Arizona republican., 1913-08-25
HOP SMUCGLER
 BROUGHT BACK
Special Inspector Creighton Brings Back Burnet Ja- cobson Wanted for Jump ing Bond as Well as Smuggling Hop

Burnett Jacobson, who was arrested
 a few months ago in Los Angeles
 through the efforts of United States
 Special Customs Inspector Creighton
 for jumping his bail bond, was brought
 to Phoenix yesterday and placed in the
 county jail pending trial by the federal
 court. Jacobson was arrested about
 a year ago on a charge of smuggling
 and was released on bail to appear at
 the fall term of court. Instead of ap-
 bearing at the time set, Jacobson
 jumped his bonds and left for parts
 unknown and it was only through acci-
 dent that he was found and rearrested.
 Jacobson after his escape from the
 jurisdiction of the federal court of this
 district went to Los Angeles and re-
 mained in hiding for nearly year un-
 til the hue and cry that had been set
 up after his sudden departure had died
 down. He then Ventured to appear once
 more in his usual haunts and while he
 was walking down one of the principal
 streets of Los Angeles he was seen by Creighton and recognized. Creighton then held the man until an officer ar
 rived and placed him under arrest. Since his arrest Jacobson has tried every means in his power to prevent his return to Arizona. The various legal methods that he has used to pre- vent his return have occupied the courts in California for several months, but they were of no avail.
 Jacobson first came into the limelight as a smuggler of opium and so persist ent was he in his traffic and so cunning was he in the methods that he used to hide his tracks that it was a long time before the federal officers could lay him by the heels. According to the reports made by the officers, Jacobson smuggled more opium, during the time that he was engaged in the business, than any other violator of the customs 1 law. He was very bold in his methods, sometimes bordering on the spectacu- 1 lar, but he made one trip too many and was placed under arrest.
 It is said that during one month Jacobson brought over $50,OOO worth of l opium into Arizona from Mexico and although the custom officers were warned of the shipment and arrested Jacobson they never found the slight l est trace of the contraband.
 Jacobson will be tried at the next term of the federal court and he may also be tried on the charge of being l a fugitive from justice
 ! Jacobson had a system of espionage and employed men to watch the off | cers movements and it was owing to a ] sudden change in the plans of the GUS l toms officers that he was arrested He was immediately brought to Phoenix and owing to the fact that the spring l term of court was over he was released l on bonds to the amount of $25OO When 1 he failed to answer his name at the fall | term of the court his bail was cstreated and he was declared q fugitive and all | the officers on the coast were warned 1 to be on the lookout for him. He man 1 aged to remain in hiding and one day 1 when he thought that it was safe he | appeared on one of the main streets 1 of Los Angeles.
 l He had not been absent from his l hiding place very long before the was l identified by Special Inspector Creigh- 1 ton and once more placed in jail. Jac- | ObsOn then retained some of the best 1 lawyers on the coast to fight his legal 1 battles, but the federal case against | him was so strong that he was returned 1 to Arizona.