The Placer herald., 1870-07-09
OoLp. NUN COnRRsPONDENCR.
Golp RUIZ. July 2d, 1870.


paper like the Sacramento Union showing
it's ignorance Of CaIifornia life, and nobody,
"a far as l have seen. willing to inform them
Of il. The Union has rep~a,edly tried TO
make people believe that the Chinese, as n
class, are less given to offences against the
law than any other class, taking fur its su-
lhority and prouf tho statistics cf the State
rrisou. intend 10 give the Union few
facts a. they occurred in this precinct. which
polls Iess than 200 votes; and know from
= long residence in the mines that 1t is abou
an average way Of dealing with Chinamep
~ho are csugbs stealing and robbing.
w. II. H., a s.orekeeper. detected Chi
narnan stealing in bis store. He did not
rsll a constable. or pros' cute him 10 the
Couu,y Cour,, bu, tied h'm up in his cellar
and beat bim to his hearts content, and af
,erwards Invited others, not belonging to
the store, 10 try the good Qualities Of tbs
barksnaks on the pet Of the Union, Soms-
TIME during the nj .ht he turned the China
man loose, more dead than. alive. This i.
fact No. mot included 10 the statistics Of
The State prison.
J. Is. I. and G. C, owners Of claims ad-
lining each other. caught two CelestiaIs
cleaning up their fu'ne. After a pretty
close chase they brought Them TO town, held
a consultation With other miners, and con-
cuded 10 take them out Of town aud admio
is,er sentence ON them; aud Tumor has it
,hst at least ona OF them will never rob
sIuces again Fa:, NJ. o-not taken from
statistics.
J. M. noticed pig'ail very busy in HE
tail hums. without being aware OF having
hired him TO do s.; and not believing that
the Chnaman was doing any good to his
(M.'D prosperity. be stopped him, and Sfer
a struggle tied his hands and brought h'm to
town. II my recollection serves ms right,
this Cbinaman did not bave the benefit OF
ioc' easing the per cenage Of Cbinaman in
the statistics Of the State prison. Fact No. 8.
X, old man w., and others living 10
the ueiphborbood, bad their cabins broken
into. aod contents atsrac,ed. One day
they found three Ch'namsu very induslr,-
onsy packing up grub, clothing, etc in one
of the miners cab,ns; and after a short COZ
sultaton agreed on verdict. AT least one
Of the Ch'namen never sto'e again. DR.
Nelson. formerly of Dutch Flat. at present
In Sscrarnsnto. can give the Union the par
nauars o. tbs csse, AZ well as Ihers, mas
much as he gave his testimony bsiors The
cornnsrs jury. Fact No. 4.
H. B (now decsased). being hired 10 look
to the lallAums of }. II. II seeing some
Cinnamon in M "nndercurrent' belonging
10 the fume. evidently cleaning up, and az
ia had a shotgun with him, and did MOI
d-sp i. prudent to go near them, lie fred
and in about a week afterwards a dead Chi
ns,nai WAS found in tha vicinity, with few
drops Of cold lead in his back Fact No.
| could 90 on almost uuti The columns OF
the PLACER HERALD would be Gro wded with
iac,s Of This kind, bat hope the Sacrsn-n'o
Union will G ms to the ooncu-"n that the
statistics Of the State PRISON will not hold
gond as proof that the Chnese as u cIass are
n,,l- given to Of f.nces against ,he law. And, ,
lut,btrmore. that The people "f the mining
dislrir. gsnersIly take the law into tho J
own hands, save ,be Count, and State bou
sands Of dollars every year. sud 'svent the
necessity Of bui,,ing branch prisons which
woul4 be absolutely needed il they proseru'-
si every rascalIy Chiraman caught robblog
and p'underiag good citizens.
II it were posa'ble 20 give fall statistics of
such facts as have given above. through
,he whole Stale, the number would he three
times ss large as the whole number Of con
yicrs now al San Q 'entin. white. black and
monaghan; and i-e safe in asserting iha,
,nost Of the Chinese con,ic's Al San Quentin
are sent there from the larger cities aud
towns, where officers ard crurts are handy
II the Union doubts any OF my s,aemsnrs,
| can furnish them the full pames OF rhe per
sons mentioned above. Truth.
After | had written tho above learned
ths, asl night (JuIy Is about 2 O'Clock,
G b., hired bv Bradley Il Go. to watch the '
Hume. SAW Chinsmen in the hume clsaning 2
up. and having more hurk.ho, in his gu"
than he wsn'ed 10 pack. Is, one barrel Of i,
| hy, and il The tracks Of blood which some OF
,he men found this morning srs any indi y
ii q. tbe,s will be a Chinese fun-IsI shortly,
and | viii notify the editors of the Union in
time. by telegraph, It they viii ACT Ms pail
| bearers. L.