New-York tribune., 1875-05-15
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE ALLEGED SILK SMUGGLING CON-
SPIRACY.

THE ALLEGED SILK SMUGGLING CON-
SPIRACY.
CIVIL SUIT AGAINST CHARLES l. LAWRENCE FOR
MonR THAN 81, ,OO0, ,O00--PURTHER DETAILS OF
THE HUNTING DOWN OF LAWRENCE
The rate OF duty to which hosiery and other
.o,,on goods are subject was paid upon the sks alleged
70 have been smusgied through the Appraisers Oibco
at an undcrvauation by Charles L. Lawrence The
difference between the duty which should have been
Maid on these silks and that which paid is, II is
claimed 81 S36,4o0 and suit was begun yesterday IN
the United States District Court to recover that amount
from Lawrence.
The detectives received their FIRST ntimoton OF tfe
true Of facts in October last when they began an
Investigation discover possible how siiks ahu acee
could nc sold In this market at an undcrvauation 1ncy
were assisted in their quest by deslcre in this ciy
Who had been losers by such sales Shortly after the
beginning Of the investigation the detectives fonu tn"'
what puvportel 10 be cotton goods were aenvecu , 20
iaep house and Were consigned I" s3hle ,h,
nee fhe entries being made by Charles L. Lawrence VINO
egned the bonds for the Withdrawal OF the goous' la"
claimed TO have power OF Io wren"e
night and day and Collector Arthur detailed Deputy OIL
letors Phelps ana Baulcb 10 assist them Inc wuens
Of the suspected persons continued un,i early IN Jan
uary without any important result Attiat uihe 1rIt
Brothers. Custom house brokers' made on entry OF cg
eases OF what purporod % be cotton goods consShcI 20
Freeman & Powell Tie entry was male before ~, ~
drawal OF The goods Des AnScs. usn selected one
OF the for examination and appraisal the dcec
and making the entry few minutes afer, Dfpuly
Collector aulch made In Jury of DeS Anges az 70 wa
bond Lwrence hal si-ncd Al ms DCs AhSes uctaii1
suspicious and alarmed, and gave an order couh"lnu
ing the Withdrawal pcrnilt 80 -. .,u so,ao,
ives In Hoboken watching the dschugs VI d oi
of POnnlcrauia, which the cases ol Eouuo
we're. The cases then removed 10 the wapnUuse
dock, and examination OF their coitiiIe ~
days afte rwald showed that they contained sihS ne
goods were seized and placed 10 the scIucroom oi o
1Ison, house Que Of the c.sesthe one chosen for eX
sniu.lfioI by Col Dee AngeS-cOntaned cotton go~is
The indictment Of Lawrence and Des Ang.s iooN,u w.,
Lawrence dcd Canada, whittier he was pursued Dy tue
d fertlycs Willie in Montreal he received tfiexfSlc
disLch from a confederate IN this city, Informing MN
that In, detectives on Ills track ie ulheuia%Y
ief, Montreal in sleigh Feb l2, and pursueo Ills
iouru " toward ST. Johns and Halifax, while the the
mometer was 40 degrees below zero ne ai.er
aaed for England under the name OF e. e. Gordon. ino
his arrival at Queenstown Dy uc.ectNo
FROM scotland Yard Lawrence took his arrest 'HIy
eoIiy not suppoing that he could he eNtradtcti MS
ease came u beforp Police Magistrate Sir Thomas Henry
and he was defended by Judah p Benjamin, the
fo ner Secretary the Confederate Treasury Ie ua8
tsGrite ordered lswrenccs extradtcn and the prisoner
WAS then placed in the Ccrkcnweil tenuoh nouoc'
While there Lawrence had conveyed 70 MN ne uirh
knife nearly foot in length. When this was Ouid nloh
ls person he wac confined In dark cell EhJfts Werc
the prisoner from custody None OF these attempts
successful and Lawrence Was finally PUT ON ooaiu ~ 1 &
ecytha an proug, 10 this city, lie Dau apou' "i''oV
In money on his person when arrested A.,
Tue detectives connected wiki lle capture say Iha ne
combination dcfraud the revenue was one oi ihc gre
est conapiraces ever formed II numbered aoout ooo
members many Of them being men of wedlth apn Posi
tiun hot and abroad. Tie most extensive istin-
cations In England ana ON TIE cohti-
pent agents being kept in nearly every large port