The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-11-18
ALLEGED FRAUDS IN THE CUSTOM HOUSE.

How Importers nre swIndIcd and Their Pro-
perry Abstracied While in Bond-"Receivcd
In Bad Order''-"Uan Such Thinys he ="
Messrs. Shutz q Clark are importers OF foreign
wines and liquors In yesey street They DO business
with many houses in Europe, aud consequent y,
pay large amount Of duty al the Custom House.
On several occasions, according TO their statement
when goods consigned TO them were received at
this port, the boxes containing those goods were
broken open, either at the dock, upon the landing
OF the goods In the public store, and quantities
OF the imported article distracted. 70 such an
extent has this grievance gone that Messrs. Clark 4
Shulz have. IN order TO obtain some redress, re-
Gently addressed
A LETrER TO MR. MURPHY COLLECTOR OF THE
IN the following terms:-
We beg GILL your attention following facts :--on
October ID received the ship Cornelius urnue from
New YORK In this the usual practice Of sending
Sn ss o II. and @
spasssd " smith, and received them 2st
fs or
Married in ssa which .rsa
mildly so ns o for n any deficiency The :od importer
Eossmsr ID and has opened J. shoud have c9n,sn.d
$
like them 10 be cxamled ant opened the presence
Custom House oiheer, that may make the
4oSeS .a % them ~ had
20 ID. :. Robbery s on your s
from all classes o. merchand and under the of
In any civilized mercantile community.
On previous occasions Messrs Clark 4 Shultz
having had TO complain VI similar wrongs at the
hands OF the Custom House ofncials wrote TO Mr.
Boutwell,, Secretary or the Treasury, but were not
favored with any reply.
Messrs Snultz Il Clark further state that In one
Importation by the ship Blue Nose, from Rotterdam
of mi b0ff lao xvo iufn
public store, and when returned to them IL only
contained nine bottles. IL was marked "Received
N bad ORDER To prove that Y WAS IN the Custom
that the spaces which had been rendered vacant by
taxing out the bottles had been filled with wooden
shavIngs, ana these shavings could not have been
had on board the vessel. With regard to this par
tculsr instance OF fraud CLARK \ shultz
WROTE TO MR.. BOUTWELL,
In the following language on the lst OF November
We desire TO call your attention to matter which,
think your notice A We and other
.opu ,Ae ner before In !he begnnns O La. month
order from ne ship The importers ..ie ina. ih.y i.a
But during her trans, By the Custom House csrman or IN
The oa Passed by snSon one
& nSs q s ss sanW, one *. q .
ton OF the authorities AT the Custom House this
s -s sS ss s n. 20. lay Ssas you 70 re-
VISIT FROM a CUSTOM HOUSE OFFICIAL
Custom House or1cer subsequently called upon
Messr5. SnulE clark anu inquired why they aid
not apply 10 Mr.. Murphy the Collector, IN the hrs.
instance This Official looked a. the case. took par
iicular notice oi IL and then went away. Custom
House Carnan also called, stating that he dld not
rob the case because he would not have any
wooden snavlnRs IN his cart TO put In place OF the
bottles. He wanted Clark a Shultz to sign letter
exonerating hun; bu! tney declined 10 90 SO. be-
cause IL ~ their belief mat either the carman or
some one OF the customs officials IN the sample
once stole tue goods. Messrs Clark Shultz have,
nj present. taken the only remedy Id their power 10
abate the crying evll OF which they cOmplain--
namely TO cal 10 IL the attention OF The mercantile
community and the Secretary OF The Treasury. II IS
10 he hoped that the Secretary viii order an in
vestiga ZION into the AFFAIR.