The morning call., 1893-08-31
IN FULL BLAST.
An Illicit Opium Factory
Discovered.
CHINESE EVADING THE LAWS
Revenue Officers Following Up Their
CIews-Inspector Noyes Makes
a Big Haul.

The internal revenue officers succeeded
yesterday forenoon in discovering Chi
nese opium factory in operation. 1t was
found in the brick building at 81 R Wayerly
place, the first floor of which is occupied
by Goey On & Co. as a general store
Information had previously been given
to the revenue agents. In fact. they have
been on the watch for som ething OF the
kind for some time past. The place being
located definitely Special Agent McGlach-
Ian detailed Deputies Thomas and Gil
christ to seize the establishment on behalf
of the Government.
These officers went there about 10 A. NJ.
and going down into the basement through
a nondescript labyrinth of stairways and
trapdoors they found in the basement and
about twelve feet below the street grade a
small furnace running in full blast.
1t was dngy cellar. and trapdoor after
trapdoor had to be passed through. The
furnace was found in diminutive room
aud was almost red hot A Mongol giving
the name of Man Chong, supposed to be
one of the proprletOrs, was arrested and
taken to United States Marshal Longs
Office
"Too bad, Mr.. Thomas, you takee my
friends" Lee Chung, who took in the pro-
ceedings, observed deploringly.
Mr.. Thomas replied for his benefit that
If it were Lee Chung himself be would be
placed in durance.
There were thirty-Seven tins OF opium
found in the place altogether. One Of
them was discovered i'll Man Cbong's
blouse. and two were open and their con-
tents cooking on the stove.
MI Thomas reported to Agent McGlaeh-
Ian that seven trunks, filled with rags ana
r,,hb ha6 lof of
express tags besides. The latter he turned
over to Mir. McGlachlan with the remark
that he believed the place seized to have
been the rendezvous OF regular gang of
smugglers and opium-cookerS.
The tags indicate that pretty lively
business has been carried on; accordingly,
MIR. MeGlaehlan concluded to follow up
all clews that might lead to a general
cleaning out Of the business, both illicit
and contraband.
During the afternoon, he, Collector
Quinn and Deputy Thomas paid a visit to
the place and made an inspection of that
vicinity. AS result further develop
menIs may be looked for today. A keeper
named r. MullOy was placed in charge of
GOey On & Co.'s establishment
Mr. Thomas is of the opinion that Man
ChoDg was arrested for similar offense in
June TWO years ago. If he is The same
person he then had a factory at Dupont
and Commercial streets. He was taken
before United States Commissioner Hea-
cock and identified under $500 bonds. But
he was not long in obtaining his liberty,
for drayman named Scott, and Lee Tow,
friend, went his suretieS readily enough.
Under the revenue laws nobody can
manufacture opium unless he is a citizen
of the United States. AS a Chinese can
not become citizen he cannot legally con-
duct an opium factory.
Most Of the prepared opium which goes
upon She market as domestic manufacture
is smuggled in from Persia. There is a
duty of S12 per pound upon all prepared
opium imported, and there is similar
duty upon crude opium which contains 9
per cent and over of morphia. Since
October. 1890, however. no duty has been
placed upon crude opium which runs
under 9 per cent. Before that it was 81
per pound. The Chinese bring in the
Persian article, which runs considerably
over, and represent tha at IL goes under the
limit. Thus they make q clean saving
upon every pound to the amount of the
tariff Then, if they can elude the reve-
nue. officers. they will avoid paying the
internal revenue tax OF SO per pound
which the Government demands from the
domestic product.
While the revenue officials were at work
upon GOey On d Co.'s place. the customs
authorities were making a haul in anotee
quarter.
Collector Wise is possessed of numerous
sources of information as to opium SNUG
CLING, and through some of these channels
he learned, recently, that trunkful was
coming to this port from Portland. He
told Inspector NOyes TO keep sharp look
out. and that officer did so most effectively
About noon yesterday Mr.. NOyes mean.
dered down toward the Union Pacific
Company's dock, at the foot of Steu.
art street, and there, sure enough, on
the wharf was a trunk that might have
been mistaken for piece of baggage any.
where.
1t came all the way from Victoria, but
there was no mark upon it, nor tag, to in.
dicate the ownership OF 1t, or by whom il
was consigned.
There were 26O tins of the drug inside
that is, about $1,000 worth at the market
price OF SIS pound.
Wharyes OF vessels coming from do
mestic ports are not under customs espion.
age. and therefore if opium is successfully
smuggled first into Portland, Or, there IL
hardly anything in the way of its reaching
San Francisco.
Pacific CompanY's dock shows how easy il
is to get the drug into this port after it ha
crossed the Canadian border.
Mr.. Wise is making quite record fol
the department both as to opium anC
Chinese immigrants, and Mr.. Moves
very successful as detector of contrabanC
arrivals.
The sailor, Herman Holman, of the Ha
waiian steam collier Montserrat, who wa
arrested for having smuggied opium in h i
possession while aboard the vessel. is ou
on bail, a friend named Hall putting u
C200 20 an fnr his futura annaarauna