Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-03-08
CANADIAN SMUGGLERS.
How Clever Customs Detectives Csp'"''
Cont -aband Articles.

| How Clever Customs Detectives c"P'"'~
Cont -aband Articles.
Messrs. Wolff and Grose, special Gus
toms agents, were sitting in their once
with one or two friends. The CONVEX
sation was about smugglers and SNUG
Cling. and Mr.. Wolff was relating now
he had captured smuggler In New
Brunswick. 81 was with another ON
GER" he said .'in district where
smuggling was said to be very com
mon. We stopped one night at house
on the roadside, and were so well treat
| ed that in the morning we stopped
near the door to decide what we could
do to show our gratitude. While we
were talking, the man came out and
said:
| ".Don't be too hard on poor fellow.
1--WE caught on at once and said to
him; Well, you have been very KIND
to us. Bring out the stuff and we VIII
be as easy on you as we can. Inc man
brought out the struggled goods and
we seized them"
There was jeweler in this city J
caught in something the same way
said Mr.. Crosse. 81 was informed that
he had bought twelve gold rings which
he knew to have been smuggled. got
a description of them, and going into
the jewelers. Office told him l had
come for some goods he had Struggled
and he had better bring them into the
office or would have to go and look
for them. He went out and came back
with an armfull of trays of rings. !
asked him what that was, and he said
that was all he had Struggled. i
looked through them all, but could not
find the rings | was looking for, so
said to him: This is not the whole OF
them. You had better bring them all
in at once, or will go out and look
for them myself He went out again
and brought in another armfull o!
trays saying he would take his oatl
that was all he had Struggled. | asked
him for the names Of all the parties
implicated and he said there was nc
one but his brother. | sent for an
officer to watch the rings and went my
self to the mans brother, in whose
store seized $1,000 worth of jeweiry
The seizure in the first store amounted
to about 5000"
"A clever trick was played little
while ago on merchant in this city,
said another gentleman. ale ar
ranged with another man to smuggls
in five barrels of kerosene, and they
were brought into the city in the dead
of night and stored in his cellar. He
paid the money and the smuggler went
away. Next morning the gentleman
found that the barrels were filled with
pure water"
Il had quite an exciting experience
one winter night out in the townships,
said Mr.. Crosse II was with Colone
Rodgers, the collector, and he told IN,
the road he was driving on was tn
worst for smuggling in Canada. H
was telling me all kinds of smugglin
stories that made the hair rise on m
head, and just then we heard the tinkl
l of sleigh bells II will bet you that is
3 smuggler,h he said. "All right" sal,
. |; II guess We are the very men h
ought to meet" We drew up, ant
presently we saw an express sleigl
coming along, the load being covere,
with buffalo robes. We called on tn,
;, man to stop, but the only answer h
, made was to lay the whip to the horses
and they tore off at a gallop. We turne,
around and set off at a full speed afte
a him and the Colonel firing his revolve
in the air to brighten the smuggler, bu
in vain. We had a fast horse and wer
p rapidly overtaking him when he turne,
- into a lane and drew up behind tn
a barn. The Colonel leaped out an
: seized the smuggler by the collar, say
: ing: you scoundrel, why didn't yo
stop" drew off the buffalo robes t
> find the Struggled goods, but only foun
a lot of mail bags. The suppose
: smuggler was mail carrier. "-Mol
e treal Gazette.