The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-05
WHOLESALE M%OoNSHINING.
m BROOKLYN MALT VINEGAR FAC
TORY SEIZED.

It Made Illicit whiskcy OH n Mammoth
Scale, Say Internal Revenue Omcers-
Three Prisoners, One n stakeholder,
Nnbbed, and q Lot of Whiskey ConfiscRted
Col, Robert Williams, Chief Internal Revenue
Agent In this district. and Ave other revenue
officers seized, about 2 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. twenty-five barrels OF Illicit whiskey.
which they found concealed among n number
OF barrels OF vinegar In stables at 318 Henry
street. They also arrested Morris Braun
and Abraham Weinstein. drivers In the employ
OF the Brooklyn Malt Vinegar Factory, in
which the whiskey is alleged TO have been
made. and Charles Retzky. whose residence Is
at 250 Marcy avenue. Brooklyn. and who adj
mitted to Revenue Inspector Slusser that he
was a stakeholder In that concern.
Later In the day Internal Revenue Collector
Moore seized the vinegar factory, which Is said
TO be one OF the largest in thin country. 1t oc-
ouples nearly an entire block. the main en-
trance being at 227 Wallabout street. Brook
Ign. The building has I'VE stories. and contains
a plant OF machinery, boilers, engines, stills.
ana other appliances. valued at over $50.O00
Besides this plant, the building also contains a
large amount OF grain and 10000 gallons OF
low wines" used in the manufacture of yine-
gar. Fifteen wagons and eleven horses found
IN the Henry street stables and two wagons
and three horses at the factory were also seized
by the officers.
The men arrested were arraigned before
Commissioner Shields upon charges Of having
In their possession liquors not properly stamped
or upon which the proper revenue charges
had not been paid. He held Retzky In $1,000
bail. and Braun and Weinstein in $500 bail
each for examination on Aug. Is.
There are said to be eight stockholders be-
sides Retzky in the vinegar factory company.
One OF them, Erastus Hayes. the Treasurer.
surrendered himself In the office OF Commits
sioner Shields yesterday afternoon and was
paroled In the custody Of his counsel, Charles
i; L2yEett, until y o'clock today. when he will
t. surrender themselves today.
r, iii an ,%entirsly INNOCENT 81 any connection
Tlpo 1tals'' :" dlTftl noRS buf Nj it HtIsy 6s t said m to a SUN
turing operations Of the company. supposed
them to be restricted to. the production OF
1: being disposed of to the Manhattan Yeast
This Manhattan Yeast Factory, Chief Internal
revenue Agent Williams says, is owned by the
stSSskbn 1a o. the vinegar factory company.
M i Hayes iss y + SPSS &c in With hsP t6s f Hayes e DastSr
C ( 9IE Of 81 vesey street, His residence Is
Internal ndlS revenue snyvet Siieer ssr ssid yesterday that
large quantities Of illicit whiskey had been
H Hs6sv ~ Hfrt the . vinegar !, ffaetoTy and sent ,99 70 the
xboStif89 months n ago cSp. r Williams bee bso amy;
whiskey somewhere in BrooEiyn.. He was con-
stills. 90 he detailed lied N Special s . f Deputy S g smelI
thompson and Inspectors slusser, Long.
brooks and Bivens to locate the Illicit fac
the case. they discovered. SO they say. that
Tagonloads Of barrels. which they subsequent
y aseertained contained Illicit whiskey. were
being taken daily from the Brooklyn Malt Vim
Obtaining what they deemed sufficient cyl
stables Shortly before midnight Of Wednes-
f dSay they err follC%ed a Wagon SPon which
t f6eA dives iTf%sSs seafs WIFE EsfS 'U SSe m Of t SRpGn
kept 2 careful watch for possible followers.
the other. drove from the stables down one
street and up another. with the evident pur-
pose OF throTtne Pursuers on the trail. The
being watched. for the wagon was finally
turned back toward the stables without any
delivery OF whiskey. having been made. When
rev blooks from the stables one Of the men.
braun. SpranR to the ground and started to
enue officers, and Weinsteln, who was driving,
was arrested lust as he reached the stables.
hetzKy., who had been watching the wagons
approach. ran away when the officers appeared,
street by Inspector Slusser.
inspector Slusser said yesterday that 1t was
an easy matter TO make Illicit whiskey In the
vinegar factory. as the use Of stills was per-
mitted there. and 1t was only necessary to raise
the ingredients used in the manufacture Of
vinegar TO q higher proof to produce a fair quail
ityo OF whiskey.
The operation. of the Brooklyn Vinegar Fac
tory was stopped by its seizure yesterday, but
curing Inc afternoon. men were engaged I'M
ing up the material in the stills to prevent its
spelling.