The Washington herald., 1908-01-24
UNCLE SAM HALTS
REVOLT IN HAITI
Confined from Page One.

which requires that all shippers must
file a shippers manifest under oath. Civ
ing the quantity. character. and. destina
ton Of their shipments The man, whom
the Secret Service agents learned to be
GiOrdani gave as the nature of the ship
ment he wished to make sixteen cases Of
structural iron and thirty-siX barrels OF
cement. When ne was asked to swear to
tine truth Of his manifest the applicant
made hasty excuse saying that he
was very busy, and would be back IN an
hour
II. c. Stewart assistant collector Of
port. was Immediately warned by the
Secret Service men as 10 what was the
suspected nature Of the shipment that
the mysterious shipper had been afraid
10 swear 10. They also said that there
was no such firm in the city as c. Mer-
riam * Co. If the suspect should reap
pear, advised the detectives, his manifest
should DE denied him.
Although the Graecia was scheduled 10
sail ou January S. the man who wanted
10 ship the hardware" 10 Haiti did not
appear AZ the Hamburg American Offices
10 make out a bill Of ladiug On the day
that the steamer sailed a truck appeared
M the docks. and all Of the consignment
to Haiti that had been left there four
days before was carted away
Contents Brought TO Light
Secret Service men followed the truck.
It discharged part Of its freight at a
downtown warehouse, a part at another
warehouse. and two small cases were
taken 10 Giordani's office Last Saturday
the detectives Investigated the contents
Of the cases and barrels that had been
left at the two warehouses.
TWO Of the smaller eases were found
10 contain the Haitian notes-ab0Ut 500, 00y
orth by American standard. The rest
of the sixteen cases, when pried opeit
disclosed stands OF rifles neatly packed
with blocks and excelsior filling. There
were 200 in all
When the detectives knocked in the heads
Of the thirty-six barrels Of cement they
round all Of them double-headed and
under a thin layer Of cement placed
between the heads at either end We're
hundreds of packages of cartridges, packed
I In excelsior. When all Of the cement bar
rels had been opened. 10000 rounds Of am
munition was the total yield Of the harm
1 less looking barrels.
After this investigation had been made
/ the detectives went to the Stone street
office or Giordani and placed him under
srrest They found their man in the
midst Of a delicate task. He had two
more cases containing Haitian money
open before him. and he was busy remov
/ ing the bills in blocks Of one hundred and
more. tying them Up. and piling them
+ ln bundles of smaller compass
Found Blocks Of stamps.
Evidently he had some scheme of ship
/ ping them in less bulky mass than in
/ the cases. In his Office they found blocks
of stamps Of Haiti and Santo Domingo,
which Giordani explained had beer given
him in lieu or coin in payment for legiu-
mate services rendered those republics.
After Giordaui had been locked up on
| the charge Of forgery, the detectives
went to his Brooklyn home and there
found plenty of evidence 10 corroborate
/ their suspicion that ne was an agent
for the rey0lUtiguaTies in Haiti Let
ters from Faruiu and Jimenez the
. chronic revolutiOnaries on the Island OF
Haiti. were among his correspondence
( orders for the arms and ammunition that
! had been seized. and a cable code foi
use in communication between him and
the leaders on the island.
A large part of the correspondence
established Giordani as the American
representative of Firmin. who is now
/ leading the Haitian revolution.