, 1876-01-02
WHISKY.
What II. B. Miller Has to Saw
Of His Case.
He Denies Any Guilt "0ther than
as a Distiller.'
lie Stands orFalls With thf Distilltrs, and
lot the Politicians.
Rumors Current as to tie Reasons for
the Arrests.
Allan Pinkerton Stands Up for
Ills Me,.

1
subject alr. Miller was not unwilling to talk,
and made the following Rtatenant in respons,
to the reporters first question:
As people think go much money his bsel
made out Of It. might as well tel. ?ou tbs. i.
1870 sold my brewery--the Buffalo h1every o.
the North Side, eince bu1ned-to 6eno
l. Lehman for $96,ooo I also I'D
| my house on tho corner OF Tashinpn
and Ada streets to Tuthill King for $36coo he
proceeds gave me enough to build the Blackksk
dist1lery, fill tho stables with cattle, and orr
ate the dist,lIery. ran it frcm--I tlunl etued
IN the fall Of 1S70-let mo see ldon't tenlener
whether it was 1870 or 1871 must have been 10
yea, that's it. I ran it till the LIST OF Januy,
1874, when transferred it to William Coop:
| Il was
AKISD OF LEASE
to him, but he had to OWN the fee simple Of le
property to operate 1t.
R.-D1d you. at the time Of this transfer. SO
up all your interest in the property?
MI amt prepared to answer tnat questn
| just now. II there is as much bush sworn ,
as there is published in the interviews ts
morning, can't tell whst's coming.
R.-How about these charges against you ?
| M.--Whatever charges there may be again
me. there can only te suci charges u lie again.
every diBtiller.
| OUTSIDE CT BEING p1sTCLER
I never received a cent from anybody for ar
Influence, and never bad apy ictucnce wit
the Revenue Department here; never tried ;
influence them, and was always satlstie
With tho Gauce1s and Storekeepera the
sent me. There was never but ons il
'etance Of complaint made against dauge
| and that was On account of his incc.lpetenc'.
Whatever money has been made c,'e with tie
Office of County Treasurer. whict-as oeen con-
puteo as being worth auyWa- 4o" Soo,otU 20
100000 q year. Aud still "A'o Today not
near the amount Of mcne Iau "nen started
Tin d;et;1,erv on1v are this complaint to
make. tr.t vh;1a eiected to be arrested, nv
ho;,ox s;,,1aa o,,t 81 hight from all other Dis
t;1f.rs ,co1,, -. n .sn it WIS dono foz the pu1-
<zAT1SG SENSATION,
.,a =, Cue purpose of spite. having beer
hara.n1or somewhat prominently connected
nero nero ." o'osea Zeal matters.
;, nave it on fretty high authority that the
CO. lment puts no faith in the rumor that the
led fraudulent operations with which YOU
9caarged with being connected had any rela-
Ion to local politics, aud that, even II this were
49, which is denied, that the Government is
SIMPLY proceeding against rou Is man charged
With defraudiug the revenue and for no other
1eason under the sun.
M.-WeA now. just look at it,. Here is Dick
'nson, Leach d Company, three or four part-
ners; the Chicago Alcohol CompanE, two part-
ners; Powell, Cooper, and myself. Now wby
should l have been singled out last night from
LII others and taken At an unreasonable
cur when Feop1e we're at home aud it gas
1shcult to get friends down town? They have
Hesing and Rehm-Hhat fyr lou't know.
:. 'op~'so they thought it uonld bo a grand card
~ ''es'vue w.'h them. too, but will uefy them
~ "no hing against mo
oAo-hslsE THAN AS a D1sruLER,
sAAe NY Canoes with the d1stile1s.
iou sa'o a"hile ago that on expected to
'ffestea. What rere your reasons?
~ kne" that the houses rou,d
oe seized, and 1 Giyised those that
n1nn u -nno neen seized. if ANYTHING WAS
wrong. to NOT put. the Government to tie
eapeae, ana give up their establishments and
R.-Wl5 we're the ns-+;os
M:-lt 'culd be violating coniidencs to tall
Wy ~ e ena. hev were four prominent ai:tllIeTn
au1 soa's o.tbem agreed wtn me, willie otI,ers
s ''oc,ne. But it was done t., ret nd OF
f,or, ~ d;st,I.er. H. % who continually wanted money
uatlers OF whatt is don't knnw ~""0a o'aeA-
!. N'-"no ato aese men you refer to A con-
,- aAcaEKASD s1onEKEEpzns?
.h;a;. ceisa auu u.sts even higher than thov I
pulpo1t to have Len held berwes, h;r" "nca .s9
some OF Eou noys hat tue distilleIs were to
this that adv1sed the ,st,iiar,' 1' =" 1esato TO
rrryo |
Mo: ana don'tf 'tfoy 1aes counsel !n VI? :
any. could defend myEf Nhat ~" Tsna rna. :
OF is tha. they are atteupte 10 puruna 80 ~. . 1"t
8. d,stiller but as a poiitia a.. A'0' no' t
R--1oT do you LOOK At A,r
FUTURE PRosE-ra9
M.-In regard to the her'fter. o1nect N. :
distl,Ieries OF all will be conlated AK than'
telues 6ued. do rot believe "a ,mnrsonrna-+ {
clause will be enforced. Hover I n-ssr9na
there will be The same course pnned he1e a.,n
the wlltul neelec. Of the Reve1s Rnrsa-; a.
Washington that brought this tih1e h1E1o on In IN
dstllers and, after setting traps III ths on s .ne
they fell, do no: believe that the, II oa. enu
viii be meted out but every distf. vii ElI1s by
fns ncially bau1tupted.
Tue charge sgainst you Of compiler IN a0p thu I
nhi1ky frauds?
M.-So have nothing to ray about :. p
don't know what shall do Until | ehals. =
full consultation with tho ba!ance OF the ia1e G
ete, out DO DENY: most emphatlca!lE, act =
of mine Tor which theJ cau cla;ge me ouGs 2
of being disti;]er.
R.-Tho only possible charge, then, is that :!
CRooKEDNEsS? u
NJ an very wiling to take my chances on q
that. shall refresh my memory, aud laugh =.
Dk) it | think am guilty I snal tell them 80. I
don't want to pu: the Government to a long |
prosecution finding 1t o1t.
The conversation. which bad been carried oa
il the cosy library OF Nr. M!I!er's zesr-
dsnce closed here, and the reporter prepared to |
make his exit. When he reached tne frcnt door !
dr. Miller was behind him, and. az tho re- !
porter stepped out, he said:
II glad you came The way these inter- |
views in one Of the morning papers look it |
would appear thatl haze eeen Kim OF dividing |
With Hes,pg and Jake Eehn and others. and |
lind OF scooped their money, willie never got
ado1lar cot Of them"
Assuring the gentleman that THE TE1BusE