, 1879-01-29
SWAPPING LIES.

ming Crooked on Vcst aiAtison Street.
The examination Of Duncan Forbes, Charles
II. Tnylor. aud Joseph Walsh tho three uen ar
rcstcd last Saturday night at No. % West Madi-
son street, In tho basement Of which placo nn
Illicit still WAS discovered Uy Uuclc Satl's Rove
nue Agents, wus begun yesterday morning ut 10
o'clock before Commissioner l1D3ne. Forbes
md Taylor wcre each represented BY an attos-
ucy, md Assistant DlstrletAtsurncv Boalcs
cared for the intercsts of the fioyrrumcpt.
THE PROSECUTION.
Deputies Springer, Cox, and Thompson were
hworn. and In tho oraler natnci detailed TIC cir
cli.nstanccs attending tile arrests; gave dcscrip-
tions Of the premises, a, repeated tue col.vcr-
sattops which tcJ Ind with tic urrestctl partles.
The satnc wns fully set fortl, In Tur TRIBUNE
OF last Sunday. Upon their testimony tic Guv-
crnmcnt rested and tic tleicnsc put uponthe
stAo.i
Mn. CHAnLns II. TArt.olk
liz repeated al great length what llo halt told
the officers: TINT the fur.lacc IN the baselnent
wus for brass-moldlng iar patent Quters, At,d
that 1lu knew but verv Ilts'c net lllc ex!stence
MID use OF tic nu1l. Fo.Ileb 1tlr beer, allowed,
llo said, to do prctty tnlich as ho chose. Wit
ness VILLA $50 busy In tho stosc" that he had no
ttlnu TO give to tAe operations In tho hasc-
mcnt. 1Io had been lid 10 believe
that Forbes Was nu9Eng essential oils out Of
lempns, etc. 1u relation to tho barrel OF u,o-
iasscs taken to the Btoru Friday, Wttncss said
TINT inau named FEauk Chapman was doubt
less tho purchaser, us hs WAS connected with
Forbea In the operation OF tho down-stars NIT
chncry. Witness pyofcBsed tho dlrcst ignorance
atout the Use 10 which tho still was applied.
as,d dll not know thut any spirits had ever tecn
u,a.Io there. 1Io himself had no interest iu tho
ntTair, never got any tling Ut tho procschs OF the
still, did not help mako any portion Ut the tna-
chinory, nor did he direct any nj is workn'cn
to do so. Upon tho cross-cxanination, ho I'D
n,ittcd ihat somo Of lhc tno1a'Sas hAl s'ern
brought upstairs fur household tlsc. lie did
uo, know whcu tho '',nast" was tnade, uur
Ind lln ever bought any yeast for tho "tnasb."
llu u4ltnEttctl that once he l.al given his son
,unney for yeast, hut l,e did not know ttlat It
;a,, s for use h0 %sas,e kaew of T'' liz Ss
existence Of small ho,lrr. anothrr
"ttii.'' but ha supposed 1t was one OF Forbea'
patents. did not know wnere 1t was nasic.
which FORBES gave him. ilo could not aay tia.
! thuY wcru aladu IN lIls basement. Forbes hal
| snit lint lo mauu them Ut - lle drux-atnrc." !"
Tl,crc hal been between hin anil Forbrs nm, Cllust
man sorns conversation ~ 70 tho possibility OF
| tuakiug 6l0U per week dfstllllnR, ami Chapman
llad taitl TINT II their apparatua Was II good onc
hu would sell by sa,npr, nlni tlcY could n,aSe
| lots OF tlQIcy 0uk III IT, ntLllEsA ltAA >uflhcu
linn lint TO should hare 'rcnsu 4 he intended
selling liquor. tlii mot knuw ltatt was against
tho law to manufacture Tor ot'eaolf. Ihs man
Chapman, wltncss sud, rented - part nt Ills
rcpcatcd1y yrofcsae.i hta iI0crcu Ol all cOnnec.
ton with TIC 1tsttlIlus business h!s Ignorance Ut
tho laws OIL disabling, as'd Ills tsnorabcu OF lhe
purchase Ut thu barrel Ut n,nlasaes; lie didn't
| know whether FORBES, Or ChalHhan, or tho
| usugXist +" had furnished lhe tnoncY.
| 1osKvu WALSH,
the eluploye who was urre.ted, testified that ho
WAS employed by Mr. Ta, lor. a.nl WIN plumber.
Never TO his knowledge had tc ever lnade any
part OF tho sttll-apparatas. nor had be cver seen
nn,body making It. WItuess had bu'!t part VI
tho fllrnare, which WIS. sic Understood, lUf
iounlfy purposes. Up to Saturday aftcfnoou
witness s,ad not known of thu aiaaFatus u the
nx Is ss II ss ~ 'ss.. II" 11us
knew uor ncarj. bc'utu tI'a srTcat, of any tiIuos
Fruiay nlAun alter IL had arrived. From what
Frant; Chapman llpi said. wttneAs suru,ise.l
What wa. u be anue wt!l,it Gnap.a1n had
ctnyerscd with hin, aa'oas Il. Neither Taylor
nur Forbes MAS present ut thc Enic.
DUNCAN FORBES
was next sworn. liz tratided that he had
worked fur Mt. Tastur s,aru lust July louy
tx'd jvbs for his hoard. IT al that tauss l.o bad
!ssove4 trom IT, yav'S. so only - ssnt. y aaa @
Forbes, "Tay lor .at.l that le wou'l like 10 have
a jjttlu dtup ii whisky" That was tho tissl
lhiug ryur Aail about thu dtsstJliug. lis did
ut knHw sxns!s Nov onx s ~ hsa ss
Cnrlst,lus It lad btcn nut up Ut Dir. T4yior'r
order; III wIinc.s ial done Was Ut Taytur'.
order. THIS w4s tic soldering q = .u,.lt pscve
Klein. one ot Ii. woft;taeu. 10 rat out, stat
s.d aoss Tue srs:!s;. s;,, =. past r., o. t.. r i.
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