Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-07-12
A Narrowing Tale Told by Faithful
Burner of Punk.


SAN FRANCISCO, July 11th.-Attorney AL
fred Clarke has brought another suit in the
United States Circuit Court on behalf of All
Fong, arrested for having lottery tickets in
his possession, against judges Van Reyne-
gom and Murphy, Mayor Pond, Police
Judges, prosecuting officers, etc., and the
people of the State of California He claims
that his client is a subject of China and is
entitled to the privileges and immunities
promised under 1.-THE benign provisions of
the XIVth Act of our blessed Constitu-
ton"
Mr.. Clarke then says that Ah Fong "has
been engaged at hard labor at or near Los
Gatos for six months last prior to said
March 4, 1890; that he visited San Fran.
cisco Tor the purpose of contributing his
pittance toward commemorating the wis
dom and pieiy OF his ancestors, and for
supporting lighted taper in the shrine
where fragrant odors are periodically con-
sumed to the names of the departed. Your
orator received printed receipt for this
tribute, and it is not improbable that it
may have been written on paper which
may have previously been used as lottery
ticket, but said paper was not at that time
in any existing lottery. Being greatly
frightened at the assault of the defendants,
your orator answered yes to all their
questions, and would have answered yes
out OF fear and terror to any Interrogation
they could have given. Your orator, be-
ing ignorant of the English language, was
dragged in great terror and dismay. by his
captors, from the foul and stinking dun
geons kept by the defendants to the bar
there kept by the defendants, and, expect
ing immediate decapitation, your orator
consulted his safety by answering affirma-
lively to every question given him by his
examiners"
Mr. Clarke further describes the tortures
experienced by his client while in the
company of "drunks" and vagabonds. He
was particularly affected while in the
"black maria," which rolled and pitched
so that the decency among the passengers
was not easily observed, and by which the
morals OF your orator was greatly shocked
and his sensibilities were greatly wounded
by the unseemly and indelicate situation"
Hs was confined in "a castle of an octagon
shape" on road running toward the viii
lage of San Jose," and was there compelled
to do chores for the beastly and degraded
whites who corrupt the morals of the Chi
nese who are so unfortunate as to share
the misery of that nasty prison" Thus
was Mr.. Clark's client prevented from
pursuing and enjoying safety and happi-
ness and picking his strawberries on the
plains of Los Gatos, and large number of
Dough roofs which your orator had there
collected for the purpose of reducing them
to kindling wood, were by the occurrence
of fire, during the enforced absence of your
orator, totally destroyed"
The other experiences of this very moral,
highly cultured and daintily nurtured
Mongolian are set forth with his counsers
accustomed eloquence, and the claim is
made that the order of the Supervisors
which made all this possible is void and
has so been held by the United States Su-
preme Court, and that the arrest was made
in violation of Article XIV. of the Consti-
tuition and paragraph 1,977 of the Revised
Statutes.
Mr.. Clark states that his client makes
the modest request that he be allowed
$50. 900 damages, together with sundry
other sums which are classed as expenses,
including retainer of $500 paid to his
counsel