Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1894-12-14
A STUPID ATTEMPT
To Sell Bad Whisky Under q Popular
Brand.
Brands and Labels OF the Famous Jesse
Moore whisky Initiated by Seattle
Importer, Who 10 Now Under Arrest.

The recent arrest in Seattle, WASH, of
Aaron Jaffe by United States internal
revenue officer for wholesaling liquor with
out a license has disclosed one of he most
daring and dangerous frauds that has been
perpetrated against the government, and
against one of the most reputable and pop
uiar whisky firms in the United States.
Numerous complaints have reached Moore,
Hunt & Co. of San Francisco, sole agents
on the Pacific Coast of the famous old
Jesse Moore whisky, that a counterfeit ar
ticle was being largely sold in Washington.
The labels, bottles and wrappers were each
so exact an imitation of the genuine as to
readily deceive the owners of the original
brand. The contents were, however, as
might be expected, not even an imitation,
but of so vile a character as to be readily
detected by any one who is familiar wit 4
the high quality of the Jesse Moore whisky.
| Jaffe confined his operations to the sale OF
case goods; therefore detection was easy,
as was also success in disposing of his
goods, which bore the popular AA brand.
Ostensibly Jaffe was acting as agent for
the Golden Medal Distilling Company OF
Chicago" possibly mythical concern. At
any rate, all bills were made out and re
ceipted in the name of that company.
However, in typewriter letter prepared
| by Jaffe and mailed without signature TO
liquor dealers in Washington. he openly
claimed that the whisky was spurious, but
that the labels and bottles were so success
| fully initiated as to deceive even Jesse
Moore & Co. or their agents, and in this
single claim he was correct.
1t hes been said that "poor things are
never initiated" which is truism that
even Jesse Moore & Co. and Moore, Hunt
& Co. may accept with some small degree
of satisfaction, and the fact that the Jesse
Moore whiskies have become immensely
popular and are steadily superseding all
other brands of whisky on this Coast as
doubtless the strongest incentive to Jaffe to
embark in an illicit and fraudulent manu-
| facture.
Selling liquor at wholesale without q Ii
cense is serious offense against the United
States internal revenue laws, and Jaffe will
doubtless, as he should, upon conviction
| receive severe penalty for his wrongdoing.
Infringement of copyright is also seri-
GUS offense, with severe penalties. Alto
| gether, it would seem that this imitator oi
an excellent article has involved himself to
an extent which will necessitate his pro
longed retirement from the whisky bust.
] ness.
When arrested and confronted with the
evidence of his crime, Jaffe broke down
and made full confession of his own guilt
without, however, duplicating his partners
in the fraud whose identity is yet in doubt
The facts will doubtless come out on the
trial. AS the evidence against Jaffe is Gu
mulative and abundant, there is no doubt
of his conviction.
This is the most daring attempt yet made
to initiate the Jesse Moore whisky, but the
manufacturers may find some satisfaction
in the fact that the culprit is suppressed
Moore, Hunt & Co. will vigorously push
the prosecution of Jaffe for fraud in coun
terfeitipg their trademark and labels.