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Show The Whlttby ThievuM. Chicago; '8. Tho iudictmcntH against the distillers, rectifiers uni guagers here charge the grosscnl frauds in avoiding tho whisky tux, and against the firm of Roello, Linker Lin-ker & Co., thero are four indictments charging that linn has defrauded the government at various times out ol taxes on liquor, amounting rn all to about 2,4'H,000 gallons. These frauds all occurred within a year. Gohon, Eastman & Co. aro charged with ovoding luxes by cancelling stamp, and other means of defrauding government gov-ernment of the tox on 43,000 gal Ions. Ford, Oliver k Conner.on 34,000 gallons; gal-lons; Miller it Fredericks, on 20,000 gallons. The means employed were varioim, feut well understood among all dealers and manufacturers. It is affirmed that thero was ovurwhulm-ing ovurwhulm-ing proofs in tho hands of tho grand jury. The cases will bo prosecuted with the groatcat severity, |