The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-11
NEW FORKS WHTSkEY DEALERS
Thirty Merchants Indicted for Buying aud
selling Crooked Mhiskey.


The whiskey Rims" exposure aud the
efforts Of the Government TO Connect New York
merchants with deilings In the crooked hive
resulted In indictments against thirty fhdiyidu
ais, comprising about twenty firms. NO worse
crime Is charged against them than the techni-
cal offence OF neglecting TO enter IN their books,
according to revenue law, certain packages OF
whtskey received OF shipped on certain DAYS.
Francis q. BOYD and Edgar Z. HILL Of the firm
OF +. o. Boyd & Co.; Edward A. Boury, Secretary
Of the New York Rectifylng Company William
;. Miller, Of William s. Miller 4 Co.. whiskey
commission men; William NJ. Rice, wniskey
commission, and James ANTHONY. rsctiaer. Of
~ Eist Thir.y.eighth street gave bail before
Commissioner Shields yesterday.
The Indictment against r. O. Bovd contains
twentysix counts. escn specifying day upon
which packages OF wniskey were either received
or delivered and not entered In his books as
CURED by revenue law. Bail In ssO,0O was iur-
nished, with Robert Is rry and Horace Webster
IA sureties. Agans. Ed2ar n. HIM. the JUNIOR
partner, are sixteen counts, charging he same
offence. MT. Hills bondsmen IN $n.tDO are
Charles Kelly Of tutGers street and Alexander
halllua, of 4g5 West Forty-third rect. Both
ceived and sold on commission 10y them WAS duly
stamped and branded blythe Western Inspector.
They admit that the price NAV have excitt d
their suspicion, OUT they did not feel warranted
In going behind the marks. brands, and stamps.
In the Indictment against Mr.. Boury. there are
;wenty-slX counts en- re ING the same offence.
He gave $1,000 bail. with JOSIAH Boury and Louis
Boury a his suie les. lie stys that the techi j.
cal on, nee charged Is one tia; he can easily
meet aud di-lrOve. lie admits. however, that
there have been few dealing In other than
crooked whskey for several years past.
Crooked whiskey has been sold openly ON
Change, and those who expected to do business
al a profit I'd 10 take the crooked whiskey OF
lose money
The only witnesses to the facts alleged IN the
Indictments are John III. Bingham (whose I'M
plicdtion In illicit distiing naoied bIm to point
out the meu VINO h.d deAlt la the Illicit goocs
he had PRODUCED and Louis Kaufman. Mr..
Boury mentions Us a Circumstance throwing
su-. cion upon the intesiity II X 'nffm ms tes-
tiII.ny, that he has not testified against any
lsraeitlsh whiskey de llers, .lthouah tnuy were
among the nrompte-t to embark In the Illicit
traffic as soon as 1t could be done with the APP
psardnce Of leg lty, which the dupr 'ated
stamps gave il. He further says that ktunm u
recently approached AZ least two Of the mer-
chants. one Of whom Is indicted, and endeav-
ored to borrow 5000 from each. One OF tne
merchants acceded. the other did not.
William :. NJ Her was held in sl5,OO0 bail, and
gave James l.. Flint, Of % lir adway, as his
surety. W. NJ. Rice was req ired to give $1,000
bail, but had hot furnishe It late last evening.
james Anthony gave tail In $5O0J.
Gen. Foster, Assistant L. :. District Attorney,
SANS that 90 i.r the Government has not evil
lence To prove the existence of anything like a
Wliskey Ring. With regard TO the testimony
II bingham and kauifm II. he says that unsup-
ported II would not amount 10 much. Tuere
Is, however, cOrroborative evidence.