The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-23
Naval Offer Irish Will Follow
the Bogus Brandy to
London.
THE OWNER TO BE ARRESTED
WHEN FOUND.
Manufac urers' Association Proposes
to Prevent the Expectation
Of the S uff

Collector Wise yesterday went to the
rescue of the sheep-dip labeled California
Brandy" and procured the arrest of Chief
Food Inspector James P. Dockery for
having interfered with United States
official in the discb arge of his DUTY and
for having broken into and destroyed part
OF the contents of three packages of dis
titled spirits" in transit under United
States bond.
Just before Dockerv arrived at the rail-
road freight yard yesterday morning a
Custom house truck drove up in charge of
Customs Inspector Payne, and the three
barrels bored into by the inspector on the
evening before were loaded on the truck
and carried away for evidence.
The three cars which contained the
alcoholic dope had been moved away to q
switch hundred yards to the west and
each car was sealed with the seal of the
Custo Clubhouse.
When Inspector Dockery arrived Gus
toms Inspector Cody notified him that the
cars were closed and under the seal of the
United States. This was q serious matter,
and Dockery was aware of it, for lie made
no attempt to break into the car. He
sent messenger to the office of the Board
OF Health for quarantine papers, his in
tention being to quarantine the "brandy"
as an i'm pure beverage and thus prevent
its expectation.
While waiting for the messengers re-
turn Dockery killed time by copying the
numbers and marks on the cars.
Yardmaster Hardy arrived at about
o'clock, and stationed two stalwart rail-
way hands at the door of each car as
guards. Hardy informed Dockery that
whenever his superior officers ordered the
cars to be moved they would be started
without Mr.. Dockery's consent, whereupon
Dockery in loud voice made the follow
ing proclamation:
Hear We, hear We, hear vel In the
name of the Health Department OF the
City and County of San Francisco and in
the presence of these witnesses l. James
Dockery, chief food inspector of the
Health Department of the said City ana
County. by the authority IN me vested, do
quarantine these cars, without interior
ence with their contents, and l charge you
addressing Mr.. Hardly to duly observe
The fact and to be guided thereby"
few moments later United States
Marshal Baldwin appeared with q paper
in his hand.
Mr.. Dockery," he said, 81 have this
"a warrant?"
Yes"
"1hen am United States prisoner?"
''You are''
Very we'll, l will 60 with YOU"
Doekery was taken before United States
Com missioner Heacock and was released
on $500 bonds, ]. W. Kerr and A. Sbar-
boro being hi Sureties Tuesday morning
next, at 1920, was fixed as the time for
the hearing.
The complaint upon which the warrant
was issued reads as follows:
John H. Wise makes oath and says that on
the 2lSt day of May, 1897, at San Fran cisco in
the City and County of San Francisco and Dis
trlct Aforesaid then and thee being, did un-
lawfully and knowingly prevent oppose, i'm
pede and interfere with an officer OF the GUS
toms to-wit, the Collector OF Customs of the
Port OF San Francisco, to wit, this afiant, in
the execution of his duties as such officer and
in the execution of power and authority in
him then and there vested by law, that is to
say, while the said Collector of Customs and
his deputies and persons assisting him were
there and then engaged n the transportation
and removal OF large quantity of distilled
SPIRITS 10 the Collector OF Customs of the Port
OF New York in pursuance of law the said
James ?. Dockery did prevent such transpor-
tatlon and removal by sid Cole ctor of Gus.
IONS by breaking into the receptacles in which
the said distilled spirits were contained and
emptying The same of their contents
The second count of the complaint
charges that Dockery violated Federal
statute By breaking into three packages oil