The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-09
SMUGGLED LONDON SUITS.
NAMES OF SOME OF THE NEW YORK
CUSTOMERS MADE PUBLIC

| They Have Not Claimed the Goods, and are
Very Likely In Ignorance OF tho TnIlors'
DOIngp-Their Clothes VIII he sold nj
Auction Unlesa They speak Up-Two
Arrests Made on the City OF Chicago.
The name OF the consgnee OF the cart load
| OF clothing seized here by Chief Wilbur and his
men OF the United States Treasury service on
| the last trip OF the Inman steamship City
| Of New York has never been made public.
| When the clothing was seized three stewards,
| Hart. Baker. nud Hughes. and a supposed out
side confederate. In the shape Of boy named
| Baxter we're arrested. They were taken before
United States District Attorney Mitchell on the
charge that they brought the clothing over at
the direction OF tho English tailors, and 1t was
subsequently learned that for every package
delivered free OF duty to the conslgnee they
| were to receive an ample fee. American tailors
| had flooded the Treasury Department with in
| formation and protests against this traffic. and
| Collector Erhardt and Chief Wilbur were di-
| rected to investigate.
| Those who remember the plan on which
| Allard Il Co. did their smuggling. charging
| duties TO their customers. paying mono them
selves and leaving the customers In danger Of
the seizure OF the goods, will SEQ how it may
have happened that 1t was the tailors or their
agents here who profted by the smuggling Of
Luebe CIolHSS IL may hdNo hopbohou tlIo "hy =
The agent takes the customers orders. at so
much. duty paid, telling the customers that to
save them the trouble Of going to the Custom
House the goods will be shipped to the agent
smuRged marked for Identification with the
customers names. and are sell ed before they
Only fifteen OF the packages OF clothing
smuRgled on the City OF New York bore names
the
position that all were going to one "onsiRnee TO
BE- distribped, and that the smuGglne was.
Of the talors or their New York agents.
Though two weeks have passed since, the
room to identify and claim his clothes.
hS will lose their @
It was learned yesterday that Collector Erhardt
has determined TO sell the packages at public
with his family. but 1t was learned that the de-
termination to sell the packages will necessl-
marks that they bear. So it is Just a. well 10
print the names now and notify the customers
h the tine shr tbs to h he
spelling on the address tags. which seems to DO
occasionally erroneous:
DR. Morrow, l9s Second avenue, New York city, ono
I az 'sSuss Bank
q T coilinEs no address, one suit of clothes aud an
e1 Il r prT q &, s5s9 .S"s
fr.5eTs T. No IS ,vnS p wn' "a" Ss city
O. and m
of clothes ami an extra pair OF trousers ~.
ssTs of m1 ons Ap Now York
Frederick Lambert Williams care Of Brewster cobb
EserbrooE, 81 Congress- street. Boston, one coat and
j il. ottley 2Ss Broadway. New York city two suits
J, Lewis Cochran, 100 Opera building Chicago,
@slier Z. IdmanSs, New 9oFk Guy one o!o5ooAs
city. overcoat, three fAnne suits macintosh
H. Of "R onr strH STs Of ~
ciGshss and two extra pairs OF trG , m,
bottles OF lavender water
The other packages were marked by num-
bers. One OF the arrested men says that one
OF the NUM- beers was for public Official OF this
up. The other goods to be sold are:
Eight waterproof cloakA
Two pieces Of waiatcoat cloth
Eighteen pairs OF tennis shoes.
kkisatssn fancy wAis'c0a'A
EEasesD pairs n1,t Of ~ sFo opoFs.
From the Inman people It was learned that
cablegram has been sent to Liverpool advising
Of Chester IN whose stateroom the Treasury ea
inspectors found q quantity OF ladies' apparel
and billiard cloth and other dutiabe goods;
that, when the City OF Chicago was last in port
bal Of clothing made by English .alGrs
over cU 10 New jersey. In "' some puE way.
not revealed, doubtless BY, threaten.
gied goods, they. Obtained a statement that
James LeYtham. the head barmRn Of the City |
Of Chicago, and Richard MURDOCH the store
keeper. were the agents Of the tailors. and had !
b. ought the goods across the ocean. 1t was on |
May 10 that, the go is were taken from the |
departed on her return trin that the fact OF tho
smuggling became known. so the Gus,
eame bsek they "d renso te
Leytham. Five years ago English tailor-mads |
goods that he had brought over and handed to
n hNF t1r fFnF far 70 I'm
lines Jersey City dock we're ' nabbed in transit transit
by special Agent Eritton, AS the capture was |
pnsd J%dss at aSd
nsd Ths 1 ssE was wS Std nSromEt d the
ws ssned at H. 'ns az spe"a
e ner on ne mail boat Fletcher. Deputy
rest Lsy1ha% H0 Ace"rdlns his aesea IN "d
Tho first officer of the City of Chicago. he
says while refusing to he responsible for the
S a aGG on o tee @
from arresting them at Quarant Inc. and i'm
peded him and Hussey when they vent to
irst officer attempted to prevent him when ne
finally Insisted on entering state room which
who seemed TO be glad to see hi m. and said ~
II no thought he wasn't recognized much less
Why, Brtton. don't you remember me ?
You took Rome clothes away from me once.
Tour or I'VE years agef haven't forgot IL, II
:, haven't forgotten 1t. either" said Britton.
" and want you now for the same sort Of
job"
Levtham protested his innocence. but both
he ana Aurdock were takcn on board the
Fletcher and lodged in Ludlow street Jail.
Britton says that there are more arrests 10
Leytham and MURDOCH will he arracned be-
lore one Of tho United States Commissioners
this morning.
Chief Wilbur says that the Inman company
offices both here and in New York are innocent
d az blame ~ these smuggling cases. are
y Working with him TO detect them and have de-
,lared unresewedly that they will discharge
avery employee caught smuggling.
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