Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1908 — AH SIN IS VERY SCHLIMM [ARTICLE]

AH SIN IS VERY SCHLIMM

Incident in Which Neckties Are Made to Do Duty as Identifiers of Kinship. Ogdensburg. N. Y.. Aug. 14.—When ten China men were arraigned before United States Commissioner Kellogg, charged with having entered this country unlawfully from Canada by way of Rouses’ point, last January, an attempt was made by the defense to Aow that all of the Celestials had relatives here. The Chinamen arranged themselves in groups of two, and ft was observed that each pair wore neckties of identically the same pattern and color. Five other Chinamen In the room immediately identified each group of prisoners and ‘laimed relationship to them. But the authorities came to the conclusion that the neckties were identification marks. Commissioner Kellogg ordered the Chinamen deported.