Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-15
STEWARDESS 0 +
MONGOLIA IS
DEFIANT

Detailed accounts of her arrest I
San Francisco and OF the story q
alleged smuggling first published /
The Star-Bulletin. are given in ps
pers arriving today on the liner Milk
The Chronicle of February says:
Following closely an official orrie
!, exempting steWardesses on Pacifi
liners from the scrutiny of the Gus
toms inspectresses in San Francisc
except upon the express order of tn
customs officer from the plank, Mrs
Mabel s. Taylor. one Of the steward
esses on the Pacific Mail liner Mon
golia, was removed from her quarter
In the custody Of a deputy Unite,
States marshal upon the arrival o
the steamer yesterday, and, as pris
oner, taken to Marshal Elliott's Office
i.charged with, smuggling opium
ashore at Honolulu. The exemption
order was the result of complaints b.
the stewardesses that they were sub
jected to brusque and humiliatins
treatment at the hands of the womeI
on the inspectors force, and was de.
signed to spare the feminine sensi
| bilities.
| Its SO absurd to accuse me Of be
ing an opium smuggler," Mrs. Taylor
declared, with a defiant toss Of her
head and her big blue eyes flashing
challenge to combat. Il don't even
know what the terrible stun looks
like. Very innocently took a pack
age containing some silks up into
Honolulu. After the boat sailed they
| trumpet up this thing about my taxi
ing five tins of opium ashore.
Although many arrests have been
made among seafaring men who have
adopted opium smuggling as an avo-
cation since the drug became contra
band, Mrs. Taylor Is the first of the
fair sex to come under the suspicion
of Uncle Sam. @
Must Go to Islands. ..- H.
After a hearing here, establishing
her identity, the accused woman viii
be removed to Honolulu to stand trial
on an indictment charging her with.
being successful in getting small
quantity OF opium into the island port.
The Mongolia left Honolulu last
Wednesday, and on Friday cable dis
patches came to United States Attor=
ney John L, McNab, Special Agent
John Tidwell and TO the marshal tell
ing them of the alleged smuggling and
asking them to get busy. The cables
stated opium might be found that had
not been landed at Honolulu, and In
formation had been officially received
that the amount left at the island port
was only part OF big shipment frenl
the Orient. .ss
Special Agent Tidwell, customs IN
spectors and deputies from the mar
shals office boarded the Mongolia inn
mediately on pratique being given by
the quarantine officials. While Mrs.
Taylor was placed under arrest by
Deputy Marshal Elmo Warner, theI
others began "a search that was still
going on late last night. l. ~
None Of the passengers was aware
of the dramatic exit of the stewardess, /
who had become a faVorite during tine
long voyage across the Pacific. Thel
accused woman was taken off a freight
gangWay and no one on board knew
an arrest had been made.
Woman Is Questioned. i
Mrs. X Eckland, teacher who en-
parked at Shanghai, was said to have
taken an automobile ride in company /
with Mrs. Taylor while the Mongolia
was at Honolulu, and she was subject
ed to a severe questioning by Special
Agent Tidwell. AS it was found Mrs.
sckland had become friendly withfI
Mrs. Taylor only from meeting her on
he vessel and knew nothing about any
smuggling, no action was II
AIKEN.
On arriving at the marshaFs office
n the postoffice building, Mrs. Taylor
elephoned to C. S, Frantz, vice presi-
lent of the Loop Lumber Company
md a former foreman of the grand
ury, and to E. M. Buckley, a state
The two men immediate
y responded and the beginning was
made in the formality of having the
yoman released on bail.
Mrs. Taylor seemed willing enough
O, tell how the arrest had come
bout, but she was repeatedly admon-
shed by Buckley:
Don't talk, don't talk"
Keeping herself in control remark
bly, we'll and never showing any sign
f tears, she declared that as there
Tas nothing to the charge she was
nxious to return to Honolulu to vim
icate herself According to her story
he had often exchanged silks OBJ
aimed in the Orient for other goods
t a large store in the island city and
IRVING there, wrapped up a bundle
nd went on he rerrand. That was all
he took ashore, she stoutly maintain
d. On the return of the liner to
honolulu she expected to get the ma
erial she was entitled to in the ex-
hange. 4
eIeased on Bail
A bond of $1,000 was furnished by
rantz and Buckley for the appear
nee of Mrs. Taylor before United
tates Commissioner Krull next Tues
ay and she was then released. On
cling ordered returned to the place
here the indictment was found, the
oma nwill be taken to Honolulu by
deputy United States marshal.
The message under which the ar
st was made was as follows:
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