The San Francisco call., 1910-12-13
YELLOW SLAVERS
WHITE With FEAR
Many Members of Chinese Girl
Importing Ring Leave
the City

So great has been the terror struck
to the hearts of the members of the
Chinese slave girl importing ring. as a
result of the investigation following
the attempted landing of eight men and
seven women from the Manchuria a
week ago that many of those implicated
are believed to have left the city. Those
remaining are using every effort to
direct the government agents upon the
wrong track.
To prevent further interference with
the work of customs and immigration
inspectors in the matter the official
lips were sealed yesterday by order of
Collector of the Port Stratton and Spe-
cial migration Inspector Harry Ed
sell and no further information on the
matter will be given out,
Paul Schulz, the stevedore who con-
fessed that he had been shot while
rowing one of the boats used in bring
ing the Chinese ashore, is still under
the guard of customs inspectors night
and day at the Hahneman hospital, but
is not yet officially under arrest.
SCHULZ FATE UNDETERMINED
Inspector EdseIl has not determined
just what course he will pursue with
Schulz. It is possible that the steve
dore may turn states evidence If
he does it is probable that he will
never be arrested On the other hand
should Schulz remain obdurate, he
will be arrested on a warrant and
prosecuted on a charge of attempting
to import aliens unlawfully If Schulz
should be convicted of this crime he
would be liable to a Jail sentence of 30
years and fine of $4,000.
Hui Chan, first fireman Of the Man
churia, returned to the city yesterday
after very unpleasant trip to Angel
island, where he was the involuntary
half. He complained that the in
spectors had not allowed him to sleep,
so persistent were they in their efforts
to force from him the details of the
plot. He said that he would lie down
to sleep and just would be entering
the land of dreams when an inspector
would come In and importune him to
reveal the plot. This occurred every
Is minutes. says the fireman
OPIUM FLOATS IN
The customs inspectors. in investigat-
ing the plot to bring ashore the Chi
nese, have discovered one of the many
underground channels by which opium
Is being brought into this city. A
number of Chinese members of crews
on different vessels coming from China
heave the opium in small kegs through
the portfolios, usually in the neighbor-
hood of the FaraIlon islands, and these
kegs are afterward picked up by other
Chinese in small launches. Hereafter.
the officers on the large steamers will
be asked by the customs officials to
watch for such practices.
All the soldiers and under officials
stationed at Angel island are under
the surveillance of secret service
agents because of the belief that some
have been engaged in rescuing from
the bay tins of opium thrown overheard
from steamers coming from the orient.
1t is said that the currents in the bay
about Angel island have been definitely
determined and plotted by Chinese
crews and when a vessel is passing
a current running toward the island
shore the opium is cast overheard and
afterward picked up on the shore.
whence it is carried by the current.
George Winterbottom. who has been
arrested on charge of wife desertion,
was suspected of being in the plot be-
cause of his arrest, but this is denied
by government officials.
That Corporal James ]. Barry, who
shot himself in the head while on guard
at the Presidio guardhouse just after
reading of the investigation at Angel
island had any connection with the
smuggling is emphatically denied by
Barry's friends