Albuquerque citizen., 1907-08-17
HOW CH|NAMAN
OUTW|TTED
CONNE[L
immigration official Con.
feSSeS That Yellow Man
Was Too Smart.

Douglas, Ariz., August IL
which 1 wish to remark
And my language is plain
That for ways that are dark,
And for tricks that are vain,
The heather Chinee is peculiar,
Which the same / would rise to
explain
These immortal lines of Bret Harte
must have been uppermost in the
mind of Immigration Inspector Chas.
T. Connell this morning when he un-
burdened himself of an incident with
which he was recently associated, the
central figure Of which was a heather
Chinee of just such a sort as Harte
knew when he was depicting in his
inimitable way the Chinese OF the
western mining camps. Which the
same Connell explains as follows:
All Fung is the name of a China
man who has lived in the vicinity of
Benson. Naco and Lewis Springs for
number of years. Fung was living
in this country under the protection
of a United States certificate and
would never have come under the OBJ
servation of the immigration authori-
ties had he not made a number OF
trips to Cananea-something the i'm
migration laws forbid of a Chinaman
after he has once secured a certi
ficate emitting him to live in this
country. Once he leaves the United
States he forfeits the right of it's pro-
lection and the certificate granted him
becomes invalid. 1t came to the no.
tice of the immigration officers that
All Fung had been to Cananea, and
then they ascertained that he was
doing some crooked certificate work
in sneaking over the international
line Chinese from Mexico. Hence
they resolved to get Mr.. All Fung.
Found His Man.
Charles II. Connell, to whom was
entrusted the job of roping Mr. Fung,
did not know him personally and in
order to successfully operate against
him he needed a description of the
Chinaman. This he got one one of
his periodical trips to Cananea. All
Fung was described to him. He was
sallow, as If he had been hitting the
pipe" wore a mustache and had 9TH
er strong lines which were given the
inspector in detail The description
secured, Connell got busy on the
case. 1t CHANGED that while going
west on the train one day recently
Connell ran into a strange Chinese,
Strange faces in that race to Connell
are a rarity and it took but a second
glance to convince him that the Chi
nese was his man. He first decided
upon a 'bluff'f
Hello, old timer" he said. Have
Where are you going?"
NO" answered the Chink, me no
in Clifton. Me live with cousin at
Lewis Springs"
We'll it was at Cananea 1 saw
you?" suggested the inspector.
mo, no." he answered emphatical-
ly; me no sabe Cananea."
Chinl< Arrested.
Connell asked for his certificate and
had a look at 1t. Then he put ii In
his pocket. Connell accompanied the
Chink up the line and turned him
over to the first inspector he met. In
structions were given to have him
photographed, to keep his certificate,
giving him a receipt for it, but he
was not kept under guard and before
any of them knew anything about it
he had slipped out and had his mus
tache shaved off. To this time no di-
rect evidence had been obtained
against him and it was Connell's idea
| to go to Cananea and get the neces-
sary evidence with which to make
| case against him stick. The Chnk
pleaded that If he was to have any
| trouble he would want to see his
| brother, and that he might journey TO
| Benson for that purpose the inspec-
| tor let him go, for the Chink had not
| as yet been legally detained. He left,
presumably for Benson.
/
to get his evidence. without missing a
train. The first person he saw was a
| Chinese from whom he gets informa-
! tion. He knew what Connell wanted,
| for the inspector had frequently in
quired Of the Lewis Springs Chink.
Deported Himself.
Him here Mlssa Connell; him here
now"
you're crazy" said the inspector;
| 81 just left i'm at Benson"
| mo, me no claZy," persisted the
Chink; him here now. Me show
you. Come
| And Connell went.
His Chinese informant was right
| Brought face to face with All Fune
he saw that he had been outwitted
All Fung smiled and spoke.
me velly smart. You no catchee
me. Me don't wantee go back tC
China. Me sabe Cananea."
Even Connell could not resist the
humor of the situation and he laugh
ed too. The Chink had caught {
stage at Fairbanks and beat the in
spector to Cananea.
Cost me fifty dollar" said Al
Fung. but you no catchee me. M
stay Cananea now"
The inspector naturally felt an un
usual sensation-that of being out
witted by a Chinese--but II was NOR,
of a joke than a material matter, FOL
the Chink had voluntarily deporte'
himself-and deportation was all th
inspectors wanted.
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