The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-03
Plot to Bring Chinese Into
This Country IN Defiance of
Law, is Unearthed.
DETECTIVES WORM CONFESSIONS OF GUILTY
Wabash Secret Service Men Capture Law Breakers
Redhanded and Hoodwink Them by Clever Ruse
-Four Chinks Arrested

A gigantic scheme to smuggle China
men into the United States was dis
covered last night by detectives in
the employ of the Wabash railroad.
and two of the agents of the combine
with four willy Celestials were taken
from a train this morning and landed
at the Hammond police station. The
detectives after a conference with
United States Commissioner Virgil 5.
Reiter, took the six prisoners back TO
Detroit. where the Cinnamon will be
deported and the two Americans Will
stand trial.
From information received from the
two detectives it is thought that a
syndicate with headquarters in Detroit
and Chicago have been carrying on the
business of importing Cinnamon from
points in Canada by way of Detroit TO
Chicago. where they were soon lost in
the maze of Chinatown. In this way II
is suspected that hundreds of the cool
les have been shipped into the United
States. 1t is said that the headquarters
Of the trust is at 1913 State street. and
this morning, one of the Cinnamon
mailed a letter to Charles Yorke, at
that address. The landing place OF the
four men. however, was TO be at 291
South Clark street in the Chinatown
OF Chicago.
Personnel of Party.
The two men arrested were Fred
Larlzins. % years Of age. who gave his
residence as Chicago. and said that
his occupation was that of a bartender
and Lorne stoneburg, &c years. of De.
I troit. The Cinnamon were Jung Hung
p years Jung Hing, 20 years. Chung
Foo. 80 years and CHEN Jee, "a years
They claimed different cities of Canada
as their residence. They were ali book
ed at the local police station and lock
ed up. afterwards being fed while they
awaited re-shipment to Detroit on til,
noon train.
The story of the tracing Of the fugi
tives by the two detectives and tn,
subsequent work in getting the infor-
nation was thrilling. The officers whC
pulled off the capture were Charles A
Acheson. of the secret service depart
ment of the Wabash railroad with offi
ces at Detroit and Fred s. Shepard O
Detroit. a plain clothes man for th'
railroad.
Met BY Police Mt Hammond.
The officers followed the men from
Detroit, on information they receive,
and placed them under arrest at Mont
pelier, Ohio, as they were bound Yves
on a Wabash train. due at Chicag,
this morning. From Montpelier the!
engaged the two agents of the SNUG
CLING syndicate in conversation, an
not until they reached Hammond at
o'clock this morning did they TAX
them from the train. They wired Chic
Rimbach shortly before 6 o'clock t
have a squad of officers at the station
to assist them in bringing them int
custody. This was done and the officer
with the six prisoners were brought I
the police station where they wer
booked and searched.
From the story told by the officers
was learned that the Celestials wer
brought across the Detroit river, jus
below the city in a row boat and wer
then secreted in the bushes until dark
All day long the poor coolies lay +
the dank weeds along the river bank
fearing almost to move. lest they los
all chance of the promised land. The
were carefully dressed IL suits o