The morning call., 1892-05-14
CUSTOM FRAUDS.
Some Startling Developments
Coming.
ANOTHER CASE IN THE HISTORY OF SMUGGLING,
An Interesting Story Concerning the
Appraisers Office Comes to
Light.
ANOTHER CASE IN THE HISTORY OF SMUGGI

That the full extent Of the customs frauds per-
petrated by well-known and heretofore reputa-
bic men here Is not yet known and that further
startling developments VIII appear Is MADE evil
dent by the hints and actions of The Government
agents sent here to unravel the dark eomona-
tiOns made by wealthy merchants and the Gus
tom-houSe employees.
"W hen the Grand Jury has completed It's H.
vestigalions" said a prominent Government Of
fetal yesterday, land when the reports made 10
the Treasury Department in Washington by So
lc!tor Hepburn, Superintendent OF Special
Agents TiEgle and Assistant Secretary Crounse
ale made public there will appear the story OF
system OF customs frauds which involves more
people OF Iespectability aud wealth than per-
haps any smuggling scheme ever unearthed by
the Government before. There will then be
more names mentioned In connection with these
frauds than are identified with them now"
III the course OF his persistent Investigations
about the CusIoln-house an Evening Post re-
porter yesterday learned some things OF interest
concerning an old and trusted employe In Tue
Appraisers Office from which Appraiser Levy
was SO recently dismissed. THIS man is 1. q:
LEWIS, who through all the changes Oh several
successive admins iraiiOns has remained chief
clerk OF Tie app alser's depari ment. The search
Ing investigation of the affairs Of this depart
ment made by Solicitor Hepburn left not the
slightest reflection on the c0mpet nee ana trust
worthiness OF Mr. Lewis. Mr. Lewis, IL was
learned, Is man whose name is known through
out America and IN many foreign lands, although
bis comparatively obscure official position mas
given him but little local fame. The story OF
how his fame was acquired is an inter esIing one.
Ii is based entirely on the story OF how his life
was sd we'd several years ago. he told IL Ill 1887
as follows:
'Some six months or more ago 1 was taken
with all attack of something resembling my old
complaint. My doctor pronounced IL 10 be
NephriIis. Ii yielded readily 10 The usual treat
ment for such cases, and again resumed the
use Of Warmers Safe cure, which l had not
touch d for several years. l thought at
The time 1t was something remarkable
that this attack passed of without The
passage Of stones, as formerly, although care
fully watched for them. ! therefore came 10 the
conclusion that my doctors diagnosis was cor
rect aud that the attack was nothing more nor
less than simple inflammation OF The kidneys,
caused by cold settling there. Some two
months later noticed slight pain In urnatlng.
This Increased until IL eliminated In infamnIa-
ton Of lie PROSTATE gland and Stranguary OF the
neck OF the bladder, causing complete stop
page OF the flow Of the urine Two physicians
eSsayed To relieve The bladder 10y catherizati0n
ihout avail. third was more successful by
distending the uTethra and introducing a very
large catheter. The desired result was OBJ
talHed. and when the instrument was Withdrawn
IL brought away a stone weighing % grams,
which proved upon chemical analysis 10 be an
oxalic OF lime TINS was followed III the Course
OF a few days By Tie passage OF more than forty
stones, varying III size from an ordinary pins
head 10 that OF a pea Some Of these stones were
smooth, others including the largest were rough
and jagged. They could hardly have passed Tie
urelhra in that condition. 1 continued the use OF
Warmers Sale Cure, and few days afterward
pdoStC az INTERVALS Il Quantity VI UldCh Sdhu' All
unpleasant symptoms have now disappeared
and am quite we'll"
This account Of how lie conquered an alment
which has proved fatal TO so many was pub
hshed wherever the English language is spoken,
In connection with many similar testmonlals
Speaking OF Tie matter yesterday Mr.. Lewis
said: when l had found that Warmers Safe
Cure had done me more good than the doc
tors could do recommend it 10 friends and
acquainIances afflicted with kidney troubles
whenever had an opportunity. There were so
many that remember but few or the names,
but III every case in which | heard OF tile results
the treatment resulted successfully. There were
so many OF The clerks aud labOrers about the de-
Iartnent who had kidney disease In some stage
that bought several cases Of The Cure and sup
piled them AT cost.
What surprised me most was the mass Of In
Quiries which received from all over The world.
They even Came from the West Indies, Mexico
and Japan. | replied 10 fifteen or twenty of
them saying that my testimonial was reliable In
every particular, aud then / quit troubling my
self with them. l remember that l received
a letter from one gentleman, who was mer-
chant In Yokohama, saying that he had used
Warmers Safe Cure through having read my tes
timonial, and that it had cured lin Of similar
trouble AS far as / ain concerned l have never
had recurrence Of my afflletion since was
cured as related nearly six years ago."-San Fran
cisco Evening Post, May 13.