The record-union., 1892-02-17
COURTS IMPOSED upon.
Used to Further the Schemes of
Chinese Slave-0wners.
How All Pom Came to be Charged with
Robbery The story Related
by a Chinaman.

10y a Chinaman.
Yesterday was the day set for the ex-
animation Of All Pom on charge of rob-
berry, preferred by a Chinese merchant
named Lip Kee of this city. The Police
Court has seldom been so crowded with
Cinnamon, the case evidently exciting
great interest in Mongolian circles.
Fong Soon, a well-known merchant,
took a prominent part in the prosecution,
and San Francisco Chinaman named
Lung Wing interested himself in the de-
1endant's behalf
The first witness called was Lip Kee,
the old man who was robbed. He said
he kept a store on street, between Third
and Fourth, and lived at the same place.
About o'clock on the morning of March
9Th he opened the front door in response
70 knocks, and was Immediately seized
by three Cinnamon. One of them threw
3 flour-sack over his head. and pushing
him into chair held him there and
Choked him. The other two searched his
pockets, and securing the key to the old
wooden safe, opened it and took 500 in
gold and $50 in silver. They warned him
taking all the money they choked him
again and left the place.
The witness said he did not know who
the Cinnamon were. The first one TO
find him after the robbery was Cling
Wah, who claimed that he saw All Pom,
the defendant, and two other Cinnamon
coming out of the store after having COM
lnitted the crime.
Cling Wah, cook employed by Fong
Soon, swore that he saw All Pom and his
two confederates coming out of Lip KEGS
place early in the morning of March 9TH.
Hiram Greer swOre that he was a letter
carrier at the time the robbery was COM
mitted. When he passed Lip KEGS place
he found the latter lying on the floor cry
ing and bleeding at the mouth.
Some additional testimony was heard
at the afternoon session Of the court, and
after reviewing the evidence Judge GRAY
ems ordered the defendant discharged.
A TRUMPED-UP CHARGE.
A prominent and intelligent China
man of this city told RECoRD-U UNION
reporter yesterday that there was moth
Ing at all in the case; that All Pom was
not guilty; that although it was true
enough that Lip hee had been robbed
All Pom had nothing to do with it, and
was arrested for other motives.
"All the Cinnamon know how this case
came into court" said he, land they all
know why the case was continued so
often"
Continuing, the narrator said, that
about year and half ago one of Fong
Soon's cousins in this city wanted to
BUY A WOMAN,
And he borrowed $1,000 from Fong Soon.
the well-known merchant He also OBJ
tanned loan of $500 from the mother of
Look Hoy's wife. Look Hoy is the we'll
Known Police Court interpreter With
this money, and some of his own, the
cousin Of tong Soon bought woman in
san Francisco for s., 800. He compelled
her to come TO Sacramento and enter a
house of prostitution. She lived here
about month, when she escaped and
made her way to San Francisco. going
straight to the Chinese Mission in that
city. She was cared for by the managers,
and remained at the mission for seven
months. She then left, and in a very
short time became sick, and her friends
deserted her entirely.
MARRIED TO All pom.
While she was i'll All Pom made her ac-
quaintance, and at his own expense sent
her TO Chinese hospital. In a month or
Two she was cured, and Pom procured q
marriage license and was welded to the
woman in American style last Septem-
ber. He then took her to Spenceville.
Sonoma County, where he was engaged
in business, and they lived there for some
time.
THEN FONG SOON WANTED HER
Fong Soon's cousin finally learned that
the woman for whom the former had
paid so much was well again, and told
him. FOng then determined to have her
once more, and resorted to the usual Chi
neSe method to get possession. Through
his society he offered a reward of S400 to
anyone who would place the woman in
his possession by taking the matter into
the courts, or 500 to any society that
would kidnap and bring her to him.
y society Of highbinders in this city
undertook the task Of earning the S4OO by
CoNCoCTING A SCHEME
Whereby she could be wrested from All
Pom by using the courts. The first move
in this direction was made in Chico. A
complaint was sworn to at that nlace
charging the woman with robbery. The
object was to get her away from All Pom
at Spenceville, and by taking her to
Chico 1t would be an easy matter to COM
promise with her when she found she
had no friends near to aid her.
But Pom apparently valued his wife
dearly, and he hired an attorney to de-
1end her. a Constable arrived in Spence
vile, placed the woman under arrest and
started for Chico with his prisoner, but
All Pom and the lawyer went along on
the same train.
All pom DISPOSED OF.
The party were compelled to stop over
in this city for a few hours, and the high
binders here, seeing that All Pom was de-
termined to be near his wife concluded
that something would have to be done to
get him out of the way. They knew
they could not hope to pursuade the
woman into obeying their wishes so long
as she knew All Eon was near her. and
they decided to procure his arrest and de-
tention in this city.
The store of Lip Kee was robbed on the
preceding night, and an excellent oppor-
tunity was therefore presented to charge
All Pom with the crime.
HOW LIP KEE WAS RoPED IN.
The highbinders got Lip Kee TO swear
to the complaint by telling him that All
Pom was the party who robbed him, and
the result was that Pom was brought to
jail and the woman compelled to 90 to
Chico. Pom had told his lawyer to keep
a special watch on the woman, and to see
that she was not molested.
The trumped-up charge at Chico was,
of course, dismissed, nobody desiring to
prosecute. The woman was, however,
1aken back TO Spenceville by the attor-
ney, and kept at his home.
THE sCHENIERs FoILED.
The case of All Pom has been continued
time and again in the Police Court here
and the highbinders were endeavoring to
induce him to pay $500 or 5000 to Fong
soon cousin, TO reimburse him for por-
1ion of his original outlay in purchasing
the woman.
Fong Soon, the old merchant, is out
about s., 900, from first to last, including
the money he has been induced to put up
TO push the prosecution.
WANTS A BENEFIT