, 1876-02-03
JAKE SINGER.
THE MAN WITH A BEf,1irT,

Jako Singer wAa once dIatillor. OF iaso
years, however, Jako iiaa not ,uaa!led corn md
sold the product thereof. Ills nttemps to 8tart
tho Brighton DistillcrG year OF moro ago, On
tho turpent,nc-alcohol bsals, by which crude
alcohol for mechanical purposes should bo osten-
Bibly mado, foil through. for some roaBon or
other, aud siuce that time Jake haa tuned hls
attention to other tnatters. Tho probA-
bio rcasoh OF his failnre 10 Bta1t
the Brighton Dlatiliery was tho discovery
by tho Government that t4e proposed plan
wns well-lnd schomo TO manufacture ths crude
alcohol under tho prasenso that 1t was for purely
mechanical purposes, but thai, ,whon tho at1n vaa
mado 1t wus to bo takou to tho rectifyIng houses,
mud, nfter undergoing onndry operntiona, bo
turned out In tho shape Of pure epr1ts.
TIE nEAurY Or THE ac1EME
WAS that 1t contemplated tho payment Of no tax,
inaanlucll aB tho Htpif uaa to be oatonsib.y madn
e1c1ugsycfY for mechanical purposes. The
other dtattllota here HAM through tho trick,
and tho Government was soon informed
OF what wAs gong on. Jake mado no turpetl-
tine-atconot mixture. and tho project was soon
dropped. jake iiAa not rlscn to the surface Of
public notorjety ainco that tlme except, por-
haps, In that no allowed tho CochEaus to op-
e1aso their d!4tillory Oh promises Haid to be
owned ly his aon, Cha1lea 6lngGr, aud d Mr.
hlHt!A}1s lOt HlQuA NRA0 ACkH H4 q hUfk Dl hEGGk.
Tho distl!ery premises wero scizod III biay last,
and thu Government will Tomorrow try thu
civil caao. Il il assorted BY tue Governments
that tho property was assigned to tho
III accordance with tho PROVISIONS Of tho Rev.
enuo laws. J1ko will make fight, through his
sttornoy, to retain tho pronerty, which Ia said to
bo valued at so1nothInY ltko 960.OU0. This 10
ono way In which Jaaa will again como up bu-
foro the public mind,
lie IL likely a9so to appear iu another new
role, Ills Iozt performance will probably bo In
THE little R00A OCCUPIED ri THE nnAau Junr
he iB expected to explain to that body certain
statemeats TO Which lie has Iato!y given outsen-
Gy; 4 TRIBUNE reporter learned yeaterdAy that
Jake hhd been telling story on tho streets to
WAS spol!n1 to give evidence In THO wh'skY y c4sea
against someboay, and that tlts indyidus! would
i1upsrt tho said eYiiouce In consideration OF the
payment Of %. 900 In legal'toadera Of thu Upitod
sts.o' sat' "st up into Secret se
Tho fourth story Of tho cs,ston-llousc.
and d!Iated at some lepgth npou the great secret
With which ho was bursting. lie whs hoard
patiently, but, for aotne reason or other. hia
stasomeut was taken with many grains OF allow
auce. It 80 hsppsnea that parkcr It. Mason WAS
lu the ulllce ~ tls time. Him Jake yanked
otf into QUO corner. aud proceeded to pour into
blu esr words presumably Of acen mysterious
tEo Hactet SotTico Agent tllss
THE ulAEIoF op 5AKE's REMARKS
wes that "O!d BROOKS wsA afraid 10 call him
hoforo tue Grand jury tecauso he didn't dare to
MT, Urooks Ii seldom excited, but whom Ray-
body prsaumes 10 impeac., Lis molyos aud 10
irsiutlRto that he ID Interested iu not hayipg
s ,bes sn e0tH1s Se le e.na '.
stands On eud. and tho vlA!s OF wrath a1o un-
corked. On thia particular occasion hs recorded
4 eolsun oath that hs would hare that man bs.