, 1875-11-25

idea Of tho salno OF The books vAs aver had un-
tll tbe present sJstom Of detecting ffaada oame
into voEuo. ....
HOW 7ug cnooKEp dafh OUT.
Within a faw .lays Tur TnincSE has explained
somewhat at lnnsth the variora ntethods Of
stealing shisky or eradlnr tho dovefnmentsax;
hthmrs, and tile nnderEauRlnx OF bstre'n hsTo
boon described. In ortcr to ',Idefntsod the neo
Of 1nda.rubber ntanaps Of tho stealing OF recsln-
ers stamps, It must be Promised that The crook
aud could not bo mt upon tho market ~ 'lfnl
without tho ald and completely of racti1er.
Thin probably Accounts for tho nnmbet Of Fect,-
flying nouBcs which nero run IN connection Win
dinti!leries.
Tho process Of paying tai was that when =
djsttller WaB Ictly To draw of ! certain &uauupt
of spIrIts. nay fifty barrels., he aprlieI!
to Tho Collector and tho barrels when drawn OF
This showed simply that tho Government had
eiren permlseiori 10 storA this whisky In Tho
1archauae. Wnan Tho distiIler wis,ed to pnt
this whisky upon The market ho had to apply fof
for these stamps beng, ot conrte the aggregate
tnx OH tho Whisky WHICH he wished to take ONT:
The systefn wAs 10 complete TINT IT was a'most
impossible to put auv crooked "hlalfv dltectlY
MAS then conceived of eating tho cso"kcd "hia-
Ky into tIe sectlfcr'H sstH, AMI afterwards get
| ting 1t hut MI to tho market by tho tyAtetns
before described. II would Of course be difficult
wbon atorekecrer WAS On duty a. diat!laeFs
| substantially all the daytime 10 draw of any
/ LARGO AMont. or indeed any aM cunt. Of HpiIite
and tsae II away without Eis knoHledg". The
methods used to cvnde tho officer were compara"
| lively simple. Soth'oR more was naeeed thai
| the cover Of night and the use Of Wagons and
swift horses. This process Of d'awitg OIL by
! night aud cartlng to rec.ifyluE house was
Frutty fuiy described in The case Of Cochran.
whose dIHtiery was not long aro sc'zea. II
[ may 10 stated shortly that In tha, aa IN many
other caHes Of the kind, it II alcg:d that. the
| propriesors or their ngonta drew od u nIBht'
stoaIthils carried the barrels to tie rcc.ihcrt who
81 ouce dumped thau' into hih Vata
VALUATION On THIS rIAs
naB tile double or trob;c uso Of slammed barrels:
In thss cass, tho distfllsr applied for ta1-pa!t1
! stamps On (shy) 10 bAsrale. Of whisky, anti took
| it d,reclls 10 tun secntiez's house. rhen, uudet
! cover OF night lie .okurncd tho blrrols to Aia
distijleIy, aid renlIel ,icra. /: wns necessary
t!aat tbla shoutd hs done lueldo OF one day be-
cauhe Tho tax-pa!d stamt, lad Cd It tho hatc or
Which tho TAX hnd bec,s pad. and II bassc!s we're
to 10 seen about n dsshllery a'ins upon thcH
htampa of dhte otucr tban tie date they were
or in tho warehouse, 1t would 10 pt!uls
facie eftdcnce Of fraud. Tia removal OF btau,s:t
from tue hcads Of tho barrels vas natnra'l1
y1rntion Of tlis plan. Tho Government hh:
showing that the sasuo stamp was uted uino O.
| tnn times OH different tat rels Of whisky. 1t ia
simply uceu4Eary to thko the barrels O tho rec
tiiie.'a hoaAo, dump tho nplrlte into hle Fhts
| carefully IetHuft tue ntaH'hf huHt uaen W!
| thesn to tic bonded warehouse Of the dlstl1leiv
and clap thoin OIL otbcr barrcls+ The advan.as
OF this plum over tho out laEt named waa tAa
tho barrels could bo takotl through tho streets
tie Eul!roaab or any other rlacs b. day
light oecAuec, unhko tho Etosen whisE:
they hua uoon them regular taS-f'ai
: stamps. I}esides. carrying back the ntanr
| to tho bonded warehouse Was very small MAJ
; ter as compared with taking back she buik
barrels. One firm in Chicago is known to haF
atoteu over hu!f million dollars by tho do'ibI
and trchlo uso Of stamps In this simple way.