Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-01-20

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a., 60, ,row and that M ono could
,,,.r,, ,ho, ro suuyg,ers wero ,roohors
-, ,,o orc,n,zo,ion A fcw ,n,gb, ho
,,,r,or ,norbers' FOR al, be knew II.
,.ns nathan eating rerections nor mali.
,rr trs,nu,,ions-si,n telling ubo+ ho
-. ,'.... ,,,a Il, ~. Cow, ,,o,,rs ~,
tho c,se no declared. nobody could ,e,,
,.., &c.. ao, ia ro,nnoa H., ,,,,,.
,ho s,ee, or no,
In any event these gentlemen will
have accommodated a most difficult taal<
II they stop. or even greatly diminish.
the sruprlinp Of diamonds II II we're
the clandestinc sIrreptjtjous, and TN
lawful ,noortation of freight cars that
,bev we're irving TO prevent. there would
be some hone But diamonds
that can he stored away $50 OOO worth at
&C.,, t., ,.a., noo,a, N,h.,, non Az
ferent. Here are some Of the many ways
that diamonds are sometimes smuCgIed:
A custom official was standing beside
n shin tina, was dischargjng It's cargo
He had no, taken n post-graduate course
on the sugar docks. and was earnestly
irving to perform his duty. Not n box
or n barrel got past him without n mem
tai calculation with regard To its pos-
sible contents Finally a box came
along that evidently contained a casket.
A man who was walking near the box
didn't look quite right. and the customs
official stonped tho procession.
"What's in that boyo' he manfred
Mans body"
Omen the box"
The cover of the box and the unner
ho1f 90 tho o,sro, uor. ,or,o,.as g..
enough. the hodv If n man was irs,do
All right 10, II go
The next time tho same shin rama
into port. another coffin box came ashore
again II was opened. and apain tho rom
tents were found 70 he az re,,re.er,od
But the third consecutive time that tho
same ship brought in a long nine how
the Inspector called the captin
"The mortality among Annericons oyor
| in Europe must he terrible" no .,;d
| This is the third body YOU have brougb,
| over. Where did Won get to Did tho
man die on board?'
| "No. M one had died =, ho,r, -r,,.
body simply came in the regular co,,rso
| Of business az freight"
| We'll omen the box. ANYWAY" soid ~,
| inspector II want to see what's inside ;,
| 1t seemed like a shame n keen ,r,or
| fering with the dead. hut orders u,ere mr..
ders. and the box was opened Tho 20.
moval of the upper half NJ tho c.sLo,.s
| lid again showed the body of n man The
Inspector was on the point NJ telling ,he
baggage wrestlers to 20 on With thsi,
burden. when another thought s,,uc,
him.
Pull of the lower half ~ thu, ia
he said.
This done. he himself nroceeded "a .,
through the pockets Of tho NAV ,n ~,
box. Ono nocks, ot.r ano,h -.
nothing But OH, OF n hin nocks, NO,
taken a neat u,tle enve,ora =. ,,
bulged a little Mt one corner 90 1, 4, oo.
tanned pebbles. But II d,dn,, cont.t,
pebbles. II contained rico sn.r,,,,,,
diamonds. Of the sort that retail NJ go
apiece. The entire collection .or,o "a &c
CO.,
| Another man brouph, bor,o ,-o.-, r.,
rope a fine fowlinp n,ece ua h,dr,
been hunting hinnonotam, IN A,,,o, =
| anything Of that sort h,,t ho b.a n .,ot,
to bring home n napa,,po r;ss -, 49,
lean manufacture without ,ba r,,r,or
OF duty. and he brouph+ i, IL ~. ,.a
azine were nine loaded car,r,dg.s ,aas
: with diamonds He had ,aLer ~, ~
! bullets removed tho ,.o,.dor ,,,,. T.. =.
! diamonds, replaced the hullets ava u,a
trying to beat II mast tho c,,s,or,s 90
cials when one ~ them .tonned hir,
Lets see thar rifle" no do,,araoa
"Oh, that's all right :, said tive ro,,,,.,o
traveller II bought 4. in mis- oo,,,t