The evening world., 1894-06-30
BIC OFFICIALS MIXED UP mr..
Liquor Dealers Fsroed to SiQ
Afidavits Denying Other
AAidavits They Made.
EFFORTS TO EXPOSE the GAME
Certain Newspapers Knew the faseo
but Decided at the Last Mo-
ment Not 10 Print them.

The slight reference made before the
Lexow Investigating COMMITTEES ysstees
day. to the Hollywood whiskey Cssm-
pany. and the fact that liquor dealers
mad beer forced to buy that partlculAe
brand or suffer persecution from the 20
lice. has set the public wondering What
It all means. The reference, howevse
slight, seems to Indicate that tsAwyuR,
Jehn W. Con intends, when the sCoHes
mlttee resumes Its sessions, to have ~
the facts laid bare. As he cannot
that. however. for several muANM>
come, THE Evening World" to-day
throwh a little light on that corporatios
and the manner in which. from compare.
tive obscurity. It rose In a night a. u
were. to be big concern. with its slgne
displayed in a majority OF the saloeua
in this city. M
1t Ia not generally known that aooue
six years ago, the wholesale liQuoe
dealers were In despair over the sudden
impetus given to the sale OF Hollywood
whiskey, some of them fearing they
would be driven out Of the business.
For years they had supplied whisksy .
the retailers. particularly OF the small-
err class. The relations between WHEELS
saler and retailer, were of the most cor
dial nature until about the time stated.
when the wholesale men gradually felt
the trade slipping from them. At frse
they could not understand the chanro
until one day n certain retailer en-
tered the ONCE OF Peter McQuade, q
well-known wholesale man and one q
the oifi.er s,- Of HI, -, otEaniistion
owe you q lot Of monet Mr. Mc0uade.
but, cannot pay you. Nor viii I be ARD
TO- do 30 for long time
You can get your whiskey from 1sS
=" Blu / cannot. Mr.. Mcouads, The po-
the Hollywood Company. or elsss up d
place"
A. a Wholesale dealer. Mr., MeQpsds
sa sd never Sl es aeyT0H IN ssrS
lisht He knew THAI the corporatio0
had struggled on for years. BUT th1
brand was not handled by the wholesale
rstaler and tlc,ed The infor%atssS
precinct named had tod him ne wsujS
close up after hours and on Sunday.
The retailer did more business on 61R.
day than any, other day Of the week. /!
Of his society and the facts W. ane ia e s.
fore them. II was decided TO see asd
many or the reatllers as possible ana a.
tended. The result satisfied them. a. ~
why the trade had fallen OF. Then 9
careful Investigation was made. and - q
Williams as well as other ofiiciAls In the
Police Department were interested In the
Hollywood Company. and that the On
ders to the retailers had come from thu
The wholesale dealers thought them.
selves a biz power In the city ana thft
hghtins the police. Every infiuencs pea.
sible was brought to bear on the powers
that be to aid them. But the threats
S1a s, went s on s na sen "
customer OF any kind.
II public opinion could be brought -
bear upSn The he case S, !, was thousht tss
held. SO newspaper man named omiSH
was informed Of the facts. He knew g
had great story, II would be ore e
and when the wholesale men offersA y
pay him well for his services he refus0G
ANY paper in New York." he sAiG
well for it. do not want your msney.S
sensation" The names OF half a doses
sale men were given to him. They ali
made affidavits to the effect that they
had been coerced by the police into buy
ing Hollywood whiskey,
After working his story, and with the
affidavits as proof. Smith started out =
sell II to the first paper he thought a.
for a thousand dollirs or so. TIE showed
was a great story. indeed, He wa6
asked to call again next day and hsSP
what the managing editor had 70 say
When he called again the manuscript I
was returned to him. 49,
THE story is not in our line" he wAs
told. go
The newspaper man was amased. Ne
took his manuscript to another pap1e.
The result was the same, and % Wa
II with all the newspapers which he Al 3
preached, Il wss then. az stated. that
paper for their own protection. and theV q
did, with Reporter Smith In chsres, u
Is still running. f7F1