The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-04
oLD-TIMB F1D0LEs IN COURT.
The Won der Hoya Smuggling Gas,
Begun Before Judge Speer,

The Won der Hoya Smuggling Case
Begun Before Judge Speer.
The case Of the United States VS.. fifty
three violins and other musical instruments
came up in the United States court yester-
day morning.
The vioiins are the property of Prof. F..
A. Won der Hoya OF Savannah and his
brother, DR.. Louis Won der Hoya of New
York. 1t is claimed that they were SNUG
Rled into this country, and have never paid
any duties, and as such are subject to con-
| fscation.
The value OF the violins and other instru-
| ments is placed at SIS. AIS 10. They were
| seized by Special Treasury Agent S. E.
Chamoerlin, April 80, 1891. at So Barnard
street, where the Won der Hoyas resided.
The only witness examined yesterday was
Col. Chamberlin. He testified as to the
seizure Of the violins under tho instruction
or the Secretary of the Treasury. He also
testified that the boxes corresponded exactly
in dimensions with twelve boxes of musical
instruments shipped from New York to
Savannah by the steamship Kansas
City, Oct. Is, 1890, In the name OF
DR.. Louis Won der Hoya. He Identified the
| original declaration for free entry made
upon the same day at the port of New
York by DR.. Louis Won der Hoya of sixteen
boxes purporting to contain household ef-
feots.
The original invoices Of the goods from
Germany to New York and from New York
to Savannah were produced, showing that
| the Identification marks upon the boxes
| shipped TO Savannah we're precisely the
same as the Identification marks upon the
/ boxes which DR.. Won der Hoya declared in
| New York to be household goods. The
Ocean Steamship Company's invoice was
for musical instruments.
Col. Chamberlin gave minute descrip-
| ton of the boxes in which the violins wore
! found, which he considered especially made
for the purpose Of coucealing the character
| or the goods transported in them.
The examination OF Col. Chamberlin con-
| tinued until o'clock, when the court ad-
| journed until to-day. Col. Chamberlln was
severely cross-examined by Hon. +. G. du-
| BiSaon, counsel for the Won der Hoyas He
proved a rather unsatisfactory witness to
Mr.. duBignon, however.
The government has considerable testi-
mony to introduce and so has the defense,
and the case will in all probability last the
remainder Of the week.
Mr.. Charles Beerman, proprietor of the
kimball house Of Atlanta, is present as a
witness for the Won der Hoyas, and, it is
! said, will testify that the instruments were
on exhibition in room at the Kimball
three or four years ago.
| The goods seized consisted of So violins, 6
violoncellos, violas, l bass viol and 2
| pianos. 1t is charged that one of the pianos
| was Struggled into this country by Armada ,
| Won der Hoya, a son of Prot Won der Hoya
The following is q list of the more valuable
of the instruments and their values: Imi-
tation OF Stainer by Johann Georg VoiRt
Absom, 1874, 1915; Georg Gemunden Asto-
ria. 1887, s400; imitation Of Stainer Absom,
$500; Nicolaus Amati, Cremona,
$3.50; second imitation of Co
betti, $780, Laurenturs Storioni
Cremona. 1899, $3.50; Ignatius Christianius
Portl Wreni. 1900, $3.50: Dominicus Mon
tagnana H., Cremona, l745, $3.50; Johan
Florenus Geidantes Bonomae, 1850, $500
Andreas Guamenius. Cremona, 1747, $500;
Nicolaus Amati Cremona, 1872, S350s
Antonio Gragnani Llvorno, 1861, $500
Cremona OF 1868. 5000: Nicolaus Amati.
Cremona, 1895. $500; Georg Baptista Rug
geri, Cremoua, 1903, $780,
A number oe these Instruments were on
exhibition at Ludden & Bates music house
last spring.