The San Francisco call., 1910-12-19
-FOUR Chinese
ARRESTED FOR
SLAVE TRAFFIC
Federal Authorities Place Pris-
oners, Who May Be Lead
ers, on Angel Island
Raids Made in Secret and the
liIgherups in Ring May Be
Reached Soon

camp At Angel island the belief being
that in them the federal immigration
authorities have some of the principal
leaders in the Chinese slave trahic
ring
no whisper OF the arrests was given
out 10 either police or public. The i'm
migration bureau. following up its in
Nestigstion started by the discovery of
the 10 Chinese men and girls who came
on the Manchuria. have been dragging
Chinatown systematically. on making
The four arrests the raiding ceased for
the time being. and the common i'm
preston is that the men are the ones
wanted by the government.
SECRECY MAINTAINED
Instead Of turning over the prison
ers to the police or to the federal mar
shsl. the immigration authorities took
them to Angel island. The whole affair
was worked with the greatest secrecy.
What informa ton they have against
the four the authorities will not give
out
'fhe four men are under arrest at
Angsi island" said Harry Edsen. who
IS i'm charge Of the investigation. I'VE
can not give out anything regarding
them at this time. but the probabili-
ties are that IN few days the I'M
portance Of their capture viii be made
public"
Edsell has been working against the
ring for long time. II was not until
the Is stowawsys were captured that
he began to make headway. Prior to
that time he had succeeded in blocking
several attempts to land Chinese on
these shores. but the secrecy with
which the ring worked made it inn
possible for him 10 reach the principals
OF lste he has worked night and day
on the case.
MAY REACH HIGHER Ups
His fnforna ton he received from
some Of the stowaways, but IL was OBJ
7ained only after days OF questioning
and interviewing. somewhere ne
found the weak link in the chain, anc
Immediately he poured his men through
Chinatown. The investigation was pur-
sued with the utmost secrecy but with
The utmost vigor It was the biggest
siakeuD Is Chinatown has received Tor
many years
ii is believed generally that not alone
did he get the men he was after, but
also that he found several slave girls
hut Of the latter he would not speak
The subject. he said lis not yet
ready 10 he made public.
Neither would he give the names OF
the four arrested. The drastic action
o., r1e mart Of the immigration bureau
and the secrecy surrounding it are taken
TO mean that the event IS the forerun-
rer OF a series Of sensations bigger
even than those surrounding the opium
smuggling case. The expectations are
fIlat the arrest OF the four viii be FOL
lowed soon by others That there are
Of
is made evident by the means employed
in the trade and the money spent in the
defense Of those who fau In the
clutches Of the federal authorities
With Paul schultz the wounded
stevedore. and Vow On. the steward
boy" on the Toyo Kisen Kaisha- facing
charges of assisting in importing Chi
uese slave girls into the country, the
federal officials made considerable
,,roeress in their Investigations.
schultz had no difficulty whatever in
obtaining $4,000 bonds. He remained
at Hahnemann hospital until SATURDAY,
when an automobile called for ham and
he was driven to his home at III Han
cock street The federal guard which
was placed over him soon after he
arrived at the hospital was removed
Friday.
MARSHAL LIFTS GUARD
The warrant for his arrest" said
NIyrshaI Charles T. Elliott. was placed
in my hands Saturday afternoon Prior
% that time we had nothing on which
we could hold the man, but 7 was
eiven to understand that the customs
authorities. believing that he might be
connected with opium smuggling, kept
q watch over him. This guard was
lifted Thursday or Friday, and Satur-
CAV he was taken home.
when one Of my deputies went TO
serve the warrant he found that
cc,ultz had left the hospital and
traced him 10 his home at III Hancock
street. There was no attempt at
escape or anything OF that kind. There
was no charge against the man and
there was nothing TO prevent his going
where he pleased
1T was reported to me that he was
I'm q very serious condition and [ was
asked TO allow a guard to watch his
home until bonds could be arranged ]
agreed TO this. and in a few hours a
Justice Of the peace accepted two
bondsuen on the 5000 bail which had
been set. On being told of this I re-
moved the guard from his home
SCHULTZ CONSIDERED AN AGENT
The ease with which Schultz secured
hail is taken as a confirmation of the
belief Of the federal officials that he
was the agent for a wealthy combine
van q dentist at Eighteenth and Castro
streets. and John r. Drummond re-
tired railroadman of Oakland.
Vow On was not so successful and
snent Yesterday in the Alameda county
isf. From the outset the immigration
aufhorftfes believed that he Vas oper-
affng for himself, and had no connec-
ton with the big ring. His bail is set
At $4,000.
The immigration authorities in
working in Chinatown are being aided
bv Chief Of Police Seymour.
schultz is not allowed TO be seen by
any one. His relatives refuse TO an
swer questions regarding him, save to
say that his condition is serious. He
IS being attended by Doctor DAWSON
I know absolutely nothing about the
matter" said Mrs. Schultz. He was
~ the hospital until he was able TO be
moved. and then brought home. There
was no attempt at escaping from any
body because there was nobody to
escape from. The warrant for his ar