, 1876-01-04
WHISKY,
The Organization Of the Old
vt. Louis Ring.
a Chicagoan Requested to Take
Hold and Superin-
tend It.
TO Consnlts II. .. Miller and Is
Advised 10 Let II Alone.
And, After Viewing the Ground.
Comes to the Same Con.
olusion.
What Con Megruo Said to the Chicagoan
About Ills Little Scheme.
Things Around the Custom-House---
Bonds Given and Informa-
tions Filed.
What Con Megruo Said to Tho Chicagoan
About Ills Little Scheme.
Uneasire:s at Shufaldt's.-.The Grand
Jury to hoet To-Day.
Mexico Is Confident Of Scc.1r ing
Continuance Of His Case.

lF@ - -@0fN fetiSts
orFrus MADE TO 4 cn1cAuoAH IN 1871.
Yesterday mosn'u. there appeared In those
columna rtn:eme,lt in referebce to tho 0Ieauf.
zattou Of tho St. I.oulB Whisky Hing under Mc-
erue, which also aot forth tho eflortu made by
tho latter to induce Chicago dietilo1 to take
part in tho business. Tho name of Mcgrue's
agent in thls city wns at that time withheld, be-
causo 1t was not deemed fair to publish tho
facts concerning him wl,hou: giving him an OPP
rortunity 10 giro ais version Of them.
Yesterday TRIBUNE reporter ca!lod npon 3Ir.
John II. Sccrist. tue gentleman referred 70, ut
hB office. No. 1870 South Clark etrnet. and, find
Ing bin in, ins,ma!cd that ho wou1i like an OK
panation Of ths facts alleged as aGa'nst no-
gruo. ntr. Secrsst IL q gentleman perhnpR 40
years Of age, with d pleasant address, aud an
mir and accent which Indicate B,utlcrn birth.
Ho ia by profession Board Of Trade operator,
ai,d waB. before he cane to Chicago, q resident
OF Cincinnati. whero lo was engaged iu tue pro.
duce end WHISKY business. t1o Was also
for many years. dIstlI'or IN Kentucky. pcr-
sonallr. ho appears sharp, nhteNd man, whom
2leeruo would ha.o been quito likely to havc
selected for his Lieutenant.
After tic interviewer had Eathotcd thc5c facts
he proceeded TO nxtract from Mr. 6ecriBt tho fol.
lowing statement Of tls connection with the
Megrue business, beginning With fow facts to
ehow uho it was tha: spoke. It should be
Ltated, however. TINT tho foregoing association
OF MeEruo'a namo With tue matter naa not
autho1izoi BY Mr.. secrjst. who, wlilo ho
wns wiling to state tho facts declined to giyo
tho name Of tho gentleman who como to SOC
him. In tho Whole cou' crshlon ho novor H.
luded to him b. nnlno. and It Is. therefore, on
The Tn1HuNE's authority, md not on Mr.
HecIlata, that 5leRtuo ia eaid to DO the mnt. who
made the ovtttureB for manager for his rug.
After littla preliminary oonveraatton, Mr.
HooriBt said:
j WIS In tho grain and whisky business in Cln-
cIunatl about t~enty ypala. tu l6il. after COM
lug to Chicago, MaB npproachol by nno Ut the
loading man, In fact. the loading man in tho
Ring III 81. Louis. This was about July. 1871. aB
N.-What WAS shc object OF this mans riait to
Chlcago7
s,-Ho came hero solely for tho purpose OF
api rolchlns me on the subject OF cEoukod
v illsky.
R.-now did ho happen to como to your
H-Oh, had tnoMn hun tot yeata h, Cincln
natl, aod ho knew waa pretty shrewd fellow.
Who WAS rather coee-1n04khed aud wouldn't
iuluo camo light to mo. 11o toll toen in st.
Louis. presume, that he would tako good caro-
THAI il secs'st, aud old acquaintance OF h!s,
Wun0
TAEE TIE Br. LOUIS DEPARTMENT AND RUN n,
ho would uevcr squeal. and It would be all tight.
R.-D.d he Include Chicago III this st. Loula
department.
B.-Oh, 40.
N.-Whak was h1s idea?
e.-For mo to 80 down there eod kind OF keep
my oye open to Bee that tho dlylcs Ne1e n.ato
ta,r.
N.--You talked tho matter up 3Est. did yon7
B.-1ea, aud after he talked WITH tho went
down there aud mot two or tllree Ut tho leadiug
St. Louis men.
H,-lisd no socn than on tho subject before
b.-4ea; ho had A1od It botolc ho cano up to
sec nc.
n.-1Iad
ANY PARTICULAR ADVANCEMENT
boon nado7
H.-ies. thoy got right down to the facts and
u1adc up the agreement.
N.-Have Any OF tAeae leading men vnu epehk
OF heen prominently boloEo tho public Of latef
Swell. l aIlo aid say they had. They have
beon Indicted aud tiled, and one OF them is noW
eating bean soup In tho Jed son City Penssensi-
as{, aud the o:hoss viii perhaps join him soon.
N.-ls It fair TO ask WHO they were7
e.-fos, they "ere Joyce and Mcdonald. for
!, ibid T.; you mako arrangements in st. Louis
b:--we!I. to 20 back = little whom had sho,e
proposals mado TO mo
1.wEsT 10 BUFFALO u,11En
ha!o i az oid aslus!ntaure of nine. and had
!9ns ',n sa!a "ah hlM. told him what tile pro.
Whisky AinR, anu asked lin what lr thought OF
ny G"ink There aud inyes:,gatlug tl4o b,,sluess,
~ taouFat tnefo might be something in 1t, aud
SAID ho Thought It WAS begt for mo 10 70 down
AMI SEQ what there was in It, which did.
N.-."hen you got there, what did you learn
was tho tna:n Idea with those part.cs
B.-SlmplY to make money.
H.-Wlep you were speaking to Buffalo A1i]Isr.
was there auy sort Of = proposal from Jovco or
your friend, or any ono. Looking to xet.Ino any.
Lody olse Ia It fEum ChtcagU. Tiley wentrI
Dultalo to take a baud IN 1t, didn't they?
H.-Wdll. they wanted roliablc mku. and "A |
l know Buffalo. ! went to htln fog aaylco WALL
when went to 1t. Louls at4!d thers seycraf |
days. They looked on nlY arrival ~ rathaE "a |
Important AFFAIR, ~ !ouul out afterwards. /
n.-WLat was your ftleud to dor
b.-1le was to
NANA0K THE OFFICIALS At WAaHlH0IoN. i
N.-IhoEe waB to bo some other pe!soo hero |
to look after matters, wasn't tleEo?
A-ho. wAb tho only man they knew hoEo.
H.-DId they state to you anything ~ 10 what /
tho position would he WORTH
B.-Yes. they said II would como and tsko /
charge Of that department thsy won!d e!ow tnn
tho figures; that anyhow, / could maze burr-l
Of mouoy.
R-iour friond, and joyce. and Mcdonald,
tad arranged to tx the Dangers aud get new
sets os btoruHeepere, who would bo all rtghL had
thsy2
s.-They had The oaugera snd s.orekcepers Al!
ready thote. imported from Cincinnati aud other
poats. They were meu who wouldn't make my
fuss, ron kuJw,
M-Whas Vas tho plan for
GETTING THL HPIA1Ta ON Tue MARKET,
or didn't you happen to know about tue methods |
Wore the5 shIt ped u tho secs'te1a, or not2
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