, 1879-03-14
CROOKED BEER.
The Ex-Mayor Of Galena Charged
with Defrauding the
Revenue.
Testimony Tending to Show O
Too-Frequcnt Use OF
Stamps.

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The examination Of .Joscph Haser, ex-Mayor
Of t'alcna, and u wealthy brewer, on the charge
Of usng becr-stamps second Lime, was re-
srtncd before Commissioner Hoync yesterday
morning In tho presence OF m oflec'tuA OF
people. 49,,
Mr.. Juesscn, counsel for tho accused, desired
10 cross-queAt3on
FAT MAHEH,
the saloon-kccpcr, iu order to lay the founda-
t!on for something, ho not being present, though
,,ntscs hnl been served on the DstrictrAttorIey
to hnyc Him on hantl. Mater, 1t will perhaps DO
remembered, testified that he had contract
with Hascr to return tho stamps, receiving latf
tilrtr value.
Dla.rlct~Attorpey Bangs said he was undcr no
obligations u produce him.
While MIR. Juesscn was making speech rs to
unEa!rncss,r- witness claiming to be m
accessory AMI being under control OF the Gov
ernmcnt,--Nahcr came Into the r0orn, anl was
Immediately put OIL tic stand.
In reply tu Mr. Juesscr, lie said ho now lived
In Dubuque. lie had lived In and around t'a-
lena for thirty ycnrs. lie lett thcro two yeara
ago, when he failed In business, ani slnue had
beun In different parts Of the couatry,-part OF
the time With trottlng-horsc, in which ho had
bought m Interest with money belonging to his
wife. He hadn't bet great deal; bought
Il few pools. The contract With Hnser
WAS 1nndc between 1860 aud 1870. That wns rs
definite Us he roul be. He used three, Ave, or
six keys day. Tic Inst stamps we're taken In
1915, he ''guesscd.n When be left Galcna fn
owed lInser for nbout q weeks beer. He didn't
know OF an attachment bafng t5sucd, and OF
Ilasers attempting to collect Ills debt before he
went away from ua!ena. lie was not angry at
Luscr Tic hnii not said 10 Mrs. Grupcf, or In
her presence, that hc would put Hascr through,
yet prcu With hlm,-show lin what lie (wlt-
1,ess) could do. The Revenue Agent told him
lls would be pnld for hin trouble No ono had
promised him $500. Hu lad not told Mrs.
Gruber tint ho was to get that sum, atd aske
]lcr to induce her husband TO corroboEate his
Etory, nsltl he would got similar amount lie
lad not bccu promised cent. What led hitn
10 tcll what he knew was that at" 'uY OIL Ills
mind. .-.
On the redirect, witness said ha delivered the
STAMPS to JIascr himself. lie met hin on Maiu
street In tia!cnh two years ago nnd told hfn
That hs had trcatct lin {Aiahcr) unkindIy,
levied on nn old stove; tlmt l,e (llascr) knew
very well the position he {Haser) ~ns In, md
what lie {witucss} could do II be wanted to.
right.' and then ha walked away.
sAMuxa aTAnA,
OF t;alenh formerly n saloun-kccpcr, but now
uborer. testified that from 15it to 161t} omit
ting 1876, he sold beer, which he purchased
from different brewers liz bought Of Haser d
Miller. He rot one, two, antl three keys u day.
lie gave all tlr stanps to ioscr, getting beer
fnr ttp,n,-a key NOW md t'ten. There was no
agreement between them a. to the c1act rauo
Of the stamps returned. Ilicy wern all SOUND:
411Rf<
como oil easily. He gould not say whether they
]aI heeu cnrcc}cd. Ilascr cams to his place uf
business uni rot thu stamps.
On tAe cross. witness testified Tint 10 Ind
| never talked with Aluhcs al3uut the case. ll1
| didn't know how lie came tp be su6Danacd. lie
| had not tuld n Atr. Gsitiin that II Haser hnl
| given him the money he wanted i!e would
uot have turned States evtsonce a aSat'ht him !;
not been promised anything. All hc Ind asked
| one Miner, revenue officer, was M to the pcll-
altv,-whnt could be done with saloon,kecpcr
who took OF the statnns,.,ant Miner told him
| nothing, unless II could be proved that tue
| brewer used them agaA.
| On tic redirect, witness said lc had not been
promised immunity.
| oEoNdE c. uABERLIE0,
a Deputy United States slarshal In Town, who
lives Mt Dufniaue tes.li!ct TINT, Two years aao,
hu u,,tl Revenue Agent Miller visited the saloon
Of Jobn Fosrutt at Spring Brook, and found
that t!lrrc was 10 stamp on tho barrel fro,n
| which catne glass Of beer ho irauk. ua slw
| six or seven ksgs there without stamps. The
| kegs had tic brand vi Hascr & Miller on them.
| Miller tnuda q search for stamps unl found
thirteen in boz in tlle icc-cl!cst. fllcy had not
been Cancelled. IONS was produced, unl 1t was
to all appearances as c!can as when u catHe from
| the press, though tt had undoubtedly been
nscd,] lii Ind ecen Miller d unser's kegs iii
| On tic cross witness said nothing. was doue
| abuut this, though ha reported the facte to the
Collector at Dubuque.
| TNoMAs HOGAN,
n grocer Mt Galena, testified that he know Mahcr,
MD had been In his saloon frequently. Seven
or eight reara aro Alahcr showed lin some
stamps which were In little box-clEar-box TIC
thought. hlahcr Just showed them to him.
| called hia attention to thCM; ho DID not handle
them, or notice II they bad been Cancelled.
MEvENuu AGENT antMEsoN
testified that he visited Miller i Haser's brew
cry on the llivht OF Feb. II, and looked over tho
Government record una gsanced At some cdr'vers'
books {about dozen Of them) which wcrc Ii! q
as l,c WIS sick. lie returned the next morning,
md found tint thu drivers books had disappear.
cd. Asking for them. Miller sa.d they always
burned thcir books. Hc told them thu books
pcarauco looked bad. lie seized one of their
iackaycs ut Grcber's, which had IN old stump
uu TIA stamp which bore evidence Of frequent
uae. ,....-
|
seize tl,u drivers books cxcept by legal process.
Iiaser had delivered aogno OF them 70 Deputy.
Eoltectur lTcmpstuua. Tho books of the lsov,
crnulent aln, those Of tlle Cru. tailed. That
was generally shu caso. lfe @ladn't promised
sfahcr Ut starr pcnuy; had told them that he
Ind no promises OF immunity OF rewarl t.
make. liz might have mentioned to them The
luw regarding lne 10 per cent.
| uErUTx-COLLKcT0A HAMPSTEAD
testified that 10 wus With Griluesun at the
tb,nf tA1tf tfA Il
yrs' books, s,''-lltte a lhle of l!,e1n. This next
morning they wery gone, but IN The afternoon
weru ital,.lcd them, With tho remark ttat thai
was all there was. urfmeson III uc 1'nrning
referred to thu books seon t4v night befora antl
Miller aatl II tllera were any ttmy lelongc1 IL
Ills sou, alltl had been burned. tits daughter
said she Ind told lser brother tint II ne had any
bUoks there ho hal bettcr remove the.n. VII
l,rss cnrroborutcd tirnleson a. to the stamp OF
ih4 key found ut Grctber's. .
On tic cross, witness Kuh he had examined
tlu scgs oil tho Wagons OF Miller d nascr, unit
lad uuyer scen anYt.ng wrong about the stamps
lic l,nt! found from llaser's books that tht
quantity Ut beer manufactured, tho quantity
unltI mil tba Quantity reuOtttu On hand MAJ