New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-11-04
THE COURTS.
THE SILK SMUGGLING TRIAL.

THE SILK SMUGGLING TRIAL.
FURTHER TESTIMONY FOR THE PROSECUTION
AGAINST pfs ANGEs-yUsTINIAN HARTLEY BE-
COMES STATES EVIDENCE.
The trial of Deputy Collector Col. Robert
Des Anges for completely in smuggling silks t1roush the
Appraisers Ofhce at an underyauation was res"meu
Yesterday In the United states Circuit Court peiore
Judge Benedict. Justinan Hartley, member OF inc
firm OF Despres, Hartley * Co.. which was dissolved
some time ago. Is now under Indictment for dealihg III
the silks in question He BECAME states evidence u"
well az g. w. Ball. and the prominent feature OF tho 'r
Yesterday was his appearance on the stand rs WHITES
In behalf OF the prosecution.
d. BaIch q clerk in the Custom-house tes'ihen tna'
In November 1874 Dcs Angos informed him 'ha' ne hau
nasaed some entries for Charles L. Lawrence he ala not
remember having told Des Anges that certain IpporS
tions OF shells had been tempered with M D"', ~
offered to put evidence The invoices ana entries io' '
silks which 1t IA claimed were entered as cotton eoo
and which bear the signature of Des Anges. Mr mat
ews Objected on the ground that they bad not been SUI
eco,tv connected with the to De received rs evil
dence After some discussion Judge Bcnenict oVeiheo
the objection and admitted the identified documents.
Justinian Hartley testified substantially hs 'oh""S' "
1872 1873, and 1874, Lafayette Gran received
silk goods and interested in the prohts OIL 'heSe
goods; the arrangement was that should pay Gran
400 in gold for every OF SILKS ana ono Oh
hosiery which he succeeded having passed through the
Cnstom-bouse gave Graft orders for the silks; they
came in cases OF seven eight at time. and In each Get
Of cases there Of hosiery, or other cotton
goods; the were consigned TO hctl'ious
names: sometimes furnished the fictitious
names and sometimes they were furnished on the
other side of the Atlantic. The witness here identified
the invoices FOR several of the OF goods in question
and continued In 1874, Ircccyed about 60 cases OF
silks Graf each year Graf was to get 20 per cent
Of the profits the silks and the rest OF the profits was
to be divided between my partner Mr. Despres and my
self of what remained after paying Graf. was 10 GET
40 per cent and Mr. DesIfes was 10 nave % per cc.
bnt account OF losses through arednhs we u M
make much on the silks. Gustaye W. Bal was iran
clerk AMI he delivered the silks for HIM. . 4,
The theory OF the prosecution Is mar INC fae ~ 20
hosiery mentioned by Hartley ana those whieh pos
Anges designated Dc sent 10 the Appraisers ONCE Tor
examination samples OF the goods cChtahsa IA tne
other cases specified and that IN is manner SILKS were
passcd through tie Appraisers Office cotton goods
on the crOss-eXaminatiOn Hartley slated tnat
only on occasion he sold some OF 0 'iIo
1873 and those he did not see opened ne
getting the goods through the Customhouse was to be
divided among the boys and That ,thcy aiNa!s 20.
SlOO apiece" when asked IL by the boys were meant
Inc bows i'm the CusoInhouse. Hartley replied that he
did not know what boys were meant ms Gran only sau
the boys" --,.,.
C. W Mead an assistant examiner in the Appraisers
Department testified that he examined, by samples ohIy
some OF the cases of goods which 1t IL claimed were
d,gnatcd for examination by Des Angcs, ana mat ac
cording the samples, which were hauur1 10 MN w
Unthnr onc,i the cases contained cotton goods, aud
that aIart from the books invoices, he could not cell
the numbers these cases olafhs"n CIolli, ~ VI
the Appraisers apartment testified mat ,ne TJuao
marks on the invoices Of the goods referred u ed MN 10
suspect that there something wrong about theh ad
that the alleged sample cases sent to me Arlaiseas
Office for examination contained cotton goods JO"nsehu
Jackson a cartman, testified mat in August, September
and October 1874 he carted for Gustaye W Ban cases
of goods from the Government store IN H0bOkch 10
Yatsvrt1e Gr,ff's Gouor store, at No. ~ WaTren-st
Another theory the prosecution Is That the g9ods men
TONED hy jackson part Of the silks slnugged through
the Apiase office as cotton goods Tho Court was ad
jOurned until today