The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-05-09
WAS "GROUNDING" RUSE
TO LAND PASSENGERS s?
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For each alien illegally landed fine OF
$1,000 or from three months to years i'm
prisonment or both Is provided as we'll as
humorous fines for each passenger that
has not proper accommodations on board
and for sundry other violations OF sani-
tary laws.
immigration Commissioner Billings at
Boston sent down inspectors Dolan, Hoe,
Root and Lundberg to take charge of the
Bravas and conduct them TO Boston.
There were three not allowed to land
with the other passengers and later with
the II "stowaways' OF whom four were
women were taken ashore and carried TO
Boston, whore they have been subjected
TO an examination and this morning there
was an extended hearing before Commits
sioner Billings
Through the evidence secured by the
inspector while in Providence. It IS
thought that about Sc OF these Bravas
were landed by small boats, and that they
were seen about the streets OF Providence
soon after the schooner ran aground
Captain Monteiro's story OF the 12 stow
aways whom he said he did not discover
until he had been IS hours out from Braya
sounds very queerly TO any one who has
been on the schooner and who Is familiar
with the conditions on such boats accord
ing to local boatmen
DR.. King OF the city health department
was wondering today IL he Is to lose the
money he had expended in getting put on
board the schooner as well as the regular
department fees for the medical inspector.
l had 10 hire a tug when the UNIQUE
came I'm on that last trip he said and the
expenses attendant on the inspection were
about slb OF which i didn't get a penny.
nope this won't turn out that way
There was one familiar face that saw
on the Sarah T.. Lee and that was Captain
Manuel divers. lie knows all about the
Brava business from beginning 10 end for
he has been captain OF a number OF the
immigrant boats In the Bravo trade II
seems rather funny that the schooner
should ground with a man as well versed
I'm the conditions In this bay as he IL. on
board
He took the Unique away from here
and sold her I'm the African trade. YOU
will remember after she was condemned
and sold by the government, when the
libel was put on her. He was also mas
ter OF the Carrie Norton. that vessel that
was fitted out here for the African trade,
and returned dismasted. and then he was
on the II. a. Small which was I'm the
Brava trade.
There is very little about that Brava
trade that he doesn't know, and he was
looking very well on the occasion OF my
visit TO the Sarah Lee. the other day
Were you not sceptical about the
stories Siry told?" the doctor was asked
We'll l didn't go over the passenger
list as the custom house people were
close aboard and did that very carefully,
so that there was no need TO do IL twice"
he said but | VIII own that when he
told me the story Of the dozen stowa-
ways Il sounded very strangely to me.
though did not say anything at the
time What struck me as most peculiar
was the quantity OF fresh meat they said
they had eaten. -Four cows and a lot OF
sheep and goats seemed a whole lot OF
meat for ~" passengers on the list. even
with the addition OF the stowaways. who
didn't appear FOR a. hours. Even with
The help Of the sea air IL does not seem
as though they would eat all that food"