, 1875-05-17
A Dccp.Laid Con:p:racy Drrkon Up.
Statement Of Dislrict-Atior-
noy Bliss.
Revelations Obtained from Papers Found
on Charles i. Lawrence, and
from Other Documents.
Tho Government Probably Dofraudod in
Two Years Of $l,000,0 900.

httIl in Ludlow Street Jail, 10 steps having boon
taken since lin arrival Yesterday to procure ball
for him. In reply to = question az to whether
or not Lawrence would be allowed to turn Stato'a
evidence, Mr. DBs said TINT lo would not allow
him to DO 10, becauaa ho had sufficient cYidonce
to convict those implicated without fesorsIug To
that kind Of testimony. The officers Nio took
charge Of Lawtoucs when he waA removed from
tho steamer Scytllia sny TINT bn prctcrscg per.
feet silence relative 10 tho charge against lin,
but lint le expressed proat delight at being
again in this city, Anu complained bitterly about
lilo treatment hc icceived NAl1c in pftson In
London, whore 10 MAS put OH O dict OF bread
nnd wutcr.
When Lawsenco was captured It Queenslown.
Ireland, two hets Of cipher, Qua tur YHe III toic-
graphing and tue other In correspondence, witl,
many letters wefo found IN his trunk. From
those and o:lor dooumcusr, 5Ir. Bliss under
whoao supervision she caso waH worried up, has
pltplrel tho following statement Of 1t;
l.sto ln January. Isis. q hug lnyestgasion
which had boon lHstitu.el by tho Collector aud
surveyor Of tIo Pott, with tho co-opelation OF
xorno OF tho special agcnts, fur tho purpose Of
ll:es could be eotd III tho maskot ut pssoAs con.
slorabIy under tho cost of importation. cal-
inflated In tho sozuro OF eight cases u EoodH.
thou recently Asriyod, These goods hal bean
CHtC(VQ &6 HQtttl3t Uae a1 1AE-Fs 0nc Mt&S
founu to contala expensive French silks.
1loy wero i"vocea from 81. Eticunc, III France,
10 cohR'Knecs hero "ho note discovered to be
tislitous persons. AZ toon ~ this selxuro was
made ll,e investigation was directed toward oTe~
ry ono tho had anything TO do with theso eight
rnBoB, and to nj other entrleB Of Eoo.lb WITH
nhjcA the same polbul>h had tcen CONNECTED. 1t
was than asceisannd that she1o had beeu at in
toryas Of about month each, e:ght other slnai.
itynicnI M l1okferV and each case tho ilTOiCeH
coutaipcd, Of pnrEof.ed to cousnn' Precisely the
Same kind Of hosiery.
The, investigation gradually b1oadcned, until
has Sasn 'asio i y le
eighty cntEics III tho name oE fictitious conslgn-
| CLB All were traudulentlY ontetcd. The gouds
III tho cascs weie cliteiy hilas, s aeas, moh9s'e,
| aud laccs. They "erc entered III hosiery, but-
Iho duty was paA upon them o. the low rate rs-
auired upon the goods rlI'on they puIpo'ted 70
DO, aud not ae tue niel ratio whlch lucy sllould
| llase paid. lilo loYcrnluaus was 10 th+s way
tbs valuation, aa tho goods were eutesed
Az OF very low value Mlth 9lI, or neatly
! all, Of ttese emit .eu. Chnllca H.. Lawrence
WAS directly concerned no employed tue prok-
CTS, who prepared tue ratcfn; 10 gave tue nonda
required upon entry At tlie cnstom' House, s'En-
Ing them ~ altornov for tho nominal cons,E neos.
When, in fact no aaca pctaons existed. Iha w"y
10 Which tho frauu "as cosnulitteu seems ~ q nave
boon by tao direct blatiug Of Deputy Collector
Hubert Des AngeA. ...
uu1er the hyrtem nhloh tie law provides snd
wltoh, from tho growing cantnetce Of sc"
York, has cone 10 oe absolutely hecossaty' Mhs Il
an entry IL 1nado at the Custom -Hutlse, all OF
tue goods in the invoice aie Got sent to the At-
ptAlHar for examination: Unly ono caso tq ten
| III scnt for such exan'ination the case ocinS
supposed to ho selected by the Deputy Collector
! 1T random, and it being aHsumed illAt II the
contents Of the caao aro found 10 cor
nnFtf
| OF al! thu other cases aTc nlao correctly
slatet In tlla Invoice Ono caAo IN leu
having gone to tue appraisers. the
rotnaiIicr Of tho paokaBoa contained
10 tho importer. y u obvious that It IN any way
case can bu eout Tor examination which Con-
taus goods Of nfcriur quality, Of liable to low
ratio Of duty tlsan tic ro!nssnder oE tho goods,
ln thia ease, Deputy Collector, Dcs Aneoa Isslg-
mated in each iustauco tho package Which was to
| 20 10 tho APPRAISERS, aud IN each Instance tho
| eontoala Vt tho pAcEAgo which wAs thus eont
cottesponded With the insoloe, but hot Nth tue
oaianco of tho packages delivered to tho Inn
porter. ILta coAcldeuco alone. that ~ every
ono Of tlose invoices Des Argos should have
designated, fot examination, tho ono cuso by
/ Which alone the Government could DO oeffaud-
Cd, should ho sufficient to satisfy hty ono that
De-. Auges lnuat haye bocn in co!lusioa With tile
| rtssonb seeking to dofIaud the Government.
! The Qorernalcnt, however, - III possession Of =
IAiBe amount OF dtfect eFidoHcc. Which. IN tile
opinion Of ite officers, lcarca no question Al 10
tla guilt Of ncs Ances.
Immediately upon tho discovery OF the fEaud
| Chaslos l.: Lawrence os2aped to Catla!s aud
tllonco to England. lie "As arrested Ut tl!nens.
tuwp, and in hls possession wete fund sanous
pansrs, and among othefs lotser In t!.e band
writing OF De- Apges, Sltsion1 date, aisnatuse.
OF a'I.esa. This letter Is In .hoso words; mo
further commuuica!ion either verbally, or In
Arilinx. YOU ara followed and 20 AN !. Let
everything 20 to tue devil. L,Port Ill you cau
but let n'e alonc to try and save myself for tho
| fututc. There wore also found ~ Lawtence's
possession numerous lottcrs and kilograms iron,
lis w,te apA tt!suds, sens 10 n'm eftsr y h!a esosa
that Des Angss was trne TO ,ha consplratota;:
Des Auges had bcon trist,d by tho doscrnment
40 mnoh that when tho existence of the f4auea
wus suspected he was couhu!tea AZ TO tLe means
70 bn taken to detect them. lo hAd served ia
the United stasos army during Tho no.
bsiton. Chiefly tn tho sou'hern 30 nspsr!ment,
aud l,a1 lhero made many Influential fr'ends.
ll0 LRs alsu been All oflcor In tho British army,
aud IVES believed 70 aavo seFred esc4tably N
that. It has beon discovered, it IL stated by tho
utlcerB, that llo wks not conbatsnt in tho
Drilish army, but = paYmabtar, aud tl,st be ab.
s,,nodoA In 1H{I frnn HnuRn.t n rnfnu1to In lila