Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-27
The CONSPIRACY CASE.
The Ex-Slaves Are Wanted as witnesses
How the Matter Stands.


The attention of Judge Henry was occu-
pied in the Police Court for several hours
yesterday with the hearing of matters per-
tanning to the cases of Charley Chung and
Frank Kee, charged with conspiracy
against Lin boy, female who was one of
the inmates of the bagnio maintained by
Lee All Dot and You Gin. 1t will be
borne in mind that Kee through his attor-
neys, Taylor & Holl, swore out a writ of
habeas corpus in the Superior Court few
weeks ago, alleging that Lin boy was re-
strained of her liberty by Lee All Dot, kee
intending, he says, to marry her II he
| secured her liberty The writ being issued,
Deputy Sheriff Karcher endeayored to
serve it, but the woman could not be found,
her owner having concealed her, presuma-
bly, at some place outside the city limits.
AS return move, the Lee All Dot
party had Chung and Kee arrested on
Police Court warrants for conspiracy against
the woman whom one of them had been
endeayoring to get possession OF on habeas
corpus Later one All Wong swore to the
complaint before United States Commits
sioner Bugbey On which Lee All Dot and
GU Gin were arrested for
HOLDING FIVE WOMEN IN SLAVERY.
One of the women was Lin boy, who is yet
missing; another, on being brought before
the Commissioner, declared that she was a
married woman and was not held by Lee
All Dot, and she was released; another,
who at first seemed anxious to be kept from
All Dots clutches, subsequently changed
her mind, and was released on bail 10 ap-
pear as a witness against Dot and Gin ;
and the remaining two, who say they
xynul1 IL, 10, hao int SlgN-arx-
were sent by Commissioner Bugbey to the
Presbyterian Mission Home, San Francisco,
with the expectation thac they would be
required as witnesses against Dot and Gim
but, the United States District Court
having discharged the latter ON the hear
ing of a writ of habeas corpus got out in
their interest, holding that there was no
such crime in the United States as slavery
the women will not be needed as witnesses
in the case. Before they left for San Fran
cisco they were subpenaed to appear i'll
Judge Henry Court yesterday as witnesses
against Charley Chung and Frank Kee, but
they did not come Counsel for the prose-
cution, c. 7. Jones and J. 7. Carey, wanted
the Court to issue an attachment and have
them brought here, but S. S. Holl, for the
defense, objected. alleging that it was I'M
necessary, as he was
WILLING TO ADMIT ANYTHING
That the other side claimed could be proved
by their testimony. He was in a gener-
ally admitting mood, and minated that
he would admit almost anything against
the defendants, as he did not think it could
be shown that they had committed an
otfense. The matter was argued at length
and Judge Henry took thunder advisement
until 10 A. N. tomorrow. 1t has been
claimed by those friendly TO All Dot and
You CHM that the prosecution against them
before the Commissioner was but contin-
uation of a scheme by Chung and Kee 10
get possession of the women, whom they
intended to use as improperly as All Dot
had been doing. But Commissioner Bug
hey says that the case before him had
nothing to do with any other, and Charley
Chung was only in it because OF his ability
as an interpreter he having acted i'll that
capacity for Judge Armstrong and in the
Nicolaus anti-Chinese conspiracy cases.
THERE WE'RE THREE OTHER CHINAMEN,
He says, that were to have been arrested on
separate charges of holding women in sla-
very, but All Dots case was taken up first
because of attention being called to it by
the habeas corpus proceedings and the
charge of conspiracy. The Commissioner
says that Chung and Kee are given
good characters by white people for whom
they have worked but All Dots friends
charge them with being rascals, highbind-
ers, and worse men generally than All Dot
1t looks little singular, knowing that the
two women now in San Francisco are very
friendly to Chung and Kee, that the prose
cution should want them as witnesses
against those defendants, and gives color
to the assertion that the desire is to get
them back IN Sacramento so that their
owner can find some means of regaining
possession of them. Meanwhile rumors
are afloat that Chinese Fighters" have
been imported from San Francisco by one
side or the other, or perhaps both, and that
at almost any time a small war may be eX-
pected to break out in Chinatown The
Chief of Police has taken preventive steps.
and given the Celestials to understand that
they had better cool down.