The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-25
SEEK WOMAN ON SHIP
IN HUGE OPIUM PLOT
Federal Authorities Say $50.
600 Worth Of Drug Is on
Board Baltic.
SEA RCHING LINERS IN PORT

While customs inspectors were search
ing practically all OF the transatlantic
liners In this port for secret consign-
ments OF opium yesterday Assistant
United States Attorney Edwin NJ. Stan
ton was wrelessing the Baltic to tell her
captain that he had 100000 worth OF the
drug on board. and what was more I'M
portant. a handsomely dressed woman
passenger whom the Federal authorities
are particularly anxious to have brought
! back to this country Their anxiety Is so
great in fact that Mr. Stanton also c3bled
Scotland Yard to arrest this woman i'm
mediately on the arrival Of the Baltic.
The woman. whose name the authori-
ties refused to divuge. is said to have
played an important gole in an opium
smuggling plot in which the conspirators
planned 10 send over a consignment of the
drug on each steamship that left Liver
poo for this port. In this 1t is believed
they were partly successful.
A picture OF he woman. showing her
To he unusually pretty, was found by the
customs men IN the rooms of kssuji
Toda. who they say. IL the head OF the
conspiracy and who was arrested
Wednesday When the customs men vis-
ted Todi at his boarding house. Al.
Lexington avenue, they found him pre-.
pairing to leave with n bulging suitcase.
lie said he was going to Philadelphia.
They learned later however. that he had
intended to sail with the woman OF the
Baltic Wednesday
The onJum. 1t is believed. was brought
over on the Baltic. but was smuggled
back on the ship by some member Of
the crew when the clue to the wholesale
smuggling conspiracy was obtained IN
a raid on Storekccper James Murphys
quarters on the Adriatic several days ago.
Todd ard the woman. 1t Is said. contem-
plated sailing back TO England with 1t
so Il might not he dead loss and also
| FOR tn" purpose of getting away with some
| OF tn" evidence
The woman was first Injected into the
| case Uy thu confession OF Joseph Marion.
\ u fireman oil the l.uSitduid, who was
! arrested Wednesday night Is one Of the
| agents Of the smuggling ring He said
( he had brought over opium ON his last
| two rips and had delivered both cpnsigu-
| meuts 10 The woman at an apar tnent on
! lower ChrI-topher street She paid Nina
/ gu English mo - whlch had been for
/ warded 10y the man who had hired Inn
| in Liverpool, Marion said He said also
! that he saw TodI ~ the apartment Mar
ron and william Thomson. who is also
I ~
| arragned before Commissioner Clarence
/ :. Houghton and sent 20 the Tombs In
! lieu OF SIS 400 bail each
/ Marion admitted bringing over 200
! tins 81 opium valued at $4,000 Mr..
! stanton sa3s The case ~ the hsses. -
| iis kind The customs authorities have ever
| had To handle.
y. Ito. a japanese. said To be the out
side" man for the smuggling ring was
| arrested In a boarding house at 203 West
| l02d street where he shared a room
| with TorD Sata. the first japanese TO be
| arrested 10 Is = student in the School
| Of Commerce at New York University
| He was arrested by Detective Fra nix
| MCtiee. who Immediately turned him over
| to Customs Inspectors Murphy and lIo-
kiuson. The youth signihed a desire 70
talk, so he was taken to The National
, Demo ratio club to make confession
| to Assistant United states Attorney stan.
| ton. Afterward he was locked In the
Greenwich street police station
Letters found In lto's room couta med
| Information sent to MIN by one 90 tn.
\ ,onspirators As TO the arrival OF the opium
ships