The Ordway new era., 1911-06-02

The two Cinnamon were arrested. and
a few minutes later revenue yaw,
slipped alongside the anchored schoon
er. and the men In the government
boat read the schooner's name in gil,
letters on her slender stem. She was
the Frolic. She had sailed up Mar
ragansett in broad daylight the day be
fore and come to anchor of the coal
pocket at ten o'clock In the forenoon
All day she lay at anchor, not far
from the channel. in full view from
the harbor and the shore. No one
had taken the trouble to read her
name and she was passed for visit.
ing fisherman.
Twsnty-Four Safely Landed.
Sixteen more Cinnamon were found
hidden In the hold. The remaining "a
had already made their escape. The
state Of her hold. whore a. Cinnamon
had lived for eight days. was a shock
even to the hardened customs men. A
fishing craft Of less than 100 tons does
not have much room below decks,
and at her best the mixed odor of fish
and bilge water makes 1t an undesir.
able place in which to lounge away
an afternoon. The Cinnamon slept on
the door. packed solid like spoons in
a box, with hardly an inch Of room to
turn in. For four days Of her voy-
age the schooner had worked her
way through fog. In waters that were
frequented both by fishermen and
steamers. Any moment vessel might
come upon her, and the captain did not
wish to have his passengers seen upon
his decks. So during those four days
the Chinese had stayed shut up in the
hold. with only such light ard air as
found their way down the hatchway.
Except for the fog. which kept her
week at sea. and the smell Of the
passengers. which drove the crew
nearly to mutiny. she had an easy pas
sage after that, and was not interrupt.
ed till the government men captured
her of the Providence coal pocket.
The captain and two of his accom-.
plices were tried and sent to prison.
The captain testified that their profits,
II the trip had proved successful, would
have been $4,000 over all expenses.
including $3.50 apiece to the crew.
Every one Of the 1s Cinnamon swore
in court that he had lived for many
years in America. that he had qualified
to return under the law. but that the
papers to prove It had been lost in the
big flre" in San Francisco.
On the Pacific coast the running"
Of Cinnamon by sea is oftener tried
and oftener detected. The slender.
swift schooners that ply in the "island
trade" among the scattered groups OF
the South Seas are excellently fitted
for the work. A few years ago one
Of these craft. suspected Of having
Cinnamon on board. was chased down
the coast from Puget sound by a rev.
enue cutter. The cutter was gaining
but night came on before she could get
within gunshot.
Coolies Tossed overboard7
She kept up the search even aftsy
the schooner had been lost in the
darkness. and presently. at moonrise.
saw the fugitive vessel again stand
ing OF shore. The cutter overhauled
her. The captain was in great rage
at being held up on the high seas.
When the revenue men insisted that
they would search her. he protested
still more violently. They went through
her from stem 10 stern and found moth
Ing whatever that should not be on
homeward bound trader.
A week later two dead Cinnamon
were washed ashore 30 miles up the
coast. The federal agents in Van
couver learned that a band Of Is cool
les had been seen making their way
tn fh<a tor ov1ny IN ha
the day the schooner sailed. Consider
ed as evidence. the two facts make
slender proof, but the sailors along the
coast believe that the Cinnamon were
thrown over from the schooner and
left to drown us negroes were thrown
over from slave ships in the old days
when every vessel that carried black
ivory" was counted as n pirate by the
law Of nations.
Both Canada and Mexico admit
Chinamen. though the former imposes
a tax Of $500 head on all who re-
main In the country for more than
three months. OF late years. up to the
beginning Of the present trouble. Mex
leo has furnished a more popular base
Of operations for the smugglers. 1t
Woo - "oh'h VI MoAS d6o tHut guy
ernment launch boarded schooner
which had sailed with Cinnamon from
Lower California. No Cinnamon were
on board. though certain sights and
some not uncertain smells made the
officers believe that they had been
there not long before. Again the story
was widely circulated that the China
men had been thrown overheard.
Again. 1t was only two weeks ago
that a launch with party Of fisher
men-a playwright, an aviator and
steamship man-saw a scrap of
canvas waved violently on a little