The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-28
AT AN AUCTION OF BLED WOOL.
SUCCESSFUL BIDDER BREZEzIN-
SKI OF THE SECRET SERVICE.

a. Cents q Pound Too Much fer the junk.
men and Fences Assembled on Pier n,
VINO Retired In Favor OF q Piunger
q -AuctiOneer Arrested for Smuggling.
knot OF ragged men stood on Pier IS
al the North River on Friday evening last
talking earnestly among themselves. A
man even more ragged crept up within
eArshok, hiding behind boxes Of freight.
I'll give you 20 for it and not another
damned cent, one Of the group was saying.
And l tell you again / won't take less
than Is. What do you take me for, q
suckerl reckon / can read as well as you
and / know what wool was quoted at to-
day." said another.
Il don't care nothin' about market re-
ports,' quoted the first speaker. Them
Secret Service men is nosin' round agin
and it's too big a risk. It's 20 or ncthin',"
You'd better not hold it too long" put
in a third, -or Brezezinski will get you
and the wool too
well" resumed the irst speaker, who
evidently gave weight to the last statement.
"IIl tell you what III do. I'll sell the stuff
here tomorrow morning at 0 o'clock and
the highest bidder gets IL, seer Now let's
20 over to Bills"
The group trudged on to a saloon and th e
eayesdropper crawled out OF his hidin q
place.
When Q o'clock came yesterday anoth er
d~lsreputable looking group assembled on
Pier 2G. In the group we're sailors, long
shoremen and junk dealers, the latter rep
resenting certain notorious fences. Among
them was the figure who had been con-
cealed behind the boxes the night before.
The bidding was spirited, but carried ON
go as not to attract attention. Finally the
price was forced up to Is cents a pound
deal at that price when the ragged caves
dropper spoke up.
@fl give you H. he said.
Every one looked surprised, for this long
shoreman had never before been known
to dabble in struggled goods:
-The stuff's yours said the auctioneer,
as he took the bidder by the arm and led
him to the barge Chevalier, which lay at
the end Of the pier.
Hidden under a pile Of driftwood in a
dark corner OF the hold were six bales and
a key Of WOOL. They hoisted them TO the
deck and the longshoreman looked them
over critically. Then he Strengthened up,
threw back his coat and displayed a shield.
you are under arrest for smuggling
he said. a this wool is the property Of
the United States Government
It was Hawshaw the Observation-Disclosures
Brezezinski Of the Secret Service. When
the prisoner was ArTalRneu hVeI DclOIc
Commissioner Shields he said he was Harry
Anderson, captain Of the lighter Chevalier,
which belongs 70 the Clyde Line, The wool
he had attempted to sell weighed 900 pounds
and was worth something over SIPS. An
derson made a clean breast Of it TO Com
missioner Shields and was held in 81 1000
TO await the action OF the Federal Grand
Jury.
The wool was part OF a cargo that Ander-
son had recently transported on his lighter;
4 q A. lnk,v 80 y ~ a FNAaaVnH 10 NOT Maid
when the wool comes into the country
the wool is held in bond by the Government
70 be released as the duty is paid.
The bales are bled by taking a quantity
from each, so that although the correct
number of bales may be delivered to the
Consignee the bales are light in weight and
the Government loses the duty. This
practice had grown to such proportions
stop il and yesterdays arrest was one OF
a long list he has made recently.