DETECTING SMUGGLERS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 227, 30 October 1909, Page 3

DETECTING SMUGGLERS.

| NEW TEKKOU6 OF NiiNV 10KK L'LMUALS. New loiK, September 11. The tuswjua aiwuoiiu.c ui ,\c\v I'oru .i\\ ligOiouajj, ciiiujciug tile light to strip every Liavunur ciueiiiig America «,u the skin a ncessaiy uo .^umggiwg. ;j .ALr. Loeb, tile cuiet Customs collector ji the port, icpuuiaits tiic auiaorahip ol this dejcctuwio piuase, uUi juslilies -a-: extraoiUman •» oi ais :JuorUiuates by puiuuiig tu uie 200 offenders taught wuuiu uie apace of six iv eeks. No one is immune from the attentions ol Air, Loeb's ueuiy-esiabuaiied marine police, who, when me luggage examination is linishcd, pans their nands over ,ue bodice ol the ladies and tlie pockets ut the men in the -hope discovering mdden comrauu.id. mis system has •oeen carried to such extremes as to jus-, tily the prediction that somebody will be shot soon.

-It the gates of the docks the polite V|'on even the »oiall purses carried by [iruies and turn the pockets ui male !tiavellcrs inside out. This physical \ search causes great delay, which is utilised by Air. detectives, some of whom, affecting lameness, jolt against fiie passengers. v b "What have you iu this pocket?'' one pf the detectives asked a Frenchman ae lie waf leaving the dock yesterday. 'A | revolver," replied the Frenchman, pulling. it at the official. '"Tliis is niy personal property; I carry it for personal protection."

Among the passengers searched yesterday was Mr. i', If. Dugro, a judge of the supreme Court. A diamond pin worth £IOO was discovered in the purse of a man near him. Such finds as these,_Mr, web argues, justify the stringent measures.