The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-14
Government Brings Action
Against Long John, Former
Iy of Richmond, Who Stole
Long Chong's Papers.
DIPPED PAPERS IN TUB
TO BLUR SIGNATURE.
H. H. Englebert Called to Gin
cinnati as Witness Against
Long John Who Fights to
Stay in United States.

In the federal court at Cincinnati
yesterday, Long John, a former Rlch-
mond Chinaman. was given hearing
on a charge filed by the United States
immigration officials that he had no
registration papers and was subject to
deportation. One of the witnesses IN
the case was H. H. Englebert, OF this
CITY. who long John claimed, had
been a witness to his registration pa
pers Mr.. Englebert testified that he
had been a witness to the papers OF
Long Chong, which papers the federal
authorities claim Long John stole.
The case is a most peculiar one and
of especial interest to Richmond peo-
pie, as both Cinnamon figuring in the
case, formerly resided here. The IN
cidents that cropped out during the
hearing of the case included the daring
| theft of registration papers; the story
| of the birth of the first Chinese baby
| in Indiana; the method of smuggling
| Cinnamon across the Canadian border
into Buffalo; how Long Chong made
fortune in the laundry business IN
Richmond and lost it playing the rae
es at New Castle, Ind, and other fea-
lures too numerous to mention.
| The tale that was told the federal
Judge at Cincinnati yesterday by the
| immigration officers is about as fol-
lows: s...
Several years ago Long Chong came
to Richmond and engaged in the laun-
dry business on North Eighth street
He was industrious and did big busi
ness, so when he left mere about three
years ago, he was regarded as fairly
wealthy man. After going to Dayto1
he removed shortly to New Castle
where he married Chinese woman.
year later newspaper correspondent:
in the Flower City sent out dispatches
to the effect that the first Chinese ba
by ever born in this state had arrived
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ions
Chong. Chong later began to develol
sporting proclivities and bought
race horse. He wagered heavily OF
the races and with such uniform il
t luck that he soon lost his bank roll
This so worried Chong that his healtl
began to rapidly fail him. New Castl
friends took pity upon him and raise
a purse. with which he and his wifi
returned to China
u Chong was not satisfied at tn
home of his father and he sailed TO
I Canada. He was eventually smuggle
across the Canadian border into Bu
falo. Chong was arrested but b
hot haI fro
pers in this city and was released
After securing a duplicate of his res
\ istration papers Chong went to Da,
e ton. 1t is in this city that Long Joh
i makes his entry into the case.
John Crafty Celestial.
IL 1t is claimed that John secure
g Chongs duplicate papers, having non
d of his own dipped them into was
II tub and so blurred the ink that it We
S nearly impossible for them to be rea
1t is claimed John then sent the p
@ pers with his photograph to the il
1t migration officials at Washington, 7
1T presenting the papers We're made o.
,r TO him. He asked that new papers
1t prepared and forwarded to him.
e The crafty immigration officials
S. means of the number on the pape
and by comparing Johns photogral
,e with the one they had of Chong di
S. covered that John was attempting
E. secure registration papers by frau
and ordered his arrest. He was give
ot a hearing before the United Stat
re commissioner at Dayton who ORDER
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