The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-22
Some Of Rindskoff's Crooked" Seized
in Rock Island


Most people who read the newspapers
know something about Prince Sam
Rindskoff, the big distiller, of Milwaukee. |
1t is only about year since he barely
escaped confscation and the penitentiary
for his crooked" ways in defrauding our
good Uncle Samuel of his proper stipend
of revenue. But he got out of the hands
of the officials, somehow, though everybody
believed that he ought to be in the peni-
tertiary. 1t was only last summer that he
managed to get the Liberal and Democrat
ic nomination for congress in the Milwaukee
district, delegates, no doubt, thinking
more of prince Sam" and his ways that
are dark and tricks that are vain than of
the people who sent them to the conven-
ton. Immediately after the delegates ad-
journed there was the biggest kind of row
around their ears, from the Democratic
people for such an outrageous and insulting
nomination. The result was that prince
Sam" was given his choice to decline or be
terribly beaten at the polls. He chose to
withdraw, and the Democrats then brought
out Hon. W .P.Lynde lone of the best men
in the state and the first man who ever went
to congress from the state) and elected him
by big majority. But this is enough Tor
a igression-intended only to refresh
, the recollection of our readers in regard to
the crooked" ways of prince Sam.
A few days ago orders were received al
the revenue Office here to send an abstract o.
the books of liquor dealers, of spirits receiv
ed from Rindskopf. The abstract was for
3, warded and on the strength of it the fol
lowing telegram was received in return
RI MILWAUKEE, May q,
: NJ T. Wiser, Deputy Collector, Rock Isl
and Seize at once, to day, all spirits a
kohn & Adler's, and Epstein & Co.'S, il
Rock Island, from Rindskopf Brothers, o
|" Of Milwaukee. Remove it to a safe place
= have it guaged and report it to me on form
i Number SO, with the exact abstract o
their books touching those liquors.
(Slgned) j. NJ. HEDRICK, Supr.
In accordance with these instruction
Deputy Collector Wiser seized II pack
ages at Kohn & Adler's, and % package
o at Epstein & Co.'S storing the same i
e Geo. Lamont's warehouse, in charge G
y Guager j. M. Beardsley, I'd, and report
e ing the facts as required.
% No suspicion of collision to defraud tn
revenue attaches to Messrs. Kohn & Adle
or Messrs. Epstein & Co. They bougt
the goods honestly, and in the regular wa.
re AS evidence of this, the entries of il
L purchase and receipt are fair and plain q
- their books,-and it is from these entire
that it is discovered that the revenae h;
not been paid. as no corresponding entri
can be found on the books of Rindsko]
n Brothers. 1t is, therefore. quite pla
that Rindskopf Brothers had wa
a, through the connivance or neglect of son
81 revenue officer in Milwaukee, of shippir
" goods without paying the tax. Kohn
" Adler having paid for their goods, have
Of remedy except upon Rindskopf Bro
Epstein & Co., had accepted drafts f
theirs, but the paper is not yet due al
el- they will now be justified in refusing pa
ee ment.
on Mr.. Wiser has also received orders
n seize the books of Kohn & Adler al
It Epstein & Co. (which he has done) al
an deliver them to Gen. Hedrick, at the Ne
hall House in Milwaukee. He will go
with them on Monday night. He expec
Gen. John Tilson, collector for this d
Oh trict, and his superior officer, will be he
~, Il on Monday.