Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-01
LATEST CHINESE GAME.
Five Celestial StowawaJs Found
on Board the steamer
"Belgic."
A Profitable Badness for steamer Employees
Paid before Delivering tho Chat
tels-In Irons.
Alta Californian.

past that Chinese stowaways were being
landed at this port, and yesterday Sur
veyor Tinnln concluded to see II he could
not discover one more way by which the
restriction act was being eyaded, and his
conclusion proved nice one, for the
result was haul OF five Chiuamen Sc
GREETED Ia the steamer Belgic. This latest
arrival from HQngkong brought 6il
Chinese passengers, 500 for San Francisco,
the other elghty-one being in transit for
Panama, Victoria and Honolulu
RESULTS or THE SEARCH.
| Surveyor Tinnin went aboard the Bel
gc yesterday afternoon about three
O'Clock, and made q muster Of his assist
ants. The members OF the Chinese crew,
seventy.eight IN number, were sent for
ward, and the transit Chinese were sent
aft, and then the work Of searching was
commenced Two Cinnamon, who an
swered to the name Of Jow Dung and An
Dol, were found cozily slowed away In
the steerage stewards pantry Capt. JEFF
Powers, one ofthe customs force, Ia search
Ing Il locker In the engineers storeroom,
found IL full OF blankets, and ON kicking
the pile was answered by grunts, which
he soon found emanated from two Cales-
tial stowaways, who proved 70 be Jung
See Yung and All Lum Both crawled
from under the blankets, and looked rs II
they had been caught In an act Of petty
larceny In the fore-castle the quarters
of the Chinese crew, u large covered bas-
ket was found, and in 1t was concealed
another Cinnamon, whose name was given
as Lee Wah.
The 1--WE stowaways were bright-looking
Young Cinnamon, their ages averaging
from eighteen TO twenty-five years They
were sent up to the saloon and guarded
there by some Of the customs officials.
GIVING THE BUSINESS AWAY.
Surveyor Tinnin sent to the custom
house for Inspector Joseph KITE, who
went down to the Belgc, and after
enumerating some of the dire results liza
bic to follow any evasion in lying on the
part OF the stowawayH, the interpreter
succeeded IN getting at the principal facts
concerning the manner IN which the five
Cinnamon had got TO this port Jow
Dung, the tlrst examined, said he was
eighteen years old, and had never been In
this country before. He was brought
aboard the Belgic at Hongkong, An Ling,
the baker OF the steamer, having received
from the stowaway's brother $3.50 TO land
Jow Dung safely IN San Francisco. He
admitted that be knew that the regular
steerage price from Hongkong to San
Francisco was only 500, aud he said the
| balance was TO be All Sings compensation
for getting him ashore. Jow Dung was
concealed In the ships breadroom during
the entire voyage, and he said he Jared
! splendldly, which his fat, greasy looks
proved. All Dot, nineteen years old, also
from lIongkong, said he had a brother, a
merchant, there who had made written
contract to pay An Sing Sl60 on the re-
turn of the Belgic to Hongkong in case the
baker brought letter announcing An
Dots arrival In San francisco. All Dot
frankly admitted that he had never before
been In any part of the United States,
Jung Lee Yuug, aged thirty-one years,
proposed TO do the fair thing in case he
made safe landing in San Francisco, He
paid All Sign Slb5 to deliver him TO this
city. lie said he knew papers were
necessary for Chinaman TO land with,
"but," said he, through the interpreter,
"lf got ashore could go to the custom
house, get return paper, go back to
Hongkong and then come back here In
the regular way
ENTER All SING.
Capt, Bryan of the O, 4 o, steamship
company, sent for All Sing, who came Into
the presence of the captain and the Gus
tom officers with shame faced look. He
took In the situation at glance, and
showed plainly that he knew he had been
betrayed by the stowaways. He was at
once recognized by the three struggled
Mongolians, who said that he was the man
who got them on board the steamer at
Iongkong, and provided for their wants
on the trip to this city and had agreed to
see them safely ashore here. All Sing
could neither by coaxlng or Intimidation
be induced To speak, Capt. Bryan ordered
the sulking Chinaman to be put in irons
and locked up, which order was promptly
executed
'rIIR HEAD wAIrER's PAIR"
All Lum, who gave his age at twenty
four years, said this was his flrst appear
ance outside of China. He was put on
board the Belgic at Hongkong by his
cousin, who Is merchant In that city,
and who paid All Wing, the head walter OF
the steamer, $l65 to have All Lum deliy,
cred safely at the port, All Lum had no
complaints to make OF his treatment dur
Ing the voyage, the stoerage bill OF fare
having evidently been ample and OF a
wholesome quality. Lee Wah, another
protege OF All Wing, a good looking Chin
aman twenty-five years old, boarded the
steamer at Ilongkong, and paid $3.50 to
the waiter, which amount Lee Wah
claimed 20 have received from his father
An Wing was to keep $50, the "othor sl0C
20 be put whore 1t would do the most
goodn All Wing was sent for, and was
Identified by Lee Wah and An Lum, not
withstnnding tho fact that he made
numerous signs to the stowaways not &c
recognize him. The head waiter was as
badly frightened as the steward was, anC
/ proposed TO Capt. Bryan TO pay the pursei
, OF the Belgic $500, the amount OF the pas
, sage money OF All Lum and Lee Wah from
, Hongkong to this port and return. Capt
! Bryan had All Wing ironed and sen
: below to eep company with his friend thu
J steward
The five stowaways were locked up II
, the steamers hold, and a guard OF th
} surveyors officers were placed over them
! They, will, no doubt, In due time, be re
, turned TO their native country. Suweyo
b Tinnin has made good beginning In hi
/ first search for Chinese stowawRys an
promises TO continue the good work,
s|qtn a.