The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-02-16
rHE SOUTHERN s1NUoUs,
,R CREsCENTCITY CRooKEDNEss.

OR CRESCENTCITY CROOKEDNESS.
THE NEW ORLEANS WHISKY RING DANCING
To THE MUsIC-sUBPENA DUCEs TECUM-
TELL TALE KILOGRAMS - THE EVIDENCE
ACCUMULATING. ~
The New Orleans correspondent of the st.
Louis Republican says of the situation In
crooked circles at that point: Those
'sstriped SUITS awarded the Indiana whisky
conspirators have caused marked change
in the demesnor of some of the indicted par
ties here; and instead of wearing that defiant
and independent countenance and assuming
an Indifferent air, the members of the ring
are greatly exercised over their future.
Now, more than at any time before, does
the seriousness of the outlook present itself
to them, and even their influential
political friends are interesting themselves
IN their behalf with those who are supposed
to have some influence with the unrelenting
agents of the treasury department. For the
last few days the United States court room
has been crowded each morning at the OPEN
ing of the court with an anxious throng of
spectators eager to caIch the first whisper
waited from either the lips of the United
States district attorney or the grand jury,
but so far morbid appetite has only been
partially satisfied, and the public are on the
qui vive for even the smallest bit OF informa-
rlon of the movements of United States off,
GERS. These WORTHLESS have taken several
NEW DEPARTURES
since my last letter, the most important be-
ing an effort to secure for heir information
all of the kilograms sent or received by the
members of the ring during the past two or
three years. This was first made known by a
summons from the foreman of the grand jury
to the managers of the two telegraph offices
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and explained to the Jury the manner in
which messages were booked, filed, ETC., and
how copies of kilograms received were
made the moment it was received at the OPP
orators table, and how filed. The
Jury called the managers before
them a second time and asked them
to produce to-day certain dispatches
sent and received, which they will do as
soon as an order of the court is served
upon them. When the fact of the sudden
change of base on the part OF the revenue
officials became known there was wild ex-
element in the whisky camp, as those
who had dealt in the CROOKED" knew full
correspondence to the government; but
they could not prevent it, as they could
not possibly lose, or have lost, the tele-
graph company's books or copies OF mes
ssges. Then they were certainly
in quandary and, to extricate
THE IMPENDING CRISIS,
they had their agents seek out all of those
ex-officisls, storekeepers, gsugers, etc., who
would, perhaps, be called upon to testify
against them, and, providing each with an
ample supply of funds to support them lux
uriously for six months or a year, they
placed them either on the railroads or boats
and sent them out of reach of the super
visor's summons or a marshsls warrant.
One, learn, went to Havana, two others to
Texas, and from there they go to Mexico,
another went to Florida for his
health, and one or two are
secreted in this state upon the planta-
ton said to be owned by one of the ring.
The government will necessarily lose some
of the most important witnesses but the
evidence they lose in that way will be fully
made up by the kilograms which they will
produce, and which Supervisor Brady says
will develop enough to convict the heaviest
men in the business and send them all to
the penitentisry. Some of the kilograms
sent from here to st. Louis and Evansville
have already fallen into the possession of
General Brady and Agent Wheeler, copies
of which your corr respondent has seen.
They are
EXPREssIvB DOCUMENTS, SHORT AND SWEET,
and indicate clearly that the sender did not
care even to have the telegraph operators
know what they were doing. Some of these
orders read, "Ssnd one hundred barrels, K.
o. B." Which, translated, means, send one
hundred barrels and avoid entering it on
any private or government books. Another
system of ordering by telegraph was dis
patch worded thus: "Send hundred and
fifty barrels S. NJ" meaning sour MASH,
when the distillery to which the order was
Sent nnada from sweet mash. Resides these
"English" or blind ciphers, some of the
dealers had their regular cipher books or
keys, and used them exclusively in tele-
graphing. Upon the assurance that his name
should not be used in connection with
the cases the government officers here have
furnished well-known analytical expert
here with some of these messages, and he,
after a few hours labor, has discovered the
key, which makes one more victory for the
government. Again in another case key
has been found by the agents who are
'sdoing'' st. Louis and Indiana, and that has
been sent here. Upon comparing IL with
some OF the kilograms sent 1t is found thai
it "fits" them exactly, the firm using the
cipher having done an immense business
Ia the liquor way. Thus little by little have
the governmental officers woven their net
around the crooked" portion of this COM
munity until now they are nearly ready to
bring their whole force against them and
send them TO serve the government at 80
cents day each for hard labor.
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