Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1898 — Moonshine Whisky in New York. [ARTICLE]

Moonshine Whisky in New York.

The other day i* ths city of New York revenue ofleers raided a cellar on Blvington street, where illicit whisky was being made, and seised nearly a dozen barrels of mash and 80 gallons of the contraband liquid. They were led to the raid by the fact that whisky was selling for five cents a glass in a large number es places on the east side, and suspecting crookedness they set a watch and readily located the HiloIt distillery. The capacity of the place wm three gallons an hour and the product was sold to saloonkeepers si the rate of 26 cents a gallon. In v a king of the affair a revenue MWeer i<i that there are many such places Id ew York and Brooklyn and that it la 'er to carry an such opemtl«a« taw out in the country.