The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-03
COVEY OF CHINAMEN.
Cargo Landed at Smiths Cove
and Many Captured.
LIVELY CHASE IN THE BRUSH.
An Early Riser Finds Himself Among
the Contr abands-An InformeY
After Reward.

yesterday and are now in the county JAIL
1t is thought that the Mongolians were
with a party of nearly forty OF their
brethren who landed on the sand spit at
the mouth of Smiths cove from sloop
manned by white smugglers.
Nothing was known of the presence of
the Cinnamon until about clock yester-
day morning, when a man who lives near
the sand spit called on the deputy United
States marshal and said:
There are at least sixty struggled Cinnamon
on the sand spit in Smiths cove. II you want
them you'll have to hurry up, for they'll be in
town inside OF an hour. / had occasion to cross
the spit about daylight this morning. and sud-
denly found myself surrounded by a regiment
OF men. They were as badly frightened as /, for
the moment they recognized the fact that a
stranger was among them they dsrted of in all
directions, and in a second more none were in
sight, though I could hear them tearing their
way through the underbrush. The moment
they saw me they all yelled; then l knew they
were Cinnamon.
The news soon spread. The police were
made aware of the facts, and in few min
utes Lieutenant Sims was on hand, and
accompanied Deputy United States Mar
shall Mudgett to the sand spit. All
through North Seattle Lieutenant Sims
looking Cinnamon.
When the officers reached the sand spit
not soul could be found. There are sew
eral small cabins on the spit, and these
showed evidence of late occupancy. Near
by in the brush was stored lot Of Chinese
baggage, such as clothing, shoes, etc. At
Smiths cove tall man with bushy
beard and wearing a yellow oil coat was
hi tata hot ho
came in on a sloop, that the sloop went as
far in shore as it could. then the captain
compelled the Cinnamon to Jump over
board into ice cold water up to their mid
dies and wade to shore. The same man
said that the Cinnamon all got together on
the spit, and. after storing their baggage,
left towards Seattle. going around the head
of the cove. 1t was later reported that a
party Of twenty Cinnamon were seen going
over Queen Anne hill in a body. About
10 o'clock Officer John Kelley, who has q
North Seattle beat, saw three Cinnamon
walking rapidly down Front street They
were muddy, one of them was shoeless
and all of them were wet to their waists
as if they had been wading. He took them
to police headquarters.
A few minutes after 10 o'clock Officer
down Third street from Pike. They were
evidently strangers, for they seemed lost
and were wandering about in an aimless
way. They, too, were wringing wet nearly
all over. Just about this time a telephone
message came in from Stimson's mill for
an officer to meet car No. from Ballard.
Captain Barck accompanied the patrol
wagon to West street, arriving there just
as the car stopped. A Chinaman jumped
off and the conductor sang out:
guess you want him, Captain He came in
with about $50, more or less, last night He was
walking down the track toward town and
said -
want ride, John?"
He said, "You bet" and we took him and
thought we'd turn him over to you.
An hour later the six Cinnamon were
given free ride in the patrol wagon to
the county Jail, where they were locked
up. One of them had on seventeen shirts
and another guarded against wintry blasts
by wearing eleven coats and seven pairs of
trousers. They had their wardrobes on
their backs.
The biggest capture was yet to come and
1t was made at II o'clock by Deputy Sheriff
Taylor Holden, ex-Polceman Cummings
and Chinese Inspector Mum. Mum had
been out on Queen Anne hull taking in the
situation and had lost two Cinnamon
whom he saw at distance, but who
escaped him by taking to the brush near
Lake Union. He was returning to the
city when he met Deputy Sheriff Taylor
Holden, who had one Chnaman in Gus
tody. Holden saw him lodging about on
West street and picked him up. All three
men put their heads together and con-
Guided TO raid the Chinese wash-house at
the corner of West and Lenora streets.
The owner of the wash-house has long
been suspected by the officers of harboring
his contraband countrymen Mum went
into the laundry the front way and Holden
and Cummings the back way. Holden
caught two Cinnamon Just as they were
leaving the premises and he forced them
back into the house, where they were
guarded by Cummings, together with the
first one who was caught.
When the officers entered the laundry
the occupants were greatly alarmed and
hid under tables and beds and some took
10 the garnet. In all nine were caught.
which, with the one Holden had
previously arrested, made ten. Every
one of them were wet TO the waists
which convinced the officers that thew
were among the party which landed at
Smiths cove Friday night. They were
all taken TO the county jail, searched and
locked up.
One of the Cinnamon had addresses of
Chinese firms in Portland, San Fran
cisco San Diego, Denver, Chicago. New
York and Boston, showing that he had
been in communication with his country
men, who were evidently IN league with
the smugglers.
A few minutes after IL O'Clock in the
morning tall man with a bushy beard
and wearing yellow oil coat Jumped Off a
Ballard car at the foot of University
street, and going up to Policeman John
Sanstrom said:
"Otficer, what does fellow get for put
ting the law onto smuggled Cinnamon p"
Your witness fees"
lis that all?"
Yes"
well, | guess there's more money in il
for me TO help get them in than turn them
over. There's a whole slew of them m
at Smiths cove. / can lay my hands on
them at any time"
The man went away, the officer thinking
he was light" in the upper story. \ half
hour later he heard about the capture of
the first eight Cinnamon, and then re-
GREETED he had not arrested the old man.
The arrested Cinnamon gave their names
as All Lee, All Ten, All Hoyt, All Chong.
All Sin. Lee Wing Fong Nom. Chong Con.
All Ying, Dong Chong, Bee You. Lee
Quong, Gong Loon, All Toy, Fong Chong.
Ching Quon. All Chong, You Kaw. They
will be given hearing before United
States commissioner TODAY