Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-08-08
what the Box Contained.

p What the Box Contained.
. When the lightning express from til
%. city reached Reno last evening the baggae
- was at once transferred from the Virgini
& Trlckee Railroad Company's cars t
those Of the Central Pacific Railroad Com
v, pany, which stood on the track in front Q
a. Chamberlain's Hotel. A wooden box.
We inches high, 80 long and q wide, whc
A. had been checked to Reno, remained OF
~ the Virginia & Truckee can until the bag
III gage had been loaded on the Central Paci
ID tic train, when the railroad hands returned
ID and no one appearing to claim the box, Il
n. was carelessly thrown on truck and tax
'e en- to the baggage-room OF the Virginia &
e Truckee Railroad Company. There II
t. was transferred to the care Of A. j. Hart
a ley. station baggage-master of the e. p.
= Railroad at Reno, who stood it up on end
!. and rolled it out to the e. p. baggage
:. room, about 100 feet away. There the
t box (which had been banged about in a
way for which baggage-sn,ashers are not
ed the world over) was thrown on the
scales and its weight ascertained to be 1872
, pounds. The box having been stood on
end on the scales, it was rolled off careless
ly into corner. and the baggage-master
turned to leave the room. AS he did so.
he heard a faint moan proceeding from the
box. Thinking he must be mistaken, he
listened for 4 moment and heard another
moan. This led him to examine the box |
more closely than before. lie saw two
round holes, about tIIree-fourtlls of an
inch in diameter, on one side, and two
similar holes at each end, while on the 9TH
err side, on which there were no holes,
chips of wood about fourth of an inch
thick had been inserted, evidently to keep
the cover from closing tight.
Upon ascertaning these facts. Mr.. Hart
ley no longer doubted that the box cor
tanned a human being. He at once opened
the box, when he ascertaincd that the con-
tents consisted of a very pretty Chinese
woman in an insensible coalition, in con-
sequence Of her having been stood on her
head while the box was being banged
about the depot. She had = blanket with r
her, which was spread on the floor, and '
she was laid upon it. The cool air soon
revived her, but she refused to answer any
questions. The door of the baggage-room a
having been LETT open to admit fresh air, !:
Chinaman walked in. As soon rs the wo-
man set her eyes on him her face became p
wreatlled in smiles, and she stepped for
ward as if to throw herself in his arms
The Chinan,an, however, took a step l
backward and uttered a Chinese word, u
which was interpreted by those present as
1 warning. 1t was evident that the two
understood each other, and attempts were
made to engage them in conversation, but u
hey met with no success. All Jack. the !.
chinese interpreter, was sent for, when
he woman and man told him their story -,
without restraint. -,
The woman said she was not vet eivh- -
cen years old, and was brought from Chi -,
II about a year ago. A few months ago al
he came to this city and became enamored Ia,
# All Kim, the young Celestial with her, tc
Who tried to purchase her freedom from
he agent Of the Sam Sing Company in
his city. The agent demanded $500 cash
Or the girl, however, and her lover being
nable to pay that sum, she agreed that
he should be boxed up and shipped in the
tanner detailed above. unknown to the pc
am Sing Co.'S agent. Her destination ISL
as Auburn, Cal, where one of her uncles rer
IS small store, and the Chinaman wanted sltl
e box checked to that place, but the Vir- Ju
mia & Truckee employees in this city re- ces
sed to check beyond the end of their er,
lie, and when the train reached Reno the the
yer was not sufficiently up in the GUS bus
ms Of the road to have the box rcchcc!.. sici
Hi
This explanation, which was made by l'a'
h Jack in behalf Of All Kim and All fio
oum. the young woman, was deemed teri
tisfacfory, and the west-bo,nd overland occ
i'm having arrived, they proceeded on for
Fir way to Auburn in the smoking-car. ext
Meekins, the baggagc-master ut the tlon
pot In this city, says that the box was
ought to the depot last night Ivy two
inamen just rs the train was about to It
TT. He put check No. 80 upon it and ener
nded it up to the train baggage-man. purs
Cinnamon watching every move, and man
luesting the baggage-man to put it ibis Know No.,
Y, sabbe?'' The box came from the Is e,
II Sing wa:h-house on South G. street. dime
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