An Arrest at a Chinese Laundry

Posted on August 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

Aug. 3, 1899, Laundry

Aug.
3,
1899:  Ah Wo is arrested again. 

GITTES

Yeah. Tell me. You still throw
Chinamen into jail for spitting
on the laundry?

ESCOBAR

You're behind the times, Jake
–they've got steam irons now —
(smiles) And I'm out of Chinatown.

 
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