DRESS SMUGGLING.
£4,000,000 FRAUDS. Paris, May 1. 'A funeral service for Mr. William Baiubridge, the Special Agent of the United Stales Treasury in Paris, who is believed to have killed himself in despair at his inability to unmask a gaag of wealthy smugglers, took place here. The body will lie conveyed to America for interment.
A colossal smuggling syndicate is believed to have defrauded the American Government of a sum approaching £4.000,000 in Customs dues. Those believed to be most active in emuggling Parisian dresses and finery into America are two gangs with headquarters in I'aris and New York. The '•operators" on this side made large purchases of dress' materials, which they packed into second-hand trunks covered with hotel labels and addressed in the names of passengers taken from the liners' lists.
A member of lite gang tl|en saw the ■baggage in the train -for Cherbourg, travelling .with it as a passenger. Tf the consignment were a valuable one he accompanied the trunks to Xew York and saw them landed at the quay side.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 121, 19 June 1909, Page 4
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174DRESS SMUGGLING. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 121, 19 June 1909, Page 4
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