Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-06-30
FINDS CUSTOMS FRAUDS
RICHARD PARR uNEARTHs SNUG
CLING OF VALUABLE GEMS.
Wealthy Men and Inspectors Are Un-
der Suspicion and May be In
dicted Soon.

New York City.-The smuggling
into this country of 100000 worth of
| jewels presented to Helen Dwelle Jen-
kins, by millionaire admirer is soon
to result the l. N. S. has just learned,
in the Indictment Of New York man
who is at the head of one of the larg-
est banking and brokerage houses in
the city. Two other men of great
wealth and influence in their commu-
| nities-one southerner, the other
westerner, will likewise be indicted.
Four and possibly six customs house
inspectors will be charged by a fed
eral grand jury with having connived
with the three millionaires to admit
free of duty-in consideration of 800
bribes-the gems which Jenkins"
showered upon the woman. Richard
Parr, the deputy surceyor of the port,
whose clever and persistent detective
work for more than a year unearthed
the smuggling, has about completed
his task; and wonderfully romantic
story will be revealed when he takes
the witness stand.
Bitter tragedy has been the first re-
ward that Mr.. Parr, the government
agent, has received for his brilliant
work in bringing to light the SNUG
Cling. An expected heir was born
dead June 25 and his wife is in criti-
cal condition, as the result of a tele-
phone message sent to Mrs. Parr pre-
sumahly by some detective in the EN-.
ploy of the men who are to be in.
dicted. To gain the confidence of
Mrs. Jenkins" it was necessary for
Parr to masquerade as an admirer of
her. He did so, first telling his wife
what he was going to do. On June %
Mrs. Parr-who had been kept busy
from the telephone previously
CHANGED to answer ring. The voice
of stranger sent her a scandalous
story about her husband and the "Jen-
kins" woman. Though she knew it
was untrue the shock was so severe
to Mrs. Parr in her condition that she
tainted and became hysterical and in
few hours her hopes of motherhood
were blasted. A desperate operation
had to be performed to save her life
Mr.. Parr not only knows all about
the smuggling; but likewise all about
the sensational robbery of Mrs. Jen-
kins' at the hotel Lorraine late In
1909 when she declared that all her
jewels had been stolen. The secret
agent could not be induced to talk
much, but from source equally as
well informed as he, the I. N. S. learn
ed nearly the complete story of the
jewels. Deputy Surveyor Parr has
seized several thousand dollars worth
of the jewels and now has them stored
in safe at the customs house These
are some of the jewels which Parr is
satisfied were smuggled into this port
when the party came back from
Europe two years ago.
New York City.-That Collector
Loeb is cunning for far bigger game
than the two millionaires, who, it is
alleged, smuggled a fortune in jewels
into the country after having present
ed them to the charming Helen d.
Jenkins came to light when Richard
Parr, deputy surveyor of the port, de-
elared that the smuggling was made
possible through the connivance of a
New York banker, who succeeded in
| having admitted, duty free, goods of
enormous value. 1t was to convict
this banker that the other two men
were so assiduously pursued by the
government agents.