The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-23
THREE WElGHBRS INDICTED
BEDETI NND TUO OTHERS
HTLD FOR TONSPIRlCI.
!. Flrst Named Vas hl~f Glerk ~ ihs D'N'.
= sIso spd WaS Dr aPped 10y I.srO Csurt
Nskrd to EN IIIS hail NJ S3S.O's@.
Hua Nnkes ~ ~. tDspsD Tor zach of Them.

haa Nnkes ~ ~, Ofesp Tor Zach ot bnem.
The investigation oT the frauds in the
Clstnrn HOUSE hv IN" Federal Grand Jury
hore fruit again yesterday. when United
Statse NIarShals placcd under arrest :
three former employees of the customs
scrvic~ indicted on charge of CON
spirRcy
The men arrested Were George l..
Redell. formerly the chiei clerk IN 'h"
weighing division OF the surveyor
ots,e, and Charles II. MarCseil and haTbes
%. Drew. both of whom wer" United
states Veighers in charge ot the customs
men Weighing importatiuns AT the various
docks The three are hy Tar the most
imrortant men % the service ndicted
thus far.
BedelI until his dismissal last November
vas one az the beet known men in tho
service. He lives IN Bloomfield. y. J.,
and until recently was a school trustee
soT that place and one OF its leading CIT
,1eus lie entered the customs service
. m ISaO a. an assistant wsiEher. draw ing
a a siay. and IN 1904 BECAME clerk at
a salary oT 81 pO. On November !. IaD0.
he bncam. chief clerk Of IA. weighers
division at a salary of 81 .8OO. and when
collector Loeb reduced him last summer
after tho weighing frauds had been
fpartly unsarth,~i he Vas getting S.Sp
q year collector LsOb made hun an IN
, speCtor then At - a day and on November
N 1902 wlnn tn. scandal broke and IN"
'hoaMecleanlng began ~ earnest beSiell
vas dropp@d
As ,h,eI clerk 81 the weighers div is'on
Be,iell had charge "G all the weighing
records h vas his duty To take the figures
Of the assistant weIEhets employed at
the CloCks and from his figures c"rtIf-
lSates at weight signed NV the surveyor
az his assistant we're gwen To the
shippers Tie port Ut New York was
;diyidel INTO hive weighing districts each
~ charge ~ nIt"d states ~eigiier
who wa- shifted every thrs. months
When an assistant w"igh"r at the dock
turned in his bOos showing the weights
Of a cargo this book had To be signed
bv the Nc.Eh~r m change ~ the district
: Who had a.Si.n--,i the wclShsr 10 that
particular dOCN. Warden ani bfeW
had rfar-c az dlstIiCts.
Gov ernmsnt Detectives have teen
shadow IN 2 the three uIsu ever sin'" their
dismissal tTom 'h. service. Narfeil and
Drew were GT1pfei ON Nav - last ana
sirr" th"n they haS" been doing sotn"
private weighing. hnt Eav. not cen IA
sthIs Cuy much f"sier Jay MarshaI h"h
them 10 ic5 Mulberry street 10y t"llng
them over ia" i-le i,hoEs that ihsr" vas
q chance to weigh some figs ther" Nh'n
they got Io that address, which - bank.
they Were put under arrest and ia"''ti To
the Federal Binding. lhsr" they W"r'
ARA Rnei b.fcre Judge Hazel and h"h
IN siTlO AL each tor sXamluatIpn ErTt
ThTstav
BELL hat 'Isen arrested earlier ~ tn"
lay. Just 80 he lanrC from isrTyhcai
al Pare las street from h'~ hCm" m BlooH-
held H. hi- "sss As-i slant United states
NttpTney iL'rr mate a plea ifai Tan
10 tiAsi at s:""S' %" virtually ''i-''i
Peden 1T long ih. lead 81 IT." COLI
spira"v lie JUdE" 's'iIet however.
thai g. G1O nail Vas =t.ilC!rHt Has "Nam'-
nation as also --.t tor thursday i-etore
Judge Martin
Before hlz arr~.i Pe!cli - said to have
made . statement to Collector Loeb re-
EardPg VEat had gone On IN the custom
House. PeiSIis immediate superior was
Deputy surveyor James 7. Vail who Sss
IN charg. - the weighing. division Brteli
~ earl to have made ~ -taiem"ut three
or four months ago ard ih"r- have l--e'
Funlors sine" thea that higher Officials
were ~ - indicted. In t!ls course az
the boU@srieaniug Vail WAS tTansterret
and Richard Parr took h', place A. heal
81 the 90. ghIpg division. Vail was dropped
Altogether n roo months ago
IN tho IritCip.nt which wts found last
Thursiay Baiell Marl~ll and Drew are
apiTaCv 10 assign corrupt aud di-honsSt
~eighsTs to- weigh certain iirJoriIts"ns
with the understanding bot Ss-'''i them
selves ard thcse is si-t ant ss gh-rs that the
latvsr should -~pil'II" and IpiR with
corrupt and dishonest importers by
falGeg and frauiulcutlv recording IN
their dock books false weights and that
thsv should receive money from the I'M
pOTteTs
u - al-o charged that ~" persons in
THE con -pirasy did demand exact and
v~ceiva fo- their own private gain and not
for hSfril duties and f'-es from corrupt
Rnd dishonest ippUrt'Tr ~ raw sugar,
ulacur.ut fz~ CNee=s' aud other TneT-
hand ~ Large s'Im- II MONEY ~ return
l.T s'gnIng and fling With 'h' Custom
HCri-~ fsl-" -'aisfu"utr ~ weight
bedell o, charged with having raC"ive,i
On MAY L. iPp- money from Pred saw yer.
an assistant w-IghTr. WhiCh money
Say j. alleged - hay" received from
npoT err The amount - this payment
- declare, 20 be mn noVn "" j. charged
With having rec'ivsd on juno 500
frorr Jsn@- T.. HyIand. anoth"r assistant
reig!icr. and "u OCt"lS.r siJ
Both Nsrdell ard Drew are charged
18th having signed certificates at eight
for various nnpnrt"r- Among ~" i'm
port@r- " hos name appear IN III" IN
ri~tn'eH' or" fri'n preta. the Italian
american Trading Company. ArbuCk J."
Fro haniu Bros > - StanOtOpOuli-
and Nsati Bfo-
Iu t,Ir-.anc.. IT the conspiracy they
are charged with having assigned certain
~sighers 10 weigh certain "trgur-. Dn
Nav l. the 'ndIct ment all"ge- Drew To-
C~ivsd SO FROM Thomas - boyle. then
80 srnri"ys.' ~ AriHickle Brn-.. and on
June { "A similar payment from Doyle
Drew ~ that tim" had charge ~ the
district ~ which osTgoo- - sugar were
landed Tor AtiH.,Sls Bro Later on
DOYLE. "a aooprlsuc" wish the rule at the
Custom HpIro. was shifted and Aardell
took his place heal w".gher for this
district ON September !. the Indictment
-Ays. boyle paid Wardel' so and again
- October w. that tim" " Hrrisll signed
tsl-e weight frr "a cargo uf sugar brought
~ by the -tram~hiD Saratoga ga sep
tnTnbnr ~ 1877 and another GA the Curl
tyba 80 DCinb"r
Il Wa minated thar the Grand Jury
has not by any means completed IT.
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