Arizona republican., 1894-02-08
CHINESE SMUGGLERS.
Heavy Seizures of Contraband
Opium.
Phoenix Believed to Be the Chief
Distributing Point in the
Southwest.

An important seizure of smuggled
opium was made Yesterday AFTERNOON
by Deputy United States Marshal
Standard, Under Shelf King and Con-
stable Garfias and in consequence
Chinatown is more deeply stirred than
it ever was before. The seizure was
made at the store of Chung Sing & Co..
at the southwest corner of First and
Adams street and later four trunks
were taken at the Golden City restaur-
ant. These have not yet been opened.
Amid all the smuggling which has
been going on among the Chinese on
the coast south of British America
little suspicion had been attracted to-
ward Phoenix Cinnamon. A large
quantity of smuggled opium and silk
was recently seized from a Hong Kong
steamer at Portland and the revenue
officers there learned that large con-
signment of opium had escaped their
clutches and had probably gone south.
Extraordinary exertions were made
by the treasury department to locate it
and all collectors and other revenue
officers were put on guard.
Collector Webb came up from Nogales
on Sunday and directed Deputy Mar
shal Standard to keep close watch on
| local Chinese merchants. The firm of
Chung Sing & Co. being one of the most
extensive in the territory naturally
came under suspicion.
1t was learned from Agent Greenleaf
OF Wells-Fargo, that large number of
trunks had been received here as bag.
gage by Cinnamon and that most of
them had passed into the esta blishment
at the corner of First and Ada MS.
Yesterday the deputy marshal decided
to make the descent. Procuring a
search warrant from Commissioner
Kellum and accom- panied by the other
officers named he began his investiga-
ton. He was soon rewarded by the
discovery of four fve-tae cans from
whichfthe stamps had been ''sweated"
and replaced after the cans had been
re.flled.
Several trunks were searched, but
nothing else was discovered until the
officers came to trunk which was
locked. The Chinese merchant said he
had no key tor it; that it belonged to a
man who was out of town. The officers
prepared to break it open when a key
was produced and six more cans were
found. These cans were unstamped
and appeared to have seen long and
| frequent use.
| -Four more trunks were seized at the
Golden City restaurant, but no keys
could be found. The owner was out of
town and on the word OF the Chinese
that the keys would be produced this
morning the trunks were not broken,
but were held by the deputy marshal.
Quou Yue, Cheang Chu and Cheang
Some were arrested and placed under
bonds, the former in the sum of 81 ,OOO
and the two latter $500 each. All gave
bonds and were released. The bonds.
men are Goldman & Co., Alex. Rhein-
stein and Tuck Sing & Co. Quon Yue
and Cheang Chu are in some way con-
nected with the depot at First and
Adams. Cheang Some is cook at tine
Golden City restaurant.
The officers claim to have informa-
ton that there is in the city not less
than SIS, 900 worth of contraband opium
and also to have learned that Phoenix is
one of the chief smuggling points on
the coast, being the distributing point
for this territory and New Mexico.
These seizures will prove a golden
precipitation for the officers, as under
The law they are entitled to 25 per cent
of the confscated goods.