Evening journal., 1897-08-21
HELD THE CHINAMEN.
Immigrants to New York Said to
Be Common Laborers
EXCITEMENT AMONG THE HEATHEN.
They All Professed to Have Been In This
Country Before the Geary Law,
Which Excludes Them, Had
Been Enacted.

Been Enacted.
New York. Aug 21.--A party of Chi
nese. including one Chinese woman.
have been detained at the Grand Cen
tral station at the instance of Chinese
Inspector Scharf Of the port of New
York. He claimed that the papers of
the party are not what they should be
and that they are not eligible for en-
trance TO this country. The party came
over the Canadian Pacific.
Colonel Scharf heard that the party
was to arrive, and he went to the sta
ton. The train came in, and Colonel
Scharf asked the. police to detain them.
He asked for the aid of the police be-
fore the train came in, saying the pa
pers of the party were probably not all
right and that they ought not to enter
the city. When the train arrived a
squad Of police stopped the party to
the great CONSERVATION of all its mem
bers.
The inspector gathered up all the pa
pers of the Cinnamon and took them
to Mr.. Kohler in the Federal building.
He said that none of the papers was
regular and that probably all of the
party would be sent back.
Assistant District Attorney Kohler
said he would look carefully over all of
the papers to learn whether any of
them were regular.
The Chinese chartered angrily because
of the detention. They insisted to
Scharf that their names were regular
and that they should not be kept and
limited all kinds of revenge for the in
suit of keeping them.
The Chinese woman is about 16 years
old. One Of the party claimed her as his
wife and said that they had been mar
ried three years
Colonel Scharf said that the woman
could not have been married three
years. as she would then have been too
young and could not have married at
that age. according to the Chinese law.
Came From British Columbia.
The party came on the North Amer
ican steamer Continent to Vancouver,
B. c. They came across the Dominion
by the Canadian Pacific. They got to
Malone, n Y. which is just across the
border line. and took the New York
Central for this city.
The party was to have divided here.
some going to Philadelphia. Baltimore,
Washington, st. Louis and other points
The Chinese were herded around to
the subpolice station at the depot
where they were to be examined. The
little room was packed with Mongols,
and their chattering and gesticulating
were amusing to the crowd that had
gathered without.
The first to be brought under the in
quisitorial eye Of the inspector was a
woman, who said she was Tue Ling, the
wife of Lee Yin. She announced her
age as p years. said she was born in
WI Chung and had moved to Hong
kong three years ago, where she met
Lee Yin and married him. Lee Yin
stood by his wife's side and corroborat-
ed her story. He said he was a restau-
rant keeper at Is Pell street, this city,
and that he had just returned from
China with his wife. He had gone to
bring her back last November.
Lee Yln's story was that told by near
ly every one brought before the in
spector. They had arrived from China
by way Of Vancouver, B. c.. and Mont
real.
At the latter place they were detain-
ed until the United States authorities at
Malone, N. Y, could be communicated
with. Their certificates giving them a
legal right to live in this country were
taken from them at Montreal, they al
legged.
Word was received at Montreal from
Malone to send the Chinese along, and
they accordingly were started on their
way to this city. Their papers were
not returned to them. Neither were
they returned to them on passing Ma
lone. For this reason they were una
BILE to show any right to live here.
The inspector believed this story in
many instances. In an hour he had ex-
amined over a dozen of them and had
held only a few of them, Lee Yin and
his wife being among the number de-
tained.
Others in the group in the station
house were Len Yunk, who says he is a
member OF the firm Of Hook Hi, at ID
Mott street. and Leung Yick Son. who
saws he belongs to the firm Of HUNG
Wick. at Is Mott street. Wong Get,
who acted as interpreter during the
Lexow committee investigation, helped
the Chinese to explain themselves.