The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-03
FOUR CHINESE ERE
PLACED UNDER ARREST,
Their oaees 70 0oare Up Ia The h unstsd1
States Court Monday, May 18th: ~
The Raid Made y es.srdsy He s$s 81
Been Planning for Two VI tsEs
Months or Aiors ABB
Doport 9oaa.

was far spent and night hnd closed In
upon this q Workad lay world. hilo the
iMongolians we're Finishing up the wesk'Es
fwashee and deliverins laundry e. oasto<
smers, tho Uni ted States revenue oftlclal15
and Marshal Nor gan Treat and his depu-s
/ ties swooped down like A wolf on the fold
Sand carried OF he Washse artists to the 4
Federal building, where they E spent four
or five hours OF anxiety and Strspid tion.s
and, final lett only after SQUIRT s had /
morning before the United States com ss
missioner, Joseph D. Brady Il Six None
gollans Wero arrested and held to show
ca use why they ould not be depoptsd TO N
their native shores for viola ton Of thssa
Geary exclusion act Of September ~. ~
ISL S One more Sam Lee, who srunssa
so-called Chinese stauran at No. 16sd Al
East III Frank lin Street {, was II held under
bond on "a more serious 5cl1arg a. ~ that st II
having in his possession " twent yS N ln-S;
stamped cans Il OF plum, II srnugH!ed intds8
this country vi thou paylne q
tar f Sors Of the revenue tax on tina an-
sgerou and seduc tive dru
unstanpe "a Oh ii1,.5 8Bl5i.s5 sls,
#f The Federal o Ulcers, aided Bby ali I'M
terpreterE to this oity$ from Boston by
order OF the government tied the svari S
2ousS Chinese resorts and stores IL AZ chez
city yeste rday, armed with search war
rants, and captured the stnstamped3 opium
Sttle empty cans and two Il hundred more;
cans bearing the government stamp. The
two hundred Gun PITY cans. Ind tcatinES an
enormous !consump pit lion of HE sdeadl y LOPEZ
We're found On the pre- misses. OF Voc Tone,
who runs the #plac ats IN o. IA S0a " East
Broad. formerly run by Wing On
n no was recently und era suspicion Of syios II
slatng the Sunday laws: q The Suns tnmpedS
opium was found on the premises OF Sam
4 Lee, Drums q Chinese rest aurant on
7 3 East Franklin Street. and lives there
with his white wife, ~ " neat looking
French Canadian. This Is q Tar tie y
most serious OF tho ca ses called before 81
4 COMMISSIONS Brad " esterda y, and, on IN
motion Of the Sprt soner' s counsel, Messra
Henry and Melvin Flegenh elmer, a q. u
{quiesced in by Distrt ct Attorney Lewis
I this was set for pre- irninal'y hearing hes
fore the comniss loner Monday, May Isl ii,Si
ut II "a. NJ. I'D " sssE
Sam gave bond for ss55c0, III w 90 Tons III
as i his surety, RI for his appearance a Vi
that time. He was accompanied lii court
Z by his white wife. and q nearly ali & the n
5other Chinese resi- ID ents Soe the CITY wera s
present either as bondsmen, efendantsloss
witnesses, The interpreter, Charles Key. ~
a very Intelligent Monaghan, In the soyss 5
Gernment service, conducted the coumu-4E
3nicatlon between the officials and 4 the U
Orientals. ;;5 FIJI
May be Deporsed, ,sa
Six Chinese resi- Tents OF this CITY ws1x 4.
charged with being IN this country ~ tbs ~
out certificates Of regtstrati lion, N as la 4;
borers and are REQ uired to prod uce these I'll
country sufficient # to h save & them from
3depoTtat ton. Otherwise, N Il they viii IS
conveyed to San E'ranoisco by Marshal
Treat and slipped to the floWery king
dom. AZ { Fl 555s
The most startling feature Of tho raids
mn Ia t1t
the mars hal $ force Eyesterd ayf};was Tho g5s
discovery OF "A evidence II strong " & tending
to show that Chinese opium Joints, with
all the degrade ton they foster. have for S
a long time aourIshed In Richmond Il and s
in some Of the most frelu ented and rspll-
OF two hundred cans IN q shed in@raar
Of the store OF Woo Tong. No. SO2 East
Broad Street, indicates an enormous in- SS&
dulgence In the stupefyins drug, Ths Nj
present proprietor o the place, who Fis 3
tho nabob OF local Chinese, aimed that
and that they are a relic Of his pred oea-
sor In that location. one Wing On NYo,
Woo Tong swore In court yesterday that S5s
no was worth property}po on the value of 54
$4,000 and went on the bono NJ /. q I've
fact that he Is not q defendant on any ",
charge, there was found In his place the y
cots or rattan settees used In opium h
Joints and the pipes and other para heT- "a
MALTA Of tho joint ss
5 Well-known Patrons. s
The officers. IT Is said. have evidence
that this and MI her 'pl arcs Of the kind In
the city hay3 been patyoniaed by many
white poop { Richmond, and by many l
believed tosahe we'll known. Just what
the revenue agent and the marshal have t
In the way OF les timony on this point Ii Il.
not disclosed, and In all probability Will ri
not be in the trial OF these cases, which
ara merely charges OF illegal residence
In this country. for which the only PEN
atty Is deportation. III Is possible. how q
oyer, that some sensational evidence may #
be brought OUT when the case OF Sam y
Lee comes to trial on 4 Tho grave charge ~
and Violation OF the revenue s8
laws. x. IL "a III ~ N, i3 ss
1 Ths raid on the Chinese reside ats has 81
been planning for two p1o nths fGr moi y 5i
First the coll sotor ri customs, Nh Stew ,s
art, received !nforma ton which led 10 5s
ths' belief that there snugglsti :. optT "A 81
IN this city Than Colonei ". 81. Reach;
special agent OF the revenue q aps rttnants
came here two weeks ago and hes been al
al WORK on the suspiclons Sysf since.
After she and his aEsoc atss ap ths
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