The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-24

oilicef appeared at fflncet0n, q cool,
resolute, self-possessed man. who had
determined upon taking Lewey into
custody. Word was sent to the Indian
that New York gentleman was stop
ping at the hotel who proposed enjoying
himself for a few days in fishing, and
would like to employ Lewey as guide.
The bait took, and Lewey, DESTROYS of
making few dollars, and not suspect
ing any wrong to himself. Immediately
went to the hotel, where he was shown
the officers room, and, when he stepped
inside, the officer, with the aid of a five
shooter, and before the Indian could
realize his situation, had Lewey's mus
cular wrists ornamented with heavy
pair of bracelets, and he was a
prisoner.
That evening the officer, while out
side the hctel, saw the window of the
| room where Lewey was confined raised,
and, at the next moment, LeweY had his
head out Snd was calculating the dis
lance to the ground, with view of
jumping cut But the peril of jumping
from two-story window with pair of
handouts on was a risk too great for
even SO desperate man as Lewey, and
he gave it up, and closed the window.
The officer, still on the watch, next saw
the kerosene light in Lewey's room
dim and then suddenly flash and
brighten; then it would become almost
invisible again, and then it would flash
and shine again. This proceeding was
| something that the officer could not
understand, and SO he started for his
room, where the mystery was explained.
1t appears that Lewey had been heating
his handouts in the blaze of the kero-
sene light, and then trying to wrench
and twist them asunder. 1t was a
martyrdom for liberty that but few
would have attempted. for Lewey'
wrists were badly burned and lacerated
by his efforts to part his manacles. On
account of his great muscular strength
it is highly probable that he would have
parted the irons had not the officer gone
to his room. Lewey was terribly wroth
at being discovered, but he made the
best of it, and, without giving the Off
| Ger any further trouble, he was taken
to Portland. where, after an examina-
ton, he was fined and imprisoned
| Since his release, he has never, so far as
is known, attempted TO smuggle. He
had been cowed so completely that he
was terrified
From Campobello, liquors are SNUG
gled into PASSPORT, Lubec, and along
shore as far as Portland. Small coast
ing vessels and boats are employed by
smugglers. Rags, wool, copper ant
brass are struggled in considerable
quantities on the coast. Thousands O
dollars worth of these articles ar,
struggled yearly. They are first shipped
to Grand Menan and Campobello, wher,
they remained stored for months. The,
are then quietly reshipped in vessels t.
Boston or some other port. A larg,
number of the fishermen engaged in tn,
herring fishery are given to smuggling
They conceal their packages of hquo
in their cargoes of fish, and then rul
into either Machais, Jonesport, Mill
bridge or Sullivan and get rid of them
The field of smuggling operations in
cludes Bar Harbor Southwest Harbor
Bars Harbor and Seal Cove at Mt
Desert island, Sometimes coasts SNUG
glers will run into Castine, Vinalhavel
and Rockland, and, perhaps, go up tn
Penobscot River, while occasionall
they sail direct to Portland. Snug
Cling into Portland, however, is mostl
done by passengers on the St job
steamers or on the lines of steamer
running from Liverpool in the winte
time. Occasionally the Customs officer
catch opium smuggfers. Extensivel
as smuggling is known to be carried o
in Maine, from the best information
that can be obtained, it is not know
that any party engaged in the bushes
has acquired wealth out of it.
times past, money has been made, bu
now the risks are so great that it hardl
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