| Show branen entries jan ag special agent chance of ho customs service made an important discovery a few days ago wd cli arave evidence of the desist ance of a gigantic conspiracy to defraud the government out of legitimate legit mate revenue by the merest accident he was made aware of tho fact thit there was a lowering of su jar entries by V ford thomas the claud lea refinery collector copper at once stated an hibb showed eliat fraudulent afifi irions had in the suar and a cas ual examination led ty htiu that the amount of money of which iho bov had been created aja almost collector cooper with a view to the of the made an immediate demand un G A led foreman of the ann for the rutn of believing beli evini that would cover the extent of the fraud handed tu the collector a certificate check for the amount and this it is believed faill fully protace the the district attorney mil at once an CB ioa with a view to prosecuting the offender the method pursued shows that one or more persons in taft appraisers office acted with some one on the supposed to represent the rip refinery atie way the was worked was to do aliane cl iane alie figures on alie in voices which tast of th augar so aa to the amount of duty to be pa ul spreckels and his broker W ford thomas deny all knowledge 01 the fraud As soon as in formed of alie batterby mat the collector at once offered hia check in an interview this afternoon he ba ul lie would like to know the motive of all his which to his mind ia noth ing more than conspiracy it may be baid p to who lisa been in mv employ for deais been an honest man and in our business we have never ean anything t cause us to question ais it may be a conspiracy on sonis ones dart to inan him out of the K added he could not think trionia Tl ionia had done any thine and if it is not conspiracy to injure him it la an effort to injure the firm they desire a full agiou |
