, 1877-01-30
CUSTU1IS FRAUDS.
Great Importing Hora1 in American
G Tics Again on TIE Rack.
Tho System Unparalleled In In.
gcnufty and Gigantic In
Magnitude.
Many Foreign Consuls Found to
Be Members OF the Rtng.
lightning to Strike in About TMo
Weeks-..Tlc Elect Now Qnakfng.

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American Cuns'lis In Europe lie communicated
them to the State Department and asked that
IN arcnt l 6cnt a!,ruatl to link ,n,o The affairs
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~ NV sa''o"e eon9u'a.es' Sss!e.u'J f'ou b.
lcctcd sls. Arthur ". Wool, CHIEF u the Con-
su'ate Bureau OF thu State Department.
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| began Ills Investigations without ,lcloy, As
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| nssumeu thnt h!s p5cseHcc atiu business IN
Europe becoming known to the agents Of the
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x's, way Mr. S;I w"n MI 'A' o'''''''''"' pu' III A''
! SUCCEEDED IN PROCURING EVIDENCE
NJ tho fr,,,1s wh,c., h,5 hacn sus,o,..
e,1 ,.r,,,I,,n,, h,s ,",ors IN rTraa
in IN November eo l,,t 40 md 0o arrve', 1 nj 'sy Ssw
| i0rls on The German steamship kronprinz
ncc. 3v. Ills return was Kent rs secret as boa
sIblc in order To- ,,rrycu. The dishonest n,rr.
tllan.s isom tlxln: in tle!r b,ols bo ~ to giye
agais,st ttrn.. % iIc went Ito to Was.1inrton : tn.
| ,jtately after his return and .,nlullnf atcu his
DISCOVERIES to Secretary Fish, Nr. Fisi, placed
The Information In Inc hands Of Secretary
Morrill,, lu tho Treasury Department.
THE ;:EsUj,Ts
| of Mr. Woul's lalmr5 were studied carefully.
ani consultations wrr. lad ~ 10 tl,r s1u,.sc 4,
le pursued. ii wn~ nt ilr-t proposed to ni,,,ol,,t
w!ti. Custonl liu.ss' o>icais III Ills Civ tt'ak.
further inyrsii.nti,u,s urryous '1t IT, ht",,,,c
uctforls ugal1,.t thu lcfaltl,crs. Thls nan wnf
| however, uba,loucd, on account of Tie Ielny II
| wn,Iji entail II wus ff,Ilv ,lr,r-,ninrI I'M
fu iar US New iu,j; wus concerned
tho t,ispus|tfun Of tlr wIolc ,na,trr
ni,uu2d br 1,tur.ti in tic hand. Of str t;ror,s,
i,liss. tlt1 Inlte,i States Ui.fr[rt Altnru,y ~,
tlis t}istrl,t. Accordingly. t|,c rai.rs wcfc hi
deposited In l,ts oiyr, aIi;l, before his Term o
niiicc rxuir,I. IN, irran I'm urressnry wnrk n
| thr ca,r Hmm lila ri iren,rnt tIr whnl. I'm
MI, transferred IL j,ts s,,rrssnr. Mr, WomIlfDri
WHO II nav eu,Dloyel In ierfectinw ar,i ar ran,
In, The evidence,
rurc.sr.
.ls,uan ra,efui stuiy. fur they arc int rcatc and
.nnnic.tr,t. II ,,,nv. tnrrrt5rr fatc f,rthr,
tn il, t,ro,,erjy tr..1ufn tI,c rnsrs far s,,rr,sn
hi nrch,,tnt, IN tf,c nart of ll,r district IL
tur,,..y. t;rm. WImiforf I,s Icrn fnstr,,ctri +,
,,rsss ot, tlln work uf prsseruto, rs fast Il, nos
| .ft,Ir III IL. ts,nn f{,nc maj liza tu.ttrr wa,
uiiiscr Ctliector Arthur via infurm
CT of tsu fact3 in the pcsses
ston Ut tho tiosernn'cnt, att! orlcrct
to atl ihe prosecution Us latlcll ne possible y