The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-07-19
Smuggling Liquor Into Maine.


deal with in this Eastern section was an
Indian smuggler of the Passamaquoddy
tribe. Lewey was his name, and he was
the son of former chief of the tribe.
He was an uncommonly powerful man,
brave as lion and cunning as a fox.
He had never been caught in SMUGGLING,
and had over and over again taken
big oath that white man should never
catch him, as ne would shoot him. A
year or so ago, while Lewey was cross
ing Lewey's Lake, as it is called, an
officer laid in wait for him near Prince
ton, where he was to land. AS Lewey
approached the shore, the officer
emerged from his concealment, and,
pointing a revolver at the Indian, com.
manded him to surrender. But Lewey
was too quick for the officer. Instantly
dropping his paddle. he seized shot
gun he had by his side and covered the
officer, so triumphantly that he was
forced to retreat, and thus Lewey
escaped. Shortly after this another
officer appeared at Princeton, u cool,
resolute, self-possessed man, who had
determined upon taking Lewey into
custody. Word was sent to the Indian
chat 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 a guide.
The bait took, and Lewey, DESTROYS of
making a 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 live
shooter, and before the Indian could
realize his situation, had Lewey's mus
eular wrists ornamented with heavy
pair of bracelets, and he was
prisoner.
That evening the officer, while out
side the hotel saw the window of the
room where Lewey was confined raised,
and, at the next moment, Lewey had his
head out and was calculating the dis
lance to the ground, with view of
/ jumping out. But the peril Of jumping
from two-story window with pair Of
handouts on was n 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 hapdcuffs in the blaze of the kero-
sene light, and then trying to wrench
| and twist them asunder. II was a
martyrdom for liberty that but few
would have attempted, for Lewey's
wrists were badly burned and lacerated
by his efforts TO part his manacles. On
account of his great muscular strength
1t 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 smug-
gled into Eastport, Lubec, and along
shore as far as Portland. Small coast
ing vessels and boats are employed by
brass are Struggled in considerable
dollars worth of these articles are
struggled yearly. They are first shipped
to Grand Menan and Campobello, where
they remained stored for months. They
are then quietly reshipped in vessels to
Boston or some other port. A large
number of the fishermen engaged in the
herring fishery are given to smuggling.
They conceal their packages of liquor
in their cargoes of fish, and then run
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, Vinalhaven
| and Rockland, and, perhaps, go up the
| Penobscot River, while occasionally
they sail direct to Portland. Smug-
Cling into Portland, however, is mostly
| done by passengers on. the st. John
steamers or ON the lines of steamers
running from Liverpool in the winter
time. Occasionally the Customs officers
catch opium smugglers. Extensively
as smuggling is known to be carried on
in Maine, from the best information
that can be obtained, it is not known
that any party engaged in the business
has acquired wealth out of it. In
times past. money has been made, but
now the risks are so great that it hardly
pays.-MaiRe Cor. Boston Herald.
!
w, Mclean. the umpire in ball
match in Philadelphia, angered because
some of the spectators Kissed decision,
flung heavy bat into crowd of men,
women, and children on the raised
benches. 1t fortunately injured only a
hat. Mclean was arrested when the
match closed. Philadelphia Press.
Have plenty OF grapes for the chill
dren. One New York physician pre-
scribes them as tonic in nervous dis
eases. There is in some parts of Europe
what is called the grape cure. A New
York musician cured himself of drinking
ardent spirits by eating many grapes
daily.-M. Y. Herald.
Indiana has AZ, 421 more males than
females, and Massachusetts has $4,000
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