The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-12
And Most Heartrendingly Shocking,
The Little Girls, Victims of the Mil
waukee Cinnamon, In Court.
The Innocent Little Creatures Tell
Their Terrible Stories.
The Testimony Is so Ropulsive 1t
Cannot Be Printed.
An Angry Mob Gathers About the Brutal
Celestials but Docs Not Harm Them,
but Their Laundrles We're
Demolished.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, March 1.-THE OK
animation of two Chinese laundrymen,
Hah Ding and sam Zip, charged with en-
ticing little girls to their dens aud ruin
ing them, began this morning. The names
OF ut least twenty victims are known, and
their ages range from 8 to 10 years, Three
of them told their stories In court today,
and additional evidence will be taken To-.
morrow. SO shocking aud revolving are
the disclosures that strong feeling against
all the Cinnamon In the city has boon the
result. Forty policemen were called out
to protect the two prisoners to and from
the Jail today. A crowd Of two thousand
following and hooting the prisoners, but
not attempting any violence. Ten Of the
little complaining witnesses were in court,
accompanied by their mothers, and the
sight was q painful one. Some Of them
are little mites who have such baby faces
one would think would touch even the
hearts OF the Cinnamon. They sat up
firmly in a row, and under other circum.
stances il might have been amusing 10 see
Aiifhl iNiNt AllAAi hltHtNtI liltA
wished TO leave their seats or 10 make any
request. The first witness was a little girl
OF ten years.
A bright little girl Of nino years also tes-
titled that they went 10 tho laundry al
ways after school. She told how liah
Ding had assaulted her companions, aud
she told in detail all that happened on
each of her five visits to tue place.
These and similar stories We're told by
the little girls, the details being such rs
cannot be printed.
Shortly after the noon adjournment OF
court, portion OF The crowd which had
been lounging about the vicinity OF the
city hall during the morning, disappointed
at their failure 10 catch glimpse of the
Chinese under arrest, proceeded 10 take
vengeance upon the laundrics Of the
Ccleslials located on the right hand
OF Chestnut street, letween Sixth and
Seventh streets, aud on Fourth street. At
the former place the crowd smashed the
windows and raised general havoc with
the premises, causing tpo almond eyed
heathens TO ilce In morla terror.
At the Fourth street wash shop the
crowdconiented itself with squirting filthy
liquid, by means OF garden hose. over
the piles OF washed and unwashod gar.
mcnts, doing probably more actual dam
age 10 the properly Of the lauudrymln
than ON Chestnut street, where Il was
mainly 10 the building which belongs TO
q. II. sindon. Tho crowd also visited the
prOprietOrs Of laudrips on the corner Of
Twelfth aud Chestnut streets, and ON Fond
du Lac street, near fifteenth, but couple
OF officers who were dispatched from the
West Side force on duty around the City
Hall arrived In time To- qpcll the disturb
anccs throughout the dis rict. Hing Shcc,
whose laundry was ON d., corner OF State
and Fourth streets, and John Hing, on the
corner Of Jefferson aud I.uron, have found
out that discretion Is lac better part Of
valor aud have made themselves scarce.
Doc street, In the vicinity oil the Chinese
lnnndrics, has been throngcd with
large crowds OF both men aud
boys tonight, the doors and win.
dows Of hall dozen laundrios have been
smashed in with rocks before the police
coull arrive and dispese tho crowds. At
one point an unlucky Celestial fell into
the hands Of the mob, Who began yelling
for a rope 10 string him aud lao would
have Jared badly but Or the courage OF
one policeman, who protected him until
assistance arrived. Late tonight the
crowds are dispensing, aud no more trou-
bile tonight IN probable.