Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-25
Twenty-One in Jail for Illegally En-
tering the Country.

Twenty-One in Jail for Illegally En-
tering the Country.
A batch OF twenty-one Chinese were
brought up from San Diego yesterday
who are charged with misdemeanor in
entering the United States illegally.
They are of those whom DR.. Wo Sing is
alleged to have "smuggled'' over the
line from Ensenada. DR.. Wo himself
was held in 81 500 bail to answer for so
doing. The others are in the county
Jail, and will have a hearing today in
the United States Court.
The proceedings against them are of a
novel character. The Scott act simply
contemplated the return of the Mongols
to the place where they entered
the country. The result of this
has been that they come again as soon
as the officers back is turned. This
supplemental clause to the law allows
proceedings against these Chinese for
misdemeanor in entering the country
illegally. The punishment is one year
in Jail or 81 900 fine, or both.
There was information received here,
too, that Pacific Mail steamer will
arrive at San Francisco today with 10
Cinnamon, ostensibly for the mines at
Ensenada, but really intending to sneak
into the United States. This matter is
getting serious, and Colonel Masac, of
the mines, is exercised about the matter.
In an interview yesterday ON this head
Colonel Masac said:
can erroneous impression has gone
out concerning the action of myself and
my associates in connection with the
smuggling of Chinese across the border.
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do all in our power to aid the officials of
the United States in enforcing the pro-
visions of the Scott exclusion act, and in
preventing Cinnamon from crossing the
line. There is no doubt in my mind
that a great many Mongolians have been
smuggled across already. In fact, the
people who have been interested in get
ting these consignments across have
been greatly encouraged by the success
they have met with. Recently, when |
was in Ensenada, l received information
to the effect that body of some twenty
seven Cinnamon had been sent north
from Ensenada in wagons. / informed
the collector at San Diego of the fact by
telegraph, and as consequence the
Cinnamon were intercepted. A few
days after this | heard of
some eleven Cinnamon who had
been sent north from Ensenada on
a sloop with view OF getting them
into the United States again. l in
formed the collector of the fact by wire
and the Cinnamon were prevented from
landing by the collector. Not only this,
DR.. Wo Sing, the party who was inter-
ested in getting the Cinnamon who were
brought up in the sloop into the United
States, has been arrested and will be
compelled to stand trial for this Offense,
81 have letter from the collector
| thanking me for what he is pleased to
term the valuable information l gave
him, without which he, perhaps, would
never have succeeded in preventing the
Chinese from crossing. Now, certainly
this does not look as though either my
self or my Chinese associates were sane
tioning violations of the Scott law, let
alone being financially interested in any
such operations.
''The Chinese who are interested in
getting their fellow-countrymen across
the line are very much enraged at me
for the information I have given the
Government officers. The consequence
is that my life has been threatened by
highbinders. Whenever l go into the
Chinese quarters of San Diego to trans
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of the Lower California Mining Com
pany, am always followed by Chinese
shadow to protect me from possible
violence at the hands of highbinders.
In the future l think the collector at
San Diego will be able to prevent Chi
nese in very large numbers crossing the
line. He has been very active since he
entered upon the discharge of his duties,
and is without doubt accomplishing
more than any of his predecessors.
81 know that there are two repre-
sentatives of the Lum Ki Company at
Ensenada now awaiting the arrival of
consignments of Mongolians right from
China, who are sent to Ensenada for the
purpose of getting across the Mexican
border into the United States"
SAN DIEGO, April 24.-This morning
the twenty-three Chinese arrested for
crossing from Mexico, were taken to Los
Angeles to be tried on the additional
charge of smuggling opium, a thousand
dollars worth being found in their bag
gage. They have not had trial here
yet for violating the Exclusion act. Two
Chinese, out on bail, will be tried
here for aiding and abetting the others,
soon.