The evening world., 1894-06-06
QUEER STUFF SEIZED.
1t Appears to Be Whisky Of a
Moonshine Make,
Shipped Here from New Jersey and
Innocent Of Revenue stamps.
Two Arrests and an Accused Salooi-
Keeper Missing.

There Is much mystery to-day In con-
nectlon with the confscation Of "A cask.
supposed to contain whiskey. by the p)-
lice OF the Eldridge street station last
night.
1t looks as II somebody in this city
was trying to peat the Government out
of internal revenue tax by running n
moonshiners' camp In the State OF New
Jersey.
Some OF the facts came out this morn
ing in Essex Market Police Court. Po-
liceman Frank Hahn. OF the Eldridge
street station. arr1igned two prisoners
whom he arrested last night about 10
o'clock In the act of delivering n large
d~ry-goods box on the sidewalk In front
of Marcus Leibncr's saloon. No. 3s Essex
street.
The box was In an express wagon
and had been unloaded when the police
mans suspicious became excited. The
themselves and were forced to drive to
the police station with the suspicious
parcel.
on opening the box It was found to
contain n twenty-six gallon cask OF
supposed whiskey. packed securely In
excelsior. The cask bore no internal
revenue stamps.
The prisoners, who were held on a
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;helr names as Herman Kister, ice-dealer
and expreesnan. of 43 Essex street, and
Samuel Daniels. a tailor. OF lOl Norfolk
street.
They pleaded innocence. but Justice
Koch held them for examination to-mor-
row.. In the mean time the police are
making a search for evidence. -Kister
told this story to an'" Evening World"
II deliver ice to Marcus I.eibner." said
he. six weeks ago last Friday he told
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. and
bring n box to him that would be con-
signed to me. I did so.
"a few days ago he told me he would
soon receive n postal card. When II
came he said / should go In accordance
with the instructions II contained and
get n box which would arrive by the
New Brunswick boat at pier 6 North
1.-The postal-card came yesterday, and
! went to the pier. The delivery clerk
pointed out n box which he said be-
longed to me The case was about four
feet square, end on 1t was n card bear
Ing my name.
q took the case and drove away with
IT,, / did not get to Leibner's Until 10
o'clock, where / was arrested. / did not
Daniels stood on the street last night
and | asked him to help me load the box
to- the station house"
Ex-Assemtlyman Wolf. who keeps a
rival saloon at 30 Essex street. was In
court this morning. He claimed that
boxes, and parcels OF a suspicious ma.
ture had been delivered In front OF
81 Essex street frequently. for the
past six or seven weeks, and that he
called the attention of the police to the
matter.
At Leibner's place, when a reporter
called. his daughter said her father had
gone away and she didn't know where
he had gone nor when ne would return,
Over L%eibner's place was a big sign:
'Mhiskey. sold at distillery prices"
The contents OF the cask have NOT vet
been examined by an expert.
At the New Brunswick Steamboat
Company's pier, foot OF Morris street
Delivery Clerk Irwin said the box came
from New Brunswick and was consigned
to kister. according TO the books, by +.
Epstein, OF New Brunswick.
MT. irwin said kister took n similar
package from the pier several days ago.