The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-03-21
CHINATOWN ,RA|DED
SUNDAY MORNING
Large Quantity of Drugs and Neces-
sary Paraphernalia Taken and
Three Cinnamon Arrested /;
ON Federal Charges

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ups Sunday morning when two fed
eral officers of the narcotic division,
cooperating with all local peace
officers, started search for contra
band drugs. The surprising feature
of the raids is in the fact that the
Cinnamon could have gotten to-
gether the quantity Of parapher-
MALTA taken Sunday, since the last
raids on the premises, when it was
thought the district was pretty well
cleaned out.
Names in Chinatown seem to
mean little, for it was the place
owned by Quong On Lung that gave
up the largest portion Of the drug
haul. Quong On Lung died several
months ago, and that he was an in
fiuential man in the Chinamen's es-
timation was indicated by the large
and impressive funeral that fol-
lowed. Another Quong On Lung
is now in charge of the place. It is
also stated that one of the three
Cinnamon arrested Sunday has been
implicated in five other raids and
with as many names. Anyhow, the
three Cinnamon taken Sunday are
known as Tom Lung, Gee Sam and
Low Wing.
Four opium pipes, two opium
scales probably for weighing the
dream goods, large quantity Of
morphine, cocaine, opium and yen
shee constituted the principal items
taken in the raid. though there were
Of course the peanut oil lamps and
yen hooks for cooking opium and
hypodermic needles for use with the
morphine. The opium scales were
something new in raids here, none
having been found in previous raids.
An opium scale consists of a piece
of ivory about foot long and the
size of pencil, marked off in grad
uations in Chinese characters. To
each end of this is attached a piece
of string with a small pan sus-
pended. The whole is contained in
an innocent piece of wood resem-
bling a paddle.
The three prisoners were taken
before United States Commissioner
s. M. Bonnifield today and later re-
leased on $3.50 bail each. Their
preliminary hearings will be held
tomorrow at l o'clock.
Leaving Winnemucca Sunday
night, the two federal officers went
to Elko, where yesterday morning
they captured two Cinnamon, any
quantity of opium, yen shee, dope,
pipes and lamps in Elko's China
town. The raid took place shortly
after nine o'clock and was most
thorough in its manifestation.
In the quarters of Sing Kee they
found what has been tabulated in
the sheriff's office as follows: two
cans of dope, one can Of junk, one
porcelain jar OF yen shee and one
bottle, and from the building in the
rear one can of yen shee. In the
house which is supposed to be the
property of Chin Gin there was
found one round can of yen shee, a
can of yen shee, one lamp, knives,
etc., all of which make a very inter-
esting exhibit.
The Elko Free Press says that in
addition to the tools of the trade
that were discovered and sized, a
woman was found in one of the rear
cabins, and a man in another of the
rooms both very much the worse
for their experiences. The woman
was formerly known as Margaret, q
former inmate of one of the houses
in the restricted district and said to
have been very pretty girl not
very many months ago. Continued
use Of narcotics has brought her to
the lowest depths of degradation.
Her beauty is gone, her friends have
left her and she is most pitiable
sight to see, an example of one of
the most pernicious habits that in
tests the country today.
Both Sing Ken and Chin Gin
were arrested, the former held
under the federal laws charged with
the concealment of narcotics. He
was taken before United States
Commissioner w. w. Booher and
through his attorney pleaded not
guilty, and was held until he could
furnish a cash bond of $3.50. Chin
Gim will be- .arraigned under the
state laws for having opium pipes
in his pocession and will come be-
fore Justice sDoughty shortly.
An indication Of the widespread