The Coconino sun., 1901-08-31
PAID TO CROSS THE BORDER
Exter sive Smuggling of Chinese at No- gales Collector Hooy and Othor
 Officials Placed Vndor Arrest.

man, ana another Cnlnaman, lIVlDg across the border in Mexico, have been arrested by the federal secret service officers on the charge of smuggling Chinese immigrants into the United States.
 The arrest of these men brings to light one of the most extensive and most successfully worked frauds in the history of the immigration service of the United States. The secret service officers have been at work on the case for month past, and the information which has come to the treasury depart ment indicates that nearly every mem. Der of the customs and immigration force at Nogales is implicated.
 Preliminary gations convinced the secret service officials that the fraud was of widespread qualifications, and it was decided to send one of the best operatives in the service to work up the evidence in the case. Henry c. Dickey, secret service operative at Memphis, Tenn, was sent, and was in- structed to have all evidence we'll in hand before an arrest was made. The reports from Dckey were surprise even to the officials who had an inkling of the extent to which the frauds went.
 Evidence is at hand to indicate that the prices paid by the Chinamen varied from $lO each to $2OO each. It was ar- ranged in passing upon the certificates of the Chinamen that the initial letter "A" would indicate to all interested in The frauds that the person concerned in the certificates had paid for admis- sion. Immigration officials refuse to say what number of Chinamen have succeeded in getting across the border through these fraudulent means, but it isunderstoOd that the number was large. When the scheme was first started sev- eral of the line riders were not parties to it, but as time passed they learned that the Chinamen were being ad mitted for consideration and insisted on sharing the returns. This gave the secret service operatives an opportu. nifty to get confederate into the scheme, and it is understood that in this way most conclusive evidence was secured.
 An instance is known in which one of the employees of the collector was several miles away from Nogales in northerly direction. He suspected that something was wrong and made de- tour to the southward. He met wagonlOad of Chinamen and halted them. Immediately the driver of the wagon inquired if he had seen HOey. He reported the matter to Hoey and was at once admitted to the ring which was sharing the returns from the scheme. Considerable sums of money were handed over in the presence and full hearing of a secret service man, who had previously secreted himself in nearby office closet.
 A dispatch was received in this city by personal friend of Hoey, dated at Phoenix, Ariz., and signed by HOey, denying the reports of misconduct and saying that he had not been arrested, and furthermore that he had been in in Phoenix for week.
 NOGALEs, August 26.-Warrants were this morning issued at this place for the arrest of United States Collec. tor of Customs w. H. Hoey and Chi nese Inspector Jossey. HOey was let out on bail, and on the arrival of his attorney from Tucson will have ar ex-