, 1877-11-04
TOM LYNCH.

FEW SIMPLE QUESTIONS.
few days ago THE TRIBUNE put to Mr..
Lynch, the Democratic candidate for County
Treasurer, some questions regarding whisky
matters. which tic has rs yet declined to an-
swer They related to certain statements made
by Marshall L. Deecher, George Phelps, and
others. The questions were intercstin" ones,
touching upon muttegs with which Mr. Lyncn Is
familiar, and deserved an answer. They nave
had none, however, aud so, dropping them, LIE
Tribune will pass On aud ask him some more,
which, perhaps, Alr. Lynch may be little more
willing to respond to. They are as follows:
Did or tilu not the house Of Shuielat u Co.,
in which A1r. Lynch Is partner and manager, re-
move from the dlstiicry to the rectl1Ylns house
prior to February Of 1875 Mgnwincs which had
nut paid the tax, said higwlncs pGlns7s removed
under the III etcnse that the barrels ccntained
Did or did uot the firm resort to any expedient
to manufacture Or get upon the market non
tax-paiu goods!
did you, or did you not, go into partnership
with Jonu Herting and Mr. Reiumann!
did sou, or did you not, during Tic time that
that holy alliance lasted, pay any Gaugers $3 OF
any otncr sum barrel on account OF Illicit
wA,skyt
which bul not paid tax removed TO d rectily ytuG
house on RIVER street, and did you, or did YOU
not, follow those goots to their destination in
your buggys
any goods which had not paid tax to any rect1-
tying housct .......-
DID ;ou, or did you not, pay money at various
times to Virgil jones, transfer oiiicer, aud to
Inspectors Otto Hartung William $. Golsyn,
Mai. Dowd, and Capt. klnnau! Will you make
all atiiuaylt On this point aud publish its
Did yuu. or diI you not, allow GaIgcrs at
various times to take away with them Twenty
or thirty gallons ap ece Of alcohol which mad
paid no tax, and WI you publish t9;noFfo" ;;II
Did YOU, or dld you not, allow John Lyons,
VINO ou,e worked Ior William s. Golscn, to taise
away tor his own use alcohol which had not paid
tue laLs
in tue shape OF what are known 'casc- goods"
whisky W'nich hal not paid taxs
We're you, ur were you not, once seized bY
Government otlicer, aud did you7 OF olG you not,
settle tie case by paying money 10 virgil Jones!
Did you, or did you noe, ever pay any money
to William ). Golsen or to Otto Hartung. and,
II SO, for what purpose: An atlldaNt Is "antco
here also.
why did your old partner, Reinmann, 60 to
Europe! Was it on account of any crooked
ncsss
Did or did not Mr.. Lynch, during the early
part vi 1915 cu1ne to lie CONCLUSION that tue
then Secretary oi the Treasury, Mr.. Bristo",
was uoout to begin crusade AGAINST
lhe whisky men; that it was not impossible
that that movement would be pushed to sue
c.ssful conclusion; and ttat, in VIEW thereof, it
would be better to get III out OF the rain as soon
uS pJSSbe! .
Dlu or did not Mr.. Lynch, or the firm OF
which hc is 4 partner, draw up letter 10 Inc
Secretary ot tilr Treasury during the early
months Ut 1875, Stating that they had 6iuncu
against tue revenue laws, but intended To DO SO
1nore, aud that, If let alone, they would put the
Government in possession OF information Which
hriIu1
Of iliic.t distsllng; that tins step on their part
was Que of seil-prcservation; the market BEN.
swalnpcd with Illicit goods, and it being impos-
sltle ior a firm which wished to he honest to be
SO and live!
Was, or was not, such document submitted
to Zeli &; Francis, OF Peoria; Clark, of Louis
ylc and Gail, Of Cincinnati, and signed by
them, aud, at a later PERIOD by the Woolners,
Of Pcoriat
Was, or was not, such document presented
to Mcintyre, Of Pcklu, and did ne Or did he not
refuse, point blank, to enter into any such ar
rangemCnt!
Wus there, or was there not, sucl, paper
taken to Washington by Mr.. Lynch, or his part
ner, during the early part Of 1s75, and submit
ted BY hIn to the Secretary Of the Treasury. by
whom it Was referred to the Hon. BiuiorG VIII
son, then Solicitor Of :he Treasury?
Was there or was there not all acceptance BY
Solicitor Wilson OF the proposition made in this
alleged communication, purporting to be signed
by these Chicago, Cincinnati. Pcuria and Louis
vile people, the condition being that they were
to be pardoncd TOR any otIenscs which tlcy
might have committed. and that they were to
continue uninoiestcd, assuming, of course, that
they run squarcl
Did or did not Mr.. Lynch furnish the Treasury
Department the information which led to the
seizure OF the houses oi Parker Mason, Golscn
s. Eastman, G. G. Russell, and Roelle, Juuker
g. Co. on the 10th OF May lS15e
Is it or is not true tilat all the information
upon which the first Chicago seizures were based
was solely OF chiefly derived from Air: Lynch,
or furnished with his knowledge, that relating to
St. Louis only beng furnished by Alyron Col
oney?
Is it or is it not that Mr.. Lynch, or person
known to him, suggested to tic authorities OF
the Treasury Department that the proper way
to begin operations was to examine the records
OF re.c.,ts ot whisky at Eastern points, and
then trace back the liquor to the rerti1ying
house or d1stilIery whence it came!
Was it or was it not in consideration OF this
Information, thus furnished. that the listilery
managed by Mr. Lynch was not seized during
1o75-'Gl
Is it or is it not true to the best Of his knowl-
edge that the original document, purportin9 to
bc signed ty these Chicago, Cincinnati, and
Pckin people,, Is now In the hands Of Mr: Bluford
Wilson, and could be produced BY him If 1t were
desirable to do So!
Is It cr fs r. mt frna that Col 4. G.. Matthew'S