The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-24
CIGARS in CELLAR
OFFICERS ARREST HENRY
LAMPING AND BENNETT JACOBS.
Goods Alleged 10 Have Been Spirited
Away just Before a Fire at
IrvingtOn.

Bennett Jacobs, who lives at 1907 North
Capitol avenue, and Henry Lamping, a
cigar manufacturer, were arrested yester-
day noon by Deputy United States Marshal
Foley, and during the afternoon over 400
boxes Of cigars were found in the cellar of
Jacobs's house. The charge placed against
both men is removing boxes of cigars from
a factory without properly canceling and
dating the revenue stamps, but behind 1t
lies a story. Jacobs is OF a prominent
family in Johnson county, and his BUSH
ness here is that Of a horse dealer. He
lives in a stone house and in a good neigh
borhood, where he has been highly regarded
by his ~neighbors. He moved there about
April l last. Lamping has lived on North
New Jersey street and is a cigar manu-
facturer. He has twice before been in
trouble with the government over revenue
laws, but both times he was in Terre
Haute.
Since last April Lamping's cigar factory
has been on North Ritter avenue, Irving
ton, and, If Jacobs had any interest in the
plant, he never appeared in it, and the
business was publicly regarded as Lamp
ing's. On Aug. 90 last the cigar factory
was burned, and soon afterwards Lamping
and Jacobs appeared at the revenue office
and put in a claim for over 500 worth of
revenue stamps, which they claimed had
been lost in the fire. They also made a
plea for an abatement of taxes on tobacco
which they claimed had been burned. The
prosecution of these claims was deferred
and postponed so many times that the off,
cials of the department became suspicious.
Collectors Without and Boone commenced
an investigation, and became satisfied that
tory before the fire and that the stamps
were not destroyed. Convinced that they
were in Jacobs's house, a man was sent
there In the guise Of a gas inspector, and
found in the cellar of the house a pile of
the boxes OF cigars, each with the revenue
stamp affixed, but not Cancelled. Notice
terday and make the necessary affidavits to
secure the rebates demanded, and about
noon moo they appeared; Just as they he. finished
quires that each box of cigars shall have
the stamp Cancelled and dated before it shall
be removed from a factory, and they were
arrested Tor failure TO do this. They were
given a hearing before COMMISSIONS
Moores in the afternoon and were bound
over to the grand jury in the sum Of $500
each.
While the hearing was in progress Col
lector Boone went to Jacobs's residence and
confiscated 81 boxes of cigars, or 1850
T f.ssrs' a aeo s tGGk lis Hsf Boxes ee i ieft r fn the e Slflse,
as II was late last night when the first
load was brought down. The penalty pro-
vided is a fine of $50 for each box removed
from the factory without proper stamping,
so the aggregate fines amount TO 81 $50.
The officials do not believe that Jacobs is
of the requirements of the revenue laws.
but it. is their opinion he was led into the
trouble by Lamping. While they were be-
ing taken TO jail, Jacobs upbraided Lamp
ing and said that Lamping had led him into
the trouble. He further said. II would
have been a fool not to have bought those
cigars at the price you offered them 10 me-
1t is probable that Jacobs will be able to
give bond.