St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-10
MINNEAPOLIS
BOLD IN THEIR PLOT
GATED IN THE WHISKY
SWINDLE.
GRAND JURY WILL PROBE,
Avn NUMBER OF ARRESTS ARE
EXPECTED BEFORE NIGHT
FALL.
DEVELOPMENTS ARE SENSATIONAL
The Case Promises to Become One
of international Importance
Mill City News.

Further developments concerning the
alleged wholesale counterfeiting OF
stamps, trade marks and labels of a
Canadian whisky distilling company
were secured yesterday, and all con-
firm a story published in the 6 l o b e.
The story created profound sensation
In the city, owing to the seeming
incredulity of the fraud. The evidence
In the possession of Canadian gov
eminent detective named Carpenter i'm
plicates owners of a well-knoWn whole
sale liquor house and a llthographing
establishment as the perpetrators. The
grand jury will take up the case today,
and sensational developments are
looked for. Arrests will likely be made
before nightfall.
Detective Carpenter has been ut work
in Minneapolis during the past sum-
mer in an endeavor to trace the coun-
terfeit, and Saturday afternoon he sue
ceeded in locating and confiscating the
lithographing stone from which the
stamps and labels were made; also an
order to the lithographing company
bearing the signature OF the wholesale
liquor firm, and calling for 1900 coIr-
terfeit labels. These the authorities
failed to get possession CT, although
Phil Magaarden, chief deputy sheriff,
and a city detective thoroughly
searched the establishment ~ Jacoby
& Mikolas, known as the New Market
Wine company. They had good rea-
sons to make The procedure, fpr they
were armed with d writ OF rerevin
taken out bS Carpenter However, they
took possession of 100 or more bottles
of inferior liquor bearing the Cana
dian revenue stamps and copyrighted
labels of the Canadian concarn. The
lithographing stone was found at The
Monasch Ltthographing company's es-
tablis.Imert, 1920 North Fourth street.
by Carpenter, Deputy Sheriff John Wall
and Detective Doyle, Of the local po-
lice department. The stone was taken
on writ Of replevin, and will be ex-
amined by members of the grand jury
during their investigation Of the case
today
The sale of the counterfeited brand is
SAID to date back over a year, and the
discovery by the legal manufacturers
IN Canada was made last spring It is
a standard brand Of goods, known
the world over, and sells for a fixed
price. Orders received from this Sec
ton showed marked decrease, and the
manufacturers, with an eye to BUSH
ness, began an investigation to deter
mine the cause of the sudden unpop-
ularity. Their agents who came here
We're completely mystified at first. and
finally it dawned upon them that a
counterfeit was being perpetrated.
TRACING THE FRAUD,
but with a determination to run to
earth the perpetrators. Walker & Son.
manufacturers of the counterfeited
brand, reported their suspicious to the
canadian government, and Detective
Carpenter was put on the case. He
found he had received the biggest as
slSnment OF his career as a sleuth
Hardy knowing where to begin, lie
lett Winnipeg and came to Minneap-
Oils, where he remained for a short
time. He began his operations, after
1nucn thinking, upon the theory that
the headquarters of the defrauders
would be found in Chicago He con-
sequently went to the Windy city and
spent several weeks in a fruitless eff
tort to locate what he was after. He
then returned to Minneapolis and
made the discovery that retail IioiIor
dealers were and had been handling
The usual quantity of the brand. With
an expert eye he secured several bot
ties OF the liquor and an investiga-
ton showed conclusively that an In
ferlor quality was being palmed off
on the public for the genuine. Mean
time he returned to Winnipeg and
made known his discovery to the firm
The confirmation of the counterfeit
suspicious made the firm more defer
mined, and Carpenter returned to Min
neapolis and again continued his on
erations. Through retail purchaser
ne traced the matter to the wholesal-
ers, ana ne now charges Jacoby &
M1kolas with having bottled the in
ferior whisky and placing the coun-
terfelt stamps and labels upon the
same with the intent to defraud The
counterfeit, Detective Carpenter al
leges, was sold for a price lower than
the original
A representative of the Globe saw
Mr. Jacoby at his home on Portland
avenue last night and made a futile
attempt to interview him Concerning
the alleged fraud. The wholesale
liquor man held the front door to his
nome aJar long enough to say: I've
got nodding to say" and then closed
it. eAo'Io
He didn't give the newspaper man
IiiiiC CiiOuS5ll " SCeite U1le OBJECT of his
visit, nor even the subject upon which
to interview him.
1t is understood that William and
Gustav Monasch claim to be innocent
of any criminal act They declare that
they autographed the labels and
stamps, it is said, without any knowI
edge of wrong doing. The authori-
ties allow that the fraudulent business
was carried on in an open, careless
manner
Attorney Welch has been retained by
Walker &, Son to prosecute the case.
and it is thought that civil action
will be brought to recover ON the in
fringement. The offense comes under
the jurisdiction Of the state of Min
nesota, although it is conceded THAT
the government may prosecute for. the
infringement upon Walker & Sons
copyright on the label. 1t is not con-
sidered unlikely that the Canadian
government will make an effort to
take the men on the other side of the
line TO- counterfeiting the government
stamp. The alleged fraud is also
claimed to have deprived the United
States government of revenue money
which would have been realized from
the importation of the genuine