The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-04-13

The most important seizure OF SNUG
gled coolies in recent years was made
today by Special Agent Wiley. OF the
United States, Secret Service. This at
ternoon, in fun view OF the life-sav-
ing station below Provinceeowns g
two-masted schooner put in toward
shore and lowered four dories crowd
ed with Cinnamon. None OF them
branded IF. Il. St. J." and each one
held ten Cinnamon. Special Agent
Wiley arrived on the evening train
and took charge OF the case. Mr..
Wiley has stated TO your correspond
ent that these Cinnamon were prob
ably brought to the United States by
one Peter Mcbride. a notorious SNUG
gler OF Chinese, who purchased tho
Canadian fishing schooner Five Broth
ers at st. John, n. B.. early lasf
spring. Why he should attempt to
land the coolies in broad daylight, in
full view OF a life-saving station. has
not been explained. but IL is believed
by Special Agent Wiley that the COM
mander of the schooner, discouraged
by his inability to land these China
men at New York city, and growing
desperate, deliberately chose this
method OF Kidding himself OF an un-
profitable cargo. The forty coolies
will be returned TO China at an early
date at the expense OF the United
States Government"
Billy, as he concluded the article,
the Cap must be on a champagne
drunk or else he's a candidate for the
nut factory"
making the rounds of the huge Atlantic
ferry-boat, calling, "All ashore that's
going ashore" The turbines OF the
liner had been slowly rolling over ana
over for some ten minutes i'm prepare
ton for the real start. when n man
arose from a.. table in corner OF the
smoking-room, and observed to his
companion:
I'm sorry that you're making this
trip. Billy; They don't play faro az
whipsaw you at roulette. Id rather
have you stay and look over the Mexi-
can border with me. but IL you're bound
you should go broke. wire me-
Cap. old sport, / hate TO leave YOU
declared Billy Joyce. but I've been
promisin' myself trip to this Monte
Carlo bank ever since 1 can remember
But see here. What right have you got
to advise me what to do after playin-
fool trick like YOU did of Cape COD
last week?"
You ought to know me better than
that, returned Captain Pete, as he
This is little Joke on the GOvernment
you. You know that an Asiatic steer
Kong costs a Chinaman about one
hundred and forty dollars including his
railroad fare. Charlie Sing and Moy
Chu dug up forty Chinks around New
York and Jersey City. each one Of
whom had made his little pile and was
ready TO go back TO China. They bank
ed their money with the Six Companies
and received verbal money orders on
Hong Kong which are good gold
TO n Chinaman, and then the whole
bunch came down to Canarsie Beach
One OF the partners OF the Mandarin
Restaurant on Doyers Street keeps a
power boat at Canarise. and on GER
tain evening the whole crowd packed
into the power boat and ! picked EN-
up about three miles on shore and
dumped 'em of on Cape Cod Every
body seems satisfied. You're satisfied
because YOU are laughing: I'm salts
fed because / raked OF nfty dollars a
head: Charlie Sing and NOV Chu are
satisfied because they got ten apiece.
the Six Companies are satisfied be-
cause they got their commission on the
money orders; Special Agent Wiley is
satisfied because he's made an i'm
portant capture; the forty yellow men
are satisfied because they were ninety
dollars each on what their tickets.
would have cost them. ami Uncle sam
must be satisfied. becauSc-he pays the
freight.