The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-13
HIGH BINDERS N
REASONABLE ACT
BY Action They Have Taken.
Virtually Declare War on
Uncle Sam.
WANT KILL INTERPRETERS
OPEN HosTiLlTIEs MAY BE Elk.
PEcTED At ANY TIME AS FED
ERAL OFFICERS LAW DOWN
LAW TO CHlNkS.

High-binders in Chinatown, backed BY
the Six Companies, have declared war
against the federal government of the
United States by threatening to kill
three official Chinese interpreters in
the Chinese bureau of the lmmigra-
ton Department. Open hostilities
may be expected at any moment, as
Hart North, Commissioner of Immi-
grafton, speaking for Uncle Sam. has
sent word to the silk CARRIED gentry
of Spoford alley that the immigration
authorities are not to be dictated to
by hatchetmen and that the men who
have been marked for slaughter will
continue, under the protection Of the
government, as interpreters In the
service.
Price on Heads.
The men on whose heads a price
has been placed are Edward Park.
Chin Jack and Young Kay, native
born Chinese, who have been in the
immigration service for many years.
office Nwas served on Edward Park in
Chinatown as he was returning home
from the immigration offices in the
Custom House several nights ago. He
was told by a highlander, who drag
ged him into doorway as he was
passing Sullivan alley on his way up
Washington street, that he would be
killed if he continued in the service
of the United States. He was also in
structed to inform his associates in
the department that they might ex-
pect similar treatment if they did not
sever heir connections with the gov
eminent.
On learning OF the threat Commits
sioner North detailed several men
from his office to make a thorough in
vestigation of the case, with the idea
in view of furnishing the department
at Washington with a full report of
the affair. -
1t is believed that the threat made
against the interpreters is the direct
outgrowth OF Commissioner North re-
Gently detecting several frauds in the
attempt to land Chinese girls for. i'm
moral purposes. The girls were
brought to the United States on GER
tificates of departure Of other Chinese
ma. The highbinders who had import
ed the slave girls had found, through
agents in China, substitutes for the
departed girls and in this way at
tempted to deceive the authorities. In
every case Commissioner North de-
tected the substitution and the girls
were all denied landing.
In making these discoveries Com
missioner North was aided materially
by the Chinese interpreters. They de-
tected false evidence and perjury. In
some of the cases the offenders were
convicted of perjury. while others
were either deported or sent to the
penitentiary for importing women for
unlawful purposes.
Young Kay was waylaid by two
Chinese in front of his home in Pros
pect place and it is now believed they
intended warning Kay at that time,
but they were frightened away before
they had time to execute their plans.
Park did not know the man who
grabbed him. He had the appearance
of highlander and said that he spoke
with the authority Of the Six Com
panies. After rushing Park into the
darkened recess. he first asked him
II he was Chin Jack, having evidently
mistaken him for the other Chinese
interpreter.
He was excited and told Park in a
few words that the three interpreters
had been marked by the highbinders
and they would be killed ii they con-
tinued in the service of the govern
ment. His remarks were emphasized
by the display of a gun of unusually
large calibre. The warning having
been given, the highlander slipped
away into the narrow Sullivan alley
and Park hurried to report what had
happened to the United States author
tiles.