The New York herald., 1872-10-18
REVENUE CUTTER DErEcTTvES
0fzcsrs Of ne usscaxin frseking % rnm~nss
Smuggling oHsscss- One Hundred rheas>ad
Cigars Brought rnso ths unised s,stss
with q Cargo Of cocoNsan

Ngwrorr. " r.. Oct ~. tsrs
The Moccssin. m command of Captain Davfa
Ritchie, "a in q sew rote while preparing for her
Winter cruising. putung IN new towing bit. &C,
her captain and oaicers have bcen amusing them.
selves In trying their hands detectives on shore
and have proved themselves well adapted for
land service .as for service on the high seas and
having succeeded In overhsuling the schooner Pio-
neer, ,ofNew Londen. Conn mot the oahan Pioneer,
Captain Christopher O. Rogers loaded the vessel vita
cocoanuts and other frait IN st Domingo in nay,
1871. and, having under ms cargo OF NUTS loo 90
cigars put SAN for Key west ma, where the vessel
entered her cargo ofcccoanuts snd fruits AZ the
Custom House. paid the duties thereon ana cleared
coastwise for New London. 0oan. Arriving At New
London on or about July 4, 1871. ne entered his
vessel coastwtse, and proceeded up the river for
Norwich, Conn.,, stopping at or near comstocx's
wharf In Nashville and there
LANDED HIS CHARS IN rHK MOTT.
and, cartins them to his own house. stored them
until q sale could be enected. Tho vessel tAen
came downthe river and proceeded on her way TO
Providence, x. l.. to nnd market for the cigars.
but with what success am unable to say.
In September last he tRogerA, thinking he might
manage to sell some Of the cigars, shipped 10000
by express to Newport, where they were sold at
about thirty dollars per 1000 lieutenant Irish
e sne resenue ese cutter -. ,noccasn being On
by some remarks nom . gentleman about
cigar he was smoking (the Lieutenant being SUnd
not regular one. He then immeiiateIy reported
on board the cutter hts suspicious that cigars were
being smuggied ashore. The Lieutenant was n,
medtAtely recalled from his leave Of absence BY
Captain Mtchte and placed on duty With orders to
work the case up. Aftcr ton days hard labor.
Vim sa sSs Fl hs q os
been brought to Newpork and he succeedcd, after
diltgent searchtns in -.
of them but s Sss CsSst qssS sss Ns S.,s & likely been
burned up to avoid detecsscn. ms 1000 we're i'm.
% ns ccssor y @ he cussc@s cspssin @ s Macy y's q
iTnl. iTIsn received /, .y C5s cilsss were
By Captain Riscaie, @ tsoasd EisStsssns Little
neld and Aeptonils 1un1GF; ~ the nDocasyn, 20
e sns e. sr sSSSt ss
with team, and searching ave dtnersnt stispected
houses, found Il one q them ESl9se, lSt ang,
greatly alarmed at the approach Qfthe O11ooE1s and
were evidently innocent Of a1Zs sa 1900 I me
Ssa Soses seen qsS Ssqs ss 2 Sss Hs
oceTss so rs arrived. rive Ins rSSs Ss 'ns sn'
and his cigars ct this piSoc, the oicers returned to
ocers OF the Mocoasin for ferreting out thu extsn
been practised by this man Rcsefs for hH1isr q
years, he being In the habit Of earring vegetnbes
and other marketahle produce to Qpb4n ports snA
brought to this country under the cvss 81 the OSs-
tom House 0ficers, who were mot sware tAat
any thing OF the kind was .bein0 praC-
tised upon them. This Ii the ArSt case
under the law Of 1865 where q revenue
cutter Ofilcer has been detailed ashore with q
belongs to the Custom House Ofhcers, but the Moe
casln officers, being on the alert, rather got ahead
OF the Custom House men.
The Bohemians OF this place were informed OF the
case some days ago, but the officers OF the cutter
belonging to the "knOw nOthings," would give no
information whatever concerning the case Rogers
will probably be brought to justice for the fraud
committed upon the United states.