Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-12-16

flavor of the hidden soporifc. In several
instances thin patches OF the stuff
were found stuck on the in
side -soles of shoes, at the instep.
One man had long, richly embroidered
pillow under his arm. He carried no other
bedding. and his evident solicitude for the
safety of the pillow drew attention and ex-
cited suspicion. An inspector went for it.
The Chinaman gave grunt of despair as
the relentless knife ripped open the pillow
and revealed large quantity of opium
II was also found in trunk panels and false
bottoms of boxes. in bits of confectionery
and cakes. A number of large cylindrical
blocks of granite, apparently perfectly
solid, attracted attention, and several
of them, after being subjected to
the closest scrutiny, were passed,
and finally only five or six were left on
the wharf An officer thought he
could observe difference in the quality of
the granite at each end of the blocks. He
took hamper and pounded on the end of
block, bu. without effect. He turned it
over and struck the other end several heavy
blows, when, to the surprise of every one
present, the false granite crumbled, and it
was found that several pounds of opium
were packed in square hole or chamber
in the centre. This had been closed with
granite cement so closely resembling the
main part that casual observer would fail
to discover the difference between them.
The officers of the Society to Protect Chi.
nese were on hand, and their presence and
occasional rebukes operated as wholesome
checks on the useless and illegal distruc.
ton of property.
A remarkable spectacle was the landing
of the women and girls, of whom there
were $40 on board. 1t was like landing Q
drove of sheep or cows. At all points OF
the compass were men to drive them, and
they came of the boat in squads of fifteen
or twenty at time. The policemen and
Chinese ''bosses" kept each squad together
and drove the entire crowd into corner
under the shed, and there they stood
watched as closely as ever was guarded &
gang Of slaves in the South If China
woman resident here approached too neal
the prizes, she was seized and pushed away
and if any of the new corners left the Grove
she was driven back or seized by the bacl
of the neck and showed to her place again
Near this multitude is an Office in which
a white woman is stationed, and who's,
business is to search the females for opium
The door is shut and the window shades
kept QOWu clOSt, 30 tue eAdulluatlOn II
conducted secretly. Police officers at tn,
door mark off, with motions of their clubs
six of the women at q time. These were
let in, searched, sent out, driven into an
other corner and another squad would e
in. This continued till every woman wai
searched. 1t is seldom any opium is found
in the possession Of these poor wretches
Most of those who come are young girls
many of them not over IL or Is years O
age, and nine-tenths, at least, are for pur
poses prostitution.
This business of importing Chinese wo
men has been reduced to a system. Sever
or eight cars (extras) of the Omnibus lin,
were aserved for the transportation of tn,
women to the Chinese quarters. Int
these the creatures were driven by squads
under the guardianship of policemen. snt
hauled to point near Jackson street. abov,
Dupont. There was another immens,
multitude of Chinamen, all evidently Ia
boring under much mental excitement
The women then ran the gauntlet again
The alley, which is one OF the mar
rowest and filthiest in the city. was linet
with Cinnamon and women. The stran
gers were driven through it and up som,
rickety old steps leading to the Dupont st
Theatre, and into The pit of that wretche,
place they were again herded Here, too
was a guard of officers obliged to protec
the infamous traffickers in humanity
obliged to stand by and keep the peace
and see that bad Cinnamon do not kidnal
the women. On the stage were eight O
ten men-the meanest looking of then
all and one lecherous old woman who KEEP
iabbering away at the women. Here thes
slaves-slaves to the most unprineipled
immoral and cruel of owners, are assorted
marked over, and sent to the ..six compa
MES" to which they are assigned. The OPP
Grafton had not been commenced when "
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