Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-05-22

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vp>eidl Correspondence Of the Tnsssl
New YORK, May Is, 1883.
1t looks very much a. it, thanks t.
The efforts Of the Young Mems Catl,o.
hcsAssocisticn, the damning vice Of
:.'opinm. smoking, and the infamous
trade Of the Chinese in this connec-
ton. MASSACHUSETTS, broken up. Per.
haps x4ala have hecn better for the
sassSf TIE eventual conviction of the
MSgo1an fends If the society and
ergyrhef At the head Of it had
SsMy gathered all the evidence they
&fAM want before The Grand Jury,
eis' jiiiitis!crrslaHts indicted, and then
ttsatts ssof their discoveries
81 lsa4:'s The pressure Of public
S&inion Wadh then, have secured not
Aone their Indictment but their speedy
punishment. A. it is, evidence in the
fsgsa sense will be somewhat difficult
Il procure now, as every Chinaman is
ftoroughly scared and keeps as shady
possible You must understand
s 1T This agitation is not so much
4fai1st tlis vice of opium smoking
ia. "a, as. because the almond.eyed
kafEtjes mako it the vehicle of de-
6aag ryoung. girls, and running
tA&amsatally. morally and physically
Esact anS extent that they become
Hts4sllys beyond redemption.
]. Esf' s4expaain this Chinese ques.
ton of ours. The facts l have OBJ
tanned from a gentleman who is
thoroughly acquainted with what he
speaks of, and l believe most of his
points are unknown to the public at
large, and fully deserve the greatest
ventilation. OF the Chinese popula-
ton in this city, fully 80 per cent. do
nothing Tor living. The other 10
per cent consists of laundrymen prin-
cipally, few servants, but all work
for. their. daily bread. The 80 pr
cect:' keep opium joints, run fern tan
4 tables levy blackmail, and in general
grow rich by cheating or swindling
the others of their hard earned money.
0kSatd4tfay evenings the Cinnamon
Who work in the launities and factor.
les Of Jersey City, Bclleville and other
suburbs come to town to purchase
their stock Of groceries, etc., for the
week. They rarely go back to their
homes with dollar in their pockets,
Tor Tie shatps manage to get all their
money away from them. Now for
years this colony has been under the
thumb Of Tom Lee, a former Deputy
Sheriff who a few weeks ago was in
dicted for extorting money. dismissed
from the Sheriff's Office and is now in
prison. This fellow is one of the
shrewdest sbosses" seen for a long
time. Tweed, Shepherd and other
notahii$;es~ of the Caucasian race
would not be- able to hold candle to
him, He is clever, quick. witted,
adroit, inscriptions, and speaks Eng
lish like a native. He ruled the
Chinese quarter, and there was not an
opium joint, not a gambling house
from which he did not draw weekly
stipend. In fact it was said that there
MIS- not Chinaman in town who did
not pay him tribute for protection.
And the best part Of this wholesale
confidence scheme was that his hand
never appeared in any Of these conf
..denee, transactions.
When it became necessary to raise
the wind, or when a member of the
ssol9ny,. was refractory to the chief.
~k. he was either individually arrested
Or !, raid was made. Arraigned ir
court the next day, Of course tn.
judge could not grant them hearing
on account Of the language. Ther
there were always two assistant.
'aof Tom Lees in court to interpret 70
them, and they interpreted just As j
would suit Tom Lee. Many and man,
poor devil. it is said, was thus pun
ished for crimes and ofrenses which h,
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