The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-29
SMUGGLING ar CHINESE.
Frauds Known to He Prnctised. but SEEM
ingiy Impossible to Prove.

BURLINGTON, VI, No, 30More than one
hundred Cinnamon nearly all Of whom were
smuggled into this country by way OF Montreal
and Windsor, are awaiting examination bciore
| United States Commissioner q. f. johnson OF
! this city. ljy the time their hearing comes II
! IL expected that the number Of prisoners VIII br
] $50 The smuggling II Cinnamon goes on all
| the time and II seems impossible to conric, tho
smugElcrs or TO keep out the Cinnamon known IL
have been brought into this country unlnwfuliy.
Most Of II not all. the prisoners here are likely
| TO he discharged. Some will Offer testimony To
show that they were born here. Others will
prove that they lived in San francisco many
years ago Others will present other deiences
equally valid Moy T. Dow, an educated China
man from Boston. says on this subject;
There is one element in tho Chinese smuggling
cases that will always work to the disadvantage
Of tho Government \ Chnaman 81 the lower
class has absolutely no regard for Christian
| oath. The act Of kissing Bible or holding up
| the right hand has no nearing to them In
their religion there IL no punishment Tor violating
an oath Of this kind When a Chinamnn desires
10 make a solemn affirmation his oath Is admin
istered with the decapitauon Of male FOWL,
rooster bring preferred, and the burning Of the
joss sticks. Many Americans do not believe
this, but II Is absolutely true. In China this Is
the method Of taking an oath before a mandarin.
and the penalty for telling falSchood when under
oath IL from 800 To 900 lashcS which Is almost
equivalent to the death penalty In addition
TO this punishment the pcriufer believes that he
surely will BE- ovcr,akcn by an evil spirit "
two Cinnamon become involved in dispute over
debt we will say. they settle the matter by chop
ping of the head Of a rooster and BY burning the
joss sticks They believe that tho one who Is
In Tho wrong will be visited by the evil spirit
sooner or later.
:, What has all this to do with the cases before
Commissioner johnson, YOU ask. will tell
you When one OF my oountrymen - caught
IN the act Of coming Into this country unlaw-
fully he Is cast into jail 10 await hearing Tho
gang OF smuSglcrs in New York OF boston know
arranged 10 prove his innocence before he left
China, and they know just what kind Of defence
70 70 put up n his behalf The prisoner already
when he was a child lie says his father lives
provo his statements The, supposed father
comes to Burlington and embraces his son In
he has a Photograph Of the son The burden
oil proof rests with the Government Sometimes
witnesses can be brought forward " prove tina, the
father never was married, or tina, he never lived
| IN San Francisco Then he is arrested for pr
Jury, bn! the father is no, arrested in one case
The Cinnamon OF New York and Boston are
afraid 10 testify against their coun,rymen The
dare TO testify ,ruthfuiiy in the niird States
Court The penalty fixed by the gang in cases
where Chinaman gives evidence against one
frequent meetings In the large cities and they
oher rewards % any one who will kill the traitors
a reward Of this kind To be as high as $40 900
but no one accepted the offer do not belong
shs , ns " Gi ss meet
The gang has one particularly clever way 81
getting cinnamon into thi, country. When
IN his own country This broker Is rrprescr
tauye Of the gang in America lie asks The
ps s S %TS opSy Ho' go and "sii
assume that the applicant wants 70 60 TO New
guarantee Of good faith and the broker sends
him TO photographer to have his picture taken.
The photographer makes ,hrro unmounted photo
sends them to the New York oflcc Of the gang
With statement Of the case, Then the New
the picture %% and he IS dr re- ed TS
his resemblance 70 the picture more perfect Per
city and is in partnership with another China
man This fellow goes 10 a United States Com
iur viat The CommiSSloncr makes an in,es
,ganon and learns that the applicant has lived
IN .h,s country nHm6cr o. years and that he
when he wishes to come back The fellow gives
The Commissioner copy Of the unmoun,ed photo
cant and. rs IL IL a good likeness the Commits
sioner makes ont the certificate and pasts the
ihen Stamps his ot'ca seal through both tho paper
and the picture This is given 10 the applicant
who In turn hands it over To the manager Of III.
New York Office Of the smugglcrs
Then the New York Once sends full instruc
tons TO the broker in China, together with the
certificate The man who wants 10 come over
Is told tina, his name is Lee Sin, We will say lie
must remember that he is business partner Of
sam Gee. in the laundry business In New York
city. The certificate ~ given To- him, and armed
with this and q knowledge Of the course he IL 10
follow when he arrives in Montreal. he is per
ieCuy safe from arrest When he crosses tho
line he may BE- held up but he flashes the certificate
and proves by II that h" was In the United States
before the Exclusion act went into effect