New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-01-15
THOSE BOSTON sMUEGLER~.
Their Startling Tran-actiOn~-A Special
Inspector. and the Collectors COnG-
DENTAL Detective. and n Former sur.
veyOr Of the Boston (u.;OmhOu,e
Implicated and Indicted.
From Che New York Uer,.I.'

! lrEoln -Ilc new lOfR ittt1'l.
! Bn-.,>. January 1.-The mos, cxt.nsiv.
series %. smuggling transactions exposed
for many year, have recently been de sc.
| "prd i'll Boston and New York. They cover
q period of several wears. and durin: their
| days ~ .fouiishing progress the government
! !a. been dciraudcu of untold thousands
:,ld thousands u. dollars. Some %: the pay
! ties Implicated are now on tria. IN TIE
ni'"'i States c"u;.- N 'his city. other.
iiiv" .io,condcd. and the t.ia.- OF others are
dcidYci, 10: The time hein. on account of
vrrai important witnesses hayin. taken
mp their residence w:t,lin the jurisdiction 81.
the New Dominion. ::e parties az trial
are Dexter Z. MllS. "A w.ll-h aown Boston
wholesal" dealer in oils ana aicoho: Samuel
{. Land. to..ucyly IN Office. IN the Boston
Cuniomhou>e. and now :, liquor dealer here.
ami Nil" Il. Skcclc, George Underwood
John I. Perry and Alden F.eemun-:!lr four
latter being 'r'i,i imen N the employ of Mr.
Mills. The trials commenced about Il week
since. and are likely 10 occupy fully another
week before they are concluded.
In conversation with parties reliable and
VII po>ted. I am enabled to furnish the
Hcroid with al idea of the enormous extent
- which smuggling has been carried on be-
tween New York. Boston and the British
provinces during th" past few years. Sew
''ral prominent officials are connected with
punlic for the .ir., time. although there an.
pear, ~ good reason why they should have
tr"o heretofore suppressed The otiicia!
VIII" has been chiefly instrumental in ferret
Ing out the SnIuggirrs in question is y. W.
Bingham. srecia! agent of tn" Treasury De
,'artlnent in the FIRST district (which ON
prise> all the New England States except
Conn.cticutl. In his Investigations he was
constantly ANNOYED By government officials
u ont stnI ~ I
who were in league with the smus.lers
themselves. ant. sharing largely in their
plentiful and fraudulent profits. II is about
IA year and Il half since. with his assistants
ne undertook to discover the parties i'm
pllca;cd III liz. cases now under con,i,lcr,-
ton.
He found ont a: the bcg;nnil. tina: liquors
ana 'ic"- IN enormous quantities We're con-
atantiv being brought into New York and
Boston fir" of duty, and he very soon be-
came aware that Customhouse officers at
beth port. were pretty certainly knowing
I" the facts. For very Ion. time all Ell
forts - discover the ingenious and active
rascals were i'll vain. All plan. looking to
their apprehension were alinos: instantly
made known to the s,nugglcrs themselves.
and NJ. Bingham was at once convinced
that some of the detectives who were work
;ng with him We're trcachcrous. Among those
,y,r. t,,-ru. Grarrs :, sneci.1 ;p.ncctnr nf
tI, H,.t,, Cus.,mhnuSc and II n W
I,,s.i,,1;y ,,.o , snnc;,l IN .ncc+,- onI +Lo
Cnlrctnr,s .ont;dcn1i,I datcc.;.,c Thn snn.
ci,i oo,nt Of ,b. trc,surv susncct.J nn.
Jnv that these mon wer,. NOT tru. =, hin,
and ON ,notter d,v no had lila s,,.n;c;,ns cnn'
tr,ncI g, .,r,s Rost;n.,ux w,s conrn,,,oJ
NJ Graves hnwcvnr he fnunI IN Iva ,n.. Of
those r,re s,rc;mcns nf an hnnnS+ ,,o,1nrn.
n,... n+f;c;,I wh;cj, .r. ao snldn,r ,,,,rd
-l,rs and ,rben VA had hno, c',.,
,;,caI ~. .h;s Il. fowl ~. .nr,:cc. ;,,'.,1,,
,iio ~ t,,,.hn,. ;,,-ao.;nra,;nn' ia '''"
win rn,.;1ar,l,In j;a;c,,itr, NJ, Ei,,,,,y
nov hr,n tn nnnn.r.,t,. thn .;itI n5 .'.n
,nn,+;. ,,i.,nr,,m .c ttn s,,,,,anio,. .,rJ
:,,.y w.rr no Inn1cr advised in .rrn Of L;s !
IN +ie d,ac,,n,, "f .,,n;,. ,,,, '
!,n-sion. He found ont tba. ,he s,n,ogin, |
.i,,n. .n+;rc, NV ,,.ssaIa Il
hc,,raor Nnw ycr,| R"S+nn 5,J .ha ypr;n,.
,,nr.. :, +l,. Tr,; sb ,,r"r;naa T,;. ci.so nf
..,.ssrys i should be- stated sailed undar |
,,i,.,, ,n~,pad :, coast;n., Econsn ,,J ar,
NOT ,.,,t;rad ~ hc S,m;1,cd br no C'us,,n,.
lonsn .,.i;cer. The rrvt ,I,an.er of ;nfnr.
,no+;,- ii,cIo.oI tho f,c+ that thn smroy,ed
,.;.f.s ,,,.;,c;n,,I,- l;nuors and s,,;ro. M7,,n
,s., Ill. ken an hnard .I,ese vrs.,,s ot tIc
TURK, Islands. near Yarmouth. Nova
$3.50. ,',, NV .i, ;,,,r,aa ,,.,,r, ,,.. 10
n;r,d exc <ecnt by sinyIe tam1v ali article.