Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-07-12
Woman as a Smuggler and Detective.

WOMEN are frequently smugglers of
fine laces, but rarely of jewels. On
the Italy, however, some valuable jewels
were recently seized, having been found
quilted into an underskirt. A quiet
looking frau, recently landed from
Bremen, had double-quilted petticoat
filled with Shetland shawls, caps, and
stockings. Another on the Westphali
had quantity of the finest silk bindings,
two valuable watches, two silk dress
patterns, two dozen silver spoons, a dozen
silver forks, and eight pieces of silk gal
loon quilted into skirt of serge. A com
panion on the same steamer had seventy
three bundles of sewing silk and twenty
nine pairs Of kid gloves secreted on her
the foolish FrauLein had tied strong cords
about her hips, and the snuggled articles
were suspended in such way that she
was scarcely able to reach the dock. The
muff is q very ordinary cover for SNUG
gled laces An Englishwoman, recently
landing from one of the Inman steamers,
had the cotton removed from her mutf,
and its place filed with valuable laces.
The muff was strapped to her person,
where it stood for emb0Rp0snt. In one
petticoat of this lady was found gloves in
quantity; in the facings Of her dress,
cigars; and in the voluminOus gathers OF
a second petticoat were Meerschaum pipes,
in sections. A French woman, extrava-
gantly dressed, and moving about sus-
piciously, was invited into the room Of
the Inspectress recently. Her petticoat
proved to be nine yards Of superior black
velvet, one selvedge being gathered into
waist-band, which also held a dress
pattern of Ponson silk. The facing of the
faI, Will
the incest care, was well padded with
Chantilly laces, cunningly run together;
and the ruff1e on the bottom of this
imperial undergarment consisted of
five rows of rich Chantilly houncing,
caught together, quite likely,
in the hope that it would be taken for
one piece. An immense seizure of En-
glish open-faced watches has recently
been made upon the person of a we'll
appearing American woman, who had
them neatly encased in the tucks of a
heavy flannel petticOat Sometimes the
German women seek to evade the tariff
dues in the most awkward manner as,
witness the stupidity of hanging nine
watch chains about ones neck, with q
valuable watch at the end of each chain.
| Frau Stumpf said she had been told
watches were worn by the passengers
and the officers did not take them. A
desperate looking woman, coming on
| board one of the English steamers lately
on being examined exhibited an amusing
spectacle, with a silver cake-basket lasheC
to each hip, and two huge dress patterns
! festooned as "tilling." On being detect
ed, this woman, in terrible rage, drew q
knife on the inspectress. Some of the
smuggling expedients are, of course, ex
tremely amusing. A spIrttuelle LITTLE
French woman had on her husbands rec
flannel drawers, and these were tied il
pufs, here and there. On being "un
packed" there came forth a Bohemian
glass toilet set, two dozen salt-cellars
three dozen silver spoons, three dozeI
silver forks, several little articles o
6j0iterSe in bronze and crystal, and SOM
fine Swiss wood carvings all of whicl
were put up in the sOftest tissue pape
and paper-shavings, that they might no
strike against each other. When the lit
tie body was unloaGed no one laughed
more heartily than she.