, 1875-11-28
| THE R!NGB0LT.
How the Crooked Manipula-
tors Are Being Held
Down.
Justice Steadily Pursuing Men,
bers Of The MilWau-
Lee Ring.
Startling Tales Told by Louis
Rindskopf's Check:
Stubs.
Ex-Supervlsor Munn's Record
Showing Up Very
Badly.
Ammon & Bridges Cabalistit Dis
patch for $1,000 Bushels
Of Wheat.'
Something About the New and
Unparalleled Elastic
Stamp.
Secretary DristoW Replies to the
Charges of the Whisky
Thieves.
He Makes an Unqualified Denial Of
tbs Whole Story; |
And Orders His Subordinates to Stir |
'Em Up Vigorously.
Why Ex-supervisor Mum Was Not In.
dicted in Chicago. |
He Makes an Unqualified Denial Of
tbs Whole Story;
And Orders His Subordinates to Stii
'Em Up Vigorously.
Why Ex-Supervisor Munn Was Not In
dicted in Chicago.


WHBKY-n1Ha opEDAToRs-rm p1a THIEVES NOT
AS YET DROUGHT TO 1loH1.
spe:1ol Dltpateh to The Chicago Iriotsne.
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 27.-The iussice that has
ove1taken the Milwaukee Whisky Ring has been
neither sxift nor sure, nor does it appear at all
certain that it Will fall upon the big thieves Of
the Ring, who as yet hare escaped exposure
Tho depth Of the whole Txscality was sounded
nearly eighteen months since. when Sam Rinds-
kopf was Indicted for bis connection with the H.
iicit disti1ery 1T Madison. Supervisor Munn
distinguished himself BY having that case
postponed until December, and then it was
brought to trial by District-Attorney Mckinney
in direct violation Of the order OF Commissioner
Douglass, issued "at the request OF Senator
Carpenter" that it be postponed until June fol-
lowing. As soon as that case, which Was re-
markabty quietly disposed Of. was over, Super
visor Mum made off with the "Kil1ian corre-
spopdence," !" which disclosed, over the signatures
OF that drm, that Killihn Bros~, OF Chicago. had
euch superior facilities for banding the crooked
that they dld not require notification in advance
Of its shipment. That and other evidence dis
closing fully the Ring operations here and At
Chicago, Mum and Revenue~Agent Bridges SO
ef1ectuallY suppressed that the Ring se1enely
went On stealing with
PROFOUND ASSURANCE or PEaFEcr IMMUNITY
under the protection Of the Official partners In the
Ring. Sam Rindskopf escaped with one days
imprisonment, the tedium Of which be relieved
by holding princely levee at the prison. stufinE
bis visitors With eumptuous yiands, washed
down with choicest champAgnea- He returned
to Milwaukee to continue his reign as 81 the
Prince" OF the Ring, to pocket greater
profits On the crooked, and no doubt satisfied
that it was fortunate for him that the Demo-
cratic Committee Of the Milwaukee District had
been impelled to repudiate tho contract BY which
they had sold him u seat in Congress
for $25, 600, but had to take his name OF the
ticket after he WAS nominated. because his con-
nection with the Ring -shievery WAS then 80 noto~
1ioua that it wouldn't bear discussion. 6au
must since have congratulated himself on the
fact that he YVES put of the ticket, since it
averted discussion Of tbs Riggs doinas that
might hare entirely (for him) have cut short its
career in It's most fourishlng period. He must
also have discovered enough
''oFs1c1AL Esr1uEScE
IN tho market to be bought up cheaper, j
al things considered, than that Of which
hs could have been possessor had he
rot the scat for his s25,0J0. Ihe {arcical
punishment with which he escaped. 1t least
tends powerfully to prove that he bought IN the
open market. sufficient ''iuauence" to com
ptetely mietead blind Justice. Sam also returned
to reorganize the Ring. which, ~ the tell-ra1e
cheok-stubu show, he did most ef1ectual!y.
Welssert, the chief Deputf in The Collectors
Office. and the Rings apPointee4 who, it WAS
shown in The Madison case, was in the pay Of
the Ring. receiving from ono coueeru 6l00 por
week, had been removed. Nine davs after, he,
THOUGH EX-SENATOR cAnpEEIEn's INFLUENCE,
Was reiostated. So was Moeller. the Gauger,
since convicted for letting whisky-ba1rsls be
eDptied without cancet1nE the stamps, the bar
1eis being 1e1lled and contents dumped at the
rectifie1's about as often ~ there was liquor to
be transferred from the distlleries to the recti-
flying houses.
Mann also wrote, urging their reinstatement
And Munn be 1t remembered, the Government |
has evidence to show, advised with Wesselt and |
Moeller, ho vere vitnesses for tho prosecution,
that tbey need not attend the trial. He IS we'll I
wrote Commissioner Douglass the sheer fabrica- |
ton that Rocora 4 Wituees without whose teBti- |
monv conviction WAS impossible, was reported |
insane. wherefore the case must be continued. |
Weissert and Moeller, however, wers fetched to |
ii adison to testify, and there distinguished I
tbemaelyea hy anfferinQ sudden loss Of
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