New-York tribune., 1910-09-03
CUSTOMS MEN SPOIL FUN
Jolly Party Becomes Serious as
Tourists Get a Summons.
DISCARDED LABELS A clEW
Bankers Wife Asked to Explain
About Laces-Trunk with a
False Bottom Detected.

With the Indictment or Mrs 7 Rsyuolds
Adriance Yesterday on a charge of a.
tempting TO snuggle A pearl necklace ard
other goods into this country on me s+aa n
ship Baltic without the payment Of 5urv
and the indictment OF Mrs Mavrre Nc
Kenna the day before the customs autn,~-
tiles expected a respite More complaints.
however, came in yesterday 70 be added to
those not Yet in the hands OF the Isw on
GERS Of the department The latter have
Sherry and his wearing apparel and Miss
Josephine Mahoney and her hobble skirts
II Mrs Herman Brossel whose husband
is the president OF the Jefferson Bank.
state institution at. No. 100 Canal street
had not thrown the labels Of three gowns
bought in Paris on the floor Of her suite
| of rooms in the steamship Lusitanfa she
might not have been compelled 70 visit the
plain why she had not Included the wear
| ing apparel in her declaration
| Mrs. BroeseI. Mr. BroeseI and their tro
SOHS were met by fr1en0S ana Cne1r d4uzf-
| ter the Cunarder was noored To tn.
| pier They were a jolly party. and while
| they were IN the midst Of zrestings the
| customs inspectors were turning things I'd
| side down in the trunks The declaration
called for sooo worth Of foreign purchases
| One Of the inspectors went back 70 the
| steamship, hunted up the BrpeseI suite and
found the three labels. with the thread sill
| crngfng to them.
! Acting Deputy Surveyor O'Counc- Is
| sued an Immediate call for Mrs Broesel 70
explain She became nervous and Mr.
| BroeseI came 70 the rescue The change
| from the CAV 70 the serious was too much
| for the wife Of the banker Mrs. Bro-sei
| told her husband of few things she rad
| not decIared-naneiv waist and a lace
| table piece They didn't come out of ths
| trunks. The trip to the Custom House ras
/ ordered
/ There Mr. BroeseI. without his wife. aD-
peared before the Special Deputy Surveyor,
! George J. Smyth who would nor hear ths
husband He had 70 send for his wife and
/ she came in rather Ista in the afternoon
/ Her daughter followed soon aftervar1 An
| explanation was obtained with Iffacui+y-
II was to the effect that Mrs Broesel I'D
not know that she had 20 declare the
E0Nf1 MI CTT7NT0 S7lC I03r s1S 7CTDlELs1
/ buying $50 worth Of things for wear
/ a statement 81 the goods she said sra
bought was drawn I'D. and II will be com
| pared with the report Of the examiners,
! who have the baggage in r1e Appraisers
Stores Mr.. and Mrs Broesel we're going
/ to their home AZ Lake George The trip
has been postponed
| Mrs 9. H Hopkins. Of Santa Barbara cal,
! was subjected 70 z long dAlav and Z visit
T - and eTanina rio0 AZ the Custom House
/ Just because she had not upo- leaving the
Iusfta1ia declared pearl collarette- Anv-
thing that IS Of pearl makes the customs
+ inspectors lump 70 the beIisf thar il spells
{ sr1uggIe Mrs Hopkins quickly proved
/ that she had bought the coliare+t= in this
country twenty years ago
second cabin passenger On rnA oig T1-
harder. Mrs. Tstta SchA=r. who lives -
this city. had 4 trunk With = false bottom.
End Mrs. Schser said that her brother-tr-
Is- had made the trunk for her and rad
put the false bottom in without her knovi-
edge. then her sister must have put ne
| goods in the false hotror7-st-T1 valued At
$50 Surveyor Henry has taken the matter
under Amusement