St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-06
Wholesale Importation Of
Cinnamon From Canada
Blocked.
Treasury Agents Capture a
Consignment and Some
Documents.
Agencies in st. Paul and Every
Other Large City in
America.
Firebugs Make q Desperate
Attempt to Burn Rhode
Island HamletS.

DETROIT, March ga special to the
Free Press from Port Huron, Mich,
gives particulars of a regular under
ground route for importing Cinnamon
into the United States, Last Thursday
the arrest of several Cinnamon was re-
ported there. 1t is now learned that the
arrests were made by Detective
Day of the treasury department.. We'd
nrsday last MIR. Day received inform
alton that an invoice of "opium or raw
Cinnamon" might be expected to cross
the river that night. Detective Day, IN
company with Local Inspector Green,
placed themselves on watch ami their
vigil was rewarded by finding
four Cinnamon who had just
been brought over from Sarnia.
The uuartette headed for Tick
Chung's place, the local Chinese laun-
drv. After seeing them safely in. the
officers broke open the front door Of the
establishment and arrested the prGprie-
tor and a stranger-one Wa Sing. AS
no trace of the others who were seen to
enter was found, the officers returned
the following day and made thorough
Investigation, but the missing China
men were
NOWHERE TO BE SEEN
until a mattress was lifted from the
bed, and there Law the missing Celes-
tials. These were in turn locked up.
On their persons and among the helOng-
ings of the captured ''pig-taiIS" were
found twenty-siX letters addressed to
different firms in Canada and
the United States. They all had
cards showing where they were
to go, this lot being adj
dressed to QGang Wah, 226 Bunker Hlll
street, CharltstOWn. The party also
had a complete opium joint outfit. 1t
appears from information gained that
Tick Chung has contracted to pass 200
of his fellow cOunlrymen. for which
service he receive $40 per capita. On
Sunday, Feb. q, five passed the border
and went to Detroit. On Tuesday
tV o others followed, and on Wednesday
the officers caught four. 1t is quite evil
dent from the methods employed and
from documents secured from Wa Sing
that there is a gang engaged on this
Chinese importation, and no doubt
closely connected with or part of the
opium smuggling gang which had such
hard luck at this point last year
The importing gang work sort of uIl-
derground railway scheme. From wa
Sing was taken list of agents, starting
at Hong Kong. China. and including
Victoria, 3. c., Ottawa, TrontO,
Hamilton. London, Sarnia, and
the following American Cities: De-
troit, st. Clair, Monroe, indianapolis,
Seattle, Washington. Marysville, CAL;
San Francisco, Carthage, Mo-; st. Paul,
Mimi; Au Sable, Mich: New York,
Los Angeles, Cal; Springfield. o.;
Buffalo, st. Louis, Rochester. Manistee,
Mich. Memphis, Tenn; Fenton, NJ ich.;
Lapeer, Mich; Portland. Or; Column
bus, Ind; Galesburg, H.; Toledo, o.;
Des Moines. To-: Columbus. o.; Cleve-
land, Hamilton, O.; Louisville, Ky:
Nashville, Tenn; Ashland, Wis.,; Chi
cagO, Cincinnati, Saginaw and other
points. A number of the
PARTIES NAMED ARE KNOWN
to the government. On Saturday the
four Cinnamon were arratgned before
United States Commissioner Harris on
a chargoe illegally entering the United
States. Their attorney pleaded guilty
for them, and on order of Commissioner
Harris they were Temanded to theUnited
States deputy marshal with instruct
ions to return them to Canada and they
were placed on board the first train
going East. Tick Chung is known to
have frequently been in possession of
large sums of money presumably for
the purpose of supply ing the Cinnamon
after they had been landed here. Sumo
$500 was secured from him by the
treasury agents,