The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-15
BRADY'S BITTERS.
Sports with Whisky and Cotton.
Preparing the Dynamite.

The crowd in the Circuit Court room Mon
day morning showed that the interest in the
crooked investigations is increasing. The
lobby was packed, and at the bar the legal
fraternity were fully represented.
Twenty grand jurors answered their names
and in solemn silence stalked out of the
courtroom to their own apartment, followed
by assistant District Attorney Gurley, as Mr.
Beckwith was engaged in the trial of the case
of the United States VS.. F. Dudenheifer, for
embezzlement
The cotton investigations demanded the
attention Of the jury first, and the Cleveland
and Mills case was entered into. Several
ladies were in attendance as witnesses. Gen,
Brady and his staff were on hand awaiting
the termination of the cotton business, and
with them were large bundles of transcripts.
Monday morning heavy mail from the
Treasury greeted the General, and it is sup
posed that the Department has made up its
mind about the employment of outside legal
Agent Wheeler looked full of business, and
intimated that the day would be big one in
whisky but owing to Mr. Beckwith's court
but contented themselves with bringing in
several cotton fraud indictments in the Cleve-
land & Mills case.
In the crooked II. B. Piersou was arraigned
on the charge of conspiracy, and gave security
in the sum of $4,000, Justin Wolkark signing
the bond.
AT THE ST. CHARLES
the crowd was augmented considerably, and
the rotunda presented quite an old time ap-
psarance Gen. Brady and his corps were on
hand, and the chief seemed somewhat annoyed
at the fact that he had not been able to push
forward the crooked cases as be had wished.
Collector Mayer, of Mobile, arrived here
yesterday in response to telegram from Gen.
Brady, and it is expected the Collector of
Galveston will be here soon.
Mr. Wheeler, of the service, was at work
all day over the books of liquor dealers, aud
has discovered what he claims to be Q rich
lead that gives promise of panning out q
heavy return. He has found that q mer-
chant here. hitherto not before the courts,
has received over 287 barrels of whisky not
in. his books, and his researches are not yet
completed.
From what has been gathered it is evident
the whisky war is in its incipiency, and the
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To-day if the Grand Jury can get down to
the whisky business there will be more in
dictments, and these too in new fields where
they have not straycd before.
SECRETARY BRIsTow's LETTERS
10 the internal revenue officers hero are full
Ct graduation at their work so far. and he in
Inmates that no stone should be left unturned
to expose whatever wrong has been perpe-
trated. Communication IS kept up between
this city and Washington regularly. and every
move is reported at headquarters.
District Attorney Beckwith will soon re-
ceive the ass;s ance of counsel appointed by
he government and the prosecution will be
pushed forward with alarcrity.
1t was reported Gen. Brady would in few
days make q move in another direction and
some of our neighboring cities weuld receive
visit from him. This seems to indicate
that the crusade South is to be more extended
than at first anticipated.