The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-10
Customers DO Not Call for Them-One OF
the City OF Chicago Aen Held.

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| the City Of Chicago Men Held.
The two employees OF the lnman Steamship
| Company whom Special Agents Hussey and
| Britton arrested upon the steamship City of
| Chester on Sunday morning on charge OF
| smuggling English made clothing into this
| country, were arraEned before Commissioner
| Shields for examination yesterday afternoon.
James Leytham, the barman. was discharged
because Of lack of evidence to connect him with
the smuggling. and Archibald Murdoch. the
storekeeper. was held for trial
How those smugGed goods came to he seized
was told for the first time during the examina
ton. Customs Inspector Alexander Johnston
was the man who made the seizure. Tho City
OF Chicago got in on May 10. and after being
duly passed went TO the 1nman wharf in Jer-
sey City. Johnston accompany her. Cooper
John Ford. who is now in custody charged with
n former smuggling offence. was on the wharf
when the vessel got there.
John Bodel, Jr.. of 16l Steuben street. Jersey
City. who is regularly employed on the Inman
wharf in Jersey City was the chief witness for
the United States yesterday. He appeared in
court with his apron on and tools in his hand.
He said he had known Leytham and Murdoch
for three or four years and Ford longer When
the steamer got in that day Ford called him
and he followed Ford and Murdoch ahourd the
steamer and to the ganGway leading TO the
storeroom. Ford told Bodel the story on the
deck by the gangway and then he and Muir
dock swung themselves through. There were
a lot OF boxes below. which Bodel saw and
heard them moving about. This took up ten
minutes. Then Murdoch appeared with large
bag filled with goods OF some sort and passed
Il up. Bode took it ashore and put it in tord's
previously given Civ him. and MuIdook and Ford
passed. r up two ON more bags Iiodoi shouldeTed
one OF them and took It ash2re Just as he
stepped on the vessel on the wharf he caught
sight OF CuStOmS INSPECTOR Johnston short
What did you do then?' asked Assistant
United States District Attorney OConnell .as
no boz replied dB0as; nyhy dropped that
How about the other bag still in tho
Il don't know what became of it. I've told
you all know about tho matter"
Johnston testified that on May 10. while
while the City Of Chicago lay alongside. he
had seen n bag on the wharf, partly hidden
as sailors are commonly ~ divided with to carry
their trans in. II had lhe usual draw-strings.
snod YsEo of p9s ndd fad as y L
might be some sailors XII Still; he thought
he would open It; Inside he found seven
tanned rowy made clothing. He took them
to the once.and, alter examination. sent them
Witnesses for the tnited States ready to pre-.
to let Leytham 20. Commissi9ner Shields dis
charged Leytham and held Murdoch for trial
Murdoch did not get bail Application will be
made for the transfer OF the case into the New
jersey circuit.
SO far as corld be learned. none OF the per-
sons whose names appear on the packages Of
London clothes smugGed on the steamship
City OF New York, and which were published in
yesterdays sun, appeared at the seizure room
Yesterday to reclaim his clothing.
Dr. Morrow OF l99 second avenue was sur
prised Yesterday when he learned from THH
SUN that tll" Custom House officers had seized
{, suit q clio hes and an extra nair Of trousers
tu Of Nay.
York. He bad ordered the clothes from G. A,
Allen OF Oxford street. lold on, some time ago,
and expected TO pay the duty on them. DIR.
received no invoice Of them he did not think
that they had arrived He says that no does
poOds.