The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-08
PLOT TO SMUGGLE CHINESE.
EXTENSIVE CONSPIRACY FOUND
IN CANlDt AND HERE.


Orrpyc. Dec. s.-The investigation Just
concluded In various parts OF (anads by
officials Of the United States Government
into the methods NJ the huge conspiracy
for the smuggling Of Cinnamon over the
Canadian border has brought TO light u
remarkable condition OF Affairs.
The organized business Of the conspiracy
In carried on IN Montreal. Toronto, Kingston,
New York. Boston. Chicago and SAT- Fran
cisco. Fortunes are being rapidly amasred
at it and at least one Montreal man Is reap
ing O rich harvest out OF II.
Along different parts o. the International
boundary line a variety Of methods are
used by the conspirators. Al the ofiees
Of the gang in Toronto and Montreal, the
Cinnamon receive instructions M TO where
they shall 20 and al what point on the
frontier they may meet an agent, who
will conduct them into the United States
4 point six miles up the river from Chip
pewa is said TO be the most favored rendez-
vous. From the Canadian shore the China
men are taken over in small boats, usually
four al a time. accompanied by one or
two white men. The trip across the river
Is made under cover Of the darkness.
The organization OF the Niagara River
resorts TO strategem and then forces the
Cinnamon to RELY entirely on their own
schemes for avoiding arrest. From Buffalo
and Tonaw anda those who cross the line
illegally are distributed throughout the
country.
The American officers now here say
that their Government has in its employ
many clever Cinnamon. who are keeping
tab on the laundries across the line to learn
IL their smugglcd fellow countrymen are
not being secretly aided by other China
men. II any are detected IN unlawful
practices. they will of course be prosecuted
for conspiracy.
The gang at Malone and Burlington is
said TO he cleverest In it's methods, IL
operates upon the principle OF insisting
that the Cinnamon whom II brings into the
country ave a perfect right 10 he there.
The Cinnamon who are taken over the
line make no effort TO avoid arrest. In
fact II is party Of their programme TO be
arrested. n they get in without running
into the hands Of the officers they do not
feel safe.
They prefer to have themselves caught
a. early as possible. being ready TO pro
duce the evidence which has been sup
piled them to prove that they have q legal
right TO stay IN the country. When placed
on trial they declare that they were horn
in San Francisco and were taken back TO
China when they We're babes.
Then II is up to the Government 10 prove
that their stories are untrue. OF curse
the Exclusion act canno, prevent American
citizens from staying in the United States,
even though they be Of Monaghan descent.
G.o,clors At nnuspn (htraUn San Fran
cisco and New York operate in the inter-
esis Of the Chinese after they are smuggled
into the United States. The men in charge
and employment for the newcomers. and
also produce witnesses, when necessary, to
prove that they are in the country legally.
The usual fees charged for gett ing a
Chinaman into the United States by the
underground route and undertaking TO
keep him there Is $500, though IL varies in
some cases according TO the circumstances
and financial standing Of the client. There
Is much money in the business for the snug
glers. ms a great many Cinnamon are
brought In annually. Only those who are
arrested are heard Of in the newspapers.
The fee charged in Montreal for a simple
safe convoy into the United States Is 800
q head. This figure does not include pro-
lection against the American officers OF
the law. and once on the south Of the
boundary line the Chinaman must look out
for himsslf.
Il Is said that these Canadian smugglers
are not above playing a shsrp trick upon
their own clients. deserving them on the
American side Of the boundary In such a
manner that they will he arrested IN
probably depored, which means the pay
ment Of another fee for being smuggled
a second time