Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-01-16
APT As SMUGGLERs
Women Show Remarkable Inger,
uity in Getting Pets Through.
one was Detected When "Eaby'
Earked and Another Was Caught
GIVING Animal Drug to Pre-.
vents lis Making Noise.

Dnvcr.-Thc days when hold. bad
snlnselnrs ran their boailoads OF
lum and brandy and tobacco into Sc
c.ef cuvcs and caves on the &cashnrc
ara gone. The smuSglers Of today
ARE women, and their cargo is often
dogs
The devices which they are now
adopting 10 evade the customs Oil
GERS ana The quarantine law OF the
land arc as ingenious as they nr"
amazing
Twice women have been charged
here with attempting 10 sInuGgle dogs
in by cmccaling them in pockets in
heir undertaking. They would have
:ncccedcd in their intentions. too bul
frr the dogs having yclr"d and be
traycd their mistreaS"s.
I!ul pnpular-and often successful
IS IS his hidden pocket dodge. il IN
commonplace beside some Of The
methods of dog srnu@glcrs which have
recently been attempted al Dover.
X woman = nurse and an infant
in long clnilr&." said Il customs OIL.
Ger "hnardcd the steamer II Calais.
They Immediately Shll themselves In
Dover w:& reached. except by the Gus,
lona men ON board. who were quite
satisfied thai they haI no conirahand
wil! them.
At Dover. however. @hcn Tho party
W.. coming ashore lie infant. whose
head wlS completely nulfIct in lace
%nd muslin. parked
Here is another story. The wOnld.bc
=mur@l.r in This instance being It
man:
y rrayeling rus or Ills arm cx.
cited suspicion He was stopped and
III" rus examined. and found 10 con.
lain Ihrr" little packets. i'll each al
Hhici! vas Il valuable Tiny dog.
Il! /" was Iinrd 81, and The dCg% were
nnt in quarantine
The sailor 10 whom spike once
harEcn"d q glance inside Il cabin oc.
curit,l by Two WOMEN passengers 10
lj'ittI, lllSI bt1IiIi' lH'' ''li!fibi'H 'hth
entered IT,
ON" Woman was giving = little dog
:. Whin al something out 0I :; bottle.
,rahahiy chlur0:otm: The other was
niSy making up Il parcel Of wraps.
etc \ cushion Mas thrown rarr!cSsly
.,vcr thc inscusibl" dog. and The DILL
GERS did moi trouble Ia look under.
lc:tiii II.
When the women left the boat they
had Tie dog concealed in Tho parcel.
.lich had been passed.
Md these by no means exhaust the
means which women employ 10 Snug
;Ic their pets
They suspend them in bag from
,!"ir ncckS. Women who in This al
ways wear we'll button@G mp COATS or
else plenty Of lnrS.
riey put them in big pockets OF
loose 'orercGat$
f.iey carry them in their mufl$. one
G:-:i 5olding the dog inside The muff.
it-s p frequently tried trick at sea
acrJ when NUNS can he worn with
u; exciting suspicion
''ip.'e catch about one month" an.
other customs officer said. but for
every one We 10 spot twenty or
thirty must escape rs.
IF do. does moi bark or wri"gle
~ HE wrong moment and il il is so
.k:llIGlly tucked away aS not Ia i'm
l...dr movement u wuInan who has
her pei hidden somewhere in her
res& is practically certain 10 pas
~ SEQ, free.
Women. il seems. rarely trust Ia the
HG&&lng powers of their men folks
where dngs are concerned This. III
first sight. may seem curious. for a
man could very o!Icn get Il dog safe.
is ihronGh in one Of his big packets.
l;nt perhaps The reason lies deeper.
The following ShayiIn diriun is re.
,nrtird az II trmism by he customs OF,
lie, rs
~ man is generally more honest
han Il woman: il yo# challenge him.
and he has cnnlrahand. he usually
oT;,a mp"