The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-27
CUSTOMS MEN ARE
ACTIVE N BIG
sW|NDLE .
Base of Operations Trans
ferred to Twin Cities
With Chiefs Departure
HORD SPENT DAY
IN GRAND r
Expected That Climax Will
Come Early-Have Been
Rounding up Deals.
q MAKES SEARCH
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Vt THROUGH PULLMAN. =
Is That a consignment of snug d
v gled valuables was aboard the p
50 Pullman q of Northern Pacific y
IS train No. IA, which passed =
" through Grand Forks at 1880 to- y
= day. is the belief of custom Off y
= Gals. as was evidenced by the ac- II
80 Foulkes in boarding the train .
= here. Immediately he boarded /.
Il the train he called upon the por- =
st ter, Homer Reese. to surrender y
q the keys for the car. and he COM .
" manced making a thorough search. +"
t. Whether he was successful in his y
Il quest could not be learned here, =
s. as he was still engaged in search 4"
* ing the car when the train left {.
g East Grand Forks, fifteen minutes +
Il after he commenced operations. y
q The porter in charge is a st. y
y Paul The train crosses the y
st Canadian boundary at Pembina. y
80
Foulkes at noon today for Minncapo.
lis. the base of operations in connec
ton with tho efforts of the federal Of
ticcrs to break up the alleged gang of
icwelry swindlers working across the
Canadian frontier and into the twin
cities. has been changed.
Charles S. Hord, the special agent
who spent two or three days at Inter-
rational Falls. Mimi, arrived in Grand
cradle of his time with MIR. Foulkes.
Mr.. lord did not leave at noon with
MIR. Foulkes. but has remained in the
city, indicating hat there may still
be other developments in this section.
Whether or not Foulkes' search of
the Pullman car on the Northern Pa
cific flyer at noon today was in con-
nection with the mill city case. is not
definitely known, nor could any in
formation be gained on the question
IN this city. Mr.. Foulkes could not he
cache by a press representative aft
err boarding the train, going into one
Of the eompaTtments:.an and making a
systematic search behind closed doors.
Flo probably adopted the same plan
in searching the entire car, being still
engaged in that work. when the train
left East Grand Forks.
Expect Climax Soon.
There is every cas- to believe that
the climax of the big smuggling case
will he reached by the end Of the pres
ent week. and it may even occur
Thursday or Friday. The special
agents who have been working in this
territory under Mr.. Folkes' direction
SGSAl udNe OSGu NOTklOk IOWdrOS
the twin cities. as was evidenced by
the removal of the alleged smuggling
agent from a 500 train near Bowbells.
The alleged agent was taken into Min
neapolis II is there now, being in the
company Of two special agents. Elves
n McClennan.
Anderson" the alleged head of the
smuggling ring, engaged in the jewelry
cases, is said to he on his way to the
win cities and N,oc rl.ro 70 v.on-l, %I,.p@
within the next two or three days.
Gained the Whip Hand.
by selling the big deposit of gems
in a safety deposit vault in a Minne-
apolis bank last week. the govern
inent officials seem to have obtained
the whip hand. The company which
is said to have been operating in
smuggled jeWelry is believed to be very
prominent In the twin cities. and there
are a large number Of stockholders.
One of the methods by which the
plan was worked was Investigated by