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“Jury Finds Tape Took No Bribes”
Three months after the murder of Lum Kong, Frank Tape is found “not guilty” of accepting bribes.
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“Chinese Witness Is Victim of Murderer”
The Oakland Tribune announces Lum Kong’s tragic passing. Kong died from wounds inflicted during the shooting.
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Tape Faces Two New Indictments
The Seattle Times announces the indictments brought against Frank Tape for extorting and receiving bribes from Chinese laborers applying to enter the United States.
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Tape Arrested on Smuggling Charge
Article “Former Chinese Interpreter at Seattle Immigration Station Held to Await Action by Federal Grand Jury” from the Seattle Times reports Frank Tape’s arrest for allegedly accepting bribes from Chinese migrants for entry into the country.
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Frank and Mary Tape
Frank Tape and his mother, Mary, on an outing in April 1922.
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Frank Tape in his Kissel Automobile
Frank Tape in his Kissel, Seattle, circa 1911.
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Tape Family Outing
Tape family outing to Cypress Point, near Monterey, California, circa 1915. Left to right: Florence, Edward, and Winifred Park; Gertrude Chan (Tape); Bernice Park; Mary and Joseph Tape; Daisy Lee; Emily Park (Tape) and Frank Park.
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Tape Family Summer Home
A photo of the Tape summer home, Camp Meeker, located near the Russian River in Sonoma County, circa 1905. The image features Joseph (in rocker), Gertrude (reading), Robert Park (on rail), Emily Tape’s husband and a court interpreter and civil rights leader, and Emily, and their son, Frank. Photograph by Mary Tape.
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Seid Gain
Seid Gain was a Chinese interpreter for the US Bureau of Immigration, circa 1905–1909, then became a member of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance of Portland during the 1920s.
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“Chinese Blood Goes into the Bureau”
President Roosevelt’s Work Undone by the Appointment of Herman Low as Official Interpreter.
