The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-01-26
1ab Of jelly WAS 80 cents worth Of cooked


man almost as stout as himself slipped
hum doctored lyChac nut and took his
30 cents Murphy went out and snoopnd
Tor a couple Of hours until IA" had salts
sd himself that IL dozen men and women
had bought lychee nuts And some OF
them. Murphy says, were well dressed
folk There was one women ~ 'ur
Goa, who kept a veil clos" around nor
fnr,
TUnstay night hc"- Of the dctail re-.
reat"a the trick and Yesterday No.Wooo
was ready to mako arrests ~ Qhat'"'
Das. 2 o clock Yesterday ai,":noon n" took
hif sutiad Harris. Eor"ltS, Murphy,
Nanlcv, Nicholas. - kcc.", collins, Lewis,
Desmond XVI" ano HakcrSon. and dis
posed them 80 that no thinamau could
wiggl. though ,h" Ines. lh" raid
started "a jji seventh avenue, hei iwocn
1hirtv-nin il and Foriioth streets. II Is
n two s,ory house like many others in "A
section regarded with suspicion by the
police bccaus" oi The presence OF 80 many
fences and crooks retreats Three men
got quietly to the rear when Norwood and
halt dozen others dived suddenly in the
from; doc" of the shop
Norwood called on the Cinnamon to
surrender. n. heard squ"iks and a
thudding, of padded slippers in rear
room The custom mon saw in front
Of them an iron grilwork that ran from
the top OF the wooden counter G'raight
70 the ceiling and cfectraly cut it oft
from the exit to tn" rear rooms. Half
OF the room was practically an iron cage
There was just one way ir- through the
counter So with nNcs Norwood and
his sleuthH ripped ont the woodwork Of
the counter and crawIed under. They
had their ravolvers out ready 10 shoot and
so when they got from under the counter
and squeezed through tho narrow door
to the rear rooms they covered three
Cinnamon that We're huddled into the
n Al ~ hat
stuck his hand out for a blue steel Is
Calibre six shooter that was lying on
the bunk by him. hut two inspectors
ordered him to drop it, and he pulled his
hand back Later, in the United States
Commissioner office he couldn't speah
or understand English All he could
say then was NO gor.' with sid" wav"',
Of the hands
The room where the three Cinnamon
gave up was small and filthy and odoro,is
Three hunks indicated what it was used
for. On a small table were opium
smokers layouts This place seemed to
he a resort for the cheares' class of
smokers. Roofing under the hunks and
the counter the inspectors found boxes
Of hollow lychee shells. sotn" containing
cooked opium. others empty: Il ket,le
fol cooking the drug and boxes CON
tanning tins of raw opium as they had
been brought into the country. Nanv
Of them lacked tho custom house stamp,
which was proof enough TO the lnspecto ors
that they had been smugGled
Norton sent three men down the avenue
TO 400 while he stayed az 55,i, to hold
his prisoners and continue the search
for Contrahand Roberts and two others
ran down the street and fell in on a sin gle
Chnaman. Lai Bake who wears a hign
collar and a cutaway coat and is quite
nobbv dresser Lai heard them coming
and dived through the getaway door
back of the counter Roberts and his
comrades We're after Mr. Bake IN a INV
and collarad him as he reached for "A
revolver that lay on a chltTonier in the
bunk room
rapid search Of the plant Al 1870 showed
that Ii catered TO more prosperous class
Of customers than the Joint little fur
fher M the avenue. Hanging in one of
the rear rooms were four fur orercDats,
and the customs men got The notion that
they had been left behind with the hlna-
man in PAYMENT for opium. Three money
til!e in the counter were full Of cash and
thee We're drawers full ~ letters On
exhibition .pn"hlOs for sale in a re7r room
We've dozen costly lavoUts. lcnG piper
and burners enamel!ed and ja!anned
and Handsomely ornament ei with s!l"er
tn" acting Deputy NIlS eyCr III com
mand found a 10, more when he began
a detailed search. From secret drawers
from under the counter and from snail
room used as a storeroom Norwood gath
ordinary cocoa can many full of Opium
as II had been smugEled into the country
He contiscated several hundred doCtored
lychee shells and number os bottles
which We're labelled cure for the drug
habit"
They seemed to be getting the money
going and coming said the customs man.
A crowd that jammed seventh avenue
for two blocks took an interest in these
happenings and gave work to the police
of the West Thirty street sta
tion. the only part of the job they had
hand in Al p NJ Norwood took
his four prisoners before Commissioner
Shields in the Federal Building They
gave their names as Ooh Wah, ku Chung
and Wong kee of 55ii Seventh avenue
and Lal Bake OF 's6 Seventh avenue
The Commissioner held them in 81 800
bail each for examination to-morrow
and Marshal Henkel locked them up in
the Tombs
The importance Of the raid to the
customs men was, as they put il, getting
line on a widespread and enormously
profitable traffic in opium that seemed
TO be carried on with the know ledy
of police officials in other cities The
four Chinese arrested We're ,niy hired
men. Deputy Surveyor Norwood SAID
they expected to find the thinanan
known as Boston and who is a fam Liar
figure in Chinatown at 1896 Seventh ava
nua. but that Boston had gone hurriedly
to Philadelphia
BosToN. Jan. % Supt William
Pierce Of the Boston police depart menr
said tonight that he knew nothing what
ever about the letters purporting to be
from the chief Of the local police thai
fell into the hands Of the customs officers
in New York Deputy Superintendent
William B Watts said the same thing.
PITTsBrRG. Jan 25.--On being toc
tonight that Charlie Boston, a Chinamar
under arrest in New York for opium
smuggling. had letters from severa
chiefs Of police Chief Of Police Thomas A
McQuad" Of Pittsburg said
Yes. Boston his a letter Of mine. |,
is letter thanking him for sending {
present to me and to Mrs McQuad,
after a visit he paid 10 Pttsburg som.
time since, and there is nothing wrons
in connection with the case Tho China
man was here at the head of a Chimes,
merchants convention of some sor
and he called on me ] gave him a police
card emitting him to go anywhere and a
anv, time III the city
II did several other things 10 make 'ht
stay Of the Cinnamon in the city pass
pleasantly, and when they left they were
well pleased and announced openly that
they would send some presents, which
thew did They sent some little trinkets
like handkerchiefs, &c, to myself anC
Mrs. McQuade, and the whole thinl
seemed so neat that ! sent him lette,
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