New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-07
BRIBERY OF EXCISE INSPECTORS.

AZ INVESTIGATION ~ THE COMMISSIONERS OF
ACCOUNTS
Commissioner Terry. Of the Bureau - Accounts.
beyan NJ investigation ycst"rla into the alleged
hrlhory 81 Inspector connected WIN ih" Excise
pe,,artrucnt John I.oAnow AMI ms wlic were eN-
a,rln.d hv Commissioner Terry. ana gave testimony
Indicating the payment o. ir!'s % corn'' non WIN
the tr,ns,er - an cxcirc license 10 March Inst
They asserted under oath that they were mu.cteI
~ go By excise INSPECTORS who are said to 10 rev
.nnoiniccs The inspectors. IL was san. drank ny
liquors q considerable value during ih"r Nis''s I"
tho place paying for nothing According 20 TIE
testimony Of Iiebnow ami hi~ vile, he bought n
saloon at 80 :, Scc,nd-avc. from Max Fen1fIch.
licbnow and Fcndrch. Il WIS represented. on
March q wen, 70 the Excise Boar! ana met an IL
,roctor who discussed with them the transfer or
Fcndr!chs license 10 i.chnow. and 90 nrf 'c'nr 10
the transfer. accepted present Of 40 if'" INC az
ter several days aficrwlri. when liconow hAi
taken possession ~ the place the excise inspector
referred TO- accJmpa nioi by another Inspector.
called and told Licbnow. h. swor" yesterday tnai
go more would bc require! before the transfer
could be- lawfully made lAchnow asserted that he
paid the additional 50. II" offered a fD-hiil hr'
was Obliged 20 change 1t into Slo-hiis that each
inspector could have half the sum demanded
on SUI another occasion. there being a hitch In
the transfer Liebnon called AT the Excise Depart
rneni and again met the inspector who had obtained
the first SIC Iichnow said that he gave him 80
more and a few days later the license was trans
forred Iicbnow says that h" is ont good many
dollars worth Of liquors which The inspectors drank
without paying for them
The police gave Iiobnow so much trouble that he
sold out the liquor shop. having. he alleges. lost
money.
The details OF this alleged bribery f.ebnow told
TO Superintendent bennett OF the Parkhurst So
cic,y who Informed Frank Moss. counsel for the
society OF IAebnow's revelations. Mr.. Moss placed
the matter before the Commissioners OF Accounts.
At the Commissioners OF Accounts Office Yesterday
all Information as to the names OF the implicated
inspectors was refused. At the Excise Board g-
norancc Of the alleged bribery OF the departments
inspectors was professcd. .
Excise Commissioner Hamburger. when asked
for Information yesterday afternoon fhih thnt ne
had heard nothing about the alleged bribery OF any
plant had not been brought 20 the attention OF
the Excise Board instead OF the Commissioners OF
Accounts.
who is the inspector OF the Excise District in
which Llcbnows liquor shop was stuatcd''Y Com
missioner hamburger was asked ,..
''It is In Inspector Julius Steinberger's district
was the Commissioners reply.
As Mr. sieinbcrgcr was not appointed an excise
inspector until the end OF March Mr.. Harburger
aid not believe that he could be one OF the i'm
plicated men.
Frank Moss attorney for the Parkhnrst society
when seen a his home, No 3S East one hun
rcd-and-tweniieth ST. said that he was In 10 post
ton to discuss the matter. and while he would
not deny the report. he would neither confirm 1t
make any statement
Julius steinbcrger the Excise Inspector whose
name was mentioned. seen at his home No
81 East Seventy sccOnd-st. last night He said
the report false as far as II related 10 him,
and In proof 81 this said that he was appointed
about Two weeks after the alleged bribery took
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