Myron Colony and David Dyer worked to prosecute its participants, who were organized by John McDonald.
A letter from George Fishback tipped off investigators to this event. The guilt of one of its participants was suggested by the "Sylph Dispatch," an implication denied during the farcical "Bloody Shirt Revue" conducted by defense lawyers George Williams and Emory Storrs. Myron Colony and David Dyer worked to prosecute its participants, who were organized by John McDonald. Its impetus was Carl Schurz's opposition to the sitting president, which caused the creation of a private slush fund. Leading to the prosecution of Orville Babcock, for 10 points, name this scandal during the Grant administration, whose participants tried to skirt taxes on the namesake variety of alcohol.
A letter from George Fishback tipped off investigators to this event.
Whiskey Ring