Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-14
Judge Shaw Decides That
They Are insufficient,
And the Accused Murderer
Goes Back to Jail.
Yick FOn Also Placed in Jail as a
Peljurer.
The District Attorney and the Police
Dig Up Some Interesting Facts.
What Fon Swore To-.Justice
Stanton Takes a Hand.


good enough yesterday, issued bench
warrant for his arrest and sent him
back to jail. Ark's liberty was very
short lived, extending in fact over Pc
riod of just two weeks, but as the price
of this brief freedom, Yick Fon, or
Chew Yick Fon, one of Ark's bondsmen
is also spending his time in Jail. Yick
Fon is said to have had too exagger-
ated idea of his wealth when he went
into Judge Smiths court room on July
3lst and qualified on his friends bond
for $4,000.
Deputy District Attorney Phibbs went
before Judge Shaw yesterday morning
prepared to show that Ark's bondsmen
were men of straw. The information
which he had was dug up by the district
attorneys Office and Officers Bev-
an and Rohn of the police force,
and was deemed sufficiently convincing
to Justify request that Wong Ark be
rearrested. Mr.. Phibbs had paid most
attention to Yick Fon, and was asked
to lay the following facts before the
court Fon swore when he qualified on
undivided one-third of the building at
the corner of Marchessault and Ala
media streets, whereas an investigation
showed that he held only one-sixth
interest. He swore that the building
cost $4,000, when it only cost $12, 800,
according to the contractors statement.
Fon swore that the building was only
mortgaged for $4,000, whereas it carries
fnr de000 Dv,I n
| for $1,000, held by the Los Angeles Saw
was only one other man interested in
the buiiding-See Yuen-whereas the
district attorney had discovered that
prise, all owning equal interests, their
Ho, All Chin, Ye Yick Hong and All
! Wo. Mr.. Phibbs was also ready to state
that five of these partners, including
Fon, had assigned their interests to All
Chin for the purpose of collecting rents
and paying the bank it's interest.
On this showing, Judge Shaw, with.
out hesitation, issued bench warrant
| for Wong Ark's arrest. A very few mo-
rant for Yick Fon's arrest for perjury,
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! filed with Justice Austin. Both Of these
warrants were served shortly after noon
by Officers Bevan and Rohn. Fon was
placed in the city Jail and Wong Ark
was taken, at O'Clock, in to the supe.
rior court, where his attorneys, Messrs.
Guthrie and Hardesty. were summoned
Ark's lawyers were taken completely
| by surprise by the move of the district
attorney and were unprepared to meet
it. They finally decided to put Fon on
the stand, however, and he was brought
up from the city Jail and examined as to
the value of his property The China
man was pretty badly scared and was
very guarded in his answers. He re-
iterated, practically, his statements
made on the former examination, but
qualified them by saying that his "part.
ners had told him" what he had pre-
viously sworn to as facts within his own
knowledge. After the examination was
concluded the court decided that Fon
was not acceptable as bondsman.
''There is very little use in the courts
believing anything these men say, after
the record they have made for perjury
in this case" said the Judge.
Mr.. Hardesty-Then there is very lit.
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man to your honor?
The Court-Very little, sir.
Mr.. Hardeaty-Will not your honor
allow Chinaman to 20 on this bond?
The Court--No sir; not unless his
worth is sworn to by white men. These
Cinnamon have made record for them.
selves as perjurers, and now they must
abide by it..
Mr.. Hardesty-Your honor differs
very much from Judge Smith in this
regard.
The Court-That does not concern me.
The attorneys for Ark wanted to offer
cash bail for Fon's portion of the bond,
but the district attorney objected to the
other bondsmen as well, and Ark was
ordered off to Jail.
Fon was taken down to Justice Aus
tins court and arraigned for perjury,
his bond being fixed at $4,000. His
attorneys, Messrs. Gnthrie and Hardes-
ty, wanted to give $4,000 cash, but the
court refused it, and also refused to ap-
prove any bonds before adjournment.
Yick Fon then also went to Jail. His
examination is set for this afternoon at
p. m, but an effort will be made to
effect continuance.
Yick Fon had hardly been locked up
in cell in the city Jail, after the refusal
OF Police Justice Austin to approve
bonds before adjournment, when the in
defatigable attorneys of the Chinaman
appeared before Township Justice STAN
ton and got his consent to accept bail,
in the sum of $4,000. The same quartette
who are on Arks's bonds were trotted
up, went through the form of qualifying
and the bond was accepted.
Justice Stanton thereupon issued an
order on the chief of police for Fon's re-
lease, which was taken to the chief by a
Chinaman. 1t was not 'obeyed, how
ever, and Fon was quietly
slipped out of the city prison
and taken to the county Jail.
Here another order, also from Justice
Stanton. was served OH the jailer, which
was likewise destroyed.
In the meantime the police had com
municated. with Justice Stanton, ex-
planned the case to him and induced
him to rescind his previous orders. At
last accounts Yick lFon wes still in jail,
and likely to remain there.
The district attorney has information
which, it is believed, will lead to the ar
rest and prosecution of the four sure
ties on Ark's bond who are still at large.
Their cases are believed to be as fragrant
as that OF Yick Fon.
A CLUE TO HANCHETTE.