Show SMUGGLING CHINESE THE SIXESS GROWN TO 31131 JIOTI pnopoRTiorvs Watched By the Shrewdest of L American Detectives the Smug F Slers and Their Methods Have 1 Keen Ascertained New York July SA special dispatch from Montreal to the Evening Post says The customs officials In this city expect ex-pect to make an important arrest in a few days fn connection with the smug jiinsr of Chinamen from Canada into the United States During the last four months it is estimated by the authorities authori-ties that fully 300 Chinamen have been smuggled across the lines at various places Tho smugglers have grown so bold and the operations so extensive that > the authorities of Washington decided de-cided on immediate action and sent twelve of the shrewdest detectives In the service to work up the case Many have o made iltis city their headquarters and c during their sojourn of ten days hap S lcclded in locating not only the leader gang but te lG also found out the I secret means of transportation I Last Wednesday it was learned that the captain of a lumber boat iu this port I had arranged with the smugglers to convey con-vey fourteen Chinamen from Soul Quebec I Que-bec to Xew York provided they were delivered to him near Soul islands The captain succeeded in eluding the secret I service men and getting them off the track and sailed up the Richelieu river I to Lake Champlain and thence to Troy 1C y where he landed the Chinamen at night The name of the captain has beon scoured and the name of his barge and if lie crosses into American waters he will be arrested Some time ago a barge of lumber was seized at Troy by Tnited Stales officials who suspected that it carried contraband goods When the lumber was partly discharged the oflicers were considerably surprised to find in the center of tho load neatly caged in eighteen Chinamen with their baggage There arc a large number of Chinamen in this city at present waiting wait-ing to cross into the United States territory terri-tory and many of them are payingthe across smugglers as much as 0 to get them |