The sun., 1892-10-07
THE LADY or THE PICTURES.
oNCE SHE MS 7HE UIEE or GIMP
BELL, TKE ~ HfIL = II'Ei MIN.
she Thought INSPECTOR Trnittrur Was
AFTER Her Affections when Re Was Pu~.
suing Her 1mp0rted Art Coi,rction-A
FGrmldNblr l.lst of Mime = and Drlcra

She Thought Inspector Trnit,cnr Was
After her Affections when &c W.. Pur.
suing Her 1mnorted Art toi,rction-A
Formidable List or Names and Priccs
The woman who is accused Of smuggling
into this country tho 10i paintings. 81 OF
which were seized by Treasury Inspectors
lraittcur aud Scngers on Monday Is the di.
Vorced wife OF William Campbell. the wealthy
wall paper manufacturer of this city. Tho
customs people havo nothing to add to the
story except that Inspector Traitteur las n
clear case against the woman. Sho made u
sworn statement on entering the pictures that
they were her household property. and later
whom she appeared in supplementary pro.
ceeuIngs brought by creditor. she swore She
hau II" personal effects whatever. Then tho
inspector has evidence that shc has been sell
ihG 'Iie pictures on commission.
fhe "malo big lulr." as the officials put
II. at tho Custom House OH Tuesday. She aj.
N'scd them to give IN the pictures und let the
maitet drop and to drop IL as quietly rs pos
sbIo She said she had II pull OF the biggest
ana strongest Kind. and She mentioned u num-
h'r oil officials OF the city and Federal govern.
mcn's with whpm she said she had influence.
lhis hint tailed to wok. and then she pre-
ierrcd charges t" Deputy Collector Phelps
against Inspector Traitteur saying that the
charge OF smuggling was irumped up by him
IN revenge for his failure in wooipG her. She
swoto positively that the inspector had been
following her for months and attempting to
make loro to her. threatening her with various
PENALTIES in case she rejected his suit and
tniS seizure. Hhr claimed. was the result Uf
her steadiastness.
ci This charge made the deputy and his asso-
very ahusivs She s 10 years I'D: Her Her maiden
arTiJ to Within ' Gam1hsi pvI,, whn lives sIs nt %ss
Mtst fi'ty. sixth street. aud whose factory il
IN Vest forty.ilrst street. He is well known
trust. She secured divorce from him in 1888
he did not 1rpo-c her suit at all. She figured
one time, in which Mr Iamrbcil was the other
rrincipal 'gure. There Is also u story of II hot
poker employed asa device 20 get n husband
out OF bed IN tho morning. She secured $4,000
u Year alimOnv.
r. She went abroad. an in 1897 married Dr.
.srector TraittcMr has a copy OF the record OF
inis ms marriaGe; nder tho terms Of her divorce
marriea na isae%, ,,i 'h , h was !" cease II she
quiet. The Cacacis lived in fine style but
Iha.ly Mrs. tacnyi said she must return and
sh9w :! herself in New York. sho returned here
.,i.ns she vas at Saratos9 last summer. and while
with James r. Caldwell. the race track starter
Fart OF the pictures seized were stored in
eHthwei rtW ,;,, name at 4 STORAGE warehouse. ,,
y.
There wcr" lWi in thr consignment. and She
entered ,, them as her personal property from
terdar. She rr"mIty issued printed c;ltl-
iogue "f 9il Tho pictures. describing the pic
.r tnros In detail! and stating the price Of each.
On tho left margin was. marked in pencil u
second ,E price opposite enrh picture The price
and the price marked in pencil was the price
she was willing to sell for. 1t was about half
'aT SGST rr"s IL Lmeay eyory Ths Isl
and her two prices. Tho raal value OF tho
pictures has not been aseertaineh; but i IS
stated. This Is part OF the list:
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:oo'-Ea,Is c ,,r II. Sy s%.,%s n n kSs. epoch
ases-"H &t.ir.' I.!m,; by oven. 1900 5SoS 5SoS
Tor i:osa Signed iNo, from the gal.
,.%%ass%I,; sa,ita sn@;f. aGs q AZ H%ss. !.r,".
Iay"n'a de lols!o Of Naples. descend
1000 Ruins o, Anssnt R"nc." companion
Ec,n,ss cny, by .,ni ,nmnan!e lamn'" '"" m,
5000 sT'fs,' sn l. q s"ns Ssyn y o,n Aiopo
,a . ta"m 1 g:yr' ON ro' * nr,o
.5cco-" The .scers;on To cal ary" by ''''E
Petro PaoIo R3beus. 1900 ..... No inul price
There are plenty more with imposing names
TweGty,tonr q the pictures have Leen dis
torn were found Mt the Manhattan storage
Company on seventh avenue. and these wer"
in the nanlc o! Caldwell. The others were at
the Lincoln safe Deposit Company OH Forty
secon" street. These latter were seized some
tim" ago by the Sheriff on a writ obtained hy
4 stenUgraphor named Monahan. who has not
yet been paid for his work in the divorce suit
against Campbell !. Tho pictures are still ut
tn. storage warehouses.
Mrs Cacaci declares that the goods wore
really household effects from her hus bands
house in Naples. and that tho seizure was lin.
lust and will not holi in court. She says She
had Il right to dispos" OF her effects as she
pleased. Inspect0: Trait'eur says he has