The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-22


was nothing extraordinary about the fact,
e. ell ORIGINALS are great lovers Of fruit and
Vegetables, and buy them in the most liberal
manner Tho officer having satisfied himself
tia. tie would Zee visitor was acting in good
.aitE, allowed the peddler 20 90 on board,
but not icing certain Of bis purpose watched
him carefully. Tho peddl.r sold most Of his
fruit AID was beginning 10 dlcker about
can of tomatoes, when one OK the crew play
fllly Knocked bis lat over Dis eyes and pre-
tended go seal tie basket. The enraged
pcddllr s.ru-l, 10 tic man nearest to him,
auI IN moment lively row was i1 full
progress. !. w-s soon oyeT anc resulted II
tho reld.er, L2t.css, bloody and torn, being
thrown d71l the gang plank to tee wharf.
THO Officer. q large Muscular man, sy,ara-
tli--d vi-h the victim, end gladly yO.la-
tered ~ protect him and get hack his hat,
b1s.c- AID tomatoes trol the gr.nnigg Grew.
Tic two ascclled so the deck, rLerclroa
tie latter a. II fearful of tie Official, dis
persed. uOst Of them Tctre5-.lg 10 the fore
castle The LAT, basSet and uns0ll fruit were
speedily recovered, but tie camel tomatoes
remained invisible Only By threatening to
arrest al present and send them % jail did
tie o..icer Succeed in inducing tie reluctant
secmea to restore the booty they had cap
tured from the peddlc- The latter stood
ccoulinc. as the cans were handed back, and
checked then. Clo by o-c. TIL all were re-
turned N'nen tie 10. Lad been restored, ho
graspcd tie inspectors hand and warmly
shco4 it, czc,aiming. You velly good gen
nelmen! you ike smokeN Upon the officer,
saying thct he was q dcyotee OF the weed, the
peddier pulled q half dozen Havanas from
some mysterious recess IN his blouse, and
handed them TO lis benelactor. Then rs he
was about 20 leave tie ship, be turned and
cursed the crew IN tie widest burs, Of pro-
family that tie English, Chinese and Malay
languages allow. The inspector accompanied
him 10 tie street, and saw him safely on
beard horse ca.
Two days afterwards one Of the mates
found in @ darl. ccrrer Of the forecas;le two
dozen odd FRESH cas- OF tomatoes. As these
were never used o.! board Of the vessel, bis
curiosity vas excited, and thorough search
Of tie place was mo..e Nothing was found,
however, but I'll opsoei tomato can which
contained snail quantity Of opium pre-
-fl -4i4a.l--f U.s. " 4-+~ a-eA-4 -pNo4-
been fun OF taas drug % the very brinl. The
inspector wLO lad witnessed the search sud
denly save til. he had been duped. The
guileless peld..g had brought Oh genuine
canned tomatoes. Tie peddling, row ard
theft was simply a clever dodge, under the
cover OF which the parties who were in col
fusion with hin. had concealed the cans Of
tomatoes and when compelled to disgorge
had substituted tomato cans filed with pre-
pared opium. The peddler had succeeded
in passing at lost fifty pounds Of the mar
cote without paying duty under the very
eyes Of the law, ard had probably cleared a
profit Of ct least $500 by tie transaction.
The inspector d.l everything in bis power to
lay his hands upon the rogue and the opium,
but never succeeded in getting the slightest
trace OF either