The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-05
THE CROOKED.
The kilograms Before the Grand
Jury.
The Whisky Excitement In.
creasing.

The recent dispatches from Jacksonville,
ind, regarding the striped suits given the
"crooked" whisky convic:s, has produced
quite a commotion amongst the whisky men
here, and now more than at any time before
does the seriousness of the outlook present
itself. Long before the hour of opening court,
the Custom House was crowded with those
who didn't know anything about rye and
wanted to, as well as those who knew more
than they cared to tell
They hung around the jury rooms and hall
ways picking up whatever they could. and
watching with considerable interest every &C.
ton of the prosecuting officers.
Up to the hour of closing our report, Mr..
L J. Highly had not been found, and there
were some reports in circulation about the
building that he found an opportunity TO
leave the city on business just at the right
| time.
| Gen. Brady and his assistant, Mr.. Wheeler,
Attorpy Beckwith was locked up all morning,
and, it Was said, had his hands full preparing
indictments.
This tine the advance will takea new direc-
ton, and we are told that some new names
will be presented, among which wild be two
or three in circles unlocked for.
From present indications it seems to look
as though Gen. Brady intends to take the
press battalion before the Grand Jury in
| order to discover their means of securing in
formation The government off GERS are not
exactly well pleased at the industry of the re-
porters, and they threaten TO stop the leaks,
if possible.
representative of tho BULLETIN visited
Gen. Badly, who now occupies the position
of gauger, and from him received most sue
cinct statement OF the history of barrel of
spirits from tie time it leaves the distillery to
the date of its consumption.
Hs says that we received here two classes
Of spirits, the one high wines, the other
whisky or high wines rectifed. High wines
when they are brought here for rectifcation
are gagged before they are dumped" into
the reciifer's still and the numbers of the
stamps on the barrel and serial number of
the package taken. The rectifier's books
must show every change through which the
spirits pass and they with the transcript kept
by the officers must show the full history Of
the package.
This street account IS kept SO that the inter-
nal revenue officer Can at any time trace back
the package to its original source.
The mex. kind of spirits received here is
whisky, just as it is consumed. This comes
stamped'and branded with serial number or
each package, and no one could possibly de-
tect its crookedness without having access to
the Transcripts of St. Louis or the place from
, whence it came.
Gen. Bald, said that he had seen large
quantities of whisky, but to his knowledge
he conld not say that single barrel Of
crooked had been received here. No deputy
collector could possibly see in a properly
stan ped barrel its crrokedness.
Mr.. Sem,nes arose during the motion hour,
and said that the Western Union Telegraph
Company had been summoned to produce
before the Grand Jury certain eegraphic dis
patches, and he desired, on behalf of his
clients to be secure. He would, if the court
would be pleased to issue 81 order, produce
them. He wanted some voucher, because
there was regulation between the corpora
ton aud its employees.
Judge Woods said that it made no differ
ence what regulation there was between the
telegraph company and its employees, they
could have 70 ef-ct in law, but he did not
feel called upon to issue the order, as the
subpoena duces tecum was sufficient.
Mr.. A. S. Barnes was the first witness
called before the Grand Jury, and he was in
terrcgated, it is said, as to the amount OF tel
egraphic correspondence between certain in
dlyidualS here and in Evansville and ST.
Louis.
Mr.. E Leloup, the manager of the South
ern Atlantic Line, was called next. Both
left the jury room in search of certain tele
grams called for by the District Attorney, and
which, under the ruling of Judge Woods,
will be presented to-day.
L -, H.,
much The same as Thursday. The question
of the amount o. grain sold to the several
disillers was looked into, and the probable
amount of production OF spirits calculated
from that.
1t would appear from this new move that
Gen. Brady has determined to take up ct once
whatever Gaze of fraud he discovers without
pursuing definite line of attack against the
so call crooked" men connected with the
St. Louis ring. The old distillers have prcked
ND their ears and q number of them linger
about the Custom. House waiting tor the
lightning 10 strike.
The Grand Jury, after examining several
witnesses relative to the grain subject, adj
journed until Monday uext, toawait the search
of the telegraph officers through their files
for crooked dispatches.
In the afternoon Gen. Brasy was visited,
and from him the following interesting data
was cleaned. He stated that the eft Ifts OF
the government officers, SO far, had been re-
warded with remarkable success. Owing to
their active exertions they had secured fully
as much evidence as that on which the st.
Louis ana Evansville whisky men had been
convicted.
He expressed himself rs being entirely san
guine that with almost any jury here the con-
viction of some half dozen whisky men Was
certain, innmating at the same time that if
there was any loose work on our Juries 1t
would not be improb bic that the accused
would be required to take trip North.
He said that if the whisky dealers here did
not rs yet fully appreciate the danger OF their
position he NIGH. be called upon to 60 down
into his secret records to sir them up.
| Speaking OF kilograms he said that he had
In his possession quite number from MEN,
bers of the whisky ring her kindred in char
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