Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-12
A SMUGGLER'S STORY.
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.s3oh here can ssil g2u a. z1cQt e. said
tls saals Inspector. aodding ais heaa 20
Iae e4fsl4al- -as's an Oh sElugg gier hini-
ssll aad bsl4ssss il tie "a sbts ~ maaa-'
~ i" r-toftea tie latter ~uo vas
sturdy specia4ea Of q maa. @ith 8 lo-y
eoanssnancs. n aii belsss Ia size rights
- nlaa af8rs / ~as ilsgsd foe seine aas,i-
lag half foz "a times. D0t : sind % gave
la. taa opposition Nas TOO nlea-"
-Yss. hs coutinusi IA reply 70 4ass-
tl0n rszzr1.as as sta lsgiiag. Il trtFel q
into Ne@ York ports tor go3a mtny
years and l feesoa they All knsss as
sma zsiia', bot never got nabb=d bas
0nce, and ia At as b a detective toat zot
On at Havana Wi1h IA AMI got iato n-
- saylng be ~4s sulas glil' lost sen
thousand eisars thai time aud gax- D. ap-
Hoo ~aslt Wall. 1 zasw they was up %
ali that sort OF d0d ~,, 50 / b3ughf load
~ cocoanuts aH weteFm fi0ns, enough 90
bli a schooner, ahd good pllo u them
that had private mark had notierei os.s
80 that some would hold three huad -ei
al safs ss nice as y0a please, the cigars
being packed in rubber bags. l 60 'em
lntO the Fulton Market dock ali right.
They arrived Just about two weeks after l
did, ami Mas unl1ad in' 'cHl, when up .teps
this identical chap wat got in with me on
the boat AMI with an off -sr AMI seized the
hull business. lie kept Oa1 II reach OF my
hands, / kin tell you. but Pd -
Ike 10 have grasped him for minute.
I They would have gone through all right
II hada't given it away Ike fool.
a"Bus the fruit dodge was an old one. /
had friend who worked the dPmOnt
racket that put me- up 20 IL. There wasn't
an inspector in New York but what knew
+ him. left Rio with him one trip. aud he
had over 900 worth Of di'mond, that
he WASN'T goin' 20 pay duty ON. Where
d'ye suppose be had 'efns" Wall, ia his
slateroOm he had a big bunch of bananas
as ever you saw; some green and some
ripe, aud tito green ones he had slit on the
side nsxt TO the bunch on the inside, and
in each one was a stone and in some two
or three. Wall, when We got To New \ 1rk
the insp pec,ors came aboard anl one walk
up and says: Hello. senior, wha. have you
got this timer That's for you to find out.
said the Spsniard. laughing. And so they
took him down, and the way they went
over his things was a caution. TEey ex'
amined everything and even looked IN his
hair-he had black curly locks like-bui
they had % give il up. When they got
through be says: Wall, gentlemen, you've
had some hard work. Set down and have
some wine and fruit So he orders a bot
tie { wine aud be gins pickin' off some OF
the ripe bananas, and there they set fol-
an hour or so within three foot Of then
stones aud didn't know il. He never
turned hair; De had nerve, tell you.
The tricks he had" continued the ad
miring friend, would fill a book. On'
time, you know, there was a fashion fOl
box toes and his were box. sure enough
and tile toe OF each was holler and held hal
a dozen stones The buttons on his Goa
were boiler, too, and made 70 shut with
spring. and so it was. One time he'd hav,
an umbrella that would hold half dozen
then he'd have some slowed in opera
glass. He had a watch that looked al
right-showed the works on one side anS
the hands on the other, but between 'en
you could hide a thousand dollars or NOR
OF small stones"
'.Tae only article that Is smuggled nov
on the river,- said the inspector is oil
AMI that they take over whenever the,
: get chance. | was pulling along tn
Canadian channel last week when sud
denly I ran into boat aud nearly sun
myself We had il hot and heavy for
few moments. | went for the fellows 10
! not carrying light, and they for me 70
, running into them; but they were extrem'
w anxious 20 get off, and when | swun
alongside found that II was a big, ha
bottomed boat. loaded down with three q
; four barrels Of OIL They thought l was
( custom-houss inspector and begged of
tried 70 bribe me and everything. Afts
{ keeping them on the jump for twent
+ minutes, told them that | was only
b game inspector, and after some choice lai
guage they got of and over all ngh
You see, IT'S imposs bic to prevent smui
: Cling; il would take An army Of men
j. stop H. But Il is not what it used 10 be
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