The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-03
4 SEIZURE OF CRooKLD WHIsKEY.
Three Illicit stills Found on the West side
An Ingenious steam-Pipc Arrnngemcnt.

Three Illicit stills Found on the West Side
An Ingenious -ieam-Pipc Arrangement.
ATT o'clock yese rdny morning the po-
Hes holt Seneca steamed from the pier of Sew
enteenth street, East river. loaded wi n revenue
ONO ~ and United STATES Deputy Marshals IN
add ion 10 her other regular complement Of
police officers. The object Of the expedition
was mystery to all concern save the leaders,
and toe emharhation OF SO many men ia civi-
Han drsss attracted the attention Of the by.
81 nders. Inc ste mer rounded the Battery
and tied up At the foot OF Furiieth street, North
River. and It was at this point that the subor-
dinats actors In the emit rprise ffst learned It's
object Deputy Collector y. H. Hawles, Ins &C.
tors W. II. whitley, 4 Il. RYAN, aud one or two
others. formed the stan - the Internal Revenue
Department, and their presence rivlul rise to a
general impression that whiskey raid was
designed. United States Deputy Marshals New
come. Depert. an four extra" deputies rep
resented th- executive brancJ OF tue national
Government.
At Forueih street seree1~t Schultz. the Gov
eminent officers, and twenty Eve y lice oiic r.
Landed. and the y .rty marched 10 Foru-nfst
rect. about half way between Tenth and Eley-
tnth avenues. Here they SAW TWO men ende v
Ing tn pc over the offs several low
houses. ana officers were at once sent Ia pursuit.
One OF IN. fuei ives manlgei TO csc De, In spite
a. the m rs. but the otter uescenCed to the
tidew IL In ienth avenue. aud VS. received by
the policemen under sergelnt Schultz. The
captive. Henry Smith, denied any knowledge Of
the existence Of illl II stiiis, out was held.
Acting sn infor alton Or, Vlousy received,
thr revenue onici Il soon tattertd hole through
the root Oft e Duiding IN which the fugiuves
~er hfs seen his W - on the south side Of For
ty-nrs street. In tn rear of M chine snop. and
about 90 feet back OF the pavement. The, eDt red
! u II large room more tndn baif hllod With Dar-
re >, ana with W I'm aud other mach merry irdi-
eating IN tdi-tlilins was beng carried on One
end Of this room was niied bv a large mash
,I c capable e, OF ;i cont in,n , the nah Tor
IT am boiler Ur an engine. aud for an hour or
mo e tie Ulcers we're at loss to know from
what source c ne tue power 10 run the dt,til-
lery. Finally SupeivsOr IIl~l-y, ira ned by the
Ks If the Brooklyn ui-tilcr-, Ike into a
Cihuy two-storv house at bS} ~ The opposite
side Of the street. and was enabled, uy tapuing
ON The pip leading out uf the cell ~, TO sIsuAl
his suourdinatss in the distillery. This was Ed.
ward ROcbe's recifyIng establishment. Ine
plDiug vas laid ftr beneath the street, ana
the steam Necessary i-r use in the worm
a'ne. which was located my flet or
nore from. tue slde"alS on tho nor,h-
ern side Of For v first street. Tie engine
room was t"tailv dcsevte and the steam suage
marked iofty pounds - about en- ppunds above
~ legl,mate rye nlfef- drew q
ure pronehy hr.t - time To prevent an expo.
slOn. Dut al ~ Teh on tue Or. misrs for Owner 3.
engineers, or bremen wss vain. Not soul was
To be fpund, md tue led hot fires over a boiler
onlS partially filled mad hrenle.t to duIts wor,t.
ne only seiz re OF liqu made was that OF
nifty rrcls Of spirits bit l. tuOurnt O.. I the
mac inery aud fixtures II tue uistlllery re
worth from $-5.UOJ 90 tSJcO soon Il er the
SEIZURE, i've ID p.ty Collectors 81 tue Fourth
Internal hev tue Dis iict took pOssrssion OF
ur, misses. nd Cant. Washnuin ssut de.
tachment Of men Ell, We the haruor police.
Ihe revenue uncrr. lsO maze soiZ zee at AZ
Tenth az. uue and Az Ientu avenue, rotu Il
wlnoh are lllici srlls s. h en- havr long been III
sucr, - ID nprr ton. 1h,r ilut value /, eel
Gown al 5000 ana tn u iuiht PRODUCT u al
Loo gallons Gay. lie worAmtn engaged N
thtse place, tnCauod Nv The roof Snltr. whu
was arrested ~ Forty first suett, ~ 10 appeal
before the United ota.es Comui sOner to-
morrow.
IL is said that two or three NV York anC
Brooklyn politicians are Ia crested In th'
cnOiCe OF hiuss mas hlturrtJ held tL,u0 ec IA,
from Interference. II Is ssumed that tn,
ofices Of me Internal Revenue De1art m u
Were assured yesteidAS by rrsldents II the YER
DeighO rnOud IN tue existence Of the stila
bad long been known.