The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-22
ARE CHINESE SUSPECTS
TO BE GIVEN FREEDOM?
Joe Pang, Influential Member OF
Race From Chicago's Chin
atown Here.
WILL INTERCEDE FOR Them

For the second time within fort
night Joe Pang is i'm Houghton doing
| all i'm his power for the release OF the
twelve Chinese now being detained at
the Houghton county Jail because they
are suspected of being in this country
i'm violation of the Chinese exclusion
act. Joe Pang, be IL known, is mer-
chant from the Chinese quarter OF
south Clark street i'm Chicago and is a
man of no small power among the ce-
lestials OF the settlement and through
out the middle west, where he is known
personally to nearly every member OF
his race.
Incidentally Joe told the representa-
tive of The News "A weird story oil
chinese cunning and duplicity and of
the traitorous member of the race who
"squealed" on the Calumet Cinnamon
when they refused to give him black
mail. This man. if Joe's story is TO be
re led upon, is one of the worst mem
bers of his race in this country being
much less desirable person than the
infamous Moy Duck, the New York
Ratchet man. He is said to be a gam
bier and his last place of operation was
at Escanaba.
Trys to Levy Tribute.
This gambler, according To the story
told by Joe Pang yesterday. went up to
Calumet and, by similating friendship
for the Chinese up there he won their
confidence and some of their money
the latter by his gambling games OF
fan tan and bung- loo. But more i'm
portant to him, as he then thought, he
found that several of the Chinese had
not their 'choc Chez" which, freely
translated, means the certificate issued
| by the u. 5. government to Chinese
who have a right to enjoy residence
within the borders.
With this information he approached
several of these Calumet Chinese ano
I told them the consequences of theil
being found in this country without tho
"choc chez" and succeeded, it is said
in making some of them give him mon
ment officials. His success in this line
however, was not long-lived as some
of the Cinnamon refused to come
across with the hush money. He ther
is said to have tipped off the govern
ment officials and the wholesale arrests
of the Chinese in the northern PENN
sula was affected.
Hoped to Get Federal Job.
After the Chinese had been arrested
the blackmailer is said to have APP
cials and to. have even sought the ai'
of Joe Pang in the hope of getting {
job with the government, believing tina
he should thus be rewarded for his in
forming. When Joe Pang was inter
viewed by the Matchmaking gamble
he is said to have taken him to ont
side and to have INDUCED in a littl,
heart-to-heart talk in which he toll
| the "squealer" that unless he mad
himself scarce in the copper countr.
the prosecuting attorney of Houghtol
county would give him steady job a
the states prison. This seems to hav
had the desired effect as the black
mailer has disappeared and his where
abouts is unknown to any OF his rae
in these parts.
Joe Pang says that il is probabl
that two of the dozen Chinese at tn
Jail will be sent to China and that tn
rest of them will be released on bond
within day or SO. pending their hear
ing before Commissioner Olivier. on
of those to be sent to China is tn
young man from Duluth, Now Yonl
whose father claims that the yout
was born in this country and, therefor
not subject to deportation. 1t is hi
plan to allow the United States to pa
his passage to the celestial kingdom
then prove his right to be i'm the Unite
States and make the government pa
his way back, thus having a fine tri
and visiting his fathers relatives a
the expense of Uncle Sam.