The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-27

an orange. A keen eyed lady detective at
fached to the department whispered to one of
our officers Suppose you try that orangeF
Ct was done, and the man turned white with
rage and disappointment, when among its
half emptied contents was found a small
handful of the precious gems. In five min
,utes more we would have lost him.
sit is one of the stories of the custom house,
fhough do not vouch for its truth, that sew
.aral years ago, among the passengers on
certain steamer was a well known smuggler
uFhc, it was reported, had with him large
amount in diamonds The information was
50 much in detail as to indicate even the place
OF their concealment They were sewed up
along the heavy seams of his garments and
hidden in one of his boot heels. When the
steamship arrived the officers were at the
dock A passenger approaching, cautiously
whispered, 4 believe you are looking for
snnugglerF Yes Well, there's one who
gave himself away Cd the voyage pointing
IN the direction of a handsomely dressed man
sgEho seemed to be unusually nervous A
moment more and he was struggling in the
handsof the officers and desperately clutching
at the lapels of his coat. It's no USE they
remarked, we know what you have and
where it is. Better give it up and save
4rouble.' Apparently crushed by the discov-
cry, the man quietly assisted in opening the
seams and produced the diamonds from
ivarious portions of his clothing. Your
boots, pleaser This rather staggered him,
but be submitted with good grace, and one of
the heels being unscrewed another lot, though
smaller and less valuable than the first, were
found there.
THE prisoner being released after the usual
fOrmalities, the gems were taken TO the Gus
tom house The appraiser, looking at them
for a moment there, pronounced the dia-
snonds TO be a splendid article of paste worth
about a quarter OF a dollar each. Those
officers lost no time in getting back to the
steamship, but the bird had flown. They
learned, however, that he had gone to the
Grand Central hotel. Rushing thither in
not haste, and finding him quietly sitting in his
room, they demanded another examination.
He laughed and told them to go ahead. They
stripped him to the skin. 1t is leedlesS to say
that no more diamonds were found, but the
officers did discover on his back the marks of
she biggest kind of a sticking plaster, under
(which had been concealed scores OF jewels,
and so recently removed that they had left
their imprint upon his body. OF course
confederate had promptly taken them away,
and the OfflcerS were WlGuOuO iSCOuioo' ~ II
not often that ruse i'll all It's details Is SO
successfully planned and practiced"
''Do you find women smusglers as adrolt
as the menu" inquired the writer.
''Oh, yes, even more so, but 1t is rare that
they escape the vigilance of the searchers OF
their own sex, who if they suspect wrong
are merciless in their examination. Queer
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band goods have been found, and you would
be astonished at the number and bulk of arti-
Giles woman can stow away about her. She
will conceal things in cakes of soap in her
back hair, in the belt or necl1tie she wears, in
4ucks and bands, in the hollow Of bracelets,
in balls of worsted with which she seems to
be on familiar terms; and as for her clothes
great heavensl I've been told they have held
enough contraband goods to stock shop.
She will leave London or Liverpool as petite
and graceful body as one would want to
see, and when she arrives here be as big as a
three hundred FOUNDER. She emphaticallY