The New York herald., 1876-01-01
Arrest of HeSing, Editor of the Illinois
Stats Zeitung.
Serious Charges Against Leading
Chicago Politicians.
CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE TREASURY.
The Prisoners Released on $4,000
and $4,000 Bail.
SEIZURE OF THE ILLINOIS DISTILLERY.

CHICAGO, Dec. 81 1875
The predictions contained In my dispatches Of yes
terday, that the dscord and enmy which the govern
ment has succeeded In sowing among the ranks OF the
Chicago Whiskey Ring would bring out at last the
whole truth, and that the indictment of Jake Rehm
the ex-Chief OF Police to be regarded as a Ger.
tainty, than verified by the startling events
Of this day After what has occurred TO day Il is no
exaggeration to say that the Chicago whskey Ring is
on its knees that its force last utterly destroyed
and that rum and disgrace impend all those who
were in the slightest degree concerned In it
A. HEsING ARRESTED.
Late this afternoon the news spread that A. c.
hesing, the proprietor OF the Illinois Stats Zsfung
and for many years the political Chicago
and the Acknowledged leader OF the great
German element in this city, had been arrested for
gross and criminal completely in the colossal frauds of
the Whiskey Ring The report drew large
crowd to the government building for there is no bet
ter known man in Chicago there once none more
powerful than A. c. Hesng. The excitement increased
when 1t leaked out that Jake Rehm, Farwelrs great
crony, had also been arrested and that ex-County
Treasurer Miller, commonly called Buffalo Miller, had
met the same fate These not the only ones for
whom issued but there was also another
whose name is not well known those given above
but who OF the most skful and valuable tools
and until very recently the chief clerk in the Stamp
Department OF the Collectors office
SEIZURE OF THE ILLINOIS DIsTILLERY
In the face of these startling arrests another announce
ment, which would otherwise have caused sensation
by ITSELF was completely dwarled in importance
namely report that the Illinois Distillery one of
the largest in this country, had been seized. Your
correspondent predicted the seizure Of this distcry
as well as of Sohufedts and the latter Will undoubt-
edly meet the fate Of the former next week. The
only reason why 1t was not seized to-day
pretty strong chain OF evidence arc stl missing and
the officials prefer, TO quote their familiar parance
have dead sure thing" The circumstances of the
seizure oil the great Illinois dlstllery fol-
lows
Deputy Collector Springer and Revenue Agent
Brown repaired at half past eleven o'clock in the
morning TO the dstillery, and quietly exhibited the
order OF Collector Webster, commanding them TO take
possession of the property. Mr. Baantyne was the
only one OF the principal proprietors who present
He had evidently been prepared for the denouement
since the big raid of last Wednesday, cooy took the
paper, glanced at it. then folded IL up carefully and
returning politely to Mr.. Springer, said That's ali
right, gentlemen go ahead. They did 20 ahead, and
placed all the books and papers in the safe, which they
sealed leaving two custodians In possession OF the
property. The dstillery in full blast when it was
seized It's capacity is 500 bushels per day and it
was running at tue rate of l500 The buildings are
moro valuable than those OF any establishment Of this
kind In Chicago being principally of brick and covering
about four acres.
THE PROPERTY SEIZED
Tho grounds and structures valued at nearly
quarter OF million and the other property seized Is
also estimated at $4,000 Eleven hundred and eighty
barrels OF high wines seized besides 900 gallons
in tho cisern, and large quantity Of gram &C Four.
teen hundred head OF cattle were ted at this disery
The amount of fraud which this distillery alone is
charged with Is nearly $500, 600, although it is yet
impossible to fix it with any degree OF precision.
1t has, meanwhile, transpired that the
amount OF the fraud with which the
disteries seized on Wednesday will be charged will tar
exceed the amount originally stated which was given
at $3.50 0OO and the total frauds in Chicago II the Schu
feldt dstery is also seized and should be deeply
criminated the Others WILL the opinion ofrevenue
officials, approximate S4000,000
OTHER ARRESTS.
After eight o'clock this evening the detectives cap
tured ex-County Treasurer Miller and brought him bo
fore Commissioner Hoyne, who attending a meet.
ting OF the Board Of Education at the time.
He stepped out into the ante-room and took
$50, 900 bail from Miller. evidently thinking that
he was but small game compared to those big guns
Hesiny and Rehm, and that his person worth
$4,000 less TO the government than theirs. Two
polit ,a allies OF Miller became his bondsmen Alder
man Tom Lynch and County Commissioner John Hrting.
Whom these men tried what fearful rafting Of dry
bones there will be among the big and little politicians
Of Chicago, who have all less stood toward
them in the most Intimate reations The detectives
after search have succeeded in arrestng Jacob
Mintz, who was also released on $40 900 bail