The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-10
THE FEDERAL LAWS DEFIED.
-uo n tRRED CHlN4MEN LANDED BY
IHB WAND LINE.
n. steamship omcer. Told the csstou.

,. steamship Onicer. Told the Castoms
,..n.ctor to Geo to Tbunder-A Pect OF
Trnubie for Col. Schnrf Incidentally.
Ths Chinese question broke out In q new
,,ot AT the Custom House yesterday. aud for
In. time Col Scharf did not exactly know
-hicb s,de I'm he was. As he Acknowledged
s,mseli. it Is very aggravatiug to have these
,h,,ga happen before = man has time to ask
Al, friends for advice. especially when the
nol,.ctor OF tho Port declines to take any re-
sponsibility.
On the Ward lipc steamship Saratoga, which
arrived from Havana last Monday. were four
re.tsi;eI Chinese. who looked as though they
dld not know their own names. but all OF
Who, desired to enter this country as
.st,t,nts" Col schart wont down to the ship
and asked the students through an inter
nretor all sorts OF questions and finally camo
"a tho conclusion as he had in 100 cases be-
fore. that the men wore attempting fraudu-
isntly to enter the land OF Uncle Sam. On two
of the Cinnamon Col. Scharf found letters d.
reetins them to sock employment in Jersey
city laundry. and as tie Colonel did not sec
the necessity OF coming all the way to Am erica
10 study laundering. he asked Collector Kill
breth to detain tho Cinnamon. Evidence was
then secured from the Jersey City laundryman
which proved that the two Mongolians were
trying to enter the land q The t.eo under false
wsrs barred out. but the other two students"
were allowed to 60 their way. Collector Kill
Sn psa hS Mass s saas TWO
ia accordance with the law. and an inspector
was sent down to the dock to see that the two
~" Ths eS saratoga m sailed at o'clock yesterday
afternoon. but tho officers Of tho Ward line
made up their minds. a few hours before this
vnne Zee hsck to Havana. Tho Captain Of the
ahip told the Chinamen to get their baggage
together and 60 ashore as mhfn they hpnoa.ed
Meliig warned them not to leave the ship The
dock sster told Mellig that the steamship
free cruises between this port and Havana and
thai tho two mon were to be lett on the dock
when the ship sailed: Msllig said that no
was there. but the dockmaster replied that he
guessed there were enough 'longshoremen on
Gee Al TEX. and Yung Kee then came on the
SSlisstoT, Kilsssth Ia LAYER I'VE. GheswoCd
to land. and be had q Chinaman with him
w Ths Collector V on h .1 Mei
lIgs report OF the violation Of the law by the
steamship, people; sent for Chinese Inspector
to get the Collector to. take charge
s But Ss opa sssts to do
from the act OF July 5. 1884. authorizing the
arrest Of Cinnamon found unlawfully in the
United States. He advised Col. Scharf to arrest
the Chinese. Col Scharf had never arrested
anyone before. and he did not know justhow
TO do 1t, especially in the presence Of that
lawyer Chetwood. who was talking blue
streak about bonds and habeas corpuses. and
lot OF other dangerous stuff
But there was the law in black and white and
thsre was nothing left for the Colonel t. do but
arrest Gee All TEX and Yung Kee. Turning to
his right bower. Interpreter Charles, Col.
Scharf asked his advice as to what had better
b done next Charles. who is Just out OF the
Tombs on bail suggested that the students
BE- takso to the TOmbs and locked up. The
Chinese Inspector then started of with his
prisoners. but after walking half o dozen
blocks he thought the Tombs was too far on
and decided to put hia men In the cells of the
Church street police. station. The heather
we're locked up and will appear in the Toni s
police court this morning. Lawyer Chetwood
vowed that he would get the men out on q
haoeas corpus. but nothing further was heard
from him afterward.
BY landing the Cinnamon the steam shin COM
nany violated the Federal laws and made the
omcers OF the company liable to n fine OF $500
OF imprisonment for one year. or both. for each
ana every Chinaman introduced into the coun-
Try IN violation Of tho law. At the office Of the
ward line no one had anything to say about
the matter but the dockmaster on the pier
SAID the company was willing to assume the
responsibility for the landing Of the unfortu-
nate iung kso and Gee Ali TEX. The COM
pany however. cannot do the time In Jail 1t
takes U man 10 do that part OF IL.