Show PEARLS IN TOY DOGS TAIL man from tokyo had gems in silk vest and cigarette box worth large sum blittle A little toy dog with a stubby tail and a pointed nose which would emit a bark like a grunt when pressed stood on the table in the office of justice wardell surveyor ot of the port ot of san Fran francisco cisro surrounded by a collection of cultivated pearls the tip of his tall tail was missing as was the end of his nose both ot of which had been cut away by customs inspectors the dog was only one ot of many clever contrivances used by Y wealthy pearl merchant when he made a declaration at the customhouse saying that he carried only worth ot of pearls an investigation ot of his baggage by custom inspector J B D brosman revealed pearls valued at more than nakano arrived in san francisco aboard the tonyo maru and declared to tho cus customs toras inspector that he ha had worth ot of pearls ju in a am amali ali ja jewel wel case e an examination of the came showed that it hada had a false alee bottom and peas valued at 1000 were revealed destruction of 0 the case this was the to be discovered 1 while the jewel case was being taken apart drew from his pocket a dainty japanese tobacco box and proceeded to roll a cigarette the beauty ot of the box attracted the attention ot of wardell who asked to see it at closer range the box when examined revealed another 1000 worth ot of the precious gems removed his coat to assist in the work of 0 unpacking his cases again wardell was attracted by the bea beauty uty of 0 a silk vest and made an examination and found that in the center of each ot of the buttons was sot set a small pearl which was so near the color ot of the shell like buttons that the gems ems could only be detected by an expert in tho the bottom of one ot of the merchants trunks the inspector found a toy dog carefully wrapped in raper paper nakano explained that it was to bo be a gift to a child relative here an examination of the outside of the toy revealed nothing finally the tip ot of the tail was removed with a pair of 0 scissors and it was found to be filled with pearls A like find and was made in the dogs nose nakano then confessed he had tried to smuggle the jewels into this country the gems were confiscated |