The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-23
Ce|estia|s Who Escape From Ship
Likely to Be Costly
QuEuED QUARTET ARE FLEET RUNNERS
NOW THE MANAGEMENT OF LIN.
Err TYDEUS is SEEKING FOR
MISSING CHINkS,

TACOMA, Feb. 23.-When the Blue
Funnel liner Tydeus sails for the Orient
late tonight Waterhouse & Co., agents
for the Boston Tow Boat company, will
undoubtedly give a tremendous sigh of
relief. Their responsibility for detain-
ing "A Cinnamon on board the Tydeus
will then be at an end Six of the
Celestials, formerly of the steamer
Pleiades' crew, who are being sent
back to China on the Tydeus, quietly
disembarked yesterday, much to the
chargrin of the immigration Waterman
and the worry of Waterhouse & Co.
The Chinks are returning to China as
steerage passengers and since their
transfer over a week ago have had
nothing to do but walk the deck and
gaze with longing eyes at the forbidden
| shores. Yesterday morning the tide
brought the vessels deck even with the
wharf at the Oriental dock The temp
tatiOn was too great, and while the
watchman was engaged at the other
| end of the steamer, six of the crew
climbed ashore and fastened west from
| the docks to the hills. AS the last two
were disappearing around the corner
| of the warehouse the attention of the
Waterman was attracted and he gave
| chase. They saw him coming Four
of the Celestials who had escaped first
from the steamer, ran like the wind and
| were soon out of sight, but two who
were either not fleet of foot or were of
little courage, took refuge behind some
/ buildings where they hoped to escape
! detection. They were captured and led
| back to the steamer by the Waterman
But the others were gone.
| Loss Meant Fine of $4,000.
WaterhOuse & Co. We're notified and
| are naturally somewhat disturbed over
| the $4,000 fine which was threatening as
result of the four Cinnamon escaping
sent out men to search for them. They
soon discovered that the steamer What
com was due to leave the Commercial
| for the cannaries at Bellingham, form
dock at noon with 25 Cinnamon bound
Portland This complicated matters
| The men knew that if the escaped
steerage passengers succeeded in min
Cling with their countrymen at the
Commercial dock they could not be
experimentation, too some one re-
membered having seen a fat Chinaman
walking along the dock near the Ty-
deus earlier in the morning and when
they discovered that he was one of the
passengers destined for Bellingham.
they felt sure that he had enticed the
six men from the Tydeus.
After four hours hard search the four
Cinnamon from the steamer were dis
covered in a store on lower G. street,
enjoying a shopping tour. They were
paid off when they left the Pleiades and
they had no opportunity to spend their
money. 1t fairly burned their pockets
until, unable to stand it longer, they
had planned quiet little shopping trip,
They declared through the interpreter
that they had no thought of escaping
! the inspectors and remaining in this
country, but merely wanted to buy
some American goods. The entire A
i are looking forward to their trip across
to China as a holiday. In fact, some
! Of them had a chance to ship on the
British steamer African Monarch, but
refused to go as the captain did not
wish to take the crew of %.