, 1875-12-30
THE SOUTH BRANCH oIsTMLERY.

bLer pfiFAt6 secretary.
THE SOUTH BRANCH DisTttlERY.
HOW IT WAS cAPTEnED.
When the Deputies took their departure iron,
tho Collectors Office, TRIBUNE reporter saw
among otherA tho fetroaung form OF William
Lougblin. Tho ieportor followed bis tack, eaw
tho deputy call q hack, and went immediately
nnd did llkowisc giving tho Jehu instTuctlon5 to
follow the lIat Cartilage. now but short dis
tsnco ahead. No time WAS lost, aud after long
ride, by . very cirCl1itou1 route In. Which tho
main stfee.s seemed to te Htudiously avoided
the carriage came ont on tho cornor Of lIaletcd
strect and Cnna!port avonuo. A drive Ok about
two blocks moro brought tho carriages to the cor
ucr Of Cana!port ayeuuc and Morgan etrost, tho
Deputy y back having somewhat the advantage of
The ono in which The TnlurSE man sat, but
not enough 10 prevent the lstser tro'n scosnR the
Deputy's coat-salla disappear through tue olice
door. The TniDrNE mno was Hoou beside him.
however, 10 watch The prosross Of eveuts. Tho
piaco in question was the South Branch Dtstil-
ling Compauy'a dlstillezy and warehouse, known
ss Registered Dihtillcry No. !. n concern against
which thoro l,aa not heretofore bean TIM least
breath ol suspicion, aud which ia owned By
plAo* powELly
q well.known aud htghy respected citizen Of
Chicago, against whoso nAmc aud fame any hints
Of "crookedneHs would haYa boon regarded ~
unequivocal ISLANDERS.
The Deputy cutered tho oflice as just 3:45,
aud found two Of tho storokeepers rrescnt,-A.
L. Minor aud T. II. Moatly, the Supern-
teudcut Of tho dst,esy. Theodoro e. hlm-
nsan. Making kuowu bis erraud, aud backing
up his doIuands NTH tho proper documents,
Depusg Loughlin quietly took Possession OF tao
promises without tic slightest Maulteatat.on Of
reslstHnce or oven Of fecllug, on the part Of tue
superintendent. After giving oracrs to hayo
tue work Vi. baud 60 GU, and alter that Ind
been accomplished. 10 shut down II once. Dep
MY LoughIlss, With Stogckooper Minor, and tic
Tribune reporter, started Out On
TOUR OF INSPECTION.
They first vinltcd tho warehouse, and took &C.
| couut Of stock. In 1t they found 122 barrels Ut
whlsky, ~ Ut spirits. and S6 and fraction of
hIgh"tuea, tho fractional pa1t being repro
aeuteu by cAsk containing about galous,
making 2o8 barrels iu oil con,a.utng tiluorB.
1ho nuulbor Of barrels found about tho prom
ises wRs 3G3 dlHpoaed about the place in tho fol-
| lowing mauno,: II wero found III tho barrel
houeo, 81 OF tho platform adJolulnS. l3i IN tho
yard sud ID on double wasuE ntu grasu box
a:.acAed which was standing III sho yard.
After tAis tour or inspection wAs concluded,
| tho Dsputy aud Stotekccper, accompanied by
! TUE TAlnl Ne man. wepdea tner Hhya til: oush
| tho laby1,uth.ue
INTERIOR or TIE p13TIIIEny,
| now RropluE III almost total uat!.ue6s and now
cunning !uto tlc light, uutn the patty had reached
| tho hAcuud story OF tlo building. where the grain
kcoptr tccelsed additiola! INSTRUCTIONS as to
| ktuMug e'erytlipF aeculeIy locked aud pad
| locAcd. Tie Mn6h IN hanb ihe Siorekcencr
| stated, would not bc fesincntcd before forty
| eight hours, and 1t would then i1hyo to ls run
! OF, NJ that it would take till uearly batutuuy
ntllt to run out tho tubs.
TlD patty taeu began tito G$*ans and CO..
terta
! Whfrn thH InHutV AtIf the Nurntarnr rnI1
| tiSares a.u uAde out their roiL,ris. lie A5ticts
hezt4 III tilu ottico were the furniture. oul.sist-
| lug Ut eugo aud = doub!c desk, and 4 tauio,
| mud tho bucks, OF which ehefe are tNo sets thu
| dist,llcr's IND tho Government books. lilo
| former includes bouk which ia us,1 to keep
| tho accouutB Vi grain received from tho ca.B.
| book uscd to enter receipts Of Erau from
/ Wagons. = purchase aud repair book fur grain.
tho diss.lIol'z book md the yeastug buck. The
Government books consist of the storcsecpcrs
into the dlssil!esJ.
] OF tho South Branra Dlsslllrry Ia l,2n0 bushels
per dav, n,id tho number ol c4ttIe fed il LUIS,
Tins d,atillcry commenced operations on tho 4yth
! dar Of September. 1874. tau seven mouths,
stopped for short tme, aud then started aga!u,
The superintendent, ar. kimmsn. stated that
| they were never ''yisitod before, and waa at q
total loBs TO account Tor tho PRESENT call on tho
-palt OF the Government officers. Go said thai
| Ito thought tne proprietor would bend out Tho
I ?
| Alr. Mokeiy, ono Ut tie 6torekeepers told tho
| reporter, III tho course OF 4 conversation. thut
| Ill. ronolt had said 10 him SONS tl,uo ago
| that ho would tAthef anything would
happen to him thAn to hare biz dia.illefy hczed,
N ha could not bear the disgrace attendant upon
such 8n actlou, oyon though ho Waa Perfectly
satisfied nothing Of ''crOUkoa" uat,lro could
! 10 proved against him. tho Deputy Collector,
Charles Louxhliu. told tho reporter that ha Lad
Just tho loaat IDEA ~ to shs reason for making
| tho seizure. and that waa that It WAS owing to
unpaid back taxcs- Eyon ia that case, It mas
most probably So1aathlng which had occurred
| louK wlile ago, ~ ho had not known Of anything
Of this kind during biz administration, "hiol, las
he tils. took tho position ~
| deputy tor that district, ho had indeed
found aolna very tEi,ial irregularities i4 cou-
Nection with tho management OF tho dlatlllery,
hut nothing which could 10 tortured lnto mean
Ing auytlIluX OF , CRIMINAL nature. These littlo
irregularities Lad all been corItGsod aud Ae Au,i-
posed that everything WAs Kotug Oh riRht aud
kuew uothiub to thu contrary until 1hs order
can!e to mako tho seizure. lie lad always
understood that 3lr. Powell had tho reputation
Of bein. particularly careful and straight u,an.
Tue rvlllalnlng Stutekeeper IL Henry II, buitA,
sud the GRngefn arc q. Coz and b. L. Er1Mn, none
OF whom were present whom tho l,cizu1e was
made. The UeputJ-Colleotor se1uaiAed A. the
prenise1 III care. of tue tWo Htorekeopets.
Mcsars. Miuo1 and Mokely, who re.na,neu on
watch laat ulght, rolluyiug each other It inter-
rails.
4 reporter called several times ut lilo rcstdenco
! Of Sls. ssnau Powell last night, for tho purpose
OF Intervening htn On tho bj1c Of tho 6clxule
OF tho 1onth branch uistsl!eEY ERCh time tAo