The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-12
4 NEW MOVE.
The Custom. House Takes Hand i'm the
Gun Business.
Dibblc and Badger Dictate Terms.

! Our THURSDAY evening the steamship CITY
Of Dallas. from New York, tied up 1T the
wharf near the French Market, and prepare.
tons were made to discharge the cargo, as is
usual, the same night, but the Gust m-House
officer, Ill his investigations. made what he
seemed t" consider Il discovery Of som. mag.
nltude.
H. found on board the vessel ~ eat9e .
marked \. Olivier. New Orleans, and labeled
! " Hardware, which did not appear on the
manifest of the vessel There were numbe.
OF poeltrs AID detectives on hand and the
combined wisdom Of the crowd was entirely
too great tor any such feeble attempt at de
! ception 70 succeed, and the conclusion that
the contents OF the boxes were muskets. was
jumped at.
The Custom House officer demanded a look
at the CustonH House permit. and when he
was told that there none. he gave order.
t" tn. officers of the vessel that they should
not discharge the cargo.
Ih. matte, was argued. the officers con.
tending that. AZ the ship was a co,tstwis. YES
sci. such Il permit was not necessary. and
after considerable talk. the intelligent official
concluded to allow the cargo to be put ashore.
STIMULATING. however. as condition on which
hi. ie4i.nrY VAS based. that no freight should
be removed from the wharf TIE terms were
agree %. and Al 4 o'clock Yesterday morning
the entire iotd Of the ship was Oh shore, and
among the other packages We're tie six cases.
At about 70 O'Clock yesterday morning Mr..
Olivier vent t" Recorder McArthur's Court, on
matter. relating to the charge pending against
him. and on his way from the building he was
hailed by Badger and Ii. c. Dibble, who ex-
pr.ssc,! :. desire to
SEE HIM,
and ascertain from him what he intended to
do with those arms.
Mr.. Oh ver told them that he had imported
the arms t0y the demands of his business. as a
speculation, and he desired to keep them.
The couple informed him that there wa.
only one way i'll which he could preserve them,
and that was to reship them to New York, and !
that until they were reshIpped the police must I
have the custody Of them.
Mr.. Olivier recognizing the fact that he had |
not the power to keep them, and fearin,, that
if they were seized they would not be properly |
handled and stored, and that in consequence
they would be damaged, agreed to their prop.
Ositlons. and proceeded to the Office OF Mossrs. |
Renshaw 4 Cameron, the agents Of the vessel. .
for the purpose of making arrangements to
have them taken aboard again Immediately :
and carried back to New York.
The gentleman in the office told him that if
1t was possible the cases would be taken as
freight, but he would make no agreement to {.
receive them.
Mr.. Olivier left. and in !. short time Dibble
came limping on his game !es. and insiuua-
tingly asked for
AN ORDER
for those guns explaining i'll response to the
inquiry - what guns, that he meant the cases
consigned to Mr.. Olivier.
The gentlemen in the office would have been
very happyfJ to accommodate him, but really
it was impossible, as the cases belonged to
Nh Olivier, and only on his authority alone
would an order for their delivery be given.
Dibble lett and saw Mr. Olivier; and the
result Was, that in short time the bill of
ladinc for the boxes was brought into the Of
ice Of Messrs. Rareshide Il Cameron, with an
ordering the delivery of the cases
to bearer. On this the following order was
issued:
John II. Smith DisclarSins Clerk City of Dallas.
from New York:
You will pie ase deliver to bearer six eases of
hardware marked "a. Olivier New Orleans" he
having given us orders to that effect
RAREsHIDE 4 CAMERON.
VIII" the bearer was is not known, but the
order va. honorcd and the gum, were taken
. the Third Precinct Station and it is stated
hat from thence they were transferred to the
Custom! House.
THERE 1. ONE THINo:
bout these recent gun seizures that is worthy
II comment. az showing the style Of proceed
ns by the police. The guns were consigned
" Mr.. Olivier as an individual, and not as the
,"lice evidently supposed. rs representative
u Waite League.