Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 266, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1910 — RAT TRAP CATCHES CHINESE [ARTICLE]

RAT TRAP CATCHES CHINESE

Concealed Oriental Stowaway’s Fondness for Rice Proves His Undoing on Ocean Liner. New York.—Catching Chinese stowaways with rat traps set in rice boxes is the newest diversion of the crew of the liner Nicolas Kuneo, which haa just sailed for Jamaica with a captive aboard. The «S*P tlve 18 Ching Sin, who b<? longs import Anthony, Jamaica. Ha stowed bim&felf away on board the Kuneo on September 27. If Ching had let the rice In the Bhip’s storeroom alone, he might have been able to get to New York safely. But the cook noticed the rice disappearing rapidly and set a trap to catch the rats he supposed were the thieves. The next time Ching dipped his hand in the box to get his stowawky rations there was a snap and a few minutfes later the cook found Ching a captive. He waa put in irons and will be turned over to the British an thorities In Jamaica.