, 1876-01-04

6s-H3 lGi6uu I14 H&l1 LIE UlHtIl3Efo CQHlu
rnu sisllolt tnurh trouble II thoy would nut up
ccrtaip p 'rtion Of funds for campaign pur-
poaea. ho sata he had hts authority from
Government official.
ibid ho ncntson. when ho brokn Of tho
authority ho had from Washington, any par
Ncnlar name?
s.-Yes. told the whisky men here. long
bofo1e tho publications Gallo out, thnt tho blow
WAS coming. and It would attike h!gh mp. ThoY
have como u me and said, What YOU told us
has como ont pretty true" afy friend wouldn't
toll me anything that wasn't atraicht.
H.-Whnt did your frlond Gny nbuut
TIE ct. L0rI2 D1sTILLEhsi
R-uo told mo be lA'l eecnted good deal Of
tnere, and that le was lxed ali right iu Liza.
E.-lIow many Of the dlatilless had ho semi
b.-Wes, he ilad fixed It up With about all who
woro thou running.
R.-Do you know what the proportions vero
which "css To 70 to yourselves and tho dsstit.
lcrs2
SIT wasn't exactly arranged. hu, no all I'm.
dcratood that NO cuuid make Any amount Of
money.
n...n was simply ! general arrangement.
then7
8.-Yes. 1preaums tho details vera 10 b. ar
ranged ~ wc wont along.
RI judge, from your subsequent actions,
that Jou
DIDN'T THINK IT WAS WORTH WHILE
for Tou to 50 into tho Ring.
Swell. Etnld there for eoms Tins and
invcattga!ed tue naattor and finally told tnoul
tlas | want ready to go 10 tho ,poniten:arv,
was aocltnd 10 take cl,arge OF tho business /
was c2oec .monthed aud would Bay nothng nbout
It. snd II didn't accent tue proposals. would
keep Just as ctobo about It, which bave done.
1!.-fhon yoa camo back eavo uo tho idea.
and Wont On with your business. did ynu7
B.-When caalo back wont to Buffalo Dfn-
Ter and told bin. from what had soen of tue
n'sttos having loo!nd It over pretty carefully,
bad decidoi not to 60 IT.. asKe,l him wh.t 10
thought about it, anil lie said. "Wclt, John, II
TON want berth in the loniton ttary. al light,
~ alcad with the business but would advise
you to lot tho thing dtop." 11o said he Wouldn't
advse anvbodY, kno"'ug what tho busfnera wan
tcopardsze hia property aud hls repu sat,on By
joining the Ring.
N.-Thon Miller himself
TOOK 40 ACTIVE Part
in Tho mnttcr7
s. No, !lo didn't 60 in.
R.-Do fou know "hotllor, aftor that timo
there wasn't soma Rort OF ring gotten up Leru I?
81 don't know TINT positively. or course.
l., hnye o. ny srsslons but sut po'tlvo' as
h.-l1ow about tho rectlaets in St. Louis
Nero thev also involved
H.-Ho. the d,stIllcrn only woro In tho ring.
N-lou dtun't 70 far enough into ihs tlluu-
tim Of tho case 70 know how thpY we1e 10 70:
this w1,iaiiy in tho nariiot 2 Their idea, 80 far
AZ you learned It, was simply to sec that tho
GauGefs and 6soleko"pera wuro Ill right, 10 they
wouldn't make any fuss.
S.-ier. and It vas a very easy mnt:cE to fix It
whom thcy had got tho right klud Of Gaugcrs
and StorokccpcEs. .Yon can have your btoro-
keeper or your 1nash-foor man ali right to fe-
port 800 bushels day whom yuu'rs really run
ming 1:500.
n.-That sivoa the production; but shoo, In
GET THIS tTUrr on TIE xAnEE7,
you huvo either to uho R!anpB txlce or run It
through rcct1fsing louso.
s.-Aftcr getting your storokoepor all right,
you must fix up your Gauger to gauge In tho
Bame proportion.
R.-Thon, after 1ou have tiono thai, you hhvo
LOT Of sl,lr.ta On your hands winch you havo TO
got Oil tho marriott In sous waY7
S.-Thc stun his got to 10 through tho rcctl-
fylng i.ouses. They could sooli it to their own
houses there. That difficulty IL very easy OBJ.
yaled by g nding i to your own rectifvin;
house, Us thoy oid thero particularly i sou harc
whisky worry caaiv under tnoss circumstances
u you, mash 900 bn.hsia You eau .naka
sixty barrels Of whisky. II you masa
!, 200 bushola ayou would get ninety ba1rols,
and there'B thirty barrls you hayc Eo1 to Kut
out OF e!,e way IN aoule manner. II your nnn
ars all right. is's very rasllg done. All you have
to do III 10 put It right through tho 1ecti1ylug-
houao.
n.--Arc you inclined to bolfovo, from whnt
did haEo an
AAnASdEMEsT WITH PARTIES IN wAsn1saToH7
81 DO sir; a,.o l firmly believe it.. The
tovtrucs!ops wcrc, "Go ahead. boys; ii you
can't make money enough ont OF your business
!cgitiuiatelv. do 1t aomo other way"
K.-Thoy g9t m III to tAko your r'nce?
Sizes. aud no stuck right with them. They
got Boya aud Frazier In alter that. TAoy wero
running thor" wncn went to st. Louis. Thoy
wero from Lafayette, Ind. but originally came
frum CIuclunatf.
R.-In 1871 Doualaas MAS the internal Rev-
enue mIBsioLer, wasn't ho7
b.-ies, and When theY talkcd in st. Louis
about hA;iue thugs fixed a. Washington, they
meaus tna: douglass was lxod. Wnou tue 81.
Lpas Hing was alarte,l, it waa started with Tho
consc1't OF high oticlala. can tell you.
ibid your friend speak aa though be had
been to Milwaukee, Indianapolis or
ANY OTHER rIACEs2
s.-No ho bald nothing about any other cit
IA good dc4l Of our crooked stun wont 10
lndtanaoolIa, Dn1nluc, and Milwaukee. aud |
to lind oat it those cities Aero supposed
10 be worked undor tho satno hug.
!, $40: thcy ~cre "otkod under Rings Of
thelr oAn4
n.-Whcn your friend went out. tue Ring
burnt at ouco, didn't It?
S.-Yes, tho bottonl foil out
H.-Mhat do you think about
1oYcE'a FLEA
Ehat Ills liberty hhs btcn HHoru away7
G.-l dol put any lAash IN LIN fuluerol. AS
n Joyce ard hlcDonalu bong 10 the peu.en-
!iasy, tho wholo thing IL dono for bunoombs.
Ihay rlll got out; they wou't bo lhe1o vely
long. eo'no pastiea arc 1tnIer obligations to
bring them out. and thoY will do it.
k-When you wero speaking to buffalo, did |
40 Say anything about my oil,or distillerB IN
Chicago that hc thought might be guod men to
80 inf
B.-No. be did not. Buffalo Miller is Square |
nan. bayo known him for many yeatS. aud |
Gou can't get hun to do q mean trick. ue ia ono |
u tlle squarcut mop In ths buenesB
N.-.itnve you any Idea that YOUR friend made |
Inv other appointments or talked NTH any other |
1lntlllera hero except Yourself2 |
S-lls dla not. lie only ntail short time.
md nlun say that know It is 10,
ibid you ever know Of
HIH OPERATIONS AFTER TuAT7
b.-YcB; he made largo amount Of money, |
Ebout &l25, ,0p0, believe.
lille could a1fof4 to get out Of tho bus,ues,,
hcu.
b.-yea but he went On Wall street aud ioss
IN fffrto tI5t,v In. hn u Ek a..