The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-30
THE WEEK IN
G|lDy GOTHAM
Extensive Smuggling System
Has Been Unearthed IN
the Metropolis.
Leper Colony Is Attracting
Attention There.

STRANGE STORIES OF SUFFER-
ING. FAMINE, CRIME, AND HUI.
MAN INTEREST AS THEY DE.
vELoP IN THE GREATEST CITY
OF THE WESTERN CONTINENT.
New York, Dec. 29.-Under the very
/ ewes Of the customs authorities snug
gliE- is carried on to an enormous
extent in New York harbOr. The re-
cont seizure Of a quantity of valuable
Syrlan lace in bag of peas recalls
4 ha seizure of over fourteen pounds
/ Of opium some years ago in four bags
/ Of rice imported from Japan the
! retired quartermaster CT one of the
we'll known liners told me a few days
AGO hat on his ship an assistant ste
! ward each tip smuSslcd upwards OF
$4,000 worth OF uncut diamonds from
Larion. An hour before the sai}iHS
OF he ship in London, man who puE-
ported to be his father. would Gene
on board with some undertaking IN
niece Of brown parcr. This the
assistant steward would careleSgly
throw on the deck and would receive
from the man a small jar Of shaving
pasro. TO disarm suspicion, a razar
= s,-an. The diamonds were concealed
in the paste but the strange part OF
the story is that the jar was always
lef, carslessly on the mans bunk and
occasionally used by his birth mates.
On arrival in New York. a shoemaker
used 10 come on beard for orders for
repairs. The assistant steward had
always some work for the supposed
shoemaker and it was in the false
heels CT the boots that the stones
Il found their way ashCrC. This game
was carried ON fer FIVE years so sue
CesstUlly thai the man was able to
retire last year and purchase fash
onable f,tel in the West End CT
London. Ny Information describes
how opium is new smusgleds iubs this,
country by s"ycT2i eI'ICTr 10 ere
\ making fortunes al the business A
I'm of soft tobacco is half packed
with the drug ard handed over to
AGENTS waiting for 1t here. The
opium has tiist TO he struggled out of
India this bnGs done with the aid 81
q preserved flying fish in which il
is packed. On arrival in London
when the customs "hummagers" have
gone through the ship it is transfer
red to the tobacco tin and so finds
its way here.
Up ~ a few days ago New Workers
were Of the opinion that the Ieper
colony in Blackwells Island had been
abolished years ago but it has trans
n PRED that there are at present ten
unfortunate human beings housed in
wooden sheds on the island. absolute
Is Isolated and ealmly avaitir" death
10 come TO their relief. Though the
disease is not now CiaSSed as contag-
i0us the existence Of this leper colony
Pm New York harbor, which can be
de'cribcd is the gateway of the coun-
Try, Is certainly a menace. and such
plague spot should not be allowed
10 exist one minute longer. An eEli-
II ''-i'' 'h'bNliLN bu lllc SUBJECT Ids
Sta'ed that lcTrosy follows the Iepers
ana does not exist in races where
mere never has been any contact
WIN lepers. To show the great dan
ger which exists owing to New York q
fp'r colony il can be stated thar
Leper island in Table Bay which is
exclusively peopled with leprcus per
sons though four miles from Cape
ioWn has been the means Of spread.
hS he dire disease all over South
Africa. Or. A. S. Asmead. the au-
Aorty TO which refer, states THAI
'Aeie are now more tlSan one hundred
ven defined cases Of leprosy in New
iorN and that a well known member
u inc 400 is a victim Of the dread
scouge.
Jos'nh Sheely, tail. gaunt and
'maci1,ed looking, with no home,
s2!a,d into city police station a few
oaEs ago and asked to be locked up
s1''nS that he was unable to find
I"r'ymont, md had no money and
neg walked The streets for weeks
I 'I'", anything to eat except what
" v'd'd pies up. The police in the
f2undly abused him. branded
d Z hoho and threatened 20 make
oo ''t him. He was brought to
~ ana committed to the work
loa, '"l six months. The court
Oh d''er his conviction question
mon 'M 'Nd when he found the poor
IA do,E,s actually starving gave him
noso5 portion Of food. Sheely dis
Som ,o, ralenOusly and was very
arrirod %en Ill. BEFORE the ambulance
doctor a., was dead and the hospital
1917, nT,or VINO made post mortem ex.
yn,noob mas stated that Sheely's
h. a'a a and that the hearty meal
teath ne cause OF MS
Two explosions. another murder
10 hundreds of blacsmai,,ns i ~ u~.
rono at last aroused Police Commits.
ssoaer Bingham who how Nv an mOts,
tat he will rout out ,b no" pi announces I1s
EVERY ,m every corner Of the civ. The
n t ,!.En commenced win the arre m
''|'' teen suspects. all Of whom were ere