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Two Chinamen Locked Up

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Parent Issue
Day
6
Month
February
Year
1903
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

Two Chinamen, Hung Lee and Lee Sam, were arrested here Friday oy L. T. Plummer, Chineses inspector at Detroit, and Policeman Ball. Wednesday night they ran the line at Detroit, coming over from Canada and thence to Ann Arbor. Friday morning they were found at Charlie Sam's laundry on State street. They are said to have smuggled a large quantity of goods over here, but as yet the goods have not been found. One of the Orientals looks to be a Boxer, while the other is much smaller than that species. They are a couple of bright chaps, but refuse to talk English. They have no passports and will have to be brought before a United States commissioner. Both seemed to think the matter a huge joke and when they were led to an upstairs room in the jail both took a tumble on the bed. In trying to make himself understood one of them took off his Lat and inside could be seen the monogram of a Yale banner and a picture of the University hall at Yale. The owner of the hat Lee said that he lied been there. A deputy was in the room and took a few easy punches at a bag suspended from the ceiling. '"Good exercise on a cold morning," said the deputy, "try it." "Punche, punche," said one of the Chinamen, and he walked to the bag and raised his fist. Bang went the bag and the next moment the "washee washee" was rubbing his bruised face. "Punche back" he said and laid down on the bed. When the deputy resumed his exercise both Chinamen ducked for the furtherest corner of the room.