The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-20
A Bridgeport Tragedy Demand
Ing Investigation.
Attention Of q Grand Jury Called 10 The
Acts Of a Mob.
The Disappearance Of an Indian and the Mur-
der Of a Chinaman-CharseS Against
Police and Court Officers.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

BRIDGEpoRT, Nov ia Grand Jury
was impaneled in the Superior Court here
yesterday, and following is Judge Virden's
charge to the jury in regard to the murder
of Indian Tom and the execution of his
supposed murderer, All Quong Tia, China
man, by the Indians at this place In June
last: You are instructed that 1t is your
duty to Inquire into any UNPUBLISHED crimes
committed or any trouble in this county,
and for this purpose you are entitled to all
necessary process of this court, to compel
the attendance of witnesses and such other
evidence as may be required. In this con-
nection there are several events which have
transpired in this county since the last
session of the former Grand Jury to which
it is my duty to call your particular attep-
tion.
BRUTAL MURDER.
'Some time about the month of May last
an Indian, known as Poker Tom, suddenly
disappeared from Bridgeport under circum-
stances that induce the belief that he had
been foully murdered. About the same
time the finding of the trunk of human
being on the east bank of Walker River,
minus the head and limbs, supposed by the
Indians to be that of Poker Tom, caused a
wild excitC ment among the Indians that
finally eliminated in a number of the H.
dams entering the courtroom Of the Justice
of the Peace of Bridgeport and taking a
Chinaman therefrom. by the name of All
QuoDg Tia, who. having had an eXamIna-
ton before the Justice of the Peace as
magistrate upon the charge of having muir
dered the Indian Tom, had Just been dis
charged by the magistrate upon the grounds
OF the 1nsufiiciency of the evidence, and,
hurrying him through the village. half a
mile from town, there brutally murdered
and cut his body to pieces, in what they
supposed was the same manner in which
the Indian had been murdered.
INVESTIGATION DEMANDED.
1.-The manner of the death OF each Of
these persons demands at your hands
careful investigation to the end that
crimes OF character so outrageous shall
meet with proper punishment at the
hands of the law. Society. laws and courts
are established for the protection OF our
lives, property and liberty, and the law
II promptly and justly applied by
lsh crime of every character without
the use or interference OF unlawful violence
In this connection 1t has been asserted and
published broadcast throughout the State
that the officers of this county and of this
court. present in Bridgeport at the time, re-
fused or neglected to perform their sworn
duty as peace officers. rejecting not only
deeply upon such officers. but casting a
shadow Of disgrace upon the county itself.
CORRUPTION ALLEGED.
" This also demands your serious con-
sideratiOn, for If they are innocent they
should be exoneraied, and if they have
been guilty of willful and corrupt conduct
in Office it will be your duty to so find. 1t
has also been publicly charged that attor-
neys, also officers Of this court, have unlaw-
fully embezzled a part or portion of the
property of the deceased. All QuOng Tia
This also demands al your hands a careful
investigation. for If the officers OF the high
est court OF justice within your county are
wllllully corrupt and are let go UNPUBLISHED,
TO whom can the people of the county and
Stale look for an honest exposition of the
laws and of justce?"