The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-04
OPIUM BANDS PLOT
FOR MILLIONS FAILS
Government Agents Poun..
Upon Alleged Smuggler
on First Shipment.
PART OF DRUG SETzEn
Hotel Man and Two Chinese A,
rested-Search for Three
Others.

The Federal authorities have snas,..
at It's Inception a plan for the snus,,,.
OF smoking opium. which they sav so'
respondence seized shows would h,,.
reached very large proportions had n.
first few shipments passed Undecided
In elaborateness of preparation ~.
plan. according to the officials VA
thwarted It. Ia the biggest yet But A..
rests were made after the first shipment
a paltry 100 pounds. Eighteen pound,
Of this opium have been seized r.
FEDERAL agents believe that the o,1..
eighty two pounds have reached user, a,
The drug.
The first Information OF the smuevp,,
plot was received by Special Treas,,
Agent N. c. Brooks twelve days ago vhs.
he learned that the first shipmen, has
arrived on the Kronprlnzessin Ceclle q,
February 1s.
According TO the information given NJ
Treasury agent the steamships OF IN.
North German Lloyd were to be used 70,
shipments about twice a week
Find Opium Hidden Back Of Pane,
Customs Inspectors Kyle, Collins AID
Lewis went TO the Chinese importing Is.
tablishment of Yee Sang at / 5 Mott stree
on Monday night. Yee Sang said tne-s
was no opium in the place. The lnspec.
tors moved a panel In the wall and found
opium behind It. Further search led TO
several such caches and TO additional
opium In bags Of rice. The inspectors 70,
eighteen pounds of the drug in the sto-.
They arrested zee Sang. the propr!e,o,
and zee Joe, a clerk. The inspectors also
found some correspondence In a desk
From the store the inspectors went 70
the Anrsted Hotel in Hoboken, where they
arrested John Eyckman, the proprie,o:
Eyckman was charged with receiving IL
drug from a stevedore. who carried \
from the steamship in life preserve
under his coat.
A fourth man was picked up YESTERDAY
who. according to Assistant United States
Attorney Edwin NJ. Stanton, had accom-.
panied Eyckman on trips TO New York in
connection with the plot This man was
detained as q witness. His name va
withheld. II was said that he had given
Information.
Three More Arrests Expected.
Three more arrests are expected. r..
men sought are the stevedore who brought
the opium ashore. the man on the ship
over. and ohe European agent who came
TO this country to zee the business starts
properly.
The three prisoners were arraigned b..
fore Commissioner Samuel NJ Hichcc,s
yesterday. The two Cinnamon waived ex.
animation. zee Sang was held In si.Q0o
and zee Joe In $500 bail. Eyckman Wa,
held in $1,000 bail
The European agent, II was said yes;e-.
day. had arranged for Transporting u.
opium from Persia to Bremen. There (,
was to be put in charge OF some one or
North German Lloyd ship In HobokS
life preserver containing the stun vas
TO be sent to Eyckman. who. the insp=c.
tors said. was to be the distributing agent
The longshoreman, Il was said was 20
get s35 hundred pounds and the ma
who handled IL aboard ship $50 n.
profit for the principals. had the pa,
worked. would have been enormous Soms
one with a mathematical turn tgI-ei
these profits at S1.500.O0O a year