New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-26

THE WHISKY CASEs,


THE WHISKY CASES.
Fifth Days Preceediags.
District Attorney Beckwith began BY
reading the libel and snswer in the civil
caee for the forfeiture of the distillery o.
Fehrenbach.
James e. w. Entwistle called-Hsve
been . practical distiiler ten years; worked
for Mr.. Fehrenbaeh from January IL. 1874
worked there twenty three days before;
the model il Q correct one; there is An in
cline, plsnked from the warehouse to the
clubhouse; was paid SIS day; commenced
work at Monday morning, January IL, then
raising steam; mach was coon made; no tub
was scaled; by his advice three tubs were
discontinued; never saw any officer but Mr..
Bealee; visited the place at different times
the seizure; the capacity was 26l
bushels; there should only be three
mashes in twenty-fOur hours, but have
known tent forty-eight hours is required BY
law for fermentation, and afterwards the
tub should remain empty twenty-fonr hours,
making eeventy.two hours; it might be
done in twenty.four hours; have known
fifty one tubs in q week; there should have
been only eighteen; desired to make fifteen
quarts from fifty pounds OF grain; the low
est was twelve, the highest eighteen; too
many tubs were run by the government
survey; twenty-fo the first week; incom-
plete fermentation Is shown by insufficient
yield Of alcohol;. advised Mr.. Fehrenbsch
high wine tests were sometimes closed
with glass and putty, which was raised to
geta proof; there was no hydrometer; this
was the old way; think Mr.. Fehrenbach
was ignorant of the holes; Mr.. Todd said
February z that the distiilery mnst be
Strengthened, as the government officers
were in town, named George and Brasher;
Mr.. Eehrenbach wrote a memorandum
that It must be Strengthened; the SOC
Ond time was on April 8, just
before the seizure. All grain was brought,
and the whisky carried of on the barge Z.
e. Lee, commanded by Peter Clark; saw
John McWhirter often; he objected to GER
tain things, and desired to have the holes
closed; said We seemed to be in hurry
about the fermentation; told him the yield
was fifteen quarts: have been in the cistern
room with Mr.. Fehrenbach when no gauger
was present; Mr.. Todd was not there; Mr..
Fehrenbach once filed several barrels by
pouring the liquor iu; there were no locks
on the faucets; have seen liquor drawn
off by hose through the door
running into the receiving room; twen-
ty-fve barrels at . time; the liquor
was abstracted at night; saw Frank
Reynolds open the warehouse in the ab-
sence of Bealee; saw the latter raise
stamp on it; was paid by Mr.. Fehrep bach,
who said: "You do well by me, and will
do we'll by you;" an old claim of E305 was
paid by note of Mr.. Karetendiek; sold the
note for $3.50 January 9, 1874.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Ssmmes Am
thirty three years old; lived in Canton,
Illinois; had . distillery in Alexandra,
from 1872 to 1873; was paid in full: saw Mr..
KarstenGiek several times; communicated
with Commissioner Douglass and General
Sewel in 1875; desired they should know
what was going on here; illicit dlstilleries
injure honest ones and wished to stop it in
Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago and New Or
leans; objected to Douglass desire that
Cincinnati men should be sent down; told
Brooks to seize April 8; that had been
tubs; my cousin went with him; have been
treated we'll by alfdistillers; have no spite
against any of them; wrote letter April
to &C. Packard, the storekeeper. urging him
disclose what he knew; the distillery men
toned ia the property Of my wife: 1t should
be worth, if running, $l0o. 900; never told
any officer about the Illicit distiiiiag; had
hOCuiO4 10 OO Will tueW.
To MIR. Beckwith-Nerer told Mr.. Wills
about the distillery; don't think
he knew what was being done.
A recess was here taken for half an hour.
j. h. Tompkins-Have been in govern
,nent employ, and eln nov in the United
States revenue department.; am familiar
with gauging; the barrel row in court is
liable to seizure, as it has no proper stamps
and marks; the first duty Of . gauger in q
distillery is to unlock the cisterns; next ia
to gauge his barrels. after the epirits have
been drawn into the barrel; there is a
gapger's manual which contains directions
Tor eaugers; next is to mark the barrel and
weigh the spirits; fwitness here made a
rel in court, and used the usual |
process to ascertain the weight of the |
spirits;l he.said that the spirit WAS over l3l |
gravity; he also stated that heat expands |
the volume and cold contracts ii; that the !
medium is 600 temperature; the next |
,tep 10 to then cut on the bung stave the |
proper msrks; this barrel has capacity of |
ifty-two Of crooked whisky The regu-
ations in 1874. are the same as now; the
,ext duty ia to cut the serial number Of the
listillery: the barrel can not 60 into bonded
warehouse until the warehouse stamp is
attached; the storekeeper has two books
or his entries; the producer of spirits has
10 business with the stamps; the gauger
must be present when the stamp
8 attached to the barrel; the stamps now
n court are all correct except one that does
lot bear the etOrekeeper's signature; the
'ectifer must apply TO the collector to OBJ
ain packages OF high wines for rectfying;
t is then bumped" after which the stamps
md marks on the barrel are utterly de-
troyed; the rectifier must pay for certain
lamps on the rectifed spirits when he
wishes to send forth his material; the whole
ale LIQUOR dealer has his stamp; there is
lothing to show that this barrel has ever
zen properly stamped.
Francis Keily-l examined the stamps
n the Fehrenbach barrels; some Of them
i'd not have proper marks on the bung
taves: the stamps were not tackled on and
hey were not varnished.
J. J. Brooks-I found in Fehrenbaeh's
i;stiIlery, end discovered that it had not
aid it's full capacity; found that the
mount turned out did not agree with the
mount of grain; the distillery did not pay
AZ on 9 36 ealloass the collectcr's account
hows that the distillery has failed to pay
n on 7779 gallons of spirite; think that
trough negligence in the cOllectors o6ice
he tax on over 1000 gallons b not credited
18th payment, az it should have been; the
auger's accounts agree with the
onded account suhstan TALLY, but not
, form; the twenty-five barrels were on.
,red in warehouse on the twelfth of March,
S4; the dates of removal, etc., arc not
iven in the record book; there was another
Il v;thd rawu ON came date; found letter
gned by o. II. Karstendiek on the day his
Ore was seized.
The letter is dated November, 1873, and
,lates to tho purchase Of distillery SIM