Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-10
Dry Fork Bnl FaPePunRsr Of R0unG-
up0f Alleged viOialoPs Of Laws.
Inspectors BUSY BUT KEEP QUIET
Many of Them Around Danvllle, Which
Has eecn the Center of the inter.
Getting lnvestiaatlon-what Collect.
ors say-eive Bond and Start Up.

DANV1llLE. VA. Nov 9-Thc large
plant OF the Dry Fo. L Dstllling Com
pany unc) located about fifteen
miles from this city. il closed down
MS the result of second seizure by
the United States revenue officers on
the charge of dfraudlng the govern
mont
About month ago large corps OF
reyenuc officials. headed by Chief OF
Division OF Revenue Agents d. A.
Gates, OF Washington. d. O.. and Dis
trict Attorney Thos. Leo Moore. raid
cd the dlslillery. 1t appears that the
government officials had examined
tho books Of the railway company at
by Fork, and found that large ounn.
titles OF whiskey In excess of the
amount ON which tax was PAM were
being shipped almost daily.
It. NJ. Angle, the manager for the
Dry Fork Dstlling Company. was
arralped before Commissioner CAP.
ere who required him to give bona
for $1,000 before the commissioner of
revenue for this district. II has been
since claimed that the lund was ir.
regular and should have been given
bcio.e United states Judge Henry C..
Mcdowell, of this district
On Wednesday night another yciz.
IRE was made ana the distilcry will
remain idle until the bond can he
gwen properly before Judge Mellow
ell Half dozen revenue officers n 70
in THE city tonight. but when seen by
q reporter all stated that thew had
no Information to give out at present.
These and other officers are now on.
Grating in the country, within IA radi.
us OF twenty miles of this city
Give Bond and Proceed.
Manager Angle. or the Dry Fork
Company, was called up by long dis.
lance telephone ana said that his bond
was ready to he fled. and that opera.
tons would be resumed shortly. The
places was formerly known as pigG's
DlstIllery. He frankly told of the
many revenue officers who have been
shadowing his and other places in tho
ne'ghlt)rhood for some time. Last
Saturday night lie said six officers
slept In the woods near here. and on
me morning following inspected tho
stll"
Angle saws that there are many
other distilleries In the Dry Fork
neiehbo hood Shipping whiskey and
TINT the excess showed by the rail
wav receipts does not show that his
company has violated the laws.
uc regular fall torn OF the Fcdcr
al Court OF the Western District con
venos next Tuesday morning. and
some highly sensational Developments
are expected to follow.
II is generally believed that the
continued presence In the noighhor
mood of many high officials In tho
revenue ana secret service denart.
ments Is the torerunner OF gYeat
roundup of the ylolatcrs of the rcvc.
nue. tax lnws
The docket for this term is already
large hut VIII be Increased by in.
oicments by the grant jury. Sever
al government st0re-keepels and
Rhngers and large dlstllcrs will he
tiled for collision To defrnud the gov.
eminent Export accountants have
Tor months been engaged In going
over the records here OF the railway
and oxpress compauios Distilleries
have sprung I'D like mushrooms
around this CITY since the recent tom.
narance victories IN North Carolina
ReinE only three miles from the North
Carolina boder line. Danville is an
Ideal shipping noint to Greensboro.
Durham. Charlotte and other dry
: towns.
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