The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-04
The Whisky Ring-suspicions About
Yaryan-The Other Side of the

otory
WASHINGTON, August 3.
The subcommittee OH wLi;ky frauds to-
d ~ resumed the eX animation of eX-Super-
vi7or Fulton with regard to his knowledge
relation 10 them. In reply to a direct
q lesion whether he in his investigation
discovered anything to mplclte Senator
Logan and Farwcll, the witness replied, he
did not, though as iu the latter there ap-
p.aed suspicious circumstances until ex-
planned. Being INTERCEPTED in relation to
ex-Revenue Agent Yaryan, the witness re-
Piled that Yaryan believed he knew every
thing about the law when in fact he knew
bat little. He had never been able to ac-
G. unit for the impediments thrown in the
way Of prosecuting the whisky frauds in
[ hiclgo, except that Yaryan was working
in the interes. of the whisky ring, and
Brooks Of the secret service came to the
same conclusion so far as Chicago was con-
cerDed. The witness said he never spoke
three minutes TO Babcock in his life until
after the latter was indicted. Babcock
then came to him and told him he under
stood that Bluford Wilson had given
Washblrne, chief of the treasury detective
force So 900 to induce the witness to Sc
cure his (Babcock's) conviction beyond
psradvenlure. Witness said to Rabcock
he did not believe Bluford Wilson would
use money for that purpose, and further
lac did not believe Washburne would do
such work. The witness said to Babcock
there was no truth ia what he had heard
and that it WAS put up job from begin
ming to the end. Witness gave his impress.
siou that larger number of convictions
would have taken place in Chicago without
the immunity granted to certain par
ties engaged in the frauds
than with such immunity. Men who
were the origina,ors of the ring, and who
did the largest amount of the stealing, were
exempted from punishment He believed
the ring would have been more effeclually
broken up if they had all been sent to he
pouitentiary. His opinion was that some
of them still in the liquor business arc
stealing now. Representative Ccchrane
read to witness an extract from the testi-
mony OF District Attorney Bangs, to the
effect that the course pursued in granting
immunity had thoroughly demoralized and
broken up the whisky ring, and the witness
having been asked whether he believed
this TO be true, replied that be did not
question the integrity of Mr.. Bangs, but
thought that gentleman was not acquainted
with all the facts.
BLuFoRD WILSON'S TESTIMONY.
Bluford Wilson was again before the
committee to-day and read . lester written
by himself to Supervisor Matthews and TO
Collector Webster with reference to their
duties in the whiskey cases and showing
necessary circumspection in the proceed
ings, and also read letter written by Sec
rotary Bristow to Supervisor Fulton as in
| dica.ive of the views of the secretary of
the treasury, together with telegram
from Secretary Bristow to witness while in
St. Louis, in which Bristow says 81
would make no terms with any indicted
party. The questions in hand do not re-
late alone to the amount of money involved
in these particular cases but affects the in
tegrity of the revenue, and complete sue
cess in the prosecutions would be of great
value TO the government hereafter. There
fore, ! would say TO parties who would
offer to surrender and ask terms, that they
should plead guilty othe charges or such
of them as they admit to be true, make
their statement to the court, throw them