Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-26
In "Cigaf Stores" in Ten
dsrIeia, New York City,
Dope and ParaphernaIia to Value
Of $4,000 Taken.
interesting List Of Officials and
Patrons Is Secured.

New York, Jan. 25.-Customs agents
and the police raided two Cigar
stores" in the heart Of the Tenderloin
tonight. where they seized 800 >
pound cans of prepared opium. enough
raw opium to bring the value of the
seizure to an estimated total of 10000,
and a quantity of wires. lamps and
other paraphernalia of the opium
smokers Layout"
Four Cinnamon were arrested.
charged with violating the federal OPT
UNI exclusion act of 1909 and a bundle
Of letters addressed to Charles Boston,
n wealthy Chinese, was seized and
turned over to the United States dis
trict- attorneys office. Among them
were letters bearing the names OF }.
NJ. Norm, director of the department of
public safety, Pittsburg: Thomas A.
McQuaide. superintendent of police.
Pittsburg; E. r. walters, director OF
the department of public health, Pitts
burg, and Joseph p. Murray. police
captain, Pittsburg. Each acknowledged
receipt by the writer of a gift from
Boston.
There was a letter purporting to
have been written by Supt. McQuaide
TO l.. q. Steward, superintendent Of
police OF Chicago. 1t was written on
the superintendent office paper and
dated Aug. 10. 1910. 1t says:
This letter will serve to introduce
to you Mr.. Charles Boston, a worthy
Celestial merchant of New York and
Boston, who comes to me with the
highest credentials. Mr.. Boston is on a
visit to Chicago and any courtesies
extended to him will be appreciated
The letter signed with the name of
the director of the Pittsburg depart
ment of public safety. reads as follows:
my Dear Mr.. Boston,:
II beg to acknowledge the receipt of
your beautiful present and wish to
thank you in behalf of Mrs NORM and
myself.
wishing You a happy and prosper
Gus New Year. am.
Yours Very Truly.
#..t =#- -. NJ. NORM"
II was dated Jan. 3, 1911.
Both shops are on eth avenue be-
tween seth and 10th streets, where the
white lights are brightest and the
raids caused much excitement among
the floating population of the streets.
which soon learned what was going on
The Cinnamon arrested are o Wah
Chong, Fong Zee and Lai Bake. They
were held iii $1,000 bail each. for lack
of which they were locked up in the
Tomhs. Some resistance was made by
the surprised Cinnamon at first, but
they were quickly overawed and when
the customs agent were reinforced by
the police, q thorough search of the
premises began. Some of the opium
found was Stamped with the govern
ment's revenue stamps. but the Gus
toms agents said the cans had been re-
filled, The firm over the doors was
The Tuck Lung Co, said to have head
quarters in San Francisco.
The seizure is the second largest
made since the passage of the exclu-
sion act Last July government agents
seized $4,000 worth of opium and $685.
900 in cash in the warehouse of the
Charles Kwong Sang Co. at Kansas
City.
Evidence for the raid here was OBJ
tanned by two customs agents who
made affidavits that they bought OPT
UNI with the understanding that it was
to be used for smoking. The shops have
been under surveillance for some time
and the customs agents said tonight
that a list of the customers who
bought cigars would make inter
esting reading along Broadway