On her last trip from Havana, the steamship Newport, of Ward's Line, had among her passengers a Chinaman bearing the name of Pun Kin. He was put down on the manifest of the ship as a trader. Deputy Collector Wynkoop ascertained that he was employed as a porter in a store in Havana, and that was construed as making him a laborer in the meaning of the law, and excluding him from the country. Deputy Collector Wynkoop refused to permit him to land, and he was kept on the Newport to be taken back to Havana. Yesterday the fact became known that Pun Kin had eluded the vigilance of the customs officers and escaped from the ship. He took his flight in the middle of the night. Once on land he could not be told from any other Chinaman, and the customs officers do not know where to look for him, or what to do about the matter.

Source:

Unknown, "Pun Kin Steals Ashore," The New York Times, New York, Thursday, 26 June 1884, p. 8.