The courier., 1902-11-29


awaiting trial at Detroit. II was also
discovered that the girl had previously
been deported from New York. and hsd
been sent back again by the Beaver
Line Canadian route to the United
States.
Another attempt at suicide, which was
unsuccessful. took place a few days ago.
The would-be self murderer is a Rus
sian, who spent some years In England.
His record is not of the best, and he
suffers from disease. Being caught en-
tering the States without the necessary
certificate, he was locked up. While
there he secured some sharp Instrument,
and with this he opened the veins of his
wrists and let the blood flow out He
understood some English, and evidently
had some idea of writing. for he traced
with his finger, in his own blood. on the
wall of the House OF Detention. the
words, ,"--y your immigration laws!"
When found he was almost unconscious.
but he Is recovering. and will be de-
ported in short time.
sometimes an immigrant gets caught
by trying to play the Good Samaritan.
This was the experience OF one Ganow-
sky. He landed at this port three weeks
ago. and passed the examination with
out difficulty. There was a woman who
had come over with him. however. who
was not so fortunate. She was suffering
from some disease which rendered her
inadmissible, for the time being. at least.
Ganowsky was good natured, and he
determined to do what he could for the
girl. He took her along with him, after
waiting a couple of days here. He
passed on to the state of Vermont. Some
time after his departure from Quebec,
however, and before his arrival at the
border. he had somebody forge on the
certificate which he carried for himself.
the words and sister, thus making
the certificate good for two. The poor
fellow did not know, although probably
the forger did, that the official at the
border could tell by certain marks
whether the certificate had been tam
pered with. They were stopped at the
Vermont border, and both are now In
Jail at St. Albans awaiting the action
of the Department of Justice at Ottawa.
Probably the worst case on record of
the way in which immigration agents
send undesirable and inadmissible peo-
pie to this continent to get rid OF them
was brought to the attention Of the
Canadian and American authorities a
few days ago. Conrad Won Walleghren
landed in Quebec recently from a Bea-
yer Line boat. He was either directed
to. accompanied by or fell into the hands
of some very skillful steerers. He passed
through Canada with little delay. The
first intimation the immigration inspect
ors of the United States got of the
existence of Won Walleghren was when
authorities who care tor the poor of De-
troit called upon the immigration Off
cials to find out what was to be done
with an applicant for admission to the
workhouse. An investigation was or
dered. 1t was found that Won Walle-
ghren had come in by some underground
route. He had not legally crossed the
border. The man was sent back to
Montreal Mr.. Watchorn sent for the
Canadian immigration officer. James
Hoolihan, and when the patient was
shown to him he Immediately consented
to deport the fellow. The man was a
hopeless idiot, but he had moments when
he remembered some of the things which
had happened in his past life. and he
was able TO tell the American and
Canadian immigration officials that he
had been confined for years in an insti-
tuition for imbeciles in Belgium. He had
been let out a few weeks ago and shipped
from Liverpool to Quebec, and thence
taken on to Detroit. Mr.. Hoolihan took
the man down to the Elder-Dempster
Company, and he was sent back on an
outgoing steamer.
Two men, who gave their names as
Ham and Duber, are at present held
at the border in Watertown Jail They
are not known to have applied at any
of the examining offices along the bor-
der but their appearance leads the an