The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-15
BREWERS HEAVILY MULcTED.
EVIDENCE IN TYSON TRIAL SHOWS
THEY MADE LARGE SHIPMENTS.

Induces Large Confidence in HUI
man Nature-Three Witnesses Tes-
tilted Before the Jury in the Tyson
Case-Court Will sit Only From
o:3O Until 2 O'Clock and No After
noon Sessions viii Be Held-De-
fendants' Letters Built on the
same MOdeI-Jury VIII Stop at the
De soto.
The first witness in the case of the
United States against Daniel A. Tyson
and others was placed on the stand in
the District Court yesterday morning The
witness was Walter Philips, general man.
aaer of the Eagle Lithogra phing Com
pany of Cincinnati.
The jury that will decide the fate of the
defendants now en- trial was selected
without much trouble. 1t is as follows:
Joseph E. Delannoy, foreman; f. W.
Ribb. Robert H. Brewer, William Fl.
crane, l.. E. Roberts, Pleasant D. Grit
fin. II. NJ. Young, j. r. knight, j. H.
Brinson, P. G. Crimson, T. w. Faircoth
and r. H. Crawford
The evidence given by Mr.. Philips was
preceded by the opening speeches of Dis
trict Attorney Erwin and Judge II. d. d.
Twiegs, for the government and the de-
tense, respectively. The district attorney
told the court and jury what the govern
ment expected to prove, namely, that
there existed in She section of the coun-
try in which Tyson and the other de-
PENDANTS lived well-organized conspir-
acy. to which all the defendants were
parties. The object of the conspiracy, ac-
cording TO the contentious Of the district
attorney, contentious which he said he
expected to prove to the jury, was to de-
fraud merchants throughout the country
by the use Of the United States mails,
through which attractively printed letter
heads, bearing enticlngy worded letters,
were sent.
In this way consignments Of valuable
goods were induced and for these the
consplrators only paid when they expect
ed by a first payment to induce larger
shipment or one Of more value. These
facts the district attorney promised to
prove to the satisfaction of the jury and
to remove from their minds any reason
able doubt as to the guilt of the accused.
Judge Twiggs had but little to say in
response. He warned the jury that they
must not permit their minds to be made
UP before all the evidence had been in
PRODUCED and they had received the Charge
OF the court. Counsel told of his CONT
dence in the innocence of his clients, but
did not outline the plan of defense upon
which he and his associates would rely
and which they would follow.
Mr.. Philips testified TO the receipt of or
ders for handsomely autographed station
cry from several of the defendants, which
had been filled by his house. The letter
heads printed under these orders de-
scribed the defendants as dealers in al
most everything under the sun, one of
them, living and presumably doing bust
ness in a county in which the sale of
liquor is prohibited. being described as q
dealer in fine wines, champagne and ale.
After this testimony Mr.. Erwin placed
Fred A. Stole, secretary of the Stole
Brewing Company of Troy, N. Y, on the
stand. Mr.. Stole testified that his COM
pany had shipped five casks of beer to
J. S. Wheeler, under an order for trial
shipment, and that he had never received
an answer to any of the letters or state
ments he had since sent the defendant.
The transaction appeared to have been
closed with the shipment of the beer and
its receipt.
d. c. Kruger. of the Kruger Brewing
Company, of Newark. N. j., made the
most interesting witness placed on the
stand during the day. Mr.. Kruger's house
had had business dealings with three men
in the section of the state in which the
conspirators are said to have operated, J.
7. Hammond, W. l.. Jones and j. M.
Galloway. Hammond is the only one of
the three now on trial, Jones never hav-
ing been arrested and Galloway never
having been indicted. 1t is said that the
last name is an alias used by another of
he 6gfn sg Fffa In
each of these cases the procedure was
tdentically the same.
First an order would be sent for trial
cask of beer, which would be paid for
promptly upon its receipt. The letter con-
tanning the remittance would contain an
order for ten casks of the same beer, us
ually accompanied by IN inquiry as to
prices raid by the brewery for returned
empty bottles. In this manner the Kruger
Brewing Company had been induced to
make shipments, amounting in value to
total of 1852 so, to Hammond, Jones and
Galloway, and had never been able to
receive an answer to it's appeals for pay
ment
1t appeared that the men indicted had
marked the company for their prey, for
after the shipment of the beer for which
payment was not paid, and after the fail
ure of the company's efforts to secure pay
ment it was in receipt of letters from j.
iidittlls HAN ~ I1ulCnluSoU anu \. d
ReWis, also ordering beer. All Of the let
ters written to the company by these men
might have been copied from the same
model, so identical were they in style and
contents. The later letters, however,
were not productive of shipments, for by
TINS time degree of wisdom and compre-
hension had dawned upon the company,
and the communications were simply re-
ceved and fled No attention was paid to
them
The story of the brewing companies re-
peated compliance with the orders of the
defendants for shipments caused ripple
OF amusement to pass around the court
room. which was intensified when Judge
Speer remarked that there must be some
thing in the composition of a brewer that
induces a peculiar faith and confidence in
human nature.
Were these the only shipments of beer
that your house has ever made to Geor-
Gia%' Mr.. Barrow asked the witness.
Yes" was Mr. krugers reply, land
] rhiuk thew are the only ones we ever