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Show Kryj iuPtCi Off Wf IS Wolo He Knew Chinese Were to tc Smuggled into This Country San Francisco. Dec. 14 Yesterday's investigation of the smuggling of fifteen fif-teen Chinese to shore from the sreiun-j sreiun-j er Manchuila brought an admission I from Charles FYeund, who was on watch as an inspector of customs at the lime, that he had known of the smuggling plot. ! Prennil, who has been discharged ' for neglect of duly since the capture of the Chinese, was examined under oath by Frederick S Stratto'.i, collector collec-tor of the port. He said 'hat he had not informed his fellow officers of the plot because he had hoped to cap- ture the Asiatics single-handed and to i pain the full credit for himself. When I ho was asked who had gion him his I information, he said he thought it was a quartermaster on the boat, but he forot the man's name. Frennd did not deny that he had left his post on Sunday night at the lime of the escape of the Chinese. Other Inspectors said he was absent for an hour preceding midnight. Tho evidence will be forwarded to Washington. |