The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-12-18
CHINESE HAVE CLEVER WAY or
DoDGlNG IMMIGRATION LAWS
ARRESTED A "cHINk" HERI
Came to This country in Violation Of the
immigration Laws and Was Working
in Laundry.

A. Benner swooped down on Crystal
Falls last Wednesday and threw big
chunk OF fear into the laundry OF
which Chas. Wong, one OF the Oldest.
best known and popular Cinnamon
In this state. Is proprietor. DIR.
Benner made bee line for the
laundry as soon as he got off the train
and upon entering the laundry didn't
stand minute on ceremony. He sim
ply slipped hand cuffs onto every yell
lew man in sight including Charlie.
As soon as he found cut which was the
man he wanted he removed the cuffs
from the others and let them 60 their
way
A small "chink" who had been here
but few days was arrested and taken
to the 500 where he will be held on
charge Of having evaded the immigra-
tion laws and IL found guilty he will
be deported.
The inspector, after he had landed
his man. talked freely and entertain
inRly 10 all who met him. When ask
ed why he put the cuffs" on everyone
in the Laundry (Chas Wong has lot
of friends here and they didn't like.to
see him abused) he replied that IL is
precaution that is absolutely necessary.
"A fellow may enter one of these
Chinese laundries where number OF
'Chinks are employed. said he "and
they will shift about and change
clothes so quickly that one cannot tell
which Is the man he wants. They all
look alike and are adopts In deceit.
SO. we just nail everyone In sight
and put them In such position that
they can make no shift and then we
can pick out our men. -
No Chinaman' said he, has any
right to be In this country who was
not here 81 years ago. That is the
time that the exclusion law went into
effect. In other words, when you see
a Chinaman who cannot use the En-
glish language to some extent you may
be sure that he has no right here for 1t
is very improbable that any person
would remain 81 years in this country
and not learn to use some English. -
When asked concerning the "Chink"
that he grabbed off and how he learned
of his whereabouts he replied. 'We
tine immigration officersD have the
name and record of every Chinaman
who was here 81 years ago. We got
next TO the fact that number OF
"green Chinks' were in this part OF
the country and several OF the agents
have been In the vicinity of the 500
for some time Our Investigations
have brought to light over there one
OF the most extensive smuggling plots
that has been uncovered In a long
time
A Canadian half breed half French
aud half Negro-has been carrying on
this business for long time and we
nave caught him. This think" was
one OF mis- importations. We have five
more OF his men In Jail now. This
man was smuggled across the st.
Marys river in boat about 40 miIss
below SauIt Ste. Marie. We got trace
OF him and followed him here.
When asked what would be done in
this case he replied. I'VE will give
him hearing and try TO convict him.
You may not know. but IL is fact,
that 10 is very difficult task TO prove
one OF These fellows came here later
than twenty-one years ago. The gen.
eral line OF defense and IL will un-
doubtedly be no In this fellows csse--
is that they are native torn. Every
Chinanlan arrested puts MP that plea
and will tell you the street and num-
ber of the house In Chinatown. San
Francisco, where he was born with the
name OF his mother We have one
woman In Chinatown who is the
mother or several hundred "Chinks"
according 10 the testimony that they
give In court We have got 10 prove
that they were not born In this coun.
try and IL Is q diffiouit operation.
THE Canadian government levies q
head tar OF $500 on each Chinaman
imported and. the Cinnamon that this
500 hslf-breed has BEEN smuggling
across the border were brought into
Canada and head tax paid on them.
Then they were smuggled across the
border In various ways by men In this
busipesa Canada gets the money and
the United States gets the Chlnamen z
Mr.. Bennsr has also been engaged In
looking up the white slave trafiic and