The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-03

thst tnerp vas suspicion saiiicient to
warrant an investigat.ion ana q 4,, rae
II fTsst eonforrea, and tho result was that
Mnrshsi treat wircd tho Department Of
i,,atIee N and ns,ei Tor al, interpre ter.
h a reply was received BY the marshal,
4 IA tinR that the interpreter was on tho
8 yyay, He did not show up OF the time
g expected, ard the marshal sent mes e..
4 sase toIstlie department., but about tho
4 fit1,s Il was dispatched the Interpreter
II af1.fvad. He ID Charles Key, a native
U Chinesc. nov employed 40 q government
q inspector and interpreter. II
seventee n Search Warrants
sSSs s N erday morning Colonel Beach, Mar
sb shaiG Treat, Chief Deputy Dyer Cas hier
Ri rhotnas +. Ateany, Deputy Marshals Benz Ben
Is AT Nhnd Bland md others Stated out 40 40.
{ on,r;na,,iad Sb,, theSinspeotor the marshal
y hnylr,r flrst y armed himself with seven ,.
teen SEARCH. warrants, Issued by COM com
missioner Brady Almost every Chlne y. y
saundry. store and 3resid ence IN TINS ol,y
n sni & Ma chester WIS visited and nearly
$s ali If them searohcd for opium &or WINS
kny. a When tho round had been innde
the tnarslials had rounded up nlne Nl MY
n xoliaus, q motley crew In al Sorts 81 cos-
K tutn es. ana the bunch were corra4ieo ~
the ,narshals office. There was was a also
N nSates Of tie revenue department. the
n two5S hundred stamped and empty cans,
u ,,hichF b had contnined% opium ana me
tweI,ty cans Tins tam pod which Is consid-3
# ared prima facio8 evidence OF SNUG slli ~
Z 81 receiving smuggled goods. the stamp.
n cd cans, each Originally contalnl'iis l.a'
4 g pound, ware found in a shed IN rear 9, !.
n ~ woo rong' s Chinese grocery at No.
sFso2 rDnst Broad Street. After dlllRent
n anrnh5 A Revenue Agent Beach discover
- "A 4 Ia ,,nstamped cans Mt the Chinese res.
Il fSurant Of Sam @ Lee. No. 1903 !. E 1t
" FRANKLIN Street Just below. the CnesA-
II peake ana Ohio viaduot When the " ~,
Il flcers raided this place, mrs. sam G .hn,v-
white woman, became furious ana sho ~
80 disposi ton to resist the search, pu !,
IN .Hsas Ya RI cd 4 of q the consequ Co.'S any
VI f,hally 3 desisted, permitting thoroushi
SJir;Efaction Of the premises with INC ~.
rSG,llt fas stat AT this place was lou1lu
also q glass jar. containing apo y, /. : :
u nni,r,d 81 opium, which was also y seizeo
q g ar xhibit. When this was AIKEN sam
" ~ IA . 5pitiful in his beseechlns ppeat
40 the Officers not to take It al; q y
"A Wa. given an ounce or two TO suppiy ~
It a. neiinte need Of the drug. wit tafc "
4 which he would collapse 4 ii
s3s5g Wants to stay Here.
tho place kept BY zee Ie Ho n rs gon i
\ n Str.et that worthy Celestial was FOUND ,
a .,,S "tnIten away because he could not
& nroduce satisfactory evidence OF ms .i ,s,I
Ss s - aIionl si5 He was overcome ct the pros-
y nact Of deportation and burst INTO t etll.
q declaring that he did not WanI ~ ~ So
* back to China After ne mao 'o. as,oa ,rsS
Il saIinws In the custody OF the olticeis,
Il SO sn,,its rose and he was the sans
Il hia "a ~ impe turbable, inscrutaple CRU
L s,,ra ga nptly portrayed by Berte lars c,
wan n ea protested TINT he was q .l ~
tian as did some Of the others. ~.
The marshal Office looked IKE ANNA, ny
S ture Chinatown as ono aiter tne .oenH,
NJ, nr 81. Orlantalsi was brought IN, some me NJ
X nericnn rarb. lot hers in their native COS
times. with, their queer sandals, uae,r
N N AZ wir y y blouses and with queues neatly
N hral d cd IS around their heads. ! hey ea 80
tns the marshal 8 office, smoking c.sass.
.iabbering away in their incomprehens.-
S BILE jargon and soon oeea.he q ! ae' = Ta 90
s uuietlyS awaiting developments sam : les.
SIC, king OF the Chinese hereaoo "as
sh,,sy11H e reassured the others BY his own
;mn.rturbability and his energy IN Sc
curing and comforting with counsel. Flhaa.
g ~ he sent for and retained Messrs. denly
Y and Melvin Flegenheimer. Whose .aar -
Y nractice III, tho Federal courts commena-
" "a them TO the ltriendless aliens from the
tar East. ks b IA ,.
4 Statement Denied.
Colonel Beach, the revenue agent who
figured in these cases, denied the story tt,
inferentially attributed TO him and pub
X lIshed that the wives of two well known
local physicians were patrons Of %, OPIUM >,
vague suspicion connecting any one more or
than vaguely in a general way with the
practice of Uniting the pipe" he would
III not SO admit to n reporter yesterday AZ
& ternoon. The discovery Of tho evidences
Of the consumption Of a quantity OF opium
in this city recently, and Of evidences OF
3 recent indulgenceilin this seductive and
perniclous drug are regarded; as a COM
plete contlrmat ion of the suspicion widely
entertained that there were opium joints
In this city 1t has even been intinnated IN
&! wa que way that many we'll known white
e persons, mon and women, have been IN
6 the habit Of patronizing these Joints and
Sdnhaling the fumes Of the opiate that
produces such Authorizations as described
BY victims of the drug habit.
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