The San Francisco call., 1910-12-10

at is being pressed in many different
traffic which was uncovered Sunday
band Chinese from the liner Manchuria
failed. The identity of at least one of
the white men involved in the transac-
tionwas established when Paul Schultz.
stevedore. formerly employed by the
Pacific Mail company. confessed that
he was in charge of one of the boats
in which the Chinese left the Man
churia.
Schultz was taken to the Hahne-
mann hospital Sunday night. suffering
from a severe gunshot wound. of the
origin of which he told conflicting
tales The police detectives who in
vestigated the case reported that
! Schultz had accidentally shot himself.
The custom inspectors, who had fired
many shots at the small boat in the
darkness, recognized in Schultz ann
who had long been under suspicion
as an opium smuggler. He finally sd-
mitted his share in Sunday nights
| transaction, and Acknowledged that
| it was a bullet from a federal fnspec-
tors pistol that had laid him low. He
| has been under arrest ever since.
Collector Stratton suspended from duty
1 three of the night inspectors who were
on duty the night the Chinese were
taken from the Manchuria. Chester NJ.
Gibbens and William Rohrbacher are
suspended for 30 days without pay.
Charles Freund, who should have been
on guard within 20 feet of theporthole
| through which the Chinese escaped. will
be dismissed from the service il the
department. follows stratton's recon-
mendation.
More Chinese Found
! As a climax to the days work came
the discovery of five more contraband
Chinese. four men and woman. on the
Japanese liner Chiyo Maru, which ar
rived early yesterday morning from
the orent.
There will be more and startling rev.
elations in a few days. The customs
and immigration officials who have
been working night and day on the
case have a number OF white men and
several local Chinese under constant
surveillance and wholesale arrests may
be made at any moment.
| The operation of a complete Chinese
smuggling ring. supported by moneyed
persons and aided by corrupt customs
inspectors, was uncovered yesterday
following the partial confession of Paul
Schultz, who has been in the Hahne-
mann hospital suffereing from a mys-
terious gunshot wound in the groin. and
who admitted to the detectives that he
was shot Sunday night when rowing a
boatload of contraband Chinese from
the Manchuria.
Inspectors Dismissed
Night Inspectors Charles Freund,
Chester NJ. Gibbens and William H.
Rohrbacher. who were on duty on the
Manchuria near the point from which
the stowaway Chinese escaped. were
suspended from the service yesterday
following a conference between COllec-
tor of Customs Frederick Stratton and
Acting Surveyor Charles Blinn. for the
customs service. and Harry EdseIL as
sistant commissioner OF immigration
/ The board of inquiry recommended the
dismissal fro mthe service OF Freund on
the grounds that he was guilty OF gross
negligence
With an absolute denial OF all the
charges made against him, Freund yes
terday engaged Attorney George Nc
Donaugh to bring counter charges
|against acting Surveyor Blinn. alleg-
ing a plot to oust him because he re-
fused TO be a party to widespread
plan to smuggle contrabands from the
incoming liners. Freund viii take
steps this morning through his attor-
ney to cause the arrest OF Captain
Andrew Dixon OF the Manchuria on
the charge of abetting the smuggling.
= Among the sensational charges made