, 1875-11-21
III CHICAGO.


| Nearly at1 the indictments found by the recent
| Grand Jury in the United States Court hare now
been answered by the appearance of the ac-
cused parties, who have come forward ard
entered into rccognzaoces to take
the place OF the bail given before
Commissioner Hoyne at the time OF the prclim-
mary examination. The chief Case before the
Court yesterday, and The cnly ono 10 the whisky
way. Was that Of ". ". Oliver Of the firm Of
! Ford. Oliver l. Co. Ford produced IL bonds
man P. cavaaaghaud II. J. Patlman, who quail
| fad as surotieB in the sum Of S., 600.
The indictment. against Oliver is really oue
against all tbe members OF the firm-R. II.
Ford, ". n. Oliver, and James Conner by name.
These gentlemen are charged with various 1n-
fractions Of the Law, which they have committed
while in business as rsctiders on South Water
street.
The first count charges that they concealed
5000 gallons of spirits Feb. /; and tho second
that they removed $500 gallons improperly As OF
the Eame date. Then come various allegations
Of false entries and failure to make proper re-
ports: The latter Of these counts is thus e1-
pressed: THAT they omitted and neglected 10
make n The book required bG Law TO be kept
ny w. snem IA a. n,.sa entry ct the day when,
whom snd the quantity, kind, quality, number
shipped"
In this respect the firm is deficient. in that it
did not properly enter the shipment OF S5.5I
gallons Of Spirits Jan. 9 to McCulloch McCord
q TO-, OF Lacrosse, Wis. Tue eame sllega1on
lies against them Tor the shipment of 1876
gallons to The same firm Oh the same day.a
Further numerous counts are to the effect
that the accused falsifed the returns which they
we're bound BY law to return TO the Collector Of
the district as to the number Of gallons shipped
and on which the tax bad been paid. The first
coant under this head shows that they shipped
to .. 9; Melville: Gaena, ILL.,, certain packages
which they certified to as containing lbs GAL
lous when in 6oin: Of fact thesa packages really
contained 830.96 gallons =?
Feb. II the same firm shipped 70 Basket i
1ze;sg aee;tegesssr' o. !ndianapola, certain packages
which really had 819.C8 gallons in them.
Feb. they shipped to the sau{e arn, nombar !
OF packages containing 409.84t gallons, which !
thar s#ore to as 217.5U gallons.
REQ. y they shipped to D. H. llConygham Du- |
gaiions. but which in reality contained 1925
gallons.
Jan. 9 snd Feb IS they shipped other pack
ages TO the same tlrm and swofe that they con-
tanned l16 and ll6 gallons respectively, when in
tru;h they contained 4l2.61 and 409. 81 gallons.
Jan. 19 they shipped 10 G. B. 8oiberg, L.
Crosse. Wis, packages sworn to contain 264.6O
gallons and which had in them 54G47 gallons
The last count in the Indictment is thai OF
conspiracy, and alleges that the firm, Jan !,
formed conspiracy to conceal 5000 gallons
which bad before oeen illegally removed from
hstallery to apotheE place than the distlllery
warehouse.
These statements Of what Tho Government
aopes and expects to prove against Messra. B.
u. ford. oi7er l. Co. may perhaps convey
% the public the general idea that something
wrong had been done; but, IN order to appreci-
tte tue case more fully, It ia necessary to show
The WORKINGS OF THE HOUSE OF FORD, OLIVER
CO.,
md at the same time the operations Of other
ectuy1ng houses in this city which haEe been |
eizeo, and the proprietora. OF which have
,een indicted. Tho operation Of getting
he whisky out Of these houses and
n q the market il the simple one Of swearing to
he ny toe pioprietots and tho GAugar on duty
t the pazsaculAz house. Accounts ara k3pt=nith