New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-17
ALIENS SMUGGLED IN.
GET HERE rs STOWlWlYS
W0tchorn Nips alleged Conspiracy
Girl in Mans attire CAUGHT

before the Storage passengers of the steamer
Saratov. of the Russian voIuntoor NJ. -,
started for Ellis Island early MONDAY, ,,o,-,,ir,
the Waterman at Bushs Docks. South T2roolsr,,,,
where the steamer IS lying saw two parsons
pass GOWN the gangplank and walk to the on
'idi'ce OF the pier. He stopped them. and each
presented shore leave ticket issued aboard
the steamer which entitled him 70 go where
he pleased 'o
Inc pair mad barely gone a hundred feet when
the Waterman recalled that the smaller If rho
TWO persons he had passed out was exceedingly,
ef1eminate in walk and general appearance II,
ran AFTER the couple. and saw instantly in ,ba
light outside the pier that the one he had s,,s-
pected was indeed a woman
He took her back aboard tho Sarato,. 90, l.,
formed the immigration officials that = far,,,Io
st"rage passenger. disguised as \ member 90
me snip crew. had tried TO go ashore. Tho girl
VINO was eighteen years old. was taken M ono.
10 the island. and there confessed that She wa c
sto"away and had hoped to get ashore before
inc passengers were taken to Ellis Island Sha
gave the name Of Pauline Flaks ana said th,,
her parents were dead
Inc girl He'd from small town near Moscow,
ana with a Re" rubles made her wy TO Rotter-
uail' "here she worked for six months az n cool,
IN Dutch family The Hoianders went avro,.
ployer. she slowed away on the Sar,.,
She mingled with the steerage passcrgers =,
though she had no ticket, and hid hersc,f o,.-
Sunday In compartment 3 Of the steerago omar
ters. Fearing her identity would be known f.,
taken TO the island she attempted to escape before
the passengers were transferred. Her conpan-
Ion. who left the steamer with her on NJond,,.
escaped. The girl said he was not member -,
the crew but peasant who fled from her own
town.
Commissioner Watchorn was not nj all SIR
prl5ed at the girls story. for he has been watch
ing closely for some time the stea,pers ~ no
Russian East Asiatic Steamship Company and
the Russian Volunteer Fleet both maintaining
a service between Libau and Rotterdam ana
New York
It was learned yesterday that the immigration,
officials obtained some important informatio,
recently while the steamer Estonia of the Rus
sian East Asiatic Line. was in port which threw
considerable light on new method Of getting
into this port sickly and otherwise undesirable
aliens who were refused transportation as steer
age passengers at Lbau and Rotterdam
An inspector and interpreter went to the
Grand Central Station. mingled with the many
poorly clad and sclIy immigrants there and
overheard one say that II was an easy matter
TO get into this country on the remark OF the
man the immigrants were taken TO Ellis Island
and three OF them confessed that for So 30 Their
safe transportation TO New York and a guaraI-
tee to land arranged by q man in Lfbau
who makes business OF providing for the
landing OF undesirable aliens in this country
According to the three men who were brought
here on the Estonia, SO was paid to the man
in Libau. $50 TO member Of the crew for trans
portation member OF the and $12 80
TO another member OF the crew for a shore leave,
ticket permitting them to leave the steamer and
escape. 1t IS said that forty undesirable persons
were landed here while the Estonia was in port
The revelations of the from the Estonla
caused Commissioner Watchorn to put special
guard on the Russian steamers. When the Sara
tow Of the Russian Volunteer Fleet, arrived here
on Saturday. inspector asked the captain if
he had any stowaways on board. He replied that
he had not. Notwithstanding the captains
statement, an extra watch put on the
steamer. and at !: 45 n. Sunday inspector
saw a man slide down a rope to the pier. He
was caught, and when taken to Ellis Island
said he was Jan Gednn Of KownO, Russia, and
that he had hidden himself aboard the steamer
at Ldbau He denied paying any money or re-
ceiving any aid from members Of the crew.
Cedmin and the girl who apprehended By
the Waterman on Monday. and the three men
taken from the Grand Central Station. were all
suffering from trachoma, and because of it
legitimate transportation from Libau and Rot
terdam had been refused.
Commissioner Watchorn knows the name OF
the man in Iibau who IS resOrting to Illegal
methods for transporting undesirable aliens, and
has much evidence against his confederates in
the steamship service. He has placed the entire
"a GO I'm the hands of the United States Attorney
According to Section Is of the Laws OF 1907
any person who is convicted of smuggling immi-
Grants into this country Is liable to fine of not
less than 500, not more than $1,000 or impris-
onment for one year, or both.