, 1876-05-04

Examination Of the Morris Dis
tillcrS' Before Hoync,
With One Exception, They Are Held
Over for the Grand Jury.
THE MORRIS DisTtLLERY.


The MuRHl5 DlS11lL6R1.
EXAMINATION BEFORE COMMISSIONER NoFHK.
fyornniBslpuer uoyne DAB huYiy ancaped ali
a.v r.sterdev in hearing TIM care. Of nnvo..l
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nt,nsa.ouou oon'1op0 y! nioi!''' A'''' WIZ we're
yankod before him Oh tho ehargo Of having
violated tho Internal Heyeuuo laws, 10 co,!uBc-
4}on ,rIth thu tlia.i1arv At An seb,n n croakcf1
"'@ ' ~ Vs. - "
concorn bome Q miles from Norris. Tho do
fendants we5e H. Al. Conklit, Thonaa hfcCabe
7 n r.tbfw,, 1y;l1tsn, 1,,t,nv II n ur.vo.
=. - " 1*'aootu ~ "nt,@lu to'toS: ~ - o'1,oe'
o.hcr Irnn1lc.tad n,rt;oa rers at,seut-C. n
Conklln, on account Of sickncHs' aud Pctor
Grant, who had skipped out hstneen two days.
Assistant District.AttorneY Burke appeared Tor
aanto1 bv Judge Hopt,us aod 1ooros C, Ua,nr-
doll. Inc hsnt "ltnoas cailea Saa
JOHN !. GALLAGHER,
snorng NM mno ssaeq .hat ~, no naa neen
su-s .,f, IL .mn,.r ~ III; IIo ,ro.Ia ~. ~
loi4 ~ tno sallnoT q lote. uu "glAeu =! LUG
ieTfnentihE IopLn+ 11cEGs 1pAlAu ae0 cAaEso
Of tho distillery. Il. II. ConkAn seemed to do
good deal OF buBineps around the plhce.
Tna1ea u Gasn W. Se,R to IT, oooxeaspsr
1nmos J2athnuru vas a t}auenr At thu ho,,ao II,
MnrcI' snn 1S74 william noIiey Tas Htorokaonar m
during tho DAY. and Peter Grant 1t night.
Charles Woodcock worked OIL tie inhAll.tlour.
H14Q k09 HltE68B uIHk H9ut tO F4fK II 4l6 3fA-
til]ory there wcro fur mashes per day, lie
tfIpusht that pyerythipg Was straight until nbout
,ha 1st nf Nav wncn tHa tiatiIIrrY sh,,t dnwn
~ iaS IoaIMpk fauSu ~ n.at ~ Up !uen
Il. h. Conkltn tod ~lthoss that II 40 10" apy-
Mg 1mng %t9ng no. 20 6ay maslains aboas IT.
th1sp 1nashes day for about month.
Then thvy cA.ny-d on ~ tvo sn.shen day for SONG
wcso boing run. Wills we vcry running three u,a.hcs
pet day shero Nus ruraor th.s the Government ut-
chat,Roa from d scvrnty.two to a forty cigh-hour
,uasl and rnu extra na.hns While making tny forty
WieEa was siaittng tAs d4.4!.p.y. Oonkn told w.,-
uess not 10 allow auy to 90 into ahu tareuttug-
was Waiting tito tis1lleEJ. Gastlin told wltness
take tile keJ Of the far1nelttngroou, lock u up, md
keep away uutl Carr had departed. Carr vas
country TO buy hostsa. 4nd Tor that he could
not be found 10 that Carr VI. to T.! into tbs
ttiiery ii used for dr.ining tho wuter fruu
deg the fetmentiuEtnb to creek near BY. This ditch
zAs extended That the beer coula Ia into Tho
keeper. Hosy not there VII tho time. This w4s
.ttex AuBnst ls;&. Several sttRss when Rnlty VIA.
'D1ss Gross cxaued: liz crooist o,,.nn,s WI co,n
Surn % bad BEEN lho Gauser previously. lto!ey wAs
B,orexteier up to tte TINA the ds!sery c!ess4 aaw.
toii lin ,hat hs {v,tness) would not como Iorxsla
aud testify, ha would have to appear deletlAts.
Hud told counsel foe dctsnap ttat witness laagAcT}
could make it Lighter Tor ths hoSs lind evn t9td by
somp outside rattS ehst would ae FLU " sa III Lis
pocket to CONS NJ a1ld testify. ...
10. Mr. Bu1ke-oatne hers un~tlfingly. If ~1tness
could hare ohA!nsd monev enough 10 80 Away on, la
would mol hAvo appeorsd.
WAil4ACE shlNrE
Wa tho ne1t witsss. lis testified that be lad worked
Il Inn An Sable tsllllery In 1878, ~ aud '75 ilc
WA frat employed " helper, then II a4sAt.
ant 70 the miller, sud finally in thu
beer.roou,+ OF lls own knowledge hs knew nothing
Of oxtra luaalsA though he had huard r,aors III Il
such we're being made. On ora OCCASION Peter Grant
iuld lin {witrsas} ~ Let Aer II tits tubs
the receiver ~ quickly ~ osstie Wttuuss thought
tia was l875 though 10 could not le particular
to tns date Hs thought tbat twelve tubs goiuy