Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-15
500 FOR EACH CHlNAMAN.
Tho Government omcers Discover n Pri-
vate Gateway for Celestials.

vate Gateway for Celestials.
Special Agent Converse j. Smith of the
treasury department makes some important
disclosures in the report OF the recent arrest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Hopkins, Charles l..
Smith, all of West Charleston; Chin Poy of
Lyndonville and Frank G. Park OF st.
Johnsbury. In the report be says:
1.-THE two last named are Cinnamon, and
| beg to state that warrants have also been
issued for tho arrest of A. F. Miles of Stan
stead, +. O., and Frank Ross of Charles
ton, Vt. the latter is the father OF Mrs. w.
Hopkins on the same charge, but as yet
these two parties have not been appre-
hended
"On Dec. ., 1892, l reported to the de-
partment that A. f. Miles of Stanstead,
Quebec Provincs, was engaged in introduce
ing Cinnamon into the United States; the
plan adopted and something as to the ex-
tent of his operations Since that time this
agency has been continually on the alert to
break up the system and to cause the arrest
of the operators. This organized gang
and it is believed there are confederates in
Boston-has conducted their nefarious
business for nearly year, and from
confessions of some OF those now under
arrest | cen authoritatively state that
Chinese laborers to be entered clandestinely
were first taken from Montreal and deliver
ed to one Frank Lee, also Chinaman and
laundry man OF Sherbrooke, Que. who S.
GREETED them for 10 days or two wesks in
order that no trail might DO obtained of the
men, and then, under cover Of the night,
they were taken by carriage by A. f. Miles
to his residence at Staustead, near the Dor
der. Miles has fitted up his house for the
accommodation of these men, and here they
a1-o .1.ta f.~ - tl,a,, for
warded again by night to Charles l.. Smith
at Charleston, Vt, who in turn delivered
them to the Chinese laundrymsu, Chin Poy,
at Lyndonville, or Frank G. Park at st.
Johns bury, some GO miles from the border;
and at these points the Cinnamon have
taken trains to Lowell, Lawrence and other
cities.
Frank Ross and Wits Hopkins, also
Matte Ross, daughter of the former, and
who was united in marriage to Hopkins two
weeks snce at the house of A. f. Miles,
all residing in Charleston, have also frnudu-
| lently introduced Cinnamon and acted as
carriers between the points mentioned
| There is evidence that Miles, who undoubt-
| eddy is the leading spirit, has also engaged
| in smuggling opium and other merchandise.
81 have in my possession the names of o
| good number of Cinnamon who have been
emuggle led across the Dorder, out III Is ulIl-
| cult to estimate the extent of the business.
The railway station agents at Lyndonviils
aud st. Johnsbury state that large num-
Der of tickets have been purchased by the
Cinnamon now under arrest. 1t is known
that for each Chinaman thus introduced the
sum of 500 has been paid and divided be-
tween the different men.
'Ihere is another significant fact. In
Boston there is a Chinese frm-Quong Lee,
! Touen * Co.. No. ID Harrison avenue
who do not enjoy good reputation. This
agency has reason to believe that they have
outstanding fraudulent Identification certi
fcates, and it is now discovered that CHR
Poy, one of the two Cinnamon arrested
who was conducting the business at Lyn
donville under the assumed name of Cnarlit
Wau kee, is q brother or relative of Chin
Chin, the manager of the firm, and unit
recently was the bookeeper of the compa-
ny.
The Lyndonville laundry was recently
opened, and as it fitted up for the &c
commodation of Cinnamon, undoubted y
was a blind and Chin Poy was there a
manager for thu reason of admitted shrewd
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