The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-01-12
UNCLE SANS SALE.
The Crooked Distillery Of the Bing-
ham Brothers
UNDER THE HAMMER


NOTES OF THE sALE-A FINE PROPERTY
SACRIFICED.
The Evansville Courier OF yesterday gives
the folio wing graphic pen picture OF the
sale of tie crooked distillery and other
properly OF the Bingham brothers: Yester-
day morning, according to previous an
nouncement, the distillery, rectifying
house, machinery, goods and chattels of
dislillery No. 2S were sold at United
States msrshsPs sale to satisfy
the demands OF the government.
The property, ss is we'll known, was tor
merly owned and operated by Messrs. Cor
don b. and John w. Bling nam, tie indicted
distillers. The sale had been advertised for
some weeks, but the attendance was quite
small when Deputy United States Marshal
Bigelow arrived, with Gen. Jas. G. Veatch
aid Otner revenue officers. At 10
o'clock there were some forty
or f'ty persons present, includ-
ing John w. Bingham, Esq, and
number OF capitalists, interested in the
s, ates Marshal BIgelOw, wGO acted as auc.
iiJneer, tad the order commanding the
sale. after which be waited patiently Tor
some moments for starter" No one
present eemed inclined to- make the first
bid, but finslly Gen. Jas. G. Veatch, internal
It which figure the valuable property was
"knocked down." the purchaser being
Unc @ sam. This was the Only bid that
Was offered during the sale. Previous 20
lis acceptance, the Hon. William Heilman
publicly warned anyone from purchasing
The property, and stated that be held
mortgage OIL it 1or the sum OF So, 500, with
81 900 Interest. This instrumenl was exc
cuted in 1871, and was still in force.
THE DISPOSAL OF THE DIsTILLERY
occupied but few moments, aud after
number of empty barrels hs1 been put up
and an offer of 80 cents m de and rejected,
the sale was adjourne.- until P. NJ. The
disposal OF the distillery did not include the
United States bonded warehouse and "a
numoer of smaller buildings. In the
AFTERNOON at o'clock tue sale was re-
sumed at the rectifying house OF Bingham
Bros, on the corner OF Water and Pine
streets. This house Is a three-storY brick
building, and is the property of Mr.. John
A. Hsney, who leased it TO the BiDghams
many years ago, The attendance at the
sale here was p9uch larger than vas present
in the forenoon. AmOpg the numbers were
ali OF our prominent whisky merchants and
a few capitalists and interested parties.
Tte sale began at 2:30 by United State s
Marshal Bigelow Offering to the highest
bidder the boilers, 81 gines, tanks, tubs,
ing 10 the rectifying house. Previous 10
numbering some forty or fifty different
IT. ms. The house had been fitted up at
cost of $l3 600, but the government was
willing to take much less than that. After
some waiting, Mr.. John A. Haney made a
bid Of 81 900 for the lot and this was alter
wards raised To- 81 500. and from that to
3, 600 by ten dollar jumps. All the mar
>ha 8 eloqueDce tailed 70 procure bid in
aivauce of thas sum, and to prevent it's
going, Gen. Veatch made an advance OF
$500, and the property was
KNOCKED DOWN TO UNCLE SAM AT g. 500.
The sucsioneer stated that if any one
wished to make an advance CT the last BID
before the sale closed, the government would
withdraw its claim and let them have the
property. Next on the list was lot of high
Nines-45 barrels ia all. This was what the
audience bal been waiting tor, and the in
terest that had been growing lukewarm
was Immediately heightened by tie al
nnunce ment. fbe suctioneer prefaced
bis remarks concerning the quality of The
LIQUOR by announcing that it
"crooked," and that the pur-
CHASER would have to pay the tax on il.
Fits dampened the enthusiasm of mum
Der, who afterwards lied when it was
stated that the stamps would be taken as
part OF the purchase money.
Under this new order OF things bidding
opened up lively at 80 cents per gallon, ad-
vancing until it reached 81 Ol. at which sum
1t was kDC cked down 10 jacob ReuniDgbOff
he having tie privilege OF taking any guam
tlty he wanted. He thought five barrels
would be a. much as he would carry, and
tine balance was started at 81 90 per gallon and
suvsDc to 81 OF, at which figure five
more barrels were disposed OF TO ID. v.
Bennington. The remaining 80 barrels
found purchaser 10 the firm of Hodge Il
lot comprised 8 barrels N'o Of
rectified whisky, uustsmped ana
crooked. This ~as offered on the same
government tax. Five barrels were sold to
Sebsst'ad Feicauwertz at St05 per gallon,
and the remaining eighteen barrels disposed
IF to Henry Gumbsrts, the councilman, a
81 per gallon. The latter gentleman had
paid for some of the same lot months ago,
when it was seized by the government, so
that his purchase OF yesterday was the same
TWO PAYMENTS FOR ONE LOT OF GOODS.
Then followed the disposal OF $50 empty al
cohol barrels, to Hodge & Co., at 42H cents
each. Another lot of 246 empty barrels were
sold to the same firm at the same price. A
copper kettle used in the house brough
50 Is, from Charles Truman. The same gen.
| tie man bid fifty cents tor lot OF iron,
aud K. @. Wales carried of q number
OF copper brands for the same price
Hodge & Co., bid In barrel
of bungs at 81, aud Charles HI. Truman paid
81 25 Tor su iron vice. Ex-Councilman
Klein paid 81 for half barrel of glue;
Henry Gumberts Invested 81 In lot OF
copper me assures; b II. Kroeger paid 50 40
for two kegs OF white lead; 10. Baker
wsltzed of with key of benzne for 20
cents, end two lip buckets aud y lot OF
bungs were Knocked down to Uncle
Sam. Two copper lungs brought 70
Gems from Henry Gumberts, and . bali
barrel OF coloring matter at -, and oariet
OF white syrup at Il, were disposed OF TO
1 Hodge q Co. A lot % skegs, twenty i've IN
number, were sacrificed toiHenry Gomberls
at 30 csnts or the hot, and an iron stamp
Was disposed Of 90 the same party ior the