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

his copyists transcribed every dray shipping ticket
of merchandise sent ont of st. Louis during 1870.
and thur without appearing Ia pay any especial AZ
tcntion to whisky, he bad among tho papers when
the work done, compete record OF every pack
age Of spirits shipped, incuiing tie name of the
firm shipping. the date of shipment, tho point Of
destination, the number of the package, the kind Of
spirits and the name of the consignee. he orGi-
nal documents were all attesed by the shipping
clerks of The various firms, and viii now be available
A. evidence in The courts. The character 81 Object 81
this work VIA not discovered IN any quarter. and
not even suspected until it all completed
METHODS OF THE WHISKY ENG.
F0VR-T.FTus or ALL THE LQUO&S SHIPPED FEoM
81. LOUIS To NFw-YORK HIICiT-iNCtNrilY
OF TuH RING--rnE GOVERNMENT rEFEAuDED
nY COUNTLESS DIvICvS--A GIGANTIC LiNG.
Az the Government keeps an account showing
the amount of spirits produced and shipped,
and as it is necessary to have these balanced,
in order TO dispose of their Illicit production.
dstileIs OF rcct.iicrs must make purchases OF tie
same amount of regular OF taX-paid whisky. gen
orally from soIne manufacturer out Of the city. This
done they send lot Of illicit whisky to their rec
tiicrs without stamps and dump lie They thcn
prctomd 10 have taken The lot, which has been rur-
chased ont Of town. with all the STAMPS and num
bers Iight, to the rectiiicrs ard to have dumped
that and the purchase and dumping are entered on
their books. The purchased lot. instead Of being
actually taken to the rcciihefs, IA LETT III
store until accumula;ons of business have removed
all traces of it, and then it is sod. Tbs Is one OF
the bodcst methods OF fraud and of course requires
collision with revenue officers ,f varons grads.
A discovery by Special Agent Yaryan OF a tianSac-
ton of this kind embracing 800 barrels thus pmr
chased aud stored, duplicated by duTpiHg, and final
Is shipped to NewIork by the firm Of Bingham d
Brothers of ST. Lon7. opened Lis eyes 10 the system.
and he went at once to New-iOTk and communicated
the particulars of the case To Supervisor Hawley
The latter PIT his whole force at the disposition Of
Yaryan, and in two days transcripts wcro procured
from dealers books of all Shipments for January,
February ard March of this year These transcripts
were brought 10 Washington, and the serial num-
bcIs Of each lot compared with the dumping paper in
the office of Internal Eevcnue. This comparison de-
vcloped the fact that duplicate. and even tripicair
lots had been frequently shipped nnd that transac-
tons were on the bodest ard most extensive srale
This part of the examination showed that four
fifths OF all the liquors shipped from 81. Louis to
New-YOrk were Illicit. For the three months about
$500 barrels Of this fraudulent whisky were
shipped by three ST. Louis houses alone. namely, by
Uric Teuscher. and Bingham a. Bro;hors.
A sECOSD METHOD OF FRAUD.
The disillcrs have successfully GOT thcr CROOKED"
whisky on the market in anDthpr way. They apply
to the Collector and receive tax-paid stamps, for
which they pay their full value. These they place
upon what wond be called straight goods. which
are taken 20 the rect,fyinc houses aud dumped. So
far the transaction is honest. The rcctiiier, after
dampng the whisky, removes the taX-paId MA"
warehouse sta,ni,q and returns thcm TO the dis
ters, tie ganerr certifying that he has seen the
same destroyed These stamps then placed upon
fresh barrels filed with Illicit goods AID shipped TO
NewYork or some other point and entries Of thc
transaction are made upon The books of the Gisller
the only entry appearing beias tho first rIncnt to
the reCtifying house. They t1ist i;nr.ci.ly TO
neglect and the dihculty Of any comparison OF The
serial numbers
OrU"D TrTrops.
AnotLcr plan by which duplicate numbers are used
is 70 fn fresh psceapcs with Illicit spirits. aud then
place thereon n barrel stamp md brand correspond
ing TIE serial numbers of original taxaid stai1p
which have previously been referred TO ~ drrrcd
and IS shipped 20 Now York. In this way the samo
serial number is Used for thrco transactions.
STAMPING FRAUDS.
Another mode of selling Illicit goods is 10 send
package having tho rectiicr's stainrs upon it to a
dealer. say in Charleston, S. c.. and when tho goods
aye useL 10 have tho saUis stamps returned and
placed on fresh packages tiled ard sent to the
dealers without any entries havirg been made upon
their books 10 render this practicable the STAMPS
which are supposed 10 be put 81 with a strong glue
arc in reality prepared tho back so that they will
no. stick. and are kept in place by small nails so
that no difficulty whatever is experienced in rclnov
ing them. The ST. Louis Ring pad regular price
Of ABOUT Sl2 each for Cancelled stamps returned.
Officers in the districts to ~hich these goods are
shipped have means of detecting these frauds
Goods appear straight" upon their face, and If they
seized tho case is referred TO st. LOUIS revenue
officers. and if The records there are rot made up 50
as 10 eXoucato the disllcIs aud rccticTs they arr
amended by consent Of the revenue officers in such
"a way a. will clear those detected
Another Arrangement Of distillers is ths They
have been provided with facilities for emptyng
their mash and Illicit spirits band at few mir
utes notice md this is done only in case Of an uii-
cxurcl,d au,al If officers They need only 10