The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-08-03
THE HEArHRN cHINEE.
More Of His Ways That Are Dark Exposed
BY Examiner sGharf.

by Examiner scharf.
st. Louis Republic:
More frauds in the registry otChlnese
coming to New York from their natlve
country were discovered today by Col.
j. Thompson Scharf, the examiner APP
pointed by the secretary OF the treas,
ury to investigate the entrance OF
Chinese at this port. Among the six
Chinese On the steamer Seneca, which
arrived at the Erie Basin Tuesday
from Havana, was Tukl Lin. He haq
properly vised passport, certlnea az
the New York custom mouse anu aU
the Chinese consulate here and also
signed by the United States consul
at Hong Kong.
Tuki Lin gave his age as 20 years
and said he was a merchant, member
of the firm of Lun Yick " Co., at iol
Hudson street, Providence, II. L. he
alleged that he left America eightI
months ago. Colonel Scharf measured
Tuki Lin and found that he had
shrunk 5 inches in stature since ne LEU
Providence. According to the pass
port he was feeC 8 incnes in height,
but according to Colonel Scharf's box
wood rule he was only feet 3 inches.
Colonel Scharf received a telegram
from the United States collector at
Providence stating that there was no
Chinese firm Lun Yick " Co. at l5l
Hudson street or anywhere in Provl-
dence, and no such Chinaman as Tukl
Lin had ever been heard OF in that
city. 49,.
Colonel Scharf communicated these
facts to Collector Hendricks late this
afternoon with protest against allow
ing Tuki Lin to land at this port.
Among the Cinnamon alleged TO Do
New York merchants who arrived mere
a few days ago on the steamer Yumurl
from Havana was Sam Kin, who said
he was a student bound to the nome
of his brother, Lum Yen, OF the firm OF
Yit Wing Sing q 20. of Norfolk, va.
Colonel ScharI telegraphed to Il. ID;
Banks, the collector at Norfork, and
today received letter from
Collector Banks stating. that
Sing Lee, a member OF tne nrll
of Yit Wing Sing " Co., had declared
to him that there was no Lum Yen IN
his firm and that he had Dever heard
of either Lum Yen or Sam Kin. Sam
Kin was allowed to land by the local
customs officials and his present
whereabouts is unknown. Some clew
as to the manner which Sam Kin got
his passport from China is afforded by
the statement of the collector at Nor
folk to the effect that Yit Sing is him
self now in China on a pass. 1t Is
canjectured by Colonel Scharf that
Yit Wing Sing fixed the thing for Sam
Kin without the knowledge OF his
Norfolk partner, furnishing Sam Kin
with a bogus brother and trusting
that loose administration OF the law
at the American port of entry would
enable Sam Kin to get in all right.
Colonel Scharf has turned back four
Cinnamon who were trying to get into
the country at Burlington, Va, on
passports issued from the custom
house in this city. Fraud was dlscov-
cred in each case. These passports
had been vised according to the Chin
csc Inspector, by Deputy Collector
Gunner or Chief Clerk Dunn. The in
spector has made supplemental re-
port to the secretary of the treasury
calling attention to a suspicious cir
cumstances in connection with the
| Chinese passports issued by the former
Chinese consul at New York. From
the circumstances in question, Colonel
Scharf has the suspicion that pass
ports were issued in blank from the
Office of the former consul here.
Matters have reached a crisis at the
custom house here. Colonel Scharf's
presence is not pleasing to Collector
Hendricks, aud the collector has pub
licly charged the treasury agent with
deliberately disappearing. things in
his report to Secretary Carlisle. This
Colonel Scharf denies, and he promi-
ses TO make it warm for the collector
aud his delinquent deputies before he
is through.