The San Francisco call., 1910-12-08

p" IN cases NGLuEaAtN the men WIZ
packed the hold knew of the plot. Tn,
women were put into a chain and rop,
locker
PRISONERS IN PITCH DARKNESS
Consider the situation. Eight mer
in a space Of less than IA feet, with n,
ventilation or light their only sub
sistence being cold tea and dried fruits
The plight OF the women was little bet.
ter-if any. They tell me they lost al
track Of day and night To them i
was pitch darkness for 25 days
On coming to San Francisco theJ
ind themselves lowered into q boat
Who removed the castings surrounding
the men? Who helped the stowaway.
into the boats? Naturally. some one or
board the ship. The presumption il
plain These Is find themselves IL
boats rowed by two white men. The
night is dark and ] doubt If they could
Identify the two If we did run them
down.
The plan Of the men was TO go tc
their friends in Chinatown and declare
themselves and seek their help. The
girls had not the least idea OF what
was 10 become of them. They were tc
be met and conducted somewhere
where they 90 not know.
such is their sole knowledge Of the
transaction. However. with the identity
Of the Hongkong agent firmly estab-
lshed- the discovery of the names OF
me friends 70 whom the men were
going and few other like facts give
Us pretty good inkling Of the real
parties behind the scheme
II We can not get sufficient facts 70
protecUte them. we can at least keep
a watch on them. The capture has
given us proof positive Of former. sus-
picions and made clear several doubts
regarding the identity Of the CLIQUE in
san Francisco engaged in the slave
traffic"
That the immigration officials have
secured more information than they
care 10 give out at present. they can
oioly admitted They refused to men
ton any names, saying that if criminal
prosecutions did follow the investiga-
ton premature publication of the
loentiues Of the dealers in slaves
would give the latter undue warning.
II definitely developed yesterday that
Two white men who are presumed to
have superintendent the operations of
taking the stOWaWays off the shin went
on board the Manchuria during SUNDAY
and remained there until II o'clock at
night At this time they are said to
have shippe dthe Is into boats. The
question with Colonel Blinn is: What
were the four customs inspectors on
boar othe vessel all this time doing7
II Is Chinese could be nnuEEled through
a portfolio into a waiting boat. what
IS there TO prevent the smuggling Of a
cargo OF opium IN the same way? The
four inspectors - Kilemade. Gibbons,
Rohrbscher and Freund-win have to
explain their actions TO Blinn this
morning.
Blinn's argument is that if the four
were doing their duty IL would be prac-
tically impossible for the INTO miss
seeing the boats. Another point which
Biinn is tigating is the Jesertion
at Yokohama" Of Chin Fook. n. 1
boatswain OF the Manchuria. The be-
lief is that this person was the one on
board who engineered the smuggling
deal. but when things went astray
quietly slipped out On the ships
papers he is reported to have deserted
at Yokohama.
The officers Of the Manchuria de-
clared again yesterday that they could
md no trace Of the stowaways on
the vessel The belief is. however, that
no sooner did the Is leave the ship
than members OF the crew set to work
and cleaned Up the spaces where they
had been hidden.
The customs and immigration Of
hcials have Joined hands in this investi-
work is being done in secret, but the
belief is that the members Of the crew
Of the Manchuria have been questioned
and much information secured from
them. The startling fact is the open
manner in which the smugglers
worked. The four inspectors who
made the raid declared that the white
men rowing took no pains to muffie
their oars and that they operated as
II they feared no danger
Struggled Chinese Land
SAN DIEGO. Dec. Taking advant-
age Of the fog two small gasoline
schooners from Mazatlan, Mex. slipped
past the revenue cutter Bear of the
coast a short distance north Of San
Diego. landed % Chinese and vanished
50 did the Chinese. The landing was
effected Monday night. according to in
formation given out this morning, and
as far as known the local immigration
officers have not captured the contra
band. The cutter Bear, for some time
has been cruising near this port look
ing. It is said, for the two boats with
their human cargoes. Information
was received that the boats had left
Mazstlan and the date Of their prob
able arrival OF this coast was COM
puted.
Every effort has been made to sun
press the facts in the case, and at the
immigration Office no Information was
obtainsble today. 1t is known. how
ever, that a determined hunt is being
made for the smuggled Chinese. The
landing was effected through the surf
between la Jole. San Diego's fashion
able seaside suburb, and Del Mar.
Monday night a heavy fog hung over
the ocean and land. making conditions
ideal for the srnugglers. Most of the
smuggled Chinese are believed to have
made their way to Los Angeles by this
time or else are in hiding awaiting