The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-15
..FOR WAYS THAI ARE DARK"
And Tricks That are Vain, the
Heather Chinee is Peculiar

h Carson City Jail awaiting the &C
ton of the United States grand jury.
They are charged with selling liquor
to the Indians. says the Carson News
Last evening All Fong, a Chinaman
about town called at the Jail with a
small package of China rice. perhaps
weighing a couple of pounds. He ex-
planned at considerable length that
the incarcerated Celestials would con-
slider the rice a great delicacy. and to
prove its inoffensiveness ~unwrapped
the package. He was ~over-industrt-
Gus, however, and an officer upon
reaching down into the rice found a
large package OF yen she. the by-pro
duct of opium as used In the pipe.
OF course he was greatly shoct
at the discovery. He would not have
been a Chinaman II ne hadn't. And
equally of course the prisoners dis
claimed any knowledge Of the stun.
protesting that they had called for
tobacco, and not rice. In fact they did
not care for rice, and as for yen she.
why they would not for 4 moment
tnlnk OF uSiT& the vie drug.
This called to mind the ingenuity
sometimes displayed by the Celestial
in securing this drug. Yer she Is the
refuse left after smoking opium. 1t
is a vile smelling product and the VIC
Tins eat it. Sheriff Kinney has a
which he has caught on the road in
side, not including a quantity of OPT
um. When sentenced to prison the
authorities deal out very small guam
titles to the fiends at first. gradually
decreasing the moun to the point
where they feel the prisoner can recov-
err from a sudden breaking away and
then cease it's administration
Despite all vigilance. however. OF
The officials the Chinese who are on
lined in prison manage to secure more
or less of the much-prized drug.
A Chinaman in the city Jail once
igged up a rather unique opium pipe.
He managed to secure a small bake
hole in the top. Then he whitfield a
stopper from a bit OF bark, and found
a small tin spout such as comes OF
kerosene cans. The latter was his
m~outhpiece. But, alas. his ingenuity
and the time consumed went for
naught. He was detected.
At the state prison a few years ago
The officials were mystified In their
endeavor to detect the channels thro'
which opium was reaching the prison
ers on the inside. So skillfully was the
product secreted that suspicion all but
fell upon the guards. At last the sys-
TEN was discovered. A vegetable
Chinaman brought the stun down and
passed 1t to the hostier, who in turn
got it into the hands Of a Chinese
rusty. From his hands 1t got to the
sook, also a Celestial, and through the
walters 1t eventually reached Its des-
tination. 1t passed through man
Another time 1t reached the kitchen
through the vegetables themselves.
When a Chinaman has been cook
plum has reached inmates of the Car
IN City Jail through the medium OF
Jiscuits
Osst - ~ tkkC o. - khV RAs
Tor an ingenious method OF getting
meat to a prisoner on a bread and
water diet was discovered. The ra-
ions for some offenses consist Of u
loaf of bread and a jug Of water. II
was discovered that each loaf had
been very carefully followed out and
the crust stuffed with a pound or more
Of cooked meat. Then the end pre-
yiously removed was very skillfully
fastened ON in its original place, and
The break could not detected. In the
~eil was found a dozen or more loaves
which had been emptied of their con-
tents. leaving nothing but a shell on
the outside. Hid the recipient OF the
favors f.om the kitchen been wise
enough to consume the crusts, It Is
not likely the deception would have
been discovered for some time.
A Chinaman one day left a roll OF
outer with the officers Of the State
prison to be given to a Chinese pris-
oner. The roll was apparently intact
M was on the road to the inside
when one OF the officials spoke ND and
emarked that he never heard Of /,
Shinaman caring for butter. He cu,
the roll in two pieces lengthwise and
disclosed several dollars worth Of op-
ium.
Three or four years ago a prisoner
was discharged. Eight other prison
ers gave an OF der on the clerk to pay
him $3.50 for each of them. Anothei
prisoner gay $40. This Is not an un
usual proceedinfi. as prisoners about
to be discharged are frequently given
money with which to purchase deli
cacies to be sent In iegitimately. But
the clerk was struck with the fact that
everyone of the nine contributors was
an opium fiend. He asked the oficers
of this city to watch this He
took the train for Reno the night he
was discharged. returning the next
morning. Officers followed him to EN-
p're and arrested him, finding Sc worth
Of opium which he intended to plant
near the prison for some trusty to