, 1875-11-09
mt rasa 10 tate the responsbtty ef moving rst In
/ The Ert E,!Hrr.
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lEEAsrhy DsraarxE.7. OEyfcs or INTERNAL
*S j liz i;s , nD s.gi sar .ss. sss'
~ ,,'n d. lsl.t: tim, ~. 5aiy reeesved.
yo Yo' ~, t,"a,t a. ,a3 a'u s,T 5Gn h:rs s.ia t.
ih- United s.4ss. M,srict-Attorney. You OBJ
j.cted n thi', nrsine that Ia in:.rest was such
'Aent of t!c bI.inch,. rtE:I that hsd to tho
presen pr ,eeut.t ntsers trY.!:l.d by tho Gosetn-
w":e chHgt f>s c.1:'', an. ,nat your coutse va, 10
sh1w sh" ssair. srl a:ent TIA. TIC prs'+n. }s,r!ct
tr,,cr "i'+ md TIT sour m n:n.:. +, sr liz ri.
dchce whatever IL was. *fvsr she Dist lit Attorney
irn':ertl Ills ottcE l.'~ef;oss to tct.
tEeiaI EC Mt t. yo,l III W. Llua to &c. infomat!nn.
but lo s:turacd. hastnn te'n sou. and nte':itste
thing aroa wni.A - l,a:s ohciaI action.
Whenever you ran feel assured that the Instruments
s srs
n}rEate With yoa Cntil then, do not what mora
Ibis os''ee a'n do In ths m,.ter. '~'rsettnl!y
!. ". DouGi.Ats, Coaftslss!oner.
sr. 1Ust. sers. Is. ls7s.-DEAn SIN: Yorr letter of
ne SIN mt. re:escd aud IN ,iew ot ~nst la. passed.
f.t compelled eEyi.:n fh.. Mr. ii,ndH tsse p
HE tla lie ex.,sctsd 10 reura In ons week. whsca
vsud ys lin bot TS Or t"r.s ',. IN
I>,nt l,ans . n.lo snJ r.I.;nai in,*siix.3n. fos
no @E].IA AA4b ut HoA4o 1o uHt"e w
W.. Va ' a ,so!sston OF he iar. Tn,s So d,i
hts tn.lu!ar,s5 with tbs law and modes Of stealing
lc could be Of no s:rsloe For fuller exposition cpy
fs u to sa, IT, n9x n ~ 5 n
came here was Nth him nearly all tue time. aud
gave him information where s!regnl.at,e4 were ten
sa h"a.. @ tn.t "a. .e.a rnasans faur t'ss
;ss 1aoaut 2, sr.ia shsis pxrit .e",d
uauser be!na stsens, aud holding pos!slon in tuo
osite G'ooe, whi's o,tensy 0ips that Of Cor
et14uscr. Teqsetted liin to aubnt 70 an in-
es,1ew with lilo Internal Revenue officer In sespeet to
thess aud other fr,t1d'. This he declined n.a2niny
tEe law, ind isreg ga!artics were developed he wo|d
do nothing that 10 had no Instruction. Or authority
s @ wa .sn. ee M so
Essta Wclta sht rsr,e, aud leaving s.sttd that Ae
Esl all The Information he thought ptccaahry 10 hnst
In thih eonpcctInu permit no to call your stention
to The TACT hat Information Of 1i,uda' arrival here
vas received by mo srum attorney for the ThiasY
lose Of hia yiais, md described him zccusateiy This
flct being brought hung 10 ". linda he expressed
k:eat surrriae snd will DO him tho iucsco to say
that haya no tkoughta that tho Information caHu
f1o1n thu. sonEre
II ts quito singular that The members Of tle Ring
boah openly OF LeF aets. aud ray they are ton stFoE
-soItd-.o b. broken, and further, that you Afe q
| member.
Ihave not .sked, and do no. a.k That Mr. ratrck be
removed what ID NIX that, without h' or the
lnG~ knowledge, one 0! more experianccd detectives.
familiar with tLo whisky businets. be employed. and
tiiat be subrosfd 10 him until tho chain af
evidence is complete. Then he will l'e compelled %
prosecute fall. can de4ignAte two men, and. u
employed Will guarantee no. only tue e1stsure. hut
eouyic,!on Of tho 1ist Government officials ot this
| city. Truly yensr, --.
Accompanying those lettets wcto the athdarita
Of fro wcrkmon Of tue houee Of Dcrs, Frazier
L Co, including their foreman, sostinE forth 10
detail ths methods Of fraud practiced bv that
house, and giving tue nanacs Of the Qaueesa aud
Storekoepera who wcro personally araro OF all
the transactions. These afioarits act forth that
tho dis.illery ran through the night: that luoh
which vet Locked and sealed BY the proper oil
GERS wero habituaaly usod; that twico or three
timer tho amount Of grain reported was habitr1-
| ally used that it wae tho constant practice tc
remove stamps from largo lots Of whisky dump
| cd, aend them back to tho Gssll'ery. ard Attact
them to anothor lot for suiusnapt; Lat t1eF'
| wero arrangements BY which a!i the iEsegu1a
| mash could be Tun on rithin fifteen minutes Intl
| the BeHer. Tho parne4 Of the revenue o'Eccr
aud Of the members Of the firm wlo we're Priv.
10 these TRANSACTIONS wero also Hct forth in thcs
atidavita. They also represent these variou
frauds to have been prsctlced by th{a house to
noarly thtee years.