Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-15
GRIEF WITH TRICKY
 CHINESE
inspector at Douglas Meets
 One Who Is a Match for Bret Harte'S Immortal Dis SembleL and Retires Beaten

DOUGLAS, August 14.-(Special. )-
 Which l wish to remark
 And my language is plain
 That for ways that are dark. And for tricks that are vain,
 The heathen Chinee is peculiar, Which the same I would rise to- explain"
 These immortal lines of Bret Harte must have been uppermost in the mind of Immigration Inspector Chas. T. Cornell 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 depitcing in his inimitable way the Chinese of the western mining camps. Which the same Cornell explains as follows:
 An Flung is the name of a Oh naman who has lived in the vicinity of Ben son, NacO and Lewis Springs for a number of years. Flung was living in this country under the protection of United States certificate and would never have come under the observa- tion of the immigration authorities had he not made a number of trips to Cananea-something the immigration laws forbid of a Chinaman after he has once secured a certificate entitl- ing him to live in this country. Once he leaves the United States he for feits the right of its protection and the certificate granted him becomes Invalid. It came to the notice of the immigration officers that An Flung had been to Cananea, and then they asceT- 1 ta.ned that he was doing some crook ed certificate work in sneaking over the international line Chinese from Mexico. Hence they resolved to get Mir. An Flung. Charles T. Cornell, to whom was entrusted the job of roping Mir. Flung, did not know him personally and in order to successfully operate against him he needed a description of the Chinaman. This he got on one of his periodical trips to Cananea An Flung was described to him. He was sallow, as if he had been hitting the pipe" wore a mustache and had oth- CT strong lines which were given the inspector in detail Tine description secured, Cornell got busy on the case. It chanced that while going west on the train one day recently COnnen 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"
 Hello, old timer" he said. Have not seen you since I was in Clifton. Where are you going?"
 No" answered the Chink, me no in Clifton. Me live with cousin at Lewis Springs"
 Well, it was at Cananea I saw you?" suggested the inspector. No, mo-" he answered emphaticaI- 1 ly; me no sabe Cananea." Cornell asked for his certificate and had a look at it. Then he put it in his pocket. Cornell accompanied the Chink up the line and turned him ov- CT to the first inspector he met. h. 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 mustache shaved of To this t:me no direc; evidence had been obtained against him and it was Councils idea to take a sneak to Cananea and get the nee essary evidence with which to make case against him stick The Chink pleaded that if he was to have any ! trouble he would want to see his brother, and that he might journey tc Benson for that purpose the inspec- tor let him go, for the Chink had not as yet been legally detained He left, i presumably for Benson.
 | Cornell went to Cananea forthwith to get his evidence, without missing a train. The first person he saw was Chinese from whom he gets informa- | tion. He knew what Conhell wanted for the inspector had frequently in quired of the Lewis Springs Chink.
 Him here Missa Connell; him here now"
 You're crazy" said the inspector; T just left him back at Benson"
 No. 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 An Flung he saw that he had been outwitted. An Flung smiled and spoke.
 Me velly smart. You no catchee me. Me don't wantee go back to China. Me sabe Cananea." Even Cornell could not resist the humor of the situation and he laughed too. The Chink had caught a stage at Fairbanks and beat the inspector to i Cananea.
 Cost me fifty dollar" said An Flung. but you no catchee me. Me stay Cananea now"
 The inspector naturally felt an un- usual sensation-that of being out witted by Cbinese-but it was more of 8 joke than a material matter, for I rilu pd