The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-01-03
The Tricks and The Manners by Whi;h the
SEiRaltS We're PerpeiFaitd
IN TIE SHADOW OF TIE DETECTIVES.
Speculations as 10 the Disposition
Of the Chicago Steal.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE DEFENCE.

Only ihs evening Colleotor Webster said to your cor
respondent with q shnke Of the head that meant
to be very significant,
'You'd better no; leave this week we are going to
have some lively music, yet"
The Grand Jury which meets Tuesday viii not only
indlci the dstilers whose establishments seized
In the last grand raid the politicians arrested Fri
day, bot as il is generally believed, come
PROMINENT MEN
hiniy the revenue clerk who sold recthers'
rtamps for soDg to the dishonest rectiners is
still large Some interesting details OF the manner
In which the frauds were carried have 70
hight, For Instance Coopers esiinery or as II is gen.
orally called,
O. JHE BLACK nAwK,
tegan dealing IN crooked whiskey 1872 ts products
beng taken by the reclyng houses Of Mason Crosby
and Ghosen Eastman Up to May Of last year. BY
so1uson Of The storokoeper and gauger the whiskey
was semitic the recther Who
TOOK oyP TRE STAMPS
sent them back The storekeeper and gAuger put.
ling then a lot again. In this they d.
duty four tines the last lot being reported as
straight Thus about third would be straight and
The remainder would pay tax at all This whiskey
The reother would take much per barrel and gen.
frally dispose Of 1t New York.
sTELiISGs
IN the Of this dlstllery abolt seventy
gallon or 100 barrels Of fortytWo gallons per
week, amounting 10 $352s.
ANOTHER
practsed by another diser WAS to gauge his barrels
1orty-,wo gallons when they would hold forty-six.
These put bonded warehouse forty two and
before shipment filed up the dstiller thereby
gaining difference Of four gallons per barrel
sT1IL
wac the shipment Of large amount Of distilled water
from the distllery to the rectihers certain per-
centage Of the barrels being filed with whiskey.
Supervisor Mathews viii return the city to-mor-
row morning The information against the seized dis
tillcres viii be hled day effect their for
feture io the government
ANXIOUS PEE1IHo oyER THE PROBABLE COURSE
OF BEIsTow--wHAT HAS BECOME OF THE
PROCEEDS OF THE CHICAGO sTEA1.-THE DIS
TILLERs ORGANIZED FOR rEFEEcE-
CucLeo Dec 90 1875.
at this particular time knew exactly what
Beoroary Brstow is going to do, and would propose
ie u publicly So per head admission, he could Gil
The biggest ball theatre any night in Chicago II
inst this which Is puzzing everybody here-What will
erstow der VIII he enter into a compromise with tho
Ring, will be send them all 10 Johety have al
ready in my letter Of yesterday, expressed the opn-
'on-which Is thai the best formed people ami
" those supposed be in the confidence Of the gov.
rrnment,-thaI but few compromises will be entered
npon, and that there Will be disposition
10 carry ont the law Vigorously. This opinion
strengthened today By conversations with the leading
officials Of The prosecution. The general response
The question whether they thought all these would
,eaiiy 60 10 State Prison that some Of them
soubtedy would although many who frankly disclosed
ali they knew OF who among the less guilty ones
might get Of with a fine and 4 brieI imprisonment
But let me say right here that do not attach much
Importance the Of the local officials for there
every indication 10 believe that not Of them has
been taken into Bristow's confidence. Bristow just
row is the
eKKAT AMERICAN SPHINX,
and Il is mysterious, uniathomsble Sphinx, which
Tho crooked" dstilers do not like at all They all
tDow that II is he and the local officials who will
secido upon Their fate II is undoubtedly understood
shai the government-snd II is well to remember that
ihs rovernmeEi in this wkskey business nsaps BIS,
tow-vL have entirely is 6vh way so Tar as tie
measure OF punishment be doled TO the guilty
parties concerned Judge Blodget WILL in this re-
speci defer il all the wishes OF the govern
lnent Naturally he would, undoubtedly, incline TO
severe sentences " judge by his past severity,
but tins being purely government prosecution the
measure Of punishment will. upon the whole, DO
determined upon IN Washington.
mEssKD WITH DETECTIVES
II a city that abounds with detectives be envabo
Chicago must certainly be regarded just
Eden don't believe there has ever been previously
in The history OF this country such gathering of de-
secire talent have lately been honored with
here To Judge from their plumber one would have
Ihought all the roeues Of the United States had
eentraied their force here. We have had the whole
GLORIOUS secret and open service from the chief down
so the veriest tyre Washhurn, the Chief; Young
Turon, the ready letter winter; Brooks sr., and
Brooks Jr Mitchell, Gaviu and all the rest have
smiled upon Us, have terrified the crooked
histIlers, mystGed the honest spectators and
curious gossiTs, and vanished mysierously
a. they came AZ least dozen Of the
more obscure detectives, headed by Brooks the
younger are an here after the more famous
pnes are gone And what they all doing
people naturally ask Well, they huntins up evil
ncnce shadownr the dstilers and the suspected men
eho might run away; watching the members o. the
new Grand Jury who might be tampered WITH and
ecepiug general lockout the battle Geld. Apropos
NJ this new Grand Jury, which is TO meet next Tues
tav great deal has teen sal as regards tie proba-
bmy
btine made IN order 10 prevent their finding ndict-
uepts against rich distillers VINO have hitherto
rapeo and cx revenue onlcsls. The prosecuting on
tlals have oandidy admitted TO me that this Grand
turv viii be very sharply watched. as such efforts
would Otherwise certainly be made aud The vas,
amounts OF money at the disposal Of some OF
lhcse hitherto unindcted members Of the Ring would
render the success Of these efforts very probable IL
b,ust be stated however that the new Grand jury
r a. been able ascertain. are SCI 81 rather
respectable men Of them retired merchants and
well farmers, and unless the money power proves
zoe overwhelming u bnt Just toward them 70 as
,ume that they win DO their duty. OF course, these
hrapd Jurors are already aware that they are
bcing watched by government detectives and that
.,akce them ooublv circumspcct II they only ndiCt
novt the ex-Assistant Collector, and Jake Rehm, the
ex-i,hef Of Police. they viii have accomplished BIG
NorR stated yesterday that the wbee whiskcy tax
ttesi in Chicago estimated At from 5000 600 20
fs 600 600 The present Internal Revenue Collector "
relned 10 think that 10 at leaft - 600 600 and
mai "A NAV have announced 10 ~ much as $4,000, OVO
Hhnt has become OF all this money 70
Axo1uEk MYsTEKT
- nv, ~h,shev huslress Honestly divided among
b.ah,rteen hfus al dntilerf and rcctfyers In Chi