The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-01-13

AW ing camps of '49 exceeded
those he is now practicing
along the Rio Grande in his at
tempts to evade Uncle Sans ex-
clusion laws. Latest and most strik-
Ing Of these is what is termed 10y rid
Ing" The "joy ride" quite frequently
ends in the police court or at the hos
pital, and not infrequently at the
morgue. 1t is anything but profitable.
West of Ell Paso, however, it recent
ly developed into veritable get-rich-
quick enterprise for certain daring in
dividuals. Several men who have
their headquarters at points along the
Mexican line on either side of the
border are reputed to have made for
tunes out of 'joy riding"
American adventures are the ones
who profit most directly from this
new form of 'joy riding" but the
heather Chinee Is the one who comes
out winner in the long run. And, &C.
cording to the best obtainable informa-
ton, it was a Chinese brain that de-
yeloped the new method of money ma
king.
Joy riding" as explained by a man
from Sonora, is a most picturesque en-
terprise as it is now practiced in the
southwest. Robbed of it's details,
it consists of getting together a
bunch of Cinnamon who are anxious
to enter the United States, dressing
them as women and motoring with
them across the Mexican line into
this country.
Every effort is made to get them
across without coming in contact
with an immigration inspector or
border guardian of any sort, of
course, but the disguise was depend
ed upon to protect the smuggler even
II the party was held up. There is
every indication that It did so many
times before the authorities, al:
most by accident. recently detected
the fraud.
1T beats hidin' 'em under a load of
hay or floatin' 'em across in a bar
REL" explained the man from Sonora.
IAN immigration sharp will poke
about in load of hay, and he is
mighty apt to take shot at float
Ing barrel, but not even an immigra-
ton inspector would be ungentleman-
ly enough to pull lady's veil and
goggles from her face and charge
her with being Chinaman. At
least, not in the southwest-before
they got wise to what was going
on"
Wells, goggles and Glidden tours
are said to have suggested to the
heather Chinee originator of the
scheme that this would be a most ef-
fective way Of smuggling his coun-
trymen in. AS the story goes, the
originator of the scheme is a rich
Chinaman living at Ell Paso.
A leading member of one OF the
''tongs" and long suspected by the
United States secret service Of being
Identified with the underground Chi
nese railway from Mexico to the
United States, his attention was at
tracted to the many parties of
American men and women who come
and go in automobiles between the
United States and the republic to the
south.
How to tell the men from the wom-
en- was something which is said to
have puzzled this Chinaman at first.
He apparently studied 1t over Sc.
riously for he asked many questions
about the touring habits Of Ameri-
cans
No one knows, of course-or, at
least, no one who will tell-that this
particular Chinaman Is back of the
"joy riding" expeditions. No more
do they know for sure that he has
been the head and front of the Chi
nese smuggling that has been going
on along the Rio Grande for many
years.
Neither does anyone who will tell
know that the chief of the Chinese
smugglers along the Pacific coast
lives at San Francisco, nor that an
ether powerful member of the gang
supervises the smuggling into the
eastern states from Canada with
headquarters at Buffalo.
These things are only suspected.
That their suspicious are correct the
immigration authorities have no
doubt, but confirming them to the ex-
tent that they can actually arrest the
neads of the gangs is another thing.
BY putting two and two together
the men who watch the borders for
the United States arrive at many cor
illusions which they would not at
tempt to prove in court. although by
acting upon these conclusions, they
are continually making arrests and
breaking up smuggling parties here
and there. 1t was by acting on such
conclusions that the 10y riding
practise in the southwest was dis
covered, and in the same manner the
authorities have convinced them
selves that the Ell Paso Chinaman
originated it. Yet he is probably
Just as safe from arrest as he has
been for years past when the Of
ficials were convinced that his was
the brain that concocted other in
genius smuggling plots and schemes.
Investigations pursued by the Inn
migration authorities and. common
,spart along the border indicates that