Daily Republican., 1890-04-07

Judes NoAdam at on the bench in !
the City Court New York, yesterday
etrokins bis blonde beard and inhalinR
the perfume nom three burning joss
sticks which smouldefed on his desk. II
was the third day Of the trial Of the suit
Of Seth G. johnson against Man, Sing,
Son h Co, Of $40 Broadway, on pronis-
sorry note for u. 200. purporting to have
been signed By thsm, which they allsSs
About sf.y ch,usmsn wsr. prss.n.
when the Court opened. Guy Mayns.
the Chinese journalist, was the inter
prefer. Mok Quses . good.lookins, welt
Bible and ssid he was . Christian. He
was one Of the arm OF Man, Sing,
Son & Go. The frn had never had :
bank account, he said, and none Of the
firm WAS authorized to give tha firms
notes.
Won Yet Tsow, who wore . long
queue wound around his head. . figured
silk gown with wide sleeves, q pair Of
fasbionsbly wide trousers and shoes
made Of embossed wtits velvet and blue
I figured satin, smiled bsnignly Of Colonel
james and said that he was perfectly
willing to swear upon the Bible.
"What 10 your religion" asked Col.
JameA
"When am In China l have the
Chinese religion; when / am In America
Tsow, - he ran bis fat nngers up Into
Ills sleeves and smiled pleasantly.
He said be was not Z member Of any
Christian Church; that he worshipped
his ancestors, and that he believed 10
Cunfucius. IN spite OF this, no was WILL
| ing to swear on the Bible, but An oath
with joss sticks he would consider more
birding. joss sticks had been procured,
and Chinaman tried 70 stick them into
. crack In the judge dssk. but the crack
WAS Zoo narrow. Then happy thought
occurred TO him. and be propped them
| up between two Bibles and lighted them;
thus delicately blending the Pagan aud
Christian forms for an oath. When they
were lighted the witness said 10 Chlness:
"Duly, In the reign OF Quong Sue, In
the Sixteenth year, Second month and
Seventh day, arrived In this court to DO
sworn, 10 tell the truth, and TO tell every
word 1t. II l tell Q falsshood my
soul Will DO oxtinguished like this In
cense."
But the incense WAS not extinguished
then. He had to give his testimony
while 1t was burning, and so = pleasant
pungent Odor crept throughout tie court
room 40 the witness said THAT he kept a
Chinese boarding house In Mott street
and owned share in Man, Sing. Son 81
Goa business. The Chinese journal OF
the firm was handed to him and ho read
He said the by-laws of the firm were
written In the journal, and that they did
not authorize Q member Of the firm to
, make notes or to endorse checks. When
he had finished his testimony he pulled
, the joss sticks from between the Biblei
, and extinguished the fire by jabbing the
! stick Into corner Of the Judges desk.
Fonx Hip, n tall Chinaman, dressed ia
American clothes, said that be had never
been in court before, and did not know
much about swearing. He believed in
0 the religion Of Coniucius, but would
E swear In any way that Colonel JameI
! desired.
"Have you NO preference" asked TIT
Colonel.
"None whatever" said the wituoss.
"HAye you any conscience?" demand
ed the lawyer.
2 Certainly have" answered Hip III ,
!. hurt tono.
. ''rhen what form OF oath does ynu
consciepce dictate that you should uaeY
! "All forms are the same to me, but
: will tell the truth, no matter how
lswear."
"Ob, well, give him the Bible then.
said Colonel James.
= mo; he doesn't know anything abou
. the Bible" said Judge McAdam. ''Glv
. him something that be knows about
. Light up the Joss sticks."
i The witness iaid that he wae member
. OF the firm of Ma Sing, Son & Co., ant
n that he Wa the Do0kkeeper Oh the firm
q He testified to the same effect as til,
q other members Of the firm.
e Chu Chong, who said he was Chris
' tian aud belonged to the Fourteenth
Street Presby terrain Church, was called
He said he went to church REGULAR,
every Sunday.
. "What will happen to you It you kis
10 asked Colonel James.
II al will go to hell, down the other SID,
v OF the earth, just like an American man,
!. was the sober answer, and bo was per
q mitted to take the oath. He said he wa
Q member OF the firm of Man Sing, Sor
g. Co.. and gave testimony the same q
the others.
Mon Lee, the first witness to-day, Is a
' member OF the firm OF Quong Hong q
Z Co., Chinese grocers, OF 0 Mott street.
j Cbu Fonx, tire self-con tossed forger, wai
| Also meinucf VI tuo iItLs 1ueIo WEI
: some question about this precise date Of
the org anizatlon OF the hrm, ard Non
= Lee caused some surprise by giving the
correct date in excellent English. He
seemed to regret having done so, and
0 could not be made to speak English
again during the day. Chu Chong wai
present to interpret at the request OF
Uhong Hong, Long & Co. He declined
to be sworn, either on the Bible or on the
Joss sticks. He said he WAS an agnostic
8 and wished to affirm.
"Are you of the came family as Chu
Fong?" asked EE-Judge Morgan.
Eyes, we all belong to the same great
4 family" said Chu Chopg.
! III can see there Is remarkable
), family resemblance" said the Judge
sarcastically, but are you Chu Fong'.
!, blood rsation?"
! "My family Is over 900 years oil.
. said the witncss with dignity. 81 sup
pose that We had . common ancestor
J. about the time OF Adam and Eve"
II Mon Leo testified that Chu Fong had
:. not been allowed 10 keep bank account
for either Quoag Hong. Long q Co. OF
= Man, SicP, Son ~ Co. He was not au
Y thorized to make notes or endorse com
v mercial paper for either nrm. lie sal,
d that Mr.. Johnson had persuaded him Il
o Sign some legal paper upon the threa
s. that he would be thrown into jail II b
!. refused. He did not know what I'll
paper WAS, a. he could not read English
Tho Ability TO Bear Pain
Is 10 the test Of fortituds among the IndIar