The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-17
(Bv the Associated Press.)

(Bv the Associated Press
New York, May 1S.-Frank w.
RoYins. former governor OF New
Hampshire. and now a banker with
Boston offices, his wife Catherine, and
his son Douglas Were charged today
in the sworn complaint Of a customs
INSPECTOR with conspiring to smuggle
into the United States wearing appa-
rel and iewelry and souvenirs with
out paying or accounting for the du-
ties legally due thereon"
Mr.. Rollins and his son were ar
raigu"d this afternoon before a fed
eraI commissioner and released in S.
600 bail. Neither Of them would talk
for publication, Mrs Rollins was SO
Frustrated by her unhappy 1ato that
she took to her c Immediately on
landing. She Will answer 10 the
Charge against her as soon as she has
recovered.
The Rollinses were first-class pas
sangarS on the L~uSltania which arrived
here today from Liverpool. They
brought nine trunks. oil which Mr..
Rollins declared only a woman's fur
jacket, valued at $500. The exami-
nation Of their baggage had been only
partly completed when Inspector Cas-
sjdy stepped to the desk OF Deputy
Collector RasCiwieCz n whispered III
her ear. The deputy collector there
upon summoned Mr.. Rollins and IN
formed him as follows:
1T is my duty at his point to ao-
wise you that any goods which are
dullablc and which you fall to declare.
may be seized ana that arrest can fol
low any action reasonably to be con-
strued - attempted smuggling. Any
statement that you ma ear to make
now, supplemental to your declaration,
I am willing to accept. 1t might be
Wei! for you to talk with your family
and find out IL there IS anything they
have failed to declare. [ am tellins
you this because L do not want to d
You al Injustice"
Mr.. Rollins bowed courteously and
consulted with his wife and son
When he returned he said, according
to the custOms officers that his wife
had omitted inadvertently to declare
- cheap necklace, a bracelet, three
gowns, two suits and minor sUndries
With those additions the declaration
he said. was complete Nevertheless
the deputy collector ordered an as
sjatant 10 continue inspection or the
trunks and was found was con
&ldered cause to order the baggage tt
the appraisers store rooms and tc
1Aio I'LL. III AS
their son submit to personal search IL
their state rooms.
Customs officers afterwards sworf
mat on the person Of the former gov
frnor were found several articles O
JeWelry, on Mrs. Rollins a pear
mounted watch and stud: and OF
Douglas Rollins more jewelry. 1t l:
charged that none Of this jewelry Ia,
been declared, but the estimated value
Was not given.
Mr.. Rollins and his son were ther
arrested and taken before Commission
Fr Shields Bail was furnished by {
surety company and a further hear
ing was set for one Week from today
frank West Rollins was governor
vi New Hampshire from 1899 to 1901
ana Is the author Of '"The Rim in tn.
'HitS,' What Can a Young Man DO.
ana other books. His home Is q
concord, N. Fl.
4 Millionaire Caught.
fnKhan Keene, the millionaire p"i'
payer and sportsman, who was alst
= passenger today on the Lusitania
vas notified by customs inspector
mat he had failed to declare wearin'
29parei brought from England SALE
90 De worth $500. MI. Keene said tn
OMISSION was an oversight and that n
"puld be glad to pay the sixty pc
''HL uuty. His exclamation was &C