The evening world., 1894-06-13
M%ooNSHINERS FLEE.
They Were Distilling on the Old
Tyler Homestead
Warned by the Capture Of Part Of q
Still at st. Georges Ferry.
Mysterious MIR. Malone and His
Queer adjustment.

A mysterious Mr.. Malone is very
much wanted by the internal revenue
officers for conducting n moonshine
whiskey distillery al the old homestead
sec,President John Tyler, on the Glove
aver, opposite ST. Peters Catholic Gem
atnte, and less than two miles in the in
prcac from the Kills, in the town Of
He New Brighton.
probaee savage dogs, an insane man, a
tor. sorse covered wagon and n solitary
with YER vigilant sentry in the ~shrubbery
n DOR OF the massive iron gates. not TO
Mt T., of the utter absence Of women and
time resence OF nalf a dozen silent men
v WI, the place, lent an air of evil doing
mystery to tn" tenants that finally
IN byuated in one arrest. The evil doing
OF Cceen accounted for, but the mystery
.. ,h,per than ever.
mt. Cobb, of the West New Brighton
Pola station. received Information two
Paxtotgo that caused him to institute in
mates as to the tenants of the Tyler
he wprietor Floersch. OF the Point
thorite. across from the old Tyler home.
Of n ted that a covered wagon made
t,rious visits after, niEhtfall to the
Know ed mansion and carried away
N.w bartender Of Mr.. Floersch entered
~" ates Monday to see what was going
ence rhe old mansion Is about 300 feet
aristofroEl the Glove road. Is surrounded
was hick %shrubbery and heavy trees
a. lis protected from intrusion by a
IL way picket fence nearly seven feet
He tie way up the drive when he was
then, ed by a sentry and was not allowed
Wloceed.
sor e estate is owned by Mrs. NJ. A.
dauawin Douglass. who manufacture
he \ paper at High and State streets.
In at a mile away.
healhen she was told Of the suspicious
anne she hitched up her old white horse
81 drove to the mansion. She says she
tarr' barely entered the u when Zen
iike,st. The sentry called the brute
miny, and Mrs. Douglass said she wish,
repto see Mr.. Malone. She was informed
] It Mr.. Malone was not at home. and
abet it was not known when he would
~coueanwhile sergt. Cobb had been quiet
puiat work. and the result OF his inves.
"ations was the arrest of August
.iesihke. the driver of the mysterious
Of OAR the ferry:boat at St. George yes;
forday afternoon. The wagon contained
q empty whiskey barrels, a lot OF
thhalf inches thick and five feet long, a
thrge box, and a lot of iron and lead pip
stg. This is the paraphernalia necessary
tp construct a cooler. such as Is used In
rThesihke was held while Deputy, Col
sector of Internal Revenue William
Ss fsTTyi of P e2iee R'f Rhome. ' OF DbPoefly yGr
slpon the arrival Of Mr.. Rhome Thesihke
fas arrsigned before Justice Acker, in
New Brighton: Jh .Sln tb sai Sr, ne nV We I'M IN
s SssHn to sn pey "s Street New York. where
he would be relieved of them by a truck
revenue oficer Rohme said he had nc
evidence against Thesihke and declined
driver was discharged. Rhome has a
clue to the ringleaders in the affair,
which he declines to say anything
Foreman Smith. of the wallpaper fac
tory, a brother Of Mrs. Douglass. says
that a well-dressed. fine appearing mar
ana said he had been looking at the
Tyler place and would like to lease II
for a year, with the privilege of buy;
ing; He gave his name as Malone: and
Trust" Possibly. he might erect a cor.
set factory on the place. Any. way II
suited him. He lntimated that his father
to confne him in an asylum. The ff.
teen-acre estate would be a fine place
to let him run hose.
His manner was so gentlemanly anG
refined that Mrs. Douglass did not sus
pect that all was not right, and a bar
gai,N was struck for $500 a year; with tn.
that period. Malone paid SIS down AM
took immediate possession. That's all the
money she has re %eriea from rsnn him. v,s,tsd
the Tyler mansion this morning. The
heavy iron gates at the entrance were
fastened with a chain, TIL grass inside
20 thick that the house was barely, dis
cernible. No better place for evil doing
Of any sort could be found anywhere. =.
The windows of the house were al
omen. but the doors were locked. A eel
lar door was found unfastened, how.
ever. The odor Of whiskey was strong
In one of the rear rooms OF the cellar
and the floor was very wet.
The four rooms on the ground fiool
and the five rooms up one flight were
empty. The halls and stairs were pref
ttly'earpeted, and a stand stood near the
front entrance. Otherwise the place
looked as though 1t had stood empty
The bushes back Of the rickety ole
stable told a different story: -,
BEHIND a heavy thieket four brand =
heads of two Of them had been SMASHED
In. They smelled of whiskey. Lying be
side the barrels was a quantity of Iron
sergt. Cobb visited TIE Place this fore
noon. He found nothing except the bar
Le;s and pipe in the bushes. which HI
ITS none of my funeral" he eaid
THE revenue officers have the matter
The fact that nothing was seen t,
30 Into the place except square case
would seem to connect this dIstillery witt
the arrest Of two men who delivered {
box at the store OF Marcus Leibner, 3
Essex street. at 10 O'Clock on the nigh
Of June s. as told In THE Evening World
OF June G.
Secreted In this box was a twenty-six
gallon cask Of whiskey. There were n,
revenue stamps on the cask and the mel
box from pier 6 North River, and that /
was landed from the m New
BRUNSWICK. The contraband good coul,
easily have been carried ia New Bruins
WICK, from West New Brighton. The mel
pleaded innocence and were remanded
that further investigation might b
TWO PI uMRERS RlIpMcn