Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-03-03
MADE BIG FORTUNES.
The Men in the Whis.
key Combination.
INDICTMENT MADE PUBLIC.
Finding in the Case Placed on File py
Judge Nelson.

PEORIA, Ills, March 3-At whisky
trust headquarters they have hut little TO
say. Excepting Gibson, the former secre-
tary, every Peoria man has made an inde-
pendent fortune, and can afford 10 let the
trust collapse.
BosToS March 3-The sensational in.
dictment against the whisky trust Off.
cials which has been carefully guarded
on the secret files of the United Sta'es
district court that counsel in the case
could hardly get copy. aud then only on
conditions that he should keep IL 10 him
self, IL made public at last. Judge Nell
"rn ga"e n,ders yesterday that IL he placed
on the regular files and entered on the
docket, and the document about which
there has been so much curiosity all over
the United States is given below.
1t appears from the Endorsement on the
back of the Indictment that it was re.
ported on Feb. %, and that the court or
dered capias issued for the arrest of each
defendant.
The document names the oficials of the
company and specifies the location of the
principle Office Of the trust as at Peoria,
Ills II describes the business claimed to
have been transacted by the alleged trust
from Feb. IL. 1890, up to the time Of the
finding OF the indictment, and names the
distiilcrles which il has gathered fn IL
declares that since the gathering in of
most OF these distilleries. Aug. l. $780, the
trust has manufactured Is, ,000, 600 gallons
of distilled redistilled aud recti1ed high
wines alcohol, spirits, gins and whiskies,
or T5-loo Of the entire product manufact-
ured and sold In the United States within
the time from Aug. /. 1890, to the finding
OF the Indictment The indictment con-
u.ues:
The Purpose and Intent
OF said Greenhut. etc, (naming defendants)
hsv ing purchased, rented and leased said dis
tilerics md establishments as aforesaid, and
In manufacturing, controlling the manufac-
turc and sale aforesaid of 6-l0Jths of all the
distilled, etc, high wines. etc, manufactured
and sold within the said United States during
the period lime hereinbefors last men.
toned, then aud there being unjustly, unlaw-
fully and oppressively TO monopolize TO the
Distiling an Cattle Feeding company the
manufacture and sale of distilled, etc. high
wines. etc, within said district, and among
the several states Of the United States, and
unjustly ana unlawfully aud oppressively TO
incr as and augment the usual rates and
price At wnicL distilled, etc, high wines, etc,
wer, sold, am to prevent and counteract the
effect Of free competition on the price OF dis
titled, etc, high wiaes., etc, and
thereby TO exact and procure great
sums al money from the citizens
nf this district aad from citizens OF the United
States, and from all others purchasing dis
titled, etc, hi h wines, etc, and In pursuance
of sad purpose or intent defendants (naming
tie ~, as officers aforesaid. at Boston, within
said district, ON Sept. !, lsN, and on divers
otner dsy, between said first day of August
and tied tc of finding this indictment, did
promise To and agree with Dexter I. Mills and
Erastus &. Gaifiold, then and there doing
Business under the firm rame of ID. II. Mills az
Co. that II they, the said Mills and Gafileld,
as copartncrs aforesaid. their Successors,
otc., should during the month ot September,
lSW, anl during tho whole period of
time OF five months from AMI after Oct. I,
lsi0 have each bought their supply Of tho
kind of gn1 II produced by the said Dstilling
and Cattl, Feeding co npany exclusively from
said Distiil!ng and Cattle Feeding company,
the said company
Would Rebate and Repay
20 said Mills and Cafiield. as co-partners, the
gum of cents for each proof gallon of the
total number of proof gallons of distilled, etc,
high wines, etc, purchased by said Mills and
Gaffield from said company during the month
of September and at other times from and
after August, and before tho date of finding
this Indictment, at Boston, the said defend
ants, Ia pursuance OF said purpose and intent,
did promise and agree with said Mills and
Garfield and 10 and with one John Joyce and
Other persons TO the jurors unknown, that II
they, said other parsons, etc, should have
during period of time set forth In said agree
ments and promises, each bought his supply of
the kind of goods produced by tho Distilling
and Cattle Fce ling company. 10 wit, etc, high
wines. etc, exclusively from the said company,
the said company would rebate and repay TO
said Mills and Garfield and Joyce and others
cents for each proof gallon of the total number
ef proof ga lions purchased from said company
during the period of time set forth in tue
agreement: and by means OF said agree
ment and promises and by means of con-
trolling tLs great number of disti .leries,
sto., and by the means of controlling
the manufacture and sale and price Of
sale OF 75-l0o h, Of all the distilled, etc, high
wines. etc, man gactured and sold within tns
United States from Aug. !, 1897, up to the
ti ne Of hndin this indictment, the said dis
tilling, etc.. company and the said defendants
did make large sales to said Mills and said
Joyce AID Others, ut prices fixed by them, tho
said defendants, said prices being then and
there
Greatly in Excess of tho Usual Prices
mt which said high wines, etc., were then sold
in saii district. said high wines, etc, having
boon within the period of time last mentioned
manufactured by said defendants In states of
the Unit "a States other than the state OF Mas
sachu usetts. and having been transported from
aaid other states into Massacb cbusetts. and did
unlawfuily, unjustiy and oppressively mo-
nopolize to tho said distillery, ETC., company
the manufacture and sale OF distilled. etc,
high wines etc. and did unlawfully, un-
Justly and oppressivclv increase and augment
the usual rates and prices within said district
at which distilled, etc, high wines, etc, wero
sold in said district and did unlawfully and
oppressi>ey prevent and countoract the effect
Of free competition on the price OF said high
wines. etc, in said district, and did unlawfully
exact and prpturo great sums of money In aid
dir CT from said Mills and Garfield and from
said Joyce and others, against the peace, etc.
The Bribery Case.
The Boston city press has been author.
lied to make public the following authvri
tativc statement relative TO the indictment
recently touud by the federal grand jury
in connection with mn alleged attempt to
bribe grand Juror. The indicted person
Il DR.. Nathaniel Ware Halves Of $50 New
bury street. with home In Wrentham
II is a fact that he has friends who are
interested IN the whisky trust matter, and
some day, ago he approached Juror Grant
and, after speaking OF tho case then before
the grand Jury, asked Mr.. Grant why the
Jury di not give the whisky trust people
a chance - be heard, intimating that he
thought they would be able 20 show that
they hal noe made themselves amenable
20 criminal r o~cntion.
He made no oaCr of money TO the Juror,
ana lid not intimate that any would be
forthconip0 What hs did was done IL n