The Detroit times., 1913-11-21
SEEK WOMAN i.
SMUCCLER Who
AIDS CHINESE
Immigration Officials Believe
Her a Leader in Wholesale
Traffic
SAY so CHINESE HAVE
ENTERED COUNTRY HERE
king of Smugglers" is Captur-
ed and Held For Trial With
Companion

for mysterious woman who Is sup
posed to be the queen OF an organized
gang OF Chinese smugglers that have
been defyiRg the Boraer authorities
for several years.
With the arrest Of George La Tour,
known as the King OF the Windsor
Chinese smugglers." and the capture
OF another contrabrand runner. who Is
registered as John Rogers, Chief I'm
migration Inspector G.. Oliver Prick Is
hopeful OF putting an end to the
Wholesale operations Of the gang.
AS yet the officials have been unable
10 connect the appearance of the mys.
FERROUS woman with either Of the two
men under arrest. Ii Is thought that
she directs the operations OF the
smugsers on the American side from
Toledo. Recently, while the local i'm
migration inspectors were searching
for the escorts OF u convoy of Chinese,
they ran across the trail OF the mys-
terious woman. She slipped away from
them, but II Was later learned that the
woman herself was acting as the es-
cort OF the Chinese, and had made all
arrangements to smuggle them TO
Chicago. The Chinese were turned
over TO her by male accomplice Oh
the river front at night. She drove
away in a taxicab with the Chinese
crouching In the bottom OF the cab.
The boidness of her attempt to put
her charges aboard a passenger train
bound for Chicago almost fooled the
federal officials. They got the Chi
nese, but the woman escaped.
Lar0ur was arraigned before Fed
eral Judge futile, Wednesday, four
old indictments being entered against
aim. On one he is held on bond or
81. 600 and ON each OF the other three,
$1,000. La Tour was arrested about
two years ago on charge of smsg-
Cling Chinese across the border by
way Of Belle isle. He jumped his bail
OF $1,000 and returned TO Canada. I'm
I'll last Tuesday night he succeeding
in evading the vigilance of the local
authorities.
The treachery Of q rival smuggler
who tipped him off," and the good
work of Patrolman Walter Bachor, of
the Trumbull police station. resulted
In La Tours capture and he Is now
occupying cell in the county jail.
La Tour had two Chinese with him
when he was captured sy the police
officer at Eighteenth and florists. He
had succeeded In smuggling the Chi.
nese past the pickets placed by In
spector Prick along the river front.
only to fall into the arms of a uni
formed officer
A few minutes after the capture OF
La Tour. Patrolman Bachor bumped
Into Rogers in company with a Chi
nese. Rogers claims to come from
Pittsburgh. He Is not known to the
local immigration officers. Thursday
morning. he was arraigned before
Commissioner Hurd and the date of
his examination was set for Dec. 9
Being unable TO furnish $1,000 bail, he
was taken to the county jail.
II do not think for a minute tina
we have broken up the gang of Chi
nese smugglers that has been defying
us for years." said Inspector Frick.
by capturing La Tour we have re-
moved one OF the leaders who has a
reputation for being a clever SNUG
gler. The Windsor end Of the snug
Cling game Is handled by q Chinese.
We know him well. He employs mem
bers Of an organized gang to smuggle
the Chinese across the river at SO
much per head. On this side of the
river, where the difficult part Of the
work comes in. the struggled Chinks
are turned over to third party.
80 far this year, about 80 Chinese
have been Struggled across the border
at this point. to our knowledge. In
Detroit, % were captured, and IL In
Chicago through the efforts of the De-
troit office. About q dozen Chinese
arrested in Pittsburgh and eastern
cities said they were struggled across
the border at Detroit,
II Is the opinion OF the federal au-
thorities that an organized gang Of
crQpks operate, between Detroit, To-
ledA Chicago and Pittsburgh making
a business. of running Chinks into this
country Automobiles are used to con-
vey the Chinese to distant cities after
they are smuggled across the border
at Detroit The smugglers get $50 and
500 n head for taking the Chinese
across the river and another big fee
is demanded on the American side by
the crooks VINO spirit the frightened
men to haven Of safety In some
distant city where there Is q large
Chinese colony
The immigration authorities are
hopeful that the betrayal OF La Tour
will result In the breaking up of the
Windsor gang without q daring lead
er TO direct operations. the Canadian
smugglers will soon fall into the net
that is being stretched along the the
border from Detroit to Monroe by the
United States officials