New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-27
THE WHISKY CAsRe.


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Sixth Days Proeeedisgs.
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Mr. Hunts motion, that tho fury be in
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TESTIMONY FOR DEFENSE.
August Schneider-Was employed by
Mr.. Fehrenbaoh while the distillery was
running. one week BY day, ono BY night
alternately, until February; then at night;
started two yeaae ago with s(x tubs, three
sealed up; l made one or TWO mashes q
week; Iom Enew1etie' Was tho other maehor;
) emes Entwsstie, CHIEF; he made proportfone;
fobJected 70 and ruled o0t. smes Entwistle
not having been questioned on that point
vas present es tne seisuFe oY Mr. br1oks;
1t was stormy weather and tho river high,
saw no one st work On the levee; saw Paul
Bruce before that.
10 District Attorney Beckwith - De-
strOyed my memorandum book OF tempera-
ture. which was to take the first thing;
can't say when; made one mash the nret
night; cant cay how many TUBS were fuii
or how many mashes we're made; made one
mach the second wstch. wbich wes run into
room No: = don't recollecthow much gram
vas used; believe were allowed eighty
bushels; made one mash the second day;
cant say whss tub 1t went into; made one
and threequarter maee IN one night;
Kept them In the tuos I'LL the starch tnrped
TO sugar, developed 1t IN two hours; made
three mashes In one watch; sometimes had
TO stop when scmethlnk.w .wohld break; often
did not make mash; cane recoilect seeing
AL the tubs full nor that l kept q mash ia
the tub because the termenters were full;
went On watcn on the night OF the
seizure at seven; had made one mach; was
tons had been TO maze one, one and half,
one and three-qusreers and two mashes;
Esver had any other instfuctione; Mr..
Entwistie told ma to 60 fast; quarreled
with INN every morning; ne crowded me;
complained to Mr. Fehrenbach OF it; both
Entwistiss crowded me; showed them the
door one night, as I was the man on the
mash.
John Smith.Live on Rampant street;
week after it started; was the night en-.
glneer; ground ABOUT loV busheis; stopped
grinding when ! hsd tso much meal; the
etlll was etOpood when tho machinery was
ont OF eFder; Paul Bruce was present. each
night: sometimes ss eleven. others at two
O'CLOCK; attended 20 the 0OuefA.
70 District Attorney Beckwith-Gecrge
Lands was miller; don't know how much
meal was groued nor that We were running
crooked; Paul Bruce was not present when
the seizure was made; think he saw every
thing; have beeo IN other distilleriae; since
In the vermicelk and maccaroni business.
George LanqsS-1i7ee IN Gretna; was
night miller - Fehrenbach's; ground l5O
TO 100 bushels each night; saw Paul Brace
every night: he never talked with me;
know Entwistle; the grain came from the
lower door by an elevstx; ground grain in
the distiilery; there every night; Smith was
from the receiving room; that floor was
three feet higher than the meal floor; it, was
ten or twelve feet from the cistern room.
To District Attorney BeckWith-Schnei.
der was night masher; the mill wss Cole
man mill; don't know the proper speed of .
thirty.inch mill; the grain wss weighed on
the meal floor; saw Pal Bruce there; esti-
mate the amount Of grain daily at l6O Or
l.o pounds; it vas weighed after grinding;
ter what be saye; saw Paul Bruce weigh oil
grain, etc; run the stone twelve hours BY
my watch; can only conjecture the Amount
ground.
N. ID. kapds-Was helper at the distl-
Levy; generally made about mash apd
three Quarters; saw Mr.: Beales there daily.
10 District Attorney BECK wlth-kOund
mash on generally about A. NJ; would
get another on about ~ A. f.; get 1t on
aboot +. M went on DUTY January II;
sis disti!lery started then; there was only
one mash at night; went on duty the next
day and made mash and three-qnsrters;
Kept TO memorands; can NOS say what was
made FEBRUARY IL; state positively that
two mashes we're not nede IN my watch
any dayi dId ROt KNOW wnat would tesUfy
to; ar stating from recoliectlon; during
my watch say positively IN the whole period
the,s never were two mashes made ana run
INTO the termenter. 10
10 Er. Hnnt-Dont knew Mr.. Wills;
Beales half an hour: never saw him before.
WiUAam Hlrsch-was day mn!er; ground
daily abOut lou bushels; this includes small
grain:
To Mr. beckvlth-Ap practical miller;
had two mills, one Coleman mill, fourteen
days; don't knew how many revolutions;
were not grinding - hne a. Hour. wit
ness described the position on the mode!
and plan.J Could grind three hundred
he revolutions; can't say II 6VO could have
been ground; guess ct. the amount.
Jacob. Z. Lsnd-Was employed at the
from tbs beginning to the seizure
10 beer runner; usually run on about half
past one; knew how much was rum in the
lay time; no OtheI man was there; saw Mr..
3eales there frequently; he lives near me;
le was present frequentIy.
To District Attorney Beckwith-Did not
seep the record; had slate showing the
,una ber of charges and inches; kept this;
ion't know who kept the books; the slate
was rubbed of each day; did not report tho |
lmount to Mr.. Fehrenbach;- the capacity
vas fermentation and half; it takes
.bout thirty minutes. to run charge
hrough; can't say the still ever stopped
welve houre: 1t might twelve minutes; be- |
:an 10 run me stit, t1e I"urteentn; oid very