The New York herald., 1876-11-21

pensaton; II he Is hanged they will send specified
amount to his relatives China
SECRET rRBusALs
Charles + Jones. District Attorney o: Sacramento,
related many curious details OF these secret
tribunals:--
DO with Chinese criminals and always have great DIM
Guilty in convicting them OF any crime remember
ago by All Dan A. the time | was defending three
parties charged with kidnapping and had An Quong
interpreter, knowing him 10 he honest and capable
Tho circumstances Of The case were these:-A China
wanted 10 marry woman then In house OF
prostitution. She desired 70 marry him and he
with two Of mis- friends 10 the house She went with
them. They drove out OF TO get married. when
the Cinnamon who owned her heard OF u and started
some officers after her she was arrested and surrsu-
TO these Cinnamon, with Instructions To oring
her into Court next day. had this 10 interpret
Tor me, being well satisfied that she would that
she was not being kidnapped The next day the owners
brought into court woman whom tho defend-
ants Informed me was not the one at all but another
Tho attorneys Tor the other side insisted that was
believing the statements oil their Cinnamon to that
effect The casa WAS postponed Tor Two three DAYS
when II was shown the woman offered not the one
taken away. This interpreter told mo they would XIII
him as sure ~ those defendants we're convicted. We
went out OF the court room, and be told mo he was
afraid TO 60 on street ! told him he hadn't better
30 then. but did not think they would trouble him.
Hall an hour sferward he brough. back, shot IN
the back, and Ratchet having been used on
him, mutilatng him terribly. This was In
broad daylight about eleven o'clock in The
nornlns, on THIRD and streets, one of
mcnto There were hundreds Of Chinese around there
At the time buI difncut in the prosecution Of
the case 10 ges any Chinese testimony Al ALL IL hap
pened that there were lew white men passing Al tho
time, aud were enabled to identity two men, and
lie. alter three trials They attempted 10 prove an
abi, and after swearing large lot oil Chinamen they
said they mad twenty more The Chinese use
the courts 10 gniu possession oi women. some
times II happens that where a man IS married
10 woman they get out warrant Tor MS
arrest and get bail they the
woman and carried her of 10 some distant place l
have had Chinamep come 10 me 10 hnd out how many
witnesses l mad in cases. II they found out they
would get suoacieut testimony 10 override me- Before
Iwas District Attorney have had Chinese come 10
me 10 defend thsm and ask me how many witnesses
wanted and what necessary TO prove In order TO
acqut often ind that upon preliminary examina-
tions and before the Grand Jury there enough
trial these same witnesses 10 exactly
opposite state Of iactk attribute that TO
Chinese courts, where il had been npaiy settled /
have records in my office OF Chinese tribunal OF that
kind, where they tried offenders according to their
own rules, Noted out what punishment they deemed
proper, s&c. These records were captured in room
ON l street. between Fourth and Fifth There q
Chnaman here who opened q washhouse on Second
street. underneata the Orleans HOTEL appears that
ho was member OF the Chinese Washhouse Associa
ton, ana that they had rule that no washhouse
should be opened within ten doors Of already
opened. Thus new house was opened within tho pre-
scribed limits and the association held meeting
One of the charges that he In partnership with
white man-a iorcigner-the!r rules orbidding
any such arrangement and they lined h,m
I
Fratt whs told him would protect him. Then they
held another meeting and proved on the trial of
sSsy woud XIII HIM Tbsy sent Out ,sres Of Ssr
bsr and they met him on Third between and j. One
had knife, anssher pistol and Ihe other made
demand telling him that II he did not pay $l10 they
would kill him immediately lie had 500 in his pocket,
and he gave them that He went ana told Mr. Rfatt,
and these three were arrested for robbery. The
society held another meeting, and the whole meeting
arrested consprators these records being cap
tured. had them translated by an interpreter from
San EPa md uaed her IN ui0ft tho oyob-
berry cassA The records recte that the members
enter into solemn compact not to enter into part
nership with . foreigner; that this did SO,
and the company offers 80 many round dollars TO
the man who will kill him. They promise furnish
is arrested, they will employ able counsel to defend
him. II convicted he should receive, think So Tor
every day he wsuld be confined snd IN case hc died
records appeared In evidence and were admitted also
poster that was taken iron bouse, offering reward
for the killing OF this man. This poster was placed
on house public Beng wnttenin Chinese,
Of course they alone knew Its contents and informed
US of them I have frequently had Chinese to
me with offers OF pocun,ary reward II / would let
of some Chinese criminal They generally come
alone but never broach tho subject In the presence
| oil white men.
| O Mention some other cases A. A Chinaman on
jackson street for by Chinamen TO whom he
had loaned money, and told that he would 20
on jackson street they would pay him
tive men waited Tor him shere, and they k,iied HIM
@ Was there any evidence Of . reward having been
offered for bis deaihy A. heard II spoken OF in this
| way before II nappened-that there would be money
paid Tor his death, was In mouse tive days before
ihe killing, and there heard the matter spoken Of
perfectly satisfied that his death was the result Of
q reward
Gordon said hatehet men were lighting men
class OF IN Chinatown that be hired TO de-
fend any house store that is threatened, and will
cut and kill lndscrlminateiy. About year and
halfago . stsrc at No. s07 No 900 Dupont street
was threatensd- riot TOOK place, and hired hatchct
men broke into the store shooting cutting and
$40 Dupont street regarding the employment Of
Chinese In shoe factories and the retention Of wages
has
striker. Nine were wounded and fifteen or twenty
arrests made None convicted Know . large
number OF professional lighters here.
o'Nei, policeman, gave this curious revelation
They are In the habit OF compromising felones and
offences They have their secret tribunals,
where they try Tor offences. was present At
stoned me very closely regarding certain Cinnamon
whom they accused OF furnishing evidence. This
week, in the County Court We had trial Of China
man whom arrested for stealing from The Congrega-
tional church school room. He caught IN the
room by the Chinaman who Keeps II In order, and
held until got there and took him into custody.
There three Cinnamon there whom he was ar
rested aud searched besiacs Mrs. Shane the teacher
Two Of these Cinnamon begged the white witnesses
several occasions not 10 go 10 court and testify,
else they would DO killed by order OF their
countrymen;' in the Police Court they not
needed and were not called Two three nights bo-
fore the trial came on in the County Court this
Chinaman, Fon Fon, came 10 my residence very much
asked him What ior and he sad the Ky lung was
holding meeting, and he wanted me TO go before it.
He said they were meeting 70 make him pay II day
for every day ths man had heen In jail, or else hire
lawyer TO get him out saying that II the man
victsd and no did not pay this money be would bo
killed. he also said that he had lot dared TO 10 down
street the mans arrest. the meeting
OF the KychelunR and was questioned very closely
To what they were up 70 evaded their questions
ana finally told Them TINS man had nothing 20 do with
the matter. This what they alter, and one
told me he did not believe me- On the trial tho
two otHer Chinese had disappeared and an attach
msnt had 10 be sent Tor Fon Fon. On the stand he
p,riured himse declaring he knew nothing OF things
that occurred there the day OF arrest He very
much scared and doubtless acted under orders The
Chinese told mo that the whole matter had been
Ied.
Evidently Chinese astuteness much Tor
O'NeiL When he told the secret tribunal that Fon
Fon knew nothing Of the matter they able to
work upon Fon Fon 10 perjurc hmseIL
SLAVERY or CHINESE woMKx
Matt Karchsr. formerly Chief OF Police OF Sacra-
mento, testified