The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-13
REISS INDICTED.
Arrest of the Self : Confessed
Smuggler of Silk Fabrics.
Proceedings in the United States District
Court Yesteraay-1he sumatra Tobacco
Appeal Case Postponed.

flower of yesterdays operations IN the pur-
suit Of Custom-house frauds.
1t was half-past o'clock in the afternoon
when the y eminently respectable looking
gentlemen, who constitute the Grand Jury.
reyerently stepped into the District Court
room and sat themselves with decorous
silence in three rows Of chairs.
Judge Morrow was hearing a prosaic al
gument affecting the rights or wrongs OF
some Inflated bankrupt when the process
sion of taeiturn solemnity came In Tour
abreast with hats in hand. The court clerk
called each mans name rapidly, and as de
did so the bailiff. who remembers when
Andrew jackson was President, stood up
and kept an oral tally Of this impressive
score of potential humanity.
The subsequent proceedings were as dry
as q virgin blOtting pad.
THE INDICTMENT AGAINST REIss.
Judge Morrow inclined his head toward
the Jury, and as he did so the subdued light
OF the courtroom fell softly upon his luxu-
rant and wavy head OF hair. fast bleaching
with the mellow ripeness OF years.
"Have you any report to make, gentle
men?"
at these words from the bench the fore
man drew from his pocket yell0w-covered
package, and. walking over to the clerks
desk, handed the document to that official
The clerk arose, took it from his hands
and turning to the Judge passed it up to
him.
Anything further, gentlemen?" said the
Judge.
We have adjourned till Thursday next at
2 o'clock"
Whereupon the Judge inclined his head
once more as a sign of dignlfied dismissal
and tile p seriOus-looking citizens walked
dec0rously out of the courtroom.
Hama SQih IL 9or7o
addressing the lawyer who had been by this
incident Interrupted in his prosaic argu-
ment connected with the proceedings In
bankruptcy.
The reporters. eager to ascertain the
name on the indictment, crowded them
selves up.in front of the clerks desk. That
handsome functionary smilingly refused 10
give away the judicial secret. The press
delegates fell away very much disguised
anu trooped out of the courtroom.
HE TOLD THEM So
In the corridor they ran up against Dis
triot Attorney Garter, who reminded them
he had told them so-told them they would
not find out anything before an arrest was
made even when an individual was brought
In.
The subsequent bringing in of Bernard
Relss, tie indicted person. is fully described
ii the subjacent narration.
Yesterday Charles NJ. Leayy expected to
receive tie letter mailed to him from the
Treasury Department Informing him of the
reasons for his summary dismissal from the
nfice OF Appraiser of Customs ar San
Francisco. 1t had not come, however.
Since his sudden exit from official life Mr..
Leavy has kept himself closely confined
TO his palalial residence on Pacific Heights.
He has kept away from all his old haunts.
His failure to show himself among his
acquaintance downtown has excited much
comment adverse 10 him. Some Of them do
not reconcile his absence with any theory
Of his innocence. If he is not guilty." say
they. and has nothing to be ashamed of,
why does be not come out and face the
music ike man?"
TIE sUMATRA TOBACCO APPEAL.
The taking Of testimony in the Liebes
Brothers SCmatTa tobacco appeal case
before United States General Appraiser
Shnri Ell was, On motion of counsel for the
Government, postponed yesterday N ornng
until Thursday morning at 10 O'Clock. Il
" COembs Of New York and H. c. Dibble
Of this city, the attorneys for Liebes Broth
. eTs, claimed 10 be surprised at the demand
Of the Government for the pos:ponement.
Liebes Brothers appealed to the General
Board or Appraisers at New \ ork from a
decision placing tie duty on some tobacco
they had imported from Sumatra at 81 per
pound. The action OF the Collector was
sustained in the case of 900 bales while 1SS
bales were allowed to pass at 81 cents per
pound. The Government appealed from
this decision. and General Appraiser Shurt-
left was sent to San Francisco TO take the
testimony: This. in brief, is the case at
issue. 1t is alleged that the cause of Ap-
praiSer Leavy's summary dismissal had its
origin in this Sumatra tobacco appraise-
ment.
REIss ARRESTED.
Bernard Reiss, of the brm of Neuberger,
Ress & Co., was arrested shortly after i
O'clock Yesterday afternoon, IN his Office at
5l6 Market street by Deputy United States
hals a nd u II al
The warrant, changing him with CON
spring 10 defTagd tie Government" was
read to Reiss by Maloney. When the Off
GERS confronted the disgraced merchant and
informed him OF their mission, he presented
wretcbed, conscience-stricken appearance.
He said. nervously, that he had not ex-
pected TO be arrested again, but the rapidity
with which Henry and Mathew Meyer (the
brother and nephew Of Daniel Meyer, the
banked, appeared upon the scene ready tn
go on his bonds. proved that he had take
ample precaution aud had anticipated some
such result.
The deputies took their prisoner at once
to the United States Marsha's off ce in the
Appraisers building and the Messrs.
Never repaired to the United States Dis
trict Court, where they qualified before As
sistant District Attorney Shurtleff and
=. Chief Clerk Southland Hoffman as bonds
men. the amount being $50, coo.
While these prelininaries were In progress
w
Relss, who sat covering on bench, but be-
yond repeating the statement that the ar
rest was unexpected by him he refused to
say ANYTHING. As a matter Of fact, he was
not able to talk. His lips twitehed, his
whole frame shook with nervous excite
ment, and his face turned alternately blood
red and deathly pale.
THE PRISONERS ANXIETY.
When the bonds were ready for the sig
natures Reiss was allowed 10 join his bonds
men. When the transaction was completed
by the payment on his part of the CUSTOMARY
fee, and Mr. Hoffman Informed him he conld
60 be ayailed himself of the permission with
so much alacrity that lie almost fell over a
cuspidoT in his excited rush for the door.
The bonds as well as the indictment itself
were at once put into the big safe in the
clerks Office. The reporters, who were
anxious to have a look at them, were in
formed that they were ION the secret file''
and could not be seen by any one. 1t was
subsequently learned that the reason fol-
this secrecy lies in the fact that the papers
contain besides the name of Reiss that OF
another person not yet under arrest, who i.
charged with being accessory to the con.
spiracy for which Reiss is indicted.
1t was positively asserted by the officers
yesterday that there would be no further
arrest made at present. For that reason IL
is not likely that ex-AppraIser Leavy il
the man jointly indicted with Reiss. for il
be were the man he would have been ar
lesteu SIMULTANEOUSLY with him.
The name most prominently mentioned
as being that inscribed on the document In
the big safe is d. NJ. Cashin, the ex- Deputy
Collector, who is said to be safe across the
line which divides British Columbia from
the United States Mr.. Cashin's address is
supposed 10 be Vancouver, b. c., and when
he learns that Reiss has been rearrested he
will probably find it convenient to renal q
On foreign soil.
One other person. who is at present alb.
sent from the city, was thought by some to
be the accomplice Of Reiss and the man
the Grand Jury has found a true bill
against. His name is Jacob Shaen. spripbfy
n.Iakeo Shaau the Eirst a.irta...