New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-08
Y EAVE some
IL 10 for
breakfast.
CUSTOM HOUSE RECORDS GONE.
4 BROKER CHARGED WITH STEALING THEM.
SOME oyru,s ALSO ALTERED BILLS or LAD:NG


SOME oSFu,s ALSO ALTERED BILLS OF LAp-N"
az r1tE-wrLIIAM CUTAJAR ACCUSED.
Government Official declared In court yesteT
Inv hs belief that william CutaIar a Cu~tom'li0li'9
,roler had stolen thirty forty bills OF hiding fr"
,he Glcs nj the Custom House. The charge was i''.
In the examination before Commissioner HmeioS VI
chi rpse Sicca d. who was accused OF slVms '".'
invoice OF thirty five cases of checN" iml''r'S W
him The goods arrived here on December l. l9'o
-,oca-,, ,rho "a nm importer OF fruits and provisions
AZ Nos. and Atlantic Dock. Brooklyn. emp"y,u
william (utajar 10 attend 10 paying the duty on 'he
cbcose The importation really weighed 77ooo p0nnus
but the BAL OF lading presented tG the broker e|c
the weight as 2,204 pounds. Cutalar paid the u"'S
On this smaller amount . a.,
sccardi declared yesterday that nc han I''io "''
hroker the duty on the actual weight saying mat
ru,aiar must have kept the difference. Commissioner
Shields accordingly discharged the Importer
Cntaiar played the same trick on Angelo tr0ncn
Il 70 charged. FrsncM arrested last winter lot
n,.sontnc a fse invoice Of goods imported by him
Is too SAYS that he pd Cn,njar the full nn'y, AZ"
tina, the broker falsiAch the figures and retained the
profits OF the alteration. Cuta1nr hlu''eh IS unuri
eight indictments In this state and one 10 New"
Jersey These here charge him with making miso
statements abOut the weights OF Imports 1ha'
across the Hudson River accuses him OF trying 10
br,,e a Government wHgher In lioboken 10 ala MN
in making false invoice Of the weight OK articles
imported from ITALY a.
one OF the witnesses yesterday was ActingDNpnty
cJl,,tor Inmes ". Cronkte. He offered In evidence
co,v OF the bill Of lading covering Sccardls GOODS
charles A. Hess counsel for the defcndant,and also
Tor cutaiar demanded the original bill
.1nat has been .tOlen from the Custom House,
said the witness.
.Uovr do vou know,r asked tile lawyer
al can tell You In general way That William
cr.a,ar stole thirty or forty mlls OF ladlng from
thr custom House hes,' Mr.. Cronkitc'S dehhht
an-wer. .
"Name any one bIn,' challenged the lawyer.
al haven't seen him steal any, was the answer
siut n remnant OF the bin " lading In the Siccarh
cos. still remains on the entry whore II hnd been
nnS,ed and whence Il WINS stolen. 10 - y III UNITY
Wv forty entries ! have been Intoxicating inc
subject for "A year and n half. In hrg. uuih,r, oi
oth"r entries the bills Of adlnG attached I" 'huis
Inv. been INITIATED by changing the hgul,% VIII
chemicals and ink, and by scratching ON hguTSH VIII
a knife The weight upon IA" face Of tne Diil WIS
reduced. showing that some one attempted 10 v"iI
,nit frnd suppose that no one was lht1t~''u Va
mis- int the importer and the broker Therefore can
come 10 no other conclusion than that the figures VIZ
changed 50 TfumSly in some cscs mat me PT ,r
,tne tho bills to deprive us Of evidence. Inc
entries arc always open to brokers VINO arc IA
liberty 10 look at them at any time .
Mr. Hess didn't have much to say TO this'