The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-10-27
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WEB FLANAGAN INDICTED FOR Az
LEeED cR0oKEDNEss IN OFFICE.
Promiseuous Entrance Of Cinnamon Charged
Against Him-Horsss and MaleA
Also Figure In the Case In =
Suspicious Manner.
special 70 The Statesman.

special 70 The Statesman.
Ell PAso, Tex, Oct. A.-A big SEN
sAtion visited itself upon Ell Paso to-
day by the arrest of Hon. Webster
Flanagan, collector Of customs ct this
port, his special deputy collector, s.
w. Pimm, and A. H. Joke, China
man, all charged with having entered
Chinese into the United States unlaw-
fully. The indictments were deliver
ed to the court this morning by the
federal grand jury and the papers
were Immediately served by deputy
United States marshal. Two
bills were found against
Collector Flanagan, better known to
the political world as "What-are-we-
here.for" Flanagan. 1t is understood
that an Indictment was also found
against 8. 8. Irwin, central agent Of
the district, on this charge. Mr.. Irwin
is away from his post Of duty making
stump speeches in Nebraska for Har-
rison. It is further rumored that sew
eral more chairmen are wanted, but
have not yet been found by the mar
shall.
1t has been street rumor for some
months that Chinese were entering
this port In great numbers and rail-
road men on the Mexican Central
claim that Cinnamon have been COM
ing up from the interior of Mexico in
large numbers to small station
named San Jose, sixty miles from the
frontier, from whence they were taken
in charge and conducted across the
line. The grand jury found that the
custom officials had been in the habit
of issuing passes for Cinnamon to visit
Mexico and it is believed these passes
have been used to bring In Chinese
not entitled to enter the United
| States.
Upon this subject the grand jury in
its report says: "We have also tC
state that we find upon examination
that the port of Ell Paso Ii
an open port, 80 far OF
the Chinese exclusion acts ar,
concerned, or in other words
that the law at this port is deaC
letter, as Chinese laborers seem tt
come at will and respectfully call at
tention of the secretary Of the treasury
to the fact. The report then criticize
the custom officials at length for max
ing unwarranted seizures of stool
found grazing along the border, o
which the following is part: In
stances have occurred to our notic
as grand jurors where both horses
and mules have been seized within
the pa, year where the person the,
were taken from was not convicted
but acquitted of smuggling, but tn
animals were seized and sold and thu
owner never got the money or knew
what had become of 1t and were posi-
tive from information received tina
come at least of both horses and mule
were dropped and raised in Texae ant
never saw the other side Of the rive
or were ever In fifty miles Of It,"
The grand jury then devotes Its at
tention to some OF Mr.. Harris0n's ap
pointments in the following ters
languages: "We regret to have to re
port tho fact Of the appointment II
our district Of deputy marshals o
dissolute and drunken habits, and II
some cases we find that they hav
been appointed for the cole purpose Q
carrying arms 30 they might doml
neer over inoffensive persons"