New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-22

oooks In IN hour. The witness continued
The storekeeper's books show tho twenty
TWO packages to have been removed from
bond. On March IL they were bonded
On April they were withdrawn. accord.
ing 70 beale's return. They were removed
and delivered to e. Fehrenbach for sale.
The records do not show that they ever
came into his possession. Found other pa
pers, bundle of receipts of deliveries Of
grain. Compared receipts Of grain from
+. Keenan, with memoranda found In
the distillery, but did not sec any simi-
larity. The memorandum book purports
to be an account Of sacks of malt, rye, corn,
corn meal, etc., with dates, and there il
one leaf torn out of the book. found that
the date Of receipts of rye show they are to
the barge X. E. Lee, reoeipted by Peter
Clark, signed with cross. They were dis
covered in the distillery, and some in Mr..
Karstendiek's store. Found . private me-
morandum Of grain in one of tho desks, also
q number of receipts given BY E. Fehren.
bach. F. Reynolds and NJ. Fehrenbach to
Peter Clark for grain delivered by him.
There is similarity between the receipts
and entries in tho memorandum book. The
entries in the grain books correspond with
entries of the Clark receipts of grain a.
shown by those in the book; saw barge in
the river near the shed where the fifty-two
barrels we're found; Peter Clark was
in charge of the barge and called it the r.
E. Lee. Keenan's receipts show that he
delivered to the barge l0,8S7 sacks of corn,
I'LL Of rye, 6623 OF malt. The dates run
from January 10, 1874, to April 8. The re-.
ceipts signed by Fehrenbsch and others
show the amount of corn received to be
1884 sacks. rye 1910, malt 1854. There is no
record of corn after January II in the dis
tiliery books; no record t,ll February 8.
The total of grain shown in memorandum
book from January to April was l4,3n
sacks corn. 1850 rye, 1894 malt. Ono leaf was
lost from the rye account. The excess over
the amount shown by the distillery record is
BY the blue book about three to one.
Form No. SO was presented to witness
He said he had obtained it from the col.
iector's office two years ago. It was the
the Rauger's return of twenty-five barrels,
and signed by William NJ. Todd. The serial
numbers on the barrels ran from 482 to 500.
The record of these barrels was found upon
the books of o. II. Karstendiek, under
date of April 2, 1874, a. received from
e. Fehrenbaoh. The books were produced
in evidenced The entry indicated that ON
April 2, twenty-five barrels of high wines
entered Mr.. Kar stendiek's possession, bear
ing stamps, numbers, etc. On the right
hand page of the same book there is another
entry under date of April 4. of twenty two
packages to Commagere & Lambert, of same
stamps, numbers, etc. Called on Mr.. Kar-
stendiek April IL; previously had sent Mr..
Hogue, who arriv ed in town the day
after the seizure to examine his books,
and afterward seized tho store on
Tchoupitoulss street. When he entered
the store Mr.. Karstendiek said he had to
60 out; he afterward returned. Witness
investigated the books, papers, etc., fled
away. In the waste basket were remnants
of taxes paid, stamps. sandwitched between
layers of store papers, and they had evi-
IDENTIFY been torn to pieces in this shape.
samples of the stamps were produced by
witness and exhibited to the jury.1
The cancellation lines on the face of the
stamps indicated that they had been used.
In addition, found orders received aud slips
of paper, showing spirits disposed of.
Further, in relation to the stamps, there is
evidence they were attached to distilled
spirits, and the gaugers name and serial
number showed they we're used on pack
ages from D. O'Brisn's distillery. Found
no such entry of goods thus described on
books.
The government having entered into the
Of the witnesses on the recti-
Tying establishment of o. H. Karstendiek,
the defense objected on the ground that the
testimony was not relevant to the offense
charged in the Indictment.
The court ruled that any testimony 20.
ing to prove an act Of conspiracy was to
be received.
Witness said be had examined the reoti-
flying books of Mr.. Karstendiek, and the
records relating to the period between
January and April 8. The book gives the
wine and gallons Of the packages to be
dumped, but no serial numbers. The
Jumping notice conforms to the load and
gives the serial numbers. The entry of
vine gallons is transferred to form number
ifty-two, when sold, with the dates upon
which they were disposed Of, with the num-
Der of the stamps.
The excess of liquor stamped out under
'ectifer's stamps over the amount dumped
have not determined. He has used
levices to cover up his ways of getting rid
# illicit spirits. Witness produced Q
ecord of epirits alleged to have been sold |
y Mr.. Karstendiek without any entry
'eing made in the government books. He
cad . document purporting to show du-
'licate sales of 100 packages, some being |
old over and over again to different par
les, according to the paper, between Feb |
uary and February 10. This indicates
hat these people did not get the number
ct against theii names, and instead of |
eing dumped were shipped off to these
eople and the same numbers not used.
The books of Comsgere T. Lambert |
7ere produced in court.
The district attorney said he desired to |