The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-10
THE SILK SMUGGLING.
Iabsrio"siy Drawing out the Facts aud the
Names Of the smusgicr-' King.

Iabsriousiy Drawing out the Facts aud the
Names Of the smusgicrs' Ring.
Assistant District Attorney Foster male
some progress yesterday in the trial Of the silk
smuaglcrs. He had In vain tried to get in some
letters written by James Wells to Scott. the Gov
crnmcnts witness. To- show the conspiracy be-
tween them and y. &. owens. the purscr Of the
steamship Queen: hut Judge Benedict had
ruled them out on the ground that Wclss dec
larations could not bc used against Owens until
II was first shown thu, Wells was in tho con-
spiracy to deraud the Government. Yes
tcrday he withdrew his offer Of thcm as the dec
larntions Of co-"onspirGtor. and offered them
Tor another purpose. Scott had testified that
Wells introduced Owens 10 him and was pres
cnt when OW"ns arranged with him to sell silks
which 0wcns SAL were to be- brought over
show how tho-c silks came. and. after Hn earn
est Resistance by Mr.. Dittcnhofcr. they were adj
mittcd and read. rs follows:
II SAINT IlttnA ~eitr March ~ 1874
p,,s fsirSn Your. received o right and Sad to hear
tell Nou that have now lccidcd not 10 70 To- sea any
NOR 50 wc9d b, ol4ed TO you to end m, in,tru'.
nonsh, %p m on'en s.o The ggali,, OF goods {oa
could send you ar icvcry week or neari, So am
IN standing by ,le italy hut AN noi going to ~ her
"wednesday noNt the April iui in The event OF the
Iiay g,cs i will he more icNucci my brother viii come
,ui IN me ialv N m. placc hut 1t !. notdycdcd yet
iho.c good. tolc shipped ma il The, 20 bv he queen To
cable my share Vt invoice ns soon a- thcy are sold ait
o' by the Italy when she goes ~ 1t is,NI'ct,d she
Gcrc at Vast month II he event q, oven. being on,
s , M , ~ Niu IN WI ,l nT mum, ~, nun, ~
have The information rcquir, ior sending the small par
wl he idle until receive ~ and BE- sure to arrang tor
thcm can get receipt Tor them will arrange aud lr'
ya Know Sa S' r s' en- o, hs G hr AMI S
owens pct ~ hand you can cgmmuncl ate, ~ sii hc
doing well fremain y,rrs trals, JAMS Wrii.
me IN Sr , Yon % n zee Tn S as San an ,ca
come To Liverpool Ia. ial
,Wclls's next letter WIS datcd from the same
place. April ]. 1871. ltannounced the shipment
Of two cases 10y the Italy. in the care OF the
store keeper. my brother" and that the invoices
further, that scott had better forward another
address Ia which letters could be encosed. An
9ihrr l'ti,r from Wells was dated No. Water
loo road. May ]. 1871 1t expressed sorrow to
hear Of the trouble over the Grrccc's goods"
and hoped the ltqly's had been better managed.
hecauI9 If anyihip; was to happen 10 them,
itwould b. bad Job for me-. and. IN fnf for all
Of us He wanted money very badly Tho
following is one Of SCOTS letters:
Ma = scorr-D.,, 81 wcs All iiye '. .,nt H. bifis
s VIII oS E NEXT week IN WI , fS%S ana and viii
Iin, Ah",ht 10, I'asr rrnii ihs face OF me in'",.,
not nciorc the igh pro'mo In me event. Of mr,f Want
,,s s m1nN y"n m'-t s,g Inn SO on Well, and
& ana a., IA, ,es Is 2l ,op hay. IN the house The 'o
PM =. n CO
: e.. 8 Nv
1hs ip,oce- viii send h, cgnsrd mail on SATURDAY.. I
Who To- trust and ,Sntrt.i H., l,nV, h, ,
sol long llowr,cr -cnI !, b, Jane. and trust it Viii
YIN Id. qanl t,sss., an the later WIN ,ad ,'9s e IA
Z 90
Kind regards. am, dear sir. your, very Truly. e T.
Scott testified that the initials o. c. T., being
transposiion OF i. {. Owcps's initials. were
used lay agreement Ia conceal .Owcns.'s identity.
Another Of Owcms's letters. dated May L. 1875
Ggess ne par,cnars Of iTe other iqyoces
and ynlued. the first ut el53.19.lO. and the other
at t21fi Sand says that another parcel will fol-
lowneNt week account Flames aud self Instead
OF sending the face Of my invoices To- my wife
PLEASE wlr. amounts To- toop"rs n early as
with me on the 18TH instant ana shall want
MIR. Diuerh ocfcr cro9s-cxamincd John Scot,
throughout ia" arguments upon the admSsi-
hlty OF testimony and disclosed his purpose
10 break INN down II possible But Scott. a
grim. middle-agcd Scotchmun. stood his ground
well. Mr. Ditt"nhorfrr. 10y persistent question
ing. traced his Residence from Narirk street,
done. 10 Mr.. Wrhbs boarding house. in Twelfth
street where he lived in April last. then to
Elghty-fourth street. between Avenue \ and
First avenue. From there he went TO Toronto.
Canada IN Jun", having learned that detectives
were on his track. ana he remained in Canada
about two months al the Albion House. liz
learned about the detectives being after him on
the day that Capt. Bracket made the seizure Of
the struggled silks. By lcttor from tanadn h"
made a Proposition through "a friend IN New
York 70 the United States Government. To- the
cnc't that he would like 10 have an opportunity
10 maSr a statement. becau-, he had learned
that iHl-' representations had been made about
him. and he wanted an opportunity to make
known his position in the whole transaction.
H. WIS reluctant To- giYc the name OF the friend
but finally he gave IL rs MAJOR Price of the
United states Army. who. h. said. was connect
ed with the Automatic Toy Company. p Bar
clay street. Mr.. nittcnhocicr dragged on, these
patti 'ular- 10y pi,c.uu.Hl.