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October 29, 1910
The Huttig News
Huttig, Union County, Arkansas
What is this article about?
Leon Wow, a Chinese immigrant, was arrested in New York for evading US exclusion laws by disguising himself as a black Pullman car porter to cross from Mexico on a train.
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A Chinaman's Ruse.
Leon Wow, a wily Heathen Chinee, has been arrested in New York. Uncle Sam has long been hunting for him, for the Chinaman played an ingenious trick on him by stealing across the border from Mexico, in violation of the exclusion laws.
The way Leon did it was this: He dressed himself up in a uniform that looked like a Pullman car porter's, and blacked his face so that he looked in the night like a genuine darky porter, and thus smuggled himself across the border on a through train. Uncle Sam, however, had him on his list, and he has finally caught him.
Leon Wow, a wily Heathen Chinee, has been arrested in New York. Uncle Sam has long been hunting for him, for the Chinaman played an ingenious trick on him by stealing across the border from Mexico, in violation of the exclusion laws.
The way Leon did it was this: He dressed himself up in a uniform that looked like a Pullman car porter's, and blacked his face so that he looked in the night like a genuine darky porter, and thus smuggled himself across the border on a through train. Uncle Sam, however, had him on his list, and he has finally caught him.
What sub-type of article is it?
Deception Fraud
Crime Story
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Deception
Crime Punishment
What keywords are associated?
Chinese Immigrant
Border Smuggling
Disguise Ruse
Exclusion Laws
Arrest
What entities or persons were involved?
Leon Wow
Uncle Sam
Where did it happen?
New York, Border From Mexico
Story Details
Key Persons
Leon Wow
Uncle Sam
Location
New York, Border From Mexico
Story Details
Leon Wow disguised himself as a black Pullman porter to illegally cross from Mexico into the US on a train, evading exclusion laws, but was eventually arrested in New York.