, 1874-04-22
LOCAL MISCELLANY,
CLOTHES sMUaaLED FROM CANADA
INTO CHTHAra

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INTO CHICAGO.
Mr. J. P: Campbell, tho Special Agent Of tht
United statos Treasury Department. has boo,
!; engaged Tor some weeks pant In seoret inveHti
CATION into certain smuggling operations Ii
which number OF Chicago pooplo aro intor
estod. Tho cxtont Of thoao operations Is mol
yot known, but 1t is conjootufcd that tho il1lol
traffic in clothing carried on between this city
and Canada las boon Of such magnitude AZ no,
i pnly to dofraud Unolo Sam to quite a Bori.
!; ous ox.ont but oyon to interfere with
/ tho legitimate trade Of Chicago clothing
i dcalore. Our fashionable taiors havo boo
! bowaillng tho slacknoas OF tho time, aud roady-
i made~clothing stores hnyo boon almost deserted,
+ although 1t is tho worry season whom young
man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts Of gay ap.
patel. And yes ewarma Of young bloods may be
sayod IN lovely spring oyorooats a. 'exlnistto
H4nss, which have a suBpiciously foreign look.
YWhero do thoy oil como from3'' thou ght Mr..
, y. Z. Campbell, md othors Interested In quoa-
!tona which oo1icorn tho genernl wclfaro.
: partial explanation was afforded yesterday
et tho ollce. OF Commissioner Hoyuo. Luther
Aarshal, tailor who carries on business on Clark
opera-Houae, wero arrafgned on tho charge Of
I: conspiracy to dofraud tho Government. Eir.
Martn, the acenc-Bhlftor, made a confession,
! and ho and hiB acoomplico wore hold to bail for
: teotives arc on tho watch for other parties coll
noctod with this conspiracy.
t appeara that Mr. Martin is tho agent ap-
n pointed lore to receive tho smuggled goods, and
elsors, aud maltos them up for tho customers.
: VI course Tho customers who oonniye at this arc
as dcop in tho miro as tho tailor, and this thoy
Will quickly find Quito their sorruw.
Among the jaokdaws who havo thus been air.
ng their borrowed plumago arc number Of
Tho excellent gentlemen conneotod with Myors'
Opcia- House, and several bartendors and other
Officials Of the saloon nd{onng thst charming
;: to render d strict account to Mr. Hoyuo for the
easy extrayagance in which they hayo recently
,lndulged. md thoy will learn how much easier It
j. to ~ bear those ills which Chicago tailors
Ind not calculated upon. Ben Cotton
u have 10 explain away tha. new pair OF pants,
iand Mr. Kembfo will have to account for his nice
now W. 1ye1coat m %hch 80 astonis,ed big friends.
.ome bartender when everybody learns TINT
hat beautiful suit of his only cost $50. In Short
;aore will be a general turning Of tho soany
Adea out, which must DO oxcocdlngly mortifying
Mr. Martin, in confossing to his share Of tho
'noinspraoy' ninIps has beon Obliged to expose theeo
mea @ y sotaiasa ns sSn'onsn IN tso abeSs aSTs
mentioned illicit manner, and he mentions tho
prices paid. For example: Frank Hildroth,
toward at Chaplin d Goros, has n pair Of elo-
fant panta for which he paid So; Richnrd II:
tailoy Bcono painter, glories In suit OF clothes
Eich cost him 1927 Bon Cotton's present pair
T pants. stood him e8 g. Cleist, viola player,
as pair of pants which only cost s11 John
pertln, tho property man. paid IS for his vest;
iohn IT, Aomble's oyercoat is valued at 428;
;dwaId Quin, second violin. went to the exponae
: Ss6 M for Canadian suit; John
and 1tu.
owley. Keeper Of tho cigar-stand at Chapin i
,oroa, bought bis scoat and yest for s26 Matthew
omain, bartender of the Clifton House, got
ato tho ring aud secured for $50 nico suit of
jothcs; and William Keatiug, Chaplin l. aore'a
;lrtender, paid s11 for pair OF pants. Those
10 but .. few Of tho unpleasant revelations
tado by this scene-ahifter.
iIho goods hnvo been purchased from the
I'm Of J. II. Don't Il Co., London, Cauada and
10y have been transmitted. through tho
5ency OF one Jerry Thomas, colorod
ian who is employed on tle Pullman
eeping-cars.' Mr. Thomas of courae has aev-
nl accomplices, and tho managers OF the Pull
an cars have been doyiRing ways and means
r aome time to discover them. Jerry will
'obably be arrested as soon na. he comes into
:e city, and there Ia chance that he will reveal
ore Of the conspiracy than has yet come to
ht. Aait ts not Likely that Ben Cotton aud
u burnt-cork conductors will takp flight In cou-
;quence .of this unpleaRant revelation, Mr..
oyne will have the pleasure OF conducting a
meWhat novel Rehearsal OF new farce in his
ice to-day. Billy Arlington'a namo is not
he loves his country. ::