Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-01-19
Ky RING BUSINESS.
About Abjjah Everist.


ut to withdraw from IL, il became necessary
TO select successor. 1t required no ordinary
man to I'LL the bill. He, of all others, the
ring knew full well should combine with the
elements OF sagacity the secretiveness of
clam. 1t was his place to be as dumb as al
oyster and as wise as Solomon. These quail
tiles were found largely possessed by Abijah
Everist, a gauger OF Internal revenue, who
was helping TO run the machine at the distil-
lery of Beavls and Reavis, in st. Louis.
Abijah was offered the place, slept on it one
As soon as the selection was made, Megrue,
In business like transaction, turned over to
him what funds he had on hand, gave him a
list OF the names 10 whom he was required 10
make payments, posted him generally as TO
the duties OF the disbursing officer, took a
to New York TO squander his substance in
riotous living.
EVEREST TO THE FORE.
Meanwhile Everist began payments where
Megrue left of. He continued 10 serve in the
dual capacity of government gauger and
ring paymaster. He succeeded quite hand
s0mely and disbursed an enormous sum,
even much more than his predecessor, for
there had been added to the list of the bene-
fciaries quite number OF names, which
Megrue knew nothing about. Things ran on
smoothly with him for some time, when he
coming awed at the enormity of. the Illicit
transactions, he demanded that there be ap-
purpose of relieving him, but so that the
two could alternate in making the payments.
one FitZroy was selected, and up TO the hour
the raid was made by the government Of
ncers FltZrOy and EveriSt were its disburs
ing agents.
WHEN THE CRASH CAME,
Everlst Joined his co-conspirators in assum-
ing an air of injured innocence. He dis
claimed all knowledge OF any connection
with the ring, and remained in st. Louis
awaiting events. The most important event
WI ich uanspired IN his case was mis- indict-
ment on half coZen counts. He didn't wait
for another, but taking leg bail dumped the
town. before any process could be served
When the district attorney began TO draw
on the resources of the s'ring" to 1ud some
one whose testimony would be valuable, he
realized tbs importance of having EVeriSi
in st. Louis. He threw his graphing hooks
after him, but he could not be found
In the heat of the Avery trial, and when
the testimony concerning Gen. Babcock was
being elicited by proceedings in court and
the reading of kilograms, one Metals, who
was the internal revenue storekeeper at the
clsiillery where Everist was the guager,
made proposition TO District Attorney
Dyer, that II the government would HIet
up" on his (Eyerist'sl prosecution, he
tbought he COLD find the man of all others
who was wanted. This proposition was re-
feTred to the Attorney General. Under the
instructions of the President to .9et no
mend any clernency. Subse0 aently, DiSt-Ict
Attorney Dyer told NcFallS that If he could
find Everist and bring him to st. Louis that
he on his own responsibility would see that
he was mot prosecuted very hard" WITH
these assurances Metals opened correspon-
dence with the friends of the missing man in
ter writing he was finally informed that tie
post Office address of Abiiah Everis; was
ROme, Italy. Not disheartened by rea son OF
the intervening distance between them ne
wrote at that place TO Everist; told him what
the district attorney had said, and in due
course of time received the gratifying intel
ligence that his man would come. He did
come.
Metals reported to District Attorney Dyer
that he bad mis- man. Dyer reported to At
torney General Pierrepont. The Attorney
General at once directed Dyer to come on
and consult with him. This Dyer did. He
Informed Mr.. Pferrepont what he expectei
to prove by him, and the great Import
When Everist arrived in New York
McFalis was on hpud to meet him. His un-
expected return, OF course, threw a bomb
smell IN the whisky ring camp. Dan VooT-
hees, the counsel of Uncle Billy Mckee, of
the st. Louis Globe Democrat. aud the coun-
sci for some others charged, came here in hot
haste. For some reason Mr.. Fox, the fore
man OF the st. Louis grand jury, appeared
also on the scene. Next came Assistant Dis
trict Attorneys Bliss and Peddrick, OF St
Louis, and last District Attorney Dyer.
Everist meanwhile came within the limits
ofthe District of Columbia.
EVEREST IN wAsHINGToN.
Everist had been in washington. It would,
OF course, have had some bearing on the visit
OF the distinguished whisky ring legal tai
merest accident that it got out. His warm
est friend had been playing Armand to the
Camille OF syren In mason de yoie on c
street. He cOnfided TO her the fact OF the dis
tiDguished arrival, and like a woman, OF
course she told il.
AS near as the facts can be aecsrtained,
Everfst came here on Friday, the eth of Jam
uary. On that day, 1t is said, he had an in
terview with the Attorney General and Sec
rotary Bristow. This was supplemented
with five other Interviews. He infor,led
them fully OF his dealings with those who
received money from him, and, it is said,
connected with the conspiracy names, and
prominent ones, too, not heretofore men
toned.
1t has been intimated that it is the inten-
ION or the government officers not 10 call
Everist to the witness stand. This, how
ever, can hardly be the case In view OF the
value OF his testimony. 1t is more reason
able TO presume that the authorities main
and mis- visit, for the purpose OF better sub
serving the interests of all concerned.
U. S. SENATORS ELEcTED.-Ths Iowa
legislature yesterday elected s. j. Kirkwood
as United states Senator. LIN the Ken
ended the trouble over the United States
Sponsorship by concentrating upon Mr.
Beck Ard electing him. The ballot stood
Beck, 1OS; WadsTor.i, rep, Is; VIM. Tres
for United States Senator in the Mississippi
Senate yesterday resulted-Lamar, %; Mar
tin, 1. In the House, Lamar, 50; the republi-
vate caucus the republicans decided not to
participate in the election of Senator on the
ground that the late state election was
carried by fraud and violence.
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.-The Liabilities of the
Tredegar Iron Company of Richmond, Va.
whose suspension has been announced, are
81 100000. On the petition OF A. Y. Stokes
and others, the chancery court at Richmond
has appointed Gen. Joseph X. Anderson
president of the company receiver; bonded
In $4,000. ...- The strikes among the Lynn
Mass shoemakers ars ended and the men
are all at work, having secured from the
manufacturers the terms demanded.
NEW CHARGE AGAINST TILToN.-The
late committee on the part of Massachusetts
who accompanied the remains OF Vice Presi-
dent Wilson to Boston publish letter to
Theodore Tilfon denying the alleged state
ment by the latter In a recent lecture, viz:
sin the funeral car conveying the body was
an assortment of liquors, and, shame to Mas
sachusetts, there were men there who guz-
zled Them"
THE CHEAP TRANSPORTATION AssoCIA-
TON held Its annual meeting in New York