New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-12
ND|CT WOMAN IN
NEW SMUGGLING TRICK
nocIareS Herself Foreign Resi-
dent. Brings Costly Gowns
from Paris.
ACCUSE LAWYERS WIFE
Customs Inspectors Trail Mrs.
amelie Haldorn to Europe and
Canada, Then Seize Her
Trunks Here.

non, trick Of the trade to avoid
.,.roent Of duty on gowns imported
en- Paris was disclosed yesterday
,brough the indictment of Mrs. Amehe
:, r1aldorn. who has been living for
..roral months in a boarding house at
NJ 15Q West 44th street. Customs Of
aoiols saw Mrs. Haldorn is the wife or
george Haldorn, a lawyer, but has not
rrad with her husband for some time.
The novel scheme, said to have been
ADVISED after the sleeper TRUNK" FRAUDS
had been exposed and a number OF
srAssnakers punished for the Snug
cling was declared TO involve several
~ the best known millinery and dress
0okine establishments Of New YORK
I'd Boston. Customs officials predict
- that Mrs. Haldorn's Indictment was
hut a first step in the disclosures OF
extensive customs frauds in Partisan
Anery for women.
The difficulty Of inventing new way
- foil the customs inspectors assigned
20 ths examination Of steamships sug-
rAsted an attempt to bring In the
Emery by way Of Canada AS the ex-
animation on the border was also rigid
IN. plan was evolved to have the per-
SON bringing IN the gowns pose as a
foreign resident, to whom the customs
laws gave the privilege Of bringing IN
free of duty whatever she chose for her
own use.
Cost Government $500.
The customs officials charged that
Mrs. Haldorn had taken an active part
in sucb a scheme. The indictment &C
cused her of facilitating the trans
porta ton Of smuggled goods into this
country from Canada. The overt act
alleged was committed on September
Il when Mrs. Haldorn brought in
goods appraised at $500. On this one
shipment alone the government lost
almost $500 in duties, the officials as
serted.
II. d. Esterbrook, special agent OF
the Treasury Department. said yester-
dav the investigation has been con-
Quoted for more than year. Mrs.
Haldoru. he said. sailed from this port
for Paris on August |, and from the
lime she left here until she returned
hv way Of Canada she had been kept
under constant surveillance by Treas
ury agents. Homeward bound from
Paris. where she had made her selec-
lions Of gowns, Mrs. Haldorn sailed
from Liverpool for Canada under the
name of Mrs. Hubert. She told the
Canadian customs inspectors she was
a foreign resident, Mr. Esterbrook said,
and when passing the American border
she gave her name as Nine. II. Hal
dane. asserting she was a French resi-
dent on a tour through the United
States.
Seuth Was on Trail.
From the moment she set foot IN
Canada Mrs. Haldorn was traced by
Mr.. Esterbrook. He followed her 10
New York and requested her to ac-
company him to the Custom House
after Selling her trunks. Upon being
questioned by Collector Loeb Mrs. Hal
dorm declared again that she was
foreign resident, and said that some Of
the goods had been given to- her
abroad, while others, although pur-
chased by her, had not been paid for.
Mrs Haldorn has made many trips
abroad during the last few years, Mr..
Esterbrook declared. He intimated
that other arrests would soon follow.
After the indictment was handed up
to Judge Hough by the grand jury Mrs.
Hsldorn appeared in court, accom-
Panied by her counsel, and gave $1,000
bail for examination.
The dutiable articles brought in by
Mrs Haldorn on this one occasion were
twenty-one gowns and seven shirt
waists. They were the latest Partisan
creations, and were declared by GUS
toms men TO be some of the finest ar