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A Smuggiar Arrested

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Day
24
Month
June
Year
1887
Copyright
Public Domain
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George Connor was arrested in San Francisco the other day on a charge o. opium smuggling. Ho made a desperate fight to escape, but was held and turneil over to the custody of the United States marshall, not beittg able to give bail. Ilis trunks were broken open and, as was expected, had nothing in them but opium. There were 3S6 boxes worth tsometlnng over $3,000. An important discovery was roported in the prisoner's pocket book. It was filled with papers carefully folded and closely written with Chinese charactors. The supposition is that they are instructions 8ent by a Hong Kong syndicate through Canada to San Francisco. The custom house interpeter will at once tran late them for the information of the collector. The government detectives claim that the man arrested is one of the chief agenta of tlie great opium ring wbich lias been Smuggling opium to C anada and by way of Detroit to San Francisco.

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Subjects
Old News
Ann Arbor Democrat