The record-union., 1891-06-25
CHINESE TESTIMONY.
Policemen Are Not In It With the
Yellow Chaps.
The Farce of Allowing Coolies to Go
Upon the Witness Stand Against
Reputable Citizens.

All Tie and All Chung, two meek-look-
ing heathens, were tried in the Police
court yesterday on charges of disturbing
the peace. The defendants were repre-
sented by w. A. Anderson and Charles Il.
Jones.
a dozen or more natives of the Flowery
Kingdom occupied seats in court and
were attentive listeners during the trials.
All 10y, the Chinese fortune teller, in
whose supposed supernatural power the
majority of Cinnamon have great faith,
was on hand wearing his customary owl
ish look.
Officer Wilson swore that about /
O'Clock on Tuesday morning of last week
he saw the flashes from pistol and heard
the report of four shots near the Japanese
house on the north side of / street, be-
tween Fourth and Fifth. He was stand
ing on the corner of Fourth at the time
and Immediately ran toward Fifth street.
He had reached halfway up the block on
the south side of the street when two
Cinnamon carrying pistols rushed by
and into doorway. They slammed the
door after them. He broke it in, and on
the inside found one of the Cinnamon in
bed. The other made jump for his
bunk just as the witness appeared in the
open doorway. The officer identified
them both as the men who ran by him,
and arrested them. He found two large
pistols beneath a bench in one of the
rooms.
On the way down to the police station
All Tie, who was somewhat under the in
nuence Of liquor, remarked to the officer:
Il no killee, l likee scare 'em. | give you
couple dollar you let me CO."
y Japanese boy testified that he found
fnI1rh hlllln -Ifin JTNh h
ing after the shooting, and the bullets
were of the same caliber as those used in
the pistols found. Heard crowd OF
Cinnamon, All Tie among the number,
talking in front of the Japanese house in
q threatening manner ABOUT o'clock on
the evening before the shooting.
The defense introduced the testimony
of the two defendants and four or five
other Cinnamon who belonged to the
Lun Ling Tong Society. They all sWore
that they heard no shooting, and that All
Tie and All Chung were asleep at l O'Clock
the next morning. They testified that
All Tie was drunk that night, which fact
accounted for the officer finding him in
bed with his clothes on.
During the hearing Of the testimony for
the defense City Attorney Hart became
disgusted and remarked:
You need not call any more of these
Cinnamon as witnesses, Mr.. Jones. pU
o1OI1IIC Gl1alt IiISS Will IcSllly 70 an yGllUSS
you say they will. There is no use
spending time in this way. They are
lying all the way through, and you have
a written statement there of Just what
you want to get out of them"
Mr.. Jones jumped to his feet and de-
clared that he had been insulted, and
asked the court to restrain the City At
torney from making such remarks. He
had a right TO write down what he eX-
pected to elicit from the witnesses.
Yes, but you needn't lead them," re-
torted Mr.. Hart.
81 don't intend to lead them,' replied
Mr.. Jones.
Judge Cravens quieted matters by or
dering the attorneys to proceed with the
trial Of the case.
After all the testimony was given, the
attorneys for the defendants asked for a
dismissal, first. on the ground that the
Cinnamon had once been in jeopardy for
the same Offense, and the Clerks min
utes showed the cases to have been dis
missed. The first charges against them
Were those of discharging firearms, and
they were dismissed on motion of the
City Attorney. The second charges
those of disturbing the peace-grew out
OF the same occurrence. They also asked
for an acquittal on the ground that the
testimony Of the defense was stronger
than that of the prosecution.
Judge Gravens would not rule on the
first point raised by the attorneys, but
discharged the Cinnamon, saying that
the testimony of the prosecution was,
for the most part, circumstantial, and not
g1rOnC- aOpuub