The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-18

hotels at the ports from which the Aueri-
can steamers sail, are constantly at every
stranger who places himself in their hands.
As matter OF fact, / believe they fire.
9uentiy are incentives 10 smuggling, for
tnev tell such yarns about the ease with
which men OF their acquaintance have
smuggled stuff that men who never thought
OF 1t before are tempted into making trial.
half the officers OF the ships, as well al
the CARRIERS, are continually on the lookout
Tor snugglers. All the way from Europe
70 this country the passengers are watched.
lne suspected man cannot get much rest
while In the BARRIERS chair. The knight Of
the razor tells him most glisterius tales of
the wealth that is made In the SNUG
gilnR business by Just such cool.
collected men as he Is. Why didn't he
just bring over a few diamonds, o. this or
that? asks the barber, and waits to hear
some possible admission. II the man is
really smuggler, and bstrays himself
ever so slightly, the barber then Laws him.
self out TO learn his destination. When the
boarding officer of the customs service gets
on tne ship at quarantine. the facts OBJ
tanned by the barber and officers are con-
veyed TO hun for transmission 60 us, and
when the ship arrives at her pier we are
waiting 60 interrogate the smuggler.
The .change-in-appeArance business is
worked in the same way. The officers of
grown stout during the voyage, and they
notify US. That is. Of course, q different
thing from discovery by a customs officer
waiting in crowd ard If it were not for the
ships officers the smuggIer would probably
go through all right. Sometimes we get in
formation from persons who do not care for
the reward, but are actuated by jealousy,
spite or business reasons. Merchants, who
ind that their competitors are selling i'm
ported goods at uhreasonably low prices,
often furnish Us with valuable information
80 DO foreign manufacturers who find that
their competitors undersell them because
they evade the duties Discharged or neg
lected employees also help us. Women SNUG
glers are the hardest TO catch because the
way to their confidence is not so easy. Most
OF them have got more GOODNESS and nerve
than the mon. They smuggle laces, ben
nets, dresses or dress materials and jewelry.
Nine times out of ten their detection is due
to rivals. II il were not that the big
dressmakers peach on each other we would
often be fooled.
I'VE do not always act Immediately
upon the arrival OF smuggler. He or she
Is kept under surveillance, and is used to
indicate to us the oonfederates whose
existence we suspect. Sometimes We wait
for months before making al arrest or
seizure. All the time we keep a close watch
on the person and property OF the snug
gler. In one OF the Redfern cases we waited
a year after discovering the first SNUG
Cling, so as to catch all the persons con-
cerned. We were finally able to make
arrests in this city, st. Louis, Buffalo and
Chicago.
Although the rewards allowed US are
not nearly so large or frequent as they used
to be, some Of as make'e very good thing
of il. Benaiah G. Jayne, who used to be
In the service. made over 100000 in re-
wards. Traiteur has made pile. too, and
expects to get $4,000 out of the Campbell
Csoace paintings. A syndicate OF brokers
has offered him SIS, 900 for his chances in
that case. The man whose letter you just
read is Il salesman in the gem department
of one of the biggest jewelry houses In
London. | met him while abroad and ar
ranged deal with him. He has sent me
number OF good tips"