Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-10

and he then set sail for Placentia Newfoundland. At that place forty two Chinamen were waiting tho ar
 rival of the Frolic, and little time
 was lost in slowing them on board
 With his cargo of human freight be-
 low decks, Captain Colby hoisted all available canvas and started on his voyage down the coast. The first difficulty encountered was at Saint
 Pierre, Miquelon Island, where the Frolic put in. The vessel had been
 there but short time when French
 custom house official put out in q
 dory and demanded that he be shown
 the ships papers. A manifest was
 produced by Colby, but the French
 official did not seem satisfied, and as
 he stood in his dory asking questions,
 Captain Colby. according to his
 crew, gave the word to set every
 stitch of sail. At the same moment
 he leaned over the side and cut the
 painter of the little dory. T he schoo-
 ner filled away under good breeze,
 leaving the custom officer helpless, so
 far as giving chase was concerned.
 Jenkins and Duncan assert that they
 were not chased on revenue cutters
 and they were not aware that the
 United States immigration officials
 were on their trail. The weather down the coast was rough and the unfortunate Chinamen, packed in a space far too small, were in pitia- ble(1ondition.
 The Chinese were dirty of body and totally ignorant of the rudiments of hygiene. Sea sickness added to the squalor of their indescribable The only air which en- tered their quarters found it's way through port holes. The crew of the Frolic never entered the cabin, Colby himself attending to the feeding of his passengers.
 The destination of the vessel was Providence and last Monday she sailed into Vineyard sound and on that night rounded Point Judith. Early yesterday morning the Frolic came up into Narragansett bay. She ran aground close by the Harbor Junction dock and remained there | throughout the day without exciting | the slightest suspicion. Darkness had scarcely fallen over the city when the | captain began to land the Chinamen. | A dory was lowered and each time 1t | vent ashore 1t carried six Chinamen. | Captain Colby went into the first | ,oat load and on the coal docks he vas met by John c. Lehnemann of | Boston, who, according to the police, las been in this city since last Fri lay. Lehnemann is one of the two uspects arrested to-day.
 These two men took charge of each ,roup of Chinamen and conducted hem to house in the Chinese quar- CT. Twenty-seven of the Chinamen lad been landed when the discovery f the coal pocket employe, Rush, up- ct the plans. Colby and Ames made heir escape, but Lehnemann was aptured while hurrying away from he coal docks. Later he admitted hat he was concerned in the snug ling operations. The Chinamen, he aid, were unable to control them- elves when they reached land. As e marched them through the streets, ehnemann said they threw their rms around his neck and seemed verjoyed at their deliverance from he ship in which they had suffered 'om hunger. thirst and sickness. t
 From Lehnemann the police learn E where the Chinese had been sent, ut when they reached the house i iere was not sign of the smuggled q It was considered more ian probable, however, that they ad been distributed throughout the c -iental quarter and a systematic arch was at once begun there. The [ fteen Chinamen who were captured { -e being held at police headquarters ! ending instructions from the United s .ates immigration officials. V