The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-25
Excess of Material Used at
Dry Fork and Not Recorded
Over Million Bushels.
DAY OF SENSATIONS
In TRIAL OF ANGLE.
Witnesses Testify Of Large Sales
of Material Not Reported to
Government and OF Rebates
for Stripped Stamps
That Were Re-
turned.
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AWHILE. VA. April 24.-Thc
tracing by the government of
the amount of grain material
used by the Dry Fork Distill-
irg Company. developing enormous ex.
ccsses over the amount reported to the
government: the allegation By the pros
eeution that the Dry Fork Distlling
Ioonkeepers for the return OF revenue
stamps. which, 1t is said, were stripped
from the barrels. and the testimony OF
revenue agents that the distillery was
operated BY double pipes as a means of
concealing the output were some OF
the few sensations disclosed to-day In
the trial of T. Nj. angle. the president
OF the company, on the charge of de-
rrauding Uncle sam out Of thousands
Of dollars.
The case for the government is near.
ing an end. and SO far no intimation
has BEEN given out as to what will be
the evidence, for the defense.
Patterson Good Pntron.
j. G. Patterson. saloonkeeper Of
South Boston, was the first witness
called to-day. He had been, he said.
large patron of the Dry Fork Com
pany, and It was brought out that he
had received over 200 barrels OF spirits
not shown on the distillery books.
While Mr.. Patterson was on the
stand the government introduced a
batch of letters that he had written to
Mr.. Angle and the Dry Fork Company,
under fictitious names. and which were
of an discriminating nature. He iden-
titled the letters as being his own
handwriting, but could remember little
a bout them. Some of the letters were
not signed. How they were delivered
and how the prosecution came in pos
session of them is a mystery.
j. J. Drakesford. an expert account
ant and emplnye OF the Revenue De-
apartment. at Washington, was on the
| stand some time to-day. For many
months Mr.. Drakesford was engaged In
checking up the books and records, OF
Mr Angle, as we'll as those Of the rail-
way and express company. BY docu-
mentary evidence he gave statement
to-day of the excess OF whiskey alleged
to have been manufactured and sold.
According to the statement of Mr..
Drakesford, he has discovered SO far
the shipment Of nearly $4,000 gallons
Of alleged CROOKED" whiskey. This
does not lnCluQe WIlisheS iiouiSu - ~.
Dry Fork in private conveyances. and
which might have been crooked. HIS ads
estimate does not include over 2O,0oo
gallons alleged to have been disposed
of irregularly by the Stevenson Dis
,tilling Company.
CAPTAIN Charles Gee. revenue agent,
testified that for many days he had
shadowed the distillery and discovered
that It was being operated irresularly.
Excess. of Materials.
This afternoon the introduction Of
the records and the accounts OF vari-
Gus grain dealers who have been sum
moned began. Prior to the introduc-
ton of these records. Expert Account
ant Drakesford. who had made an ex-
animation OF the books, said that he
had figured out a total excess OF ma
terial shipped to Mr.. Angle in his own
name, and that OF the Dry Fork Dis
lstilling Company. Of 1,270.492 bushels
of material which includes meal, malt
and rye. which, according to a survey
made OF the distillery, would have
produced 1O2,los gallons of 90 proof
spirits. the tax on which would have
been $1l2,24O In this estimate the
shipment of eight or ten carloads of
material to other parties at Dry Fork
was not included. The shipment of
these carloads was to parties connect
cd with the Dry Fork Company, and
most Of them were signed for. 1t is
alleged, by Mr.. Angle.
The following grain dealers testified
To-day: M. II. Petit. of Kenosha Wis;
T. L. Zorn. Of Louisville, KY; T. B.
Moses, of Chatham. and John P. Swan
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