The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-02-18
DIAB0LICAL.
Secretary Of the Great Whisky
Trust Arrested on
"A CHARGE OF CoNSPIRlNG
To Blow Up ALI Distilleries Not Belong
ing to the Trust.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
offered Bribe to Get the Shufeldt Distil
lery Mt Chicago Out OF the Way.

offered Bribe to Get the shufeldt Distil
lery at Chicago Out Of the Way.
CHICAGO, Feb. 12.-George Gibson,
secretary of the great whisky trust,
was arrested at the Grand Pacific Hotel
Wednesday morning on charge of con-
spring to blow up all the distilleries in
the country not belonging to the trust.
Mr.. Gibson lives at Peoria, and it is
said he came here for the express pur-
pose of wrec1ing the Schufeldt distil-
lery in this city. 1t is said that Mr..
Gibson tried to bribe Government in
spector to blow up the Schufeldt distil-
lery and this led to his arrest. as he
| alighted from carriage in front Of the
Grand Pacific Hotel Wednesday morn
ing. In a small satchel carried by Mr..
Gibson was found a number of articles
which are said to be positive evidence
of his connection with the conspiracy.
Mr.. Gibson was taken TO the United
States marshal's Office in the govern
ment building.
At a preliminary hearing before Uni
ted States Commissioner Hoyne in the
afternoon Mr. Gibson waived examina-
ton and was held TO the Federal grand
jury on $4,000 bail.
The conspiracy was worked up
through Revenue Inspector L. s. De-
war, who was told guardedly some
months ago that Shufeldts distillery
was in the way of the trust and that
there was big money" for the man who
succeeded in getting the concern out of
the way.
Solicitor Hart, OF the Internal Reve-
nue. Department, who arrived in the
city from Washington Tuesday to take
charge of the case, has in his possession
the dynamite machine with which the
destruction of the Shufeldt distillery
was to be effected and papers closing
the contract for the diabolical business;
the specific charge against Gibson is
that he tried to bribe Dewar to blow up
the Schufeldt plant. All arrangements
had been completed for the fiendish
work when Dewar informed the Gov
ernment officials Of the plan and pre-
vented the consummation of the con-
spiracy.
Mr.. Hart says that just at present
there will be no more arrests in the
case, for although they are certain that
there is some one back Of Gibson, yet
they have no evidence that they can
bring against them. The offense with
which Gibson is at present charged is
punishable with not more than three
years in the penitentiary, but it is
thought from the startling details Of the
plot that good case Of conspiracy to
commit murder can be brought against
the secretary OF the trust. This would
send him down for long time.
Inspector Stuart, Of the Postoffice De-
partment, one Of the officers who ma
the arrest, said: 81 am not at liberty to
give the facts In the case, but there is
nothing that your imagination can con-
ceive of more diabolical and more hor-
rible than the intentions OF the conspi-
rators. 1t was nipped just in time, too,
for the first blow was to have been
struck in Chicago. Then il would have
been repeated in other points"
Gibson was released late in the after
noon, Nelson Morris, the packer, sign
ing his bond in the sum of $1,000 Glib
son was also required to attach his sig
nature.