Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-04-24
BROUGHT IN AS OLD SILVER.
Case OF differentiation Brought to Light
by New York Customs Oficers.


Case OF differentiation Brought to Light
by New York Customs Officers
New York, April 19.-The disclosure
of great case of undervaluation at the
customs house has caused the collector
or the port, James Kilbreth, much an
noyance. The amount of the under
valuation is said to be 100000. o. s.
Sypher, an importer of antique furni-
ture, has been importing goods at a
greately under valued rate. The matter
was brought to the notice of the Gus
toms authorities through a discharged
employ of the firm named l.. H. Todd
For years he was head salesman of
the firm known as o. l.. Sypher & Co
The firm. he declared, were contin-
ually importing loving cups. trays, and
IN TACT, all kinds of silver as old silver
and paying the duty on old silver, which
IS Tour shillingS, six pence an ounce
The goods are said to have been worth
ten time more than the valuation.
The case has been under investiga-
ton by Special Deputy Dudley Phelps
who said tonight: Three years ago
when Sypher & Co., suspended, special
agents suspected that they had been
engaged in illegal practices, but they
carried away and secreted all their
documents in cellar in Mount Vernon
The customs authorities investigated
the matter, but 1t was never completed
and the officials were very much an
noyed."
Colonel Phelps thinks that efforts
have been made to stop the investiga-
ton. The official upon whom oppro-
orlum is cast is said to be Eugene
Honeywell. He is said to have been
in collusion with the firm. He has
been In the department fifteen years.
FOUND BLEEDING AND UNCONSCIOUS.
Mother Of Charles stewart Parnell Sup
posed 10 Have Been Bru.aIIy Dealt with.
Bordertown, n. J.. Arril la.-Mrs.
T. Parnell, mother of the late
Charles Stewart Parnell, who lives at
Ironsides, was found bleeding and un-
conscious late last night on the road to
her home by a man named Charles
Casey. Mrs. Parnell was lying beside
the fence with her face covered with
blood. By her side were two small
pie.7s of board. piece Of fence paling
about three feet long and a brick. Help
was obtained and she was carried to
the house of Farmer Casey. DR. w H.
Ship made an examination and found
that besides several bruises about the
face, Mrs. Parnell had a 1acerated
wound on the side of the head She
is unconscious, and because of her adj
vanced age, her condition is regarded
as critical. The authorities are unable
to determine whether she was assaulted
or fell and received he'd injuries Her
handbag was found alongside the rail-
laod track, with pocketbook missing
and papers scattered in all directions
This circumstance lends a probability
to the theory that she was brutally
assaulted and robbed
AT noon Mrs. Parnell was still in an
unconscious condition
Mrs. Parnell regained consciousness
this evening but she was unable to
throw any light on the affair." Dr.
Ships found her still suffering from the
effects of concussion of the brain and
shock, but no symptoms have yet de-
veloped pointing to fracture of the
skull 1t has been learned that the old
lady, while in this city. visited hard
ware store and rendered a $40 check in
payment of a bill of about 81 After
receiving her change she left for home,
walking along the railroad tracks
where the assault was doubtless made.