvey In at Sagetown, and the
payment Of 500 had barely commenced
when Mr.. Mum was invited by Secretary
Bristow 10 step down and out.
The above are the allegations on which
Mr.. Num- was indicted In st. LOUIS the
other day, and 1t IL said he will be in
dicted in the United States court in this
city next January. for having received
another $4,000 from Lebanon, ILL.,, dis
tiller, for ~ similar crooked whisky trans
action. 1t Is also said that Linegar and
Pope, NUNS Cairo partners, will also be
invited to the captains office 'fOr con-
spiring to dcfraud the government" etc.
Joyce, who has just been sentenced to |
three years and a halfin the penitentiary,
and to pay fine Of 5000 for .'conspir- |
ing to defraud the government" etc,
must present an encouraging outlook to |
the remainder Of the ''fricnds."
We are informed, upon what we deem
rs good authority, that the old whisky
which existed prior to the present. will
also have to go through the regular
course Of the law, as plenty OF good
bonds are In existence aud on file In |
Washington. If this is true, friends
must not Ike surprised IL they hear of
lightning striking In the vicinity of
Stand from under,