New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-10
ENORMOUS FRAUDS CHARGED.
STARTLING DIsCI.O .OsURES MADE IN WIS
KEY TRUST AFFAIRS.

DprstnrvT GREENHUT AND OTHERS ACCUSED
or MysAppRopRrArING $4,000 - EXPERTS
SAY THAT THEY HAVE FOUND DIS
CREPANCY OF s3o0oOoo IN THE Ac-
COUNTS PRIOR TO APRIL. 1898
Chicago April 9-Another chapter Of Whiskey
Trust sensations was made public to-day IN '"e
filing of bill Of complaint in the United states
DietrIct Court by Receiver McNulta ana the re-
organized committee. The general allegation -
made that up to April, 1893 the three eNpe'''
,ho bavo been at work on the books OF the DIS
,u,,rg and Cattle Feeding Company have founu
tba, e 600 900 cannot BE- accounted lor Oh 'ne
records of the trust. The bill charges Joseph d.
craenbut and Samuel Wcolner OF feorii' "I'N
tho INSTRUMENTATION Of S2sOOoO Inc o'he' ue-
fendants named in the bill are Peter ). ie"'i'y'
>.aisor Norris and the Distilling and Cattle Feed
ING company This IS the first time 'he reoe'ei
ard tho New-York Reorganization Committee
'. to,rcd hands in the legal proceedings 1t
E., only one OF "A series or bills w|ich VIII NC ''0
a,,oi,st the trust directors IN Illinois.
:, 4, ,horyod that at a directors meeting heid
>,l,.or,her . 1892 +, was agreed u buy the Ne
,o,l,o Distillery at Nebraska city. the Ceh'rai
r,,,,,,or,, AZ 81 Louis and the Star and Crescent
,,,..,I,a-, q, pekin. Ill., Samuel Woolner acted as
a,,,r, f,r the Trust receiving $4,000 Tor ms scr
-, Tho ,,rice contract ted for was Sl,oS2,Vov, ou'
The amount that appears on the DOCKS - S.ar
of The latter amount the bill alleges 'nat 49,
hnt received s225 900 and Woolner sooVVV @ ,,
mis- fee IA agent. and that these aI''o
heen accounted for In any nahhet' ,,,t,, -, A.
NJ 6rst news OF the foregoing conditlon OF al
,,irs ,,as received by General McNuita yestetHay
and ne Immediately telegraphtu u Wv u - o,i
nrte ~ peoria To return 10 Chicago AT one or -
bring documents and books III ..I suppU no, At,ar
brses The experts and the receiver met A,eS. @
-. 80, Naver AT his office. ana the sesslou "'s
GA until s o'clock this evening" Na'Han
T.H,"york counsel for the Reorganization On, On
mlttee and Herrick Hutton, uiic.to'' xnosures
present. All were asiouhde' d. ronph re-
rnade nv the experts who presented 4 Luu COZ
,."r, ~ thelr examination made up 70 Apri' -
I.Ltof Exnart O. Bren said he hau hut, - !" '
cr,,. ,.oars ~ experience seen anything me 80 - "
q condition " accounts The disclosures W. Wv w
,ar,iIn, that Mr. Blur started ior "" Ctr
S.a' - '''t.s -, s and MIR Hutton returned 10 Cih-
cinnati III o,r,s of transactions
were covered by fraudulent entries a'l 80 a 80. t,r
in the case even went 30 ia' IL ~
gerry . 49,, ,o Anru 1899 will be
-. ~ ~ ,he las, OF the week. As To the new
th,t the American Distributing S.inp'' nan
thn Whiskcy Trust had c"ns9lidat.u' ;,i,tad i,
prominent in the latter o eH,,'HU e',ies bur that
ibat II was among the pOSsioliluvS' Du' W
thera was nothing definite done YET T., tho
p,ri, III April "a cut OF TWO cents III -, ~,
price OF whiskcy was mace U-Trs ,,nI,% i Asso-
Of the break IN the Slhti's i"s e. - The
~ -, Intend to take the aggressive anu a.,
- on, "a sxpected. All the dlst.lIer'es ou1S''
,hn trust are running. lienry NInt,,, NMnT,,,,a was
,hc ont siders said that te'eINet ND
,,,r,'cl hv the independents that they WTuiu ,
i''' @ ,hin,, further To do with the Aiherlci,', :, !
mts.r,huttry Company and that the u"u1 "''
nnt IKE to buy OF the combination.