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The Brookhaven Ledger
Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi
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A U.S. Grand Jury in St. Louis indicts ex-U.S. District Attorney Patrick Keane, ex-U.S. Marshal C.A. Newcomb, Orville Grant, Gen. Babcock (President's Private Secretary), and others for conspiring with distillers to defraud the government of whiskey taxes. Excitement prevails; indictments based on testimony from James M. Fitzroy, who pleaded guilty.
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A special from St. Louis says it is announced that the U. S. Grand Jury has found indictments against ex-U. S. District Attorney Patrick Keane, ex-U. S. Marshal C. A. Newcomb, Orville Grant, and Gen. Babcock, the President's Private Secretary, and others.
The greatest excitement prevails. The indictments charge them with conspiracy with St. Louis distillers to defraud the Government out of the taxes on an immense amount of crooked whiskey. The indictments were found on the testimony of James M. Fitzroy, late Deputy U. S. Collector, who was indicted by the previous grand jury and lately plead guilty to the charges against him. He is said to have been Treasurer of the St. Louis whiskey ring, the most gigantic combination ever made to beat the Government.
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indictments found against the accused; james m. fitzroy pleaded guilty to prior charges.
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The U.S. Grand Jury found indictments against ex-U.S. District Attorney Patrick Keane, ex-U.S. Marshal C.A. Newcomb, Orville Grant, Gen. Babcock (President's Private Secretary), and others for conspiracy with St. Louis distillers to defraud the government of taxes on a large amount of illicit whiskey. The case relies on testimony from James M. Fitzroy, former Deputy U.S. Collector and alleged treasurer of the St. Louis whiskey ring, who had previously been indicted and recently pleaded guilty.