The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-10
WHISKY A POOL FOR SHARKS.
THE BOOKS or THE TRUST FAIL TO
ACCOUNT FOR s3,OOO,OOO.

}. II. Greenhut and sam wPalner Charged
with the MisapproprIation OF s29O,OOO.
A Series OF Bills to BE Filed Against the
Illinois Directors of the Company-A
Fat Rake-on In the Deal for the Me-
braska Distflery.
Chicago, April 9.-Another chapter OF
whisky trust sensations was made public
to-day In the filing OF bill OF complaint
in the United States district court by
Receiver McNulta and the reorganization
committee. The general allegation is
made that up to April, 1898. the three ex-
perts who have been at work on the
books Of the Cattle Feeding and pisulllng
Company have found that 100000 cannot
be accounted for on the records OF tho
trust. The bill charges Joseph B. Green-
hut and Samuel Woolner OF Peoria with
the misappropriation OF s29OpOO. The other
defendants named in the bill are Peter j.
Hennessey. Nelson Morris and the Dia-
tilling and Cattle Feeding Company. This
is the first time the receiver and the
New York reorganization committee have
Joined hands in the legal proceedings.
1t is only one Of a series OF bills which will
be filed against the trust directors resi-.
dent In Illinois.
1t Is charged that at a directors meetine
held Nov. 4. 1892 It was agreed TO buy the
Nebraska distillery at Nebraska City, the
Central distillery at St. Louis. and the
Star and Crescent distlllery at Pekin, Ill.
Samuel Woolner acted as agent for the
trust. receiving $4,000 for his services.
The price contracted for was 81. .6s5. 900. but
the amount that appears on the books ia
N,SJ4,flO. or the latter amount the bill
alleges Greenhut received f225,000 and
Woolner Ab0,O0O, beside his fee as agent.
and that these amounts have not been
accounted for in any way.
The first news OF the foregoing condi,
tiOn OF AFFAIRS was received by Gen. Me-
Nulta yesterday, and he Immediately
telegraphed the three experts at PEORIA
70 return to Chicago at once and bring
documents and books in support OF the
charges. The experts and receiver met
Attorney Levy Meyer at his office, and the
session lasted until o'clock this even-'
ing. Nathan Blur, the New York counsel
for the reorganization committee, and
Herrick Hutton, a director, were also
present All were astounded at the ex-
posure OF the gigantic frauds made By the
experts who presented a rough report of
their examination made up to April 1899.
Chief Expert O'Brien said he had not Ia
his nrty years of experience, seen anything
like such condition OF accounts, and he
had handled the Erie and Lackawanna
books; The disclosures were so startling
that Mr.. Blur left for New York this
afternoon and Mr.. Hutton returned TO
Cincinnati.
The experts allege that all sorts of
transactions were covered by fraudulent
entries, and lawyer in the case even
went 80 far as to charge forgery.
The full report OF the experts up to
April 1898, will be ready by the last OF the
week. As to the news that the American
Distributing Company and the whisky
Trust. had consolidated, a man .promi-
nent In the latter organization admitted
that II was among the possibilities but
that nothing definite had been done yet.