New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-11

There seems to ave been sthf'ey Iiiiit 10 lilis
aciior Of this kiid
II has also been discovered that the frauds have
even extended to duplicate and tIipcatc transac
tions with the wo', ale dealers stamp of ~ cents
In short, no means Of deIaudlS nocHis 10 lave bce
overlooked or neglect d.
Before the lublic movcrcrt Was made, means
were taken to secure transcripts of shipments re-
cciveA from ST. Louis. Chicago, and Milwaukee, mt
I'll r-ircinal roirts, both East and West. These
with the disillcrS' bool ard the records returned
hv collectors TO he crirr Of literal Rrvcrnr. will
NOW enable the olcrgs IN charge Of the matter 10
trace ont I'll tho details and rho fTll extent Of these
frnnds aud fix tie cXact official responsibility tor
Them. ColnpaIson.Atius far made ni!caic Liai HE
t. Lcus Gisiei~ have lccn pay ing al out onc-thirl
Of their lax ard before the examination ends, II IL
confidently believed lai 5o,cC0 barrels mado in tho
last ~ months which no tax was PAID VIII lie
traced.
TRACING WHISKY TO ALL PAITs or TIE COUNTRY
In the copying Of dray tickets all heavy shipments
Of whisky noted. ard the marks and points
oc destinations were tflrgrGphed through the chan
mel agreed rpon to Sccitcr Wilson. Trusted agents
OF his secret service force at dispatched to
The place Of arrival TO take the serial numbers Of
tlr uachaces TIC ~ p.ug returns f Che firms III
VOWED were then eNariusd sTd also the duwpire
paDris or in other words thc official report 81 each
lot If whisky scrt 10 Tic rcctfcrs and poured into
their cisicrns. thus in any instances it wrS a@"er-
tanned that large lois lad lren taken t"fhc rccihciS
and DUMPED ord The officers ha' certified to the
Commissioner Il Internal Rcvcrrc that they were
present saw the drmpiIC # such casks giving thc
serial numbers and had destroyed tho stamps. Eut
il is proved that the Stamps were not destroyed. AMI
that She e.ne barrels had leen taken lack with the
STAMPS unbroncn. EIl,d with "croo kcd" whisky and
7, y y a.,
of large les were detrcicd at New-YoIk. Whining
ton. Charleston Savannah, Ncw-Orlcaus. Mobile.
In r,any cases there had been duplication of
packages.
The following are the names of some Of The firms
in New-Yolk 10 which this illicit whisky was
shipped: W. g. Miller * Co.. No. 40 BroaA-st.; Seth
Fly & Co, No. II IS Front-st.; Tlos. ThacheI. No.
81 Drcad-st.: James A. Webb No l6j Broad-st.
At uthrr points tie following named firms were
fouud TO have received greater less portion: o.
7. Wtiiers y Go. and T. Mimic d Co.. Charleston;
H. Myers u Ere. and lemhaIGt kayton. Savannah
H. BIuuhill Il Bro, Wilmington a. Il. Mogrc, Mo-
bile; Paul jones' Clayton * Webb, and i. Cohen ~
CO.. Atlanta.
II does not necessarily follow that all these firms
are crminally implicated. Reports have also come ~
band That prove conclusvely that at I"any sore
points, at tie West chiefly, large lots of these Illicit
SpirILs nave been IettNttl.
rnK rxrrNr or TIE RING AscrigrAiHrp.
Thus the wide ramifcatiOns of the King were laid
bare with its center nj ST. Louis. it tonchcd every
point of importance reached by n radius sweeping
from New-York around to Newt Orleans. 1t is easily
seen that such transactions proved tho collision OF
nearly all rovcnuc officials, and the deliberate per
jury of many Of them.
As some of the G.Siills5s found ont that they were
all watched. they dropped their receipts of grain to
about n quarter of what they had been taking, and
sent out only about ouc-thnd az muth whisky. The
watchmcn were then taken of and discharged.
They had. however. asccrtaiucd the number
Of loads of grain. ard Tie capacity of the
wagons being known. the amounts received for u
considerable period were determined. a comparison
of these receipts with the amount sworn to in their
formal returns exposed the approximate amount Of
their Illicit manufacture. When the establishments
reduced their capacity many men thrown out If
employment Some Of these wcro given work by the
Government agents, and casual conversations wit
them to the modes Of business pursued in the dis
tilleTies. the methods Of removing and re,sing
stamps and packages discovered. and much
other valuable information Of similar character
wasObtained.
RECEIPTS or TEE EING OFFICIALS
Under existing arrangements about 40 per cent Of
the amount Of tax of v bich tho Government is de-
frauied goes to the revenue officials of various
grades. officers IN tho King in other branches of
tho service, and to Tie outside men 81 each This
part Of tho spos has reached, near as those en-
gagged for several years in trying 10 learn the secrets
of the Ring can estimate. about s. 90. 900 annually
and, with what the disiliers themselves pay extra
to minor officials and their own employees, has ceI-
tany amounted Ia moro Than half million dollars
annually. The payments made by one of the smaller
ds;illrries to portion of the Ring. as appears
from the following transcript from the books OF John
Busby. obtained by special agent. is an indication
of this part of the business JOSEPH Fiizroy il n
deputy collector in charge Of d.stilleries. The
transcript reads
Clsh mid Insrnh EfzrnY hY Inhn Enahy f,naa-nrn