Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-05-15
TELE G R A PHI c
JOHN CHINAMAN MAKING
HIMSELF FELT IN
CHICAGO
OPIUM DENS WHERE WHITE
GIRLS ARE DEBAUCHED.
TOT HAWK GETS A FIFTEEN
YEAR SENTENCE.
MOTHER CLE r G. Y NJ 4 \
MAKES HIS DEBUT IN
HAMLET.
The Filthy Chinese in Chicago.

The Filthy Chinese in Chicago.
CHICAGO, May 1.-THE Times yes
rday devoted more than two columns
to a report OF the invest cations of the
opium dens of this city. following is
an abstract OF the sensational develop
ments:
The criminal practices in Chinese
opium d,ns in New York city. which
have created profound excitement and
great Indignation there, have led the
Times to Invest gate the similar dens OF
iusqu,ty which lnfest Chicago. The pc.
lice are fully co yniz IN. Of a number OF
opium joints now ID existence In Chi
cago, and of large plumber of persons.
both male and femals, who visit them
and though their practices are in open
violation Of the st ate laws and of the
municipal code, they are winked at and
no arrests are made, unless upon d.
rect compl,i amt of robbery by some vic
tim. For years these opium dens have
furnished under the very noses OF the
authorities, and the odor of the noSious
drug has assailed the nost-ils of every
person who has had to pass by the open
doors of every Chinese laundry. The
evil, while it has reached alarming pro-
portions IN this citr, Is not so great
and perhaps never will be-as 1t 10 IN
New YORK.
While number of cases have never
come t, 'ght in Chicago, it is neverthe.
| less true that wom IN have been enticed
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debauched. not only by white men but
| by Chinamen. One case in particular
| was noted, wherein two young women
were treated in that manner. One OF
| these achieved considerable notoriety
| about a year ago by her prosecution Of
professional gentleman for seduction
aud legitimate parentage. She made
| no case and her complaint was regarded
as Matchmaking scheme, and she was
arrested on a charge of perjury. The
woman was undoubtedly crank-and
she was made SO, it is said, by her pre-
dllection for opium. The other young
and during the alleged Matchmaking
operation both were Swallowed by de-
tectives. They were followed into a
| Chinese opium den on Van Buren, STREET t,
where they INDUCED in the narcotic
urt thoroughly stupetied, after which
they were outraged by five or six
| Cinnamon.
| O.her instances are also known, and
the police admit that opium Is smoked
in several Establishments in the city
which are alleged to be launSries.
| These iaiquitJus dens have for years
catered to the depraved tas tss of men
and women. bat it would appear that
| they are not satisfied with this, and are
reaching out to grasp with their snaky
coils, young girls-and even children.
1t recently came to the ears of Capt in
Eberson, of Central Station, that
a tile wait of the streets.
a news girl. had been enticed into one
of these dens and ruined. The 'iolnt'
| which was the scene of the horror, was
reported as somewhere on Madison
street, in the neighborhood of Fifth
avenue; but unfortunately the exact To-
cation was not learned by the police.
There has been but one Chinese l,un-
dry in that immediate vicinity within a
year where opium is known to have
zen smoked, and that was in this base
mens Of Nos. 100 and III, Madison
street. The police claim that the place,
with gambling house run in connec
! ton with it. was broken up some
| months ago. O.her instances Of atroci-