National Republican., 1877-02-18
MILLIONAIRE SMUGGLER.
nov Mr.. .MCLINIGHtN BROUGHT
GOODS FROM CANADA.

GOODS FROM CANADA,
The Developments Made by tho Special
| Treasury Agents-Interesting Account Of
the Way the Case was Worked Up.
Since the seizures Of smuggled pruneila good.
| In New York on Thursday last, more develop
mcnts have been made, showing the extent OF
the gigantic plot unearthed under the direction
! ol Mr.. W. B. Moore, Special Agent Of the Treas.
| ury. That gentleman arrived In this city Friday
| night. Tho smuggling over the Canadian border
for many years has been greater than that from
Europe, and the Government, railroad com.
panits and all honest tradesmen have
suffered greatly. The combination so
thoroughly exposed by tho detectives, II Is sup.
| posed, have transacted the greater part Of this
business. ID. McClanaghan, the wealthy proprie-
tor OF the Express Hotel, said to be worth mil.
lion, has been the chief Of the smugglers, and he
has had q number Of agents and confederates
| among tho customs officers and railroad en-
ployes. BY the railroad employees McClanaghan
| was furnished with checks, Of which he sent ono
| OF each pair to his agent in New York. When o
| package OF goods were sent, his confederates,
the customs officers were notified beforehand OF the
| number on the checks, and passed them without
inspection. Theagent in Now York, who was also
notified, Of the number Of the check and the time
to expect the goods, met them at the New York
| depot with his duplicate check and obtained them
without difficulty. The railroads were robbed OF
| freight money and the government Of duties. In
the case Of the goods seized tho duties amounted
to almost one hundred percentage Of the value Of
| tho goods. Supervising special agent Moore
| arrived In Washington from New York on Friday
| night. Much time has been devoted to working
up the case, and the officers engaged in II deserve
| great credit.
IMPORTS TO CAPTURE THE sNuaoLKRs.
The dtnouement of the Efforts made to capture
the burglars have not yet been related, and
are quite interesting.
On Monday last, the l:th inst, Major II. l..
Williams, special agent Of the Treasury Depart.
| ment at Philadelphia, who was entrusted with
the matter, telcgraped from Montreal to Super
yisirg Special Agent Moore In cipher. that his
proceeded Immediately 10 New York. taElas iip up
ss"f!nar,,srs at the AstOr Hoa.e' from whence
he % caSaSan "is% ,fSn,eS S''fs sr all .lmaitass %Gns
ncous movements on all the trains leading
TSt wnesy he lt.h
pose being to identity the various customs in.
spectcrs who are charged with the work of exam.
movement on &c frontier Mr.. Moose, % with sFV,
corps o. oheers proceeded to cover all the points
| ARREST OF sTHATroRp.
| Going in person with Capt. Braskett, chief Of his
Grss Samuel anai city asspO, sss SePsc PS
him in bed, and took him in custody,
together with such papers and documents as could
The circumstance of that days (rhursday's)
proceedings up 10 the time of Stratiord's being
admitted TO bail have heretofore been publ ished.
One Of the conditions of his release, however was
an agreement on the part Of Stratford that he
dressed TO his wife, who is a relative OF McClana.
| United States Marshais) ali comm manieations in
| her possession from McClanaghan.
ri, Ths prisoner % did mot suppose for moment that
possession, but the following letter was one Of
the results Of their strategy
| LETTER FROM M'CLANAcHAN.
The letter is from McClanaghan to Strstford,
Il send you ten cheques to-day, which you will
send express man. /, Is not necessary for vow
to tot tel tse 70 SagEaEs E man as Is to your business An
keep silent, write or read the papers, get into no
discussion on any subject: Burn this 81 once.
Respectfully Yours,
| 1t is addressed as follows:
SAMUEL sTRATFoRD.
| present"
| 1t has no postmark or mark of any kind what.
| his possession, that It was written in Montreal
Canada, and reached Stratford at his residence,
within twenty. -four hours after il was written BY
MeClanaghan, at the Exchange Hotel, Montreal.
There + no possible solution as TO how the let
through by an employe on one of the trains of
the Grand Trunk Railway, Canada, and trans.
ierred to confederates employed on connecting
The production OF this communication was A
surprise to Stratiord, as tho letter was delivered
| at his house subsequent to his arrest.
| While Major Moore originated IL, the credit for
the management Of the details Of the exposure
Of this gang OF smugglers 10 due to Special gent
Williams, and Is one Of the most admirably man.
aged schemes Of the kind on record. On sever al
occasions during the developments Of
| THE SMUGGLING PLAN
| all operations ceased as If by magic. As an H.
| lustration on the instant package OF brass bag
| gage checks, en- rouie.to a dea ler In New York,
| burst open in the car and scattered at Spring.
| held, Mass, every dealer in the United States
| was Immediately teleyrnphed to suspend orders,
| nnd all the parties In the Interest Of NcIlana.
ghans gang were Instructed to change their
| names.
In about lorty.clght hours the checks were
| gathered AMI returned to Mentreal, and their
| presence ON the train indicated when the gang
| resumed business.
As above stated the supervising special agent
| proceeded to New York when nOtihel that the
plans were ripe for action, where lie put himself
| IN communication with officers OF the u 'niteL
| states district attorney, and the United states
| marshals ONCE. For iOrty-eKht hours preceding
| the elimination OF the plans, nguratiyely speak.
| ing he sat at the elbow OF the telegraph operator
| and sent to various points more than two hundred
| kilograms directing his officers how to proceed
cooperation of Capt. Brackett, in charge Of the
| New York office; Gen Curtis, at Ogden sburg,
| and Mr.. Bingham, at Boston, added greatly to
| q