The semi-weekly miner., 1883-06-16

! >SNAo oAoCOVored
in an Apparatus Used
! for Purifying Salt
Water--Excel
lent Detec-
tive Work.
One of the simplest, and at th
same time safest, systems of smua ne
Cling every brought to the nnhIia!. %
notice was discovered by chief sneci,, i
agent Bracket and his assistants t~L'al las
on Tuesday night. For montba .';e :t
has been noticed that the emnlovaa ~
attached to the engineers densrt' 50
ments of Wards Havana line ",1 ~
steamers We're systematically smuu VI
CLING cigars of the choicest brands
About five or ten times during tho
day the men would go from the vas n7
sci to some neighboring saloon oas @
ryine box of Havanas. They conl1 uaI
not be arrested as the smuggling Of ~ q
single box would he a lauyhahl" n, q
affair; but, as none Of the other M rt
of the ships crews could be ssan ,'
engaged in the same ENTERPRISE sns
picion gradually centered down to
the engineers departments. "
The detectives attached to Agent
Brackett's staff carefully inspectad
the steamships from stem to srern M
their arrival in this port in the hona
of finding where the cigars were con-.
cealed, but tunsuccessfully. At last #
was determined that a Thorough inv
spection of the condenser" an An.
paratus used for converting salt inio
fresh water, be had. For this mr..
pose three men attached to the Sna.
cial Agents office went down at five
o'clock Tuesday night to the steam.
ship Saratoga, of Wards Havana
Line, which had just arrived at the
Atlantic Dock, Brooklyn. After
getting aboard the vessel they traced
their steps to the engine room and
s;gnified their intention of searching
the condenser" To this the CHIEF
engineer assented with much brava.
do, though he asserted that nothing
could possibly be found there.
A CLEVER RUsE.
AS the undertaking of unscrewinp
the head of the condenser" involved
much labor, the officers went into an
adjoining room to put on their work.
ing clothes. While they were absent
and, presumably by order OF the chief
engineer, an oiler named Hanway
suddenly turned on the steam and
started the circulating pump. On re-
turning the officers immediately
called upon the chief engineer to stop
the pumps and shut the steam off,
recognizing that the action was mere
1y done TO impress upon their minds
the fact that no cigars were concealed
in the condenser" Without evinc-
ing the least haste the pump was
but the steam still allowed
to escape in the condenser d.
termined not to be hoodwinked the
officers refused to rarley longer, shut
off the steam themselves and removed
the "condenser's" head.
AS they did so there were revealed
inside over $500 cigars of the finest
Cuban brands. The force Of the
steam had been so g feat as 10 shatter
the boxes, while all of the cigars
were badly soaked and damaged. 1t
is understood that the question
whether the action taken by the
chief engineer does not make him
liable for maliciously destroying
dutiable goods" will be put under
the consideration of the Treasury Of
ficers. No arrests were made last
night, but commencing to-day, a
investigation, with view
to the conviction of the guilty par
ties, will be made at the special
agents office. Mr.. J. f. Ward, the
manager of Wards Havana Line, in
answer to a request Of Chief special
Agent Bracket, stated Y sterday
chat he will assist to the fullest ex-
tent in his power all efforts to bring
The smugg'ers to justice.
SECURE FROM DISCOVERY.
"You've no idea" SAT-. an officer of
he Special Agents office yesterday
10 Truth, chow easily this system Of
was carried on. The
condenser is used mainly while the
steamship lies at anchor of Havana
or the purpose of converting the >at
water of the bay into fre sh water, OF
which steam is then made AS soon
IS that was accomplished the con-
ienser was ready for its stock OF
'igars. What made the condenser
particularly safe, from investigation
S the fact that no one outside OF the
Engineers department is allowed
ither to go in the engine room or to
neddle with the machinery under
ny circumstances. Even the cap
ain must bow to these rules and is
to go to the engineer when
'e wishes anything done.
1T is an erroneous impression 0l
he general public that the office OF
he special agent belongs to the Gus
ON Department. 1t is, instead, a
ranch Of the Treasury Department.
nd its work is the Investigation OF
ustom houses all over the United
tates, and the detection and pTe'en-
ion of frauds generally on the United
tates customs. While the regular
ustOms officers are uniformed our
len are not, and there forr run BET
'r chances of detecting professional
THROWING CIGARS OVERHEARD.
Part of the work il. after asceF-
lining when vessel is expected 10
D down the bay ana watch III
nall row beat the actions OF llie
'ew. One scheme of the snugglers
to throw overheard Thousands Oh
gars in rubber bags as soon as quar-
ltine is reached. These ulc tor az
'mplices to pick up later. The row
bats containing the officers loliow
e vessels, secretly hugging the
lore and keeping in the dark as
uch as possible. Frequently, whep
vessel has been detained, they nus'
ait for days and nights III the pay,
ssed about by the waves lne
luggling going Oh in the HaVana
may have been kept up lol
ars, as ships crew can easily lahe
49, 900 cigars in day i'll their loost
Ouses without the slightest tear u
tection.-NsW York Truth, JH"f
/.
John Bright's Speech.
LONDON, June 15.-John Bright ~
spending to the speech of Grsn'li,tt
the hanuuat Uiyen the iOrlitl DIV