The sun., 1908-05-27
HUNT FOR IL DEAD CHINESE
SAID TO HAVE REEN SHIPPED
HERE ALIVE IN TWELVE BOXES,

Having Been Snuggled From Mexico Into
Texas a. Merchandise and SuSYocated
They KNEW Something I'm Peii street
and the Government 10 Inauiring.
II twelve Cinnamon amugglsd In from
Mexico and shipped from FL Paso to this
city In boxes arrived here dead about two
weeks ago the number Of statutes and or
dinsnces that have been violated win take
some time to compute. The oorpses. for
one thing. have escaped the Coroner. The
basls for the report that they got to New
York appears to be the following telegram
alleged to have been received by Chinese
in I'll Paso:
NEW YORK. May is. 1908.
Twelve boxes received all right. but all
Qul hin. QUoNo DON HUEN.
1Qui hin Is an attempt to put into English
letters the Chinese words for dead ones
There have been reports for several days
that number Of Cinnamon smuggled In
In boxes over tho Texan border had died
somewhere Of suffocation and now Imnnigra-
ton Commissioner Sargent has sent a special
agent here to see what can be discovered.
from r. w. Berkshire. Supervising Inspector
Of immigration at San Antonio. who got
his information from the inspector at FL
Paso. who got his from his interpreter. Fung
Wing. Fung Wing. It appears. has been
picking up the story bit by bit In the Chinese
quarter Of Ell Paso.
Commissioner Sargent, who arrived In
the city last night. said he first heard the
story several days ago and had finally
traced 1t to its source. He assigned Charles
L. Baboook, o Secret Service officer at
tached to the department. to the case and
instructed Harry II. Sisson. the inspector
in charge Of tho Chinese department Of the
Bureau Of immigration here. to work with
Mr.. Babcock. Commissioner Sargent will
have q conference with Sisson and Babcook
this morning and they will report to him
what they have learned. He said he did
not take the story seriously. His depart
ment has found no record of twelve boxes
big enough TO hold Cinnamon being ex-
pressed from FL Paso and doesn't think 1t
likely that the Cinnamon would have been
sent by freight.
The Cinnamon gathered last night In
front Of the shop Of Quong Lee Yuen, mer-
chant, Of % Pell street. were very bashful
and incliped to think Mr.. Quong not at
home. 1t developed later that he was
there. but busy entertaining. Mr.. Quong
said that he had brother. as the Chinese
used the word. or as we would say. cousin,
rejoicing in the name Of Quong Don Yuen.
who resides In FL Paso. He said he had
telsgraphed Brother Quong In Ell Paso
about some countrymen in transit. but had
not rsoslved N answer yet. Hc had heard
that the moving Cinnamon were dead.
having sufYocated on the way. but he could
not be sure until his brother answered the
telegram he had sent.
Inspector Berkshire, who used to have
an office at 1l8 Nassau street, was sent to
III Paso about month ago and Mr.. Quong
said he thought Berkshire had been work.
ing on the case.
Cinnamon smuggled into this country
across the border are provided with nice
certificates Of birth in San Francisco, Port
land or some other Pacific city. The burden
Of proof In case they are held up then rests
with the Government to show that the
Chinaman presenting such a certificate
was not born In the city named therein.
This. a. might be supposed. the Govern
ment Is usually unable to do. San Fran
CISCO 10 the handiest birthplace since the
earthquake and FIRE destroyed what vital
statistics the city kept.