Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-10-11

IioNluclce, TX. L., oct. 10.-Elgntecn
Cinnamon arrested today after the
capture by the United States immiera-
ton authorities OF the schooner yacht
| Frolic, for which revenue cutters have
been searching along the New England
coast for the last two weeks, We're ar.
raiGncd this evening before United
States Commissioner Cross, and were
held fer examination next Wednesday.
Bail was fixed at $1,000 in each case. All
the arrested men pleaded not guilty.
and declared through an Interpreter
that they had been in the United States
before but that their certificates Of
residence had been lost in New York
and some in the fire at San Francisco.
Edward Junkins of Boston and Will
lam a. Duncan Of SomerVillC, Mass.
who were arrested as members of the
crew of the FroliC and Lehncmann,
who was captured on shore. where he
is said To have beCcn engaged in an rf-
fort to dispose Of the Struggled China
men. were not arraigncd today.
TWCnty-fnur of the Chinese paSSen-
gers of the Frolic are believed to be in
hiding in the Chinese quarters of this
city and immigration inspectors have
been making Il search of the quarters
all day. hut UP to tonight only one Sus-
poet had been found concealed there.
OF the others arrested. i We're caught
by the city police near the harhnr
docks early this morning and tW" 9TH
crS We're arrested during the forenoon
as they We're boarding d street car.
Providence. r. l., oct. 1a.-Aftcr hay-
ing cvadcd the United states customs
i i.,I. ~, ~
two weeks the schooner yacht Frolc
which left PlaCcntia, n. f., with Il cargo
Of contraband Chinese Immigrants, was
boarded in the Providence river early
this morning and contiscatcd in tho
name of the United States government.
The Portuguese members of the crew
were placed under arrest. they being the
only persons found on board the boat:
two men were arrested on suspicion of
being concerned in the smuggling of
Chimes" into this country while seven
teen Chinese, believed to have been pas
scngors on tho Frolic were arrested.
The most amazing part Of the affair
lies in the fact that the Frolic entered
the harbor in broad daylight. anch"ring
on the west side Of the Providence river
at llarb"r junction, opposite the coal
pockets Of the New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroad at 10 o'clock ycStcr-
day forenoon. Despite the vigilance
Of the coast guards ana the revenue
cutters from PASSPORT to Cape IIatteras
the schooner came up the hnrb0r with
out attracting any attention. those who
saw her on the way up Narrlgansott
bay ana the Providence river taking her
for a fishing schooner
1t WAS by tho purest accident that it
WAS discovered that the trim looking
schooner lying off the coal pockets was
the Frolic. At an early hour this morn
ing Earl Rush. who is employed ut the
coal pockets, saw two men huddlcd in Il
heap on the wharf Of the coal yard
On making an investigation he discov-
cred that they were Chinese and he was
about to eject them from the premises
when someone on board the schooner
cried out: Don't bother with those fell
lows. viii look after them Rush
then returned to the office of the com
pany and reported the occurrence to
Henry Clark the night watchman Clark
became suspicious that the Chinese were
being struggled into the country and he |
notified the police. Officers were de-
spatched to the scene and within Il short /
time eight Chinese had been captured.
In the meantime the customs and i'm |
migration officials had been notified of |
the arrest of the Chinese and the ap-
pearance of a strange schooner in the |
river. The vessel was not boarded !
Immediately however. as there was not !
breath Of wind stirring and it would be
impossible for the craft to get away |
The search for the Chinese was prose- |
cuted and before long nine more had !
been caught.