Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1894 — A SMUGGLERS SCHEME. [ARTICLE]

A SMUGGLERS SCHEME.

How Ho Iloodwlnkc <fi [ha Customs Ofllolals at Nt \y York. A customs officii L it' the port of Now Qork related the following story of a diamond smuggle r:|A letter reached tho customs authorities, stating that a man, a well-Jcnowif, sinuggier, would leave Liverpool by n certaih steamer on a C3rtain date, | Carrying with him diamonds to the ivkluo of $70,000 or SBO,OOO. A to’egrit* announced his departure, and in Cub ('time the steamer was boarded by the revenue officers. The man was found.,' in his stateroom, suffering from a had cough, a plaster on his chest; but.Mespite his indignant repudiation, not ofily were his effects searched, but' htts, immediate person came beneath thq ribands and eye 3 of the vigilant detectives. Their search was repaid: for in the lining of his coat were the precious stones discovered. When tho diamonds were brought to the seizure-room at the Custom House, a lapidary', to the_ intense disgust and mortification of tlfeOfficers, pronounced them paste. The'experts had met a little more than/'their match. The man was traced to his hotel, and again subjected to a microscopic search. When his chesty was bared, lo! the plaster had disappeared; but the white indentions showed where the diamonds had lain concealed ’ while the officers sought them elsewhere.