Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1893 — KNEW THE ROPES [ARTICLE]

KNEW THE ROPES

But Got Caught—Arrest of an Ex-Col-lector of Custom*. James Lotan, ex-collector of customs at Portland, Oregon, was arrested Monday afternoon on an indictment charging him with smuggling opium and landing Chinese from British Columbia on fraudulent certificates. Robert G. Paddock, deputy custom inspector, and C. D. Cardinell, who was dismissed from the customs service a few months ago, were also taken into custody. All were released on >20,030 bail. William Dunbar and Nathan Blum were arraigned jointly to answer ten additional counts for smuggling. Blum and Dunbar were agents for the steamship Haytien Republic; The grand jury found a number of other indictments against parties alleged to have been connected with the smuggling ring, but as the arrests have not been made, their names have not been made public.