The morning call., 1893-10-07
1T WAS PUT OFF.
Trial of the VacaVille
Chinese.
Federal Judge Morrow Did Not Have
Time to Hear the Evidence
Against Them.

There was no trial of the four Vacaville
Chinese yesterday. They were present in
the United States District Court room, and
so we're the witnesses subpenaed against
them. but Judge Morrow thought there
would not be time enough between 10:15
and II A. NJ. to hear the testimony. Ac-
cordingly he postponed the matter until
IL A. NJ. Tuesday. the 18th inst.
Thomas Riordan appeared for the Chi
ese and G. w. Fox as the attorney for the
Anti Chinese League. Denis kearney was
also present to watch the proceedings.
The main witnesses for the Government
are: d. L. Beaver, who swore out the
warrants: T. S. Chinn and Charles Lyons.
The employers of the Chinese. +. M. Buck
and w. b. Parker, fruit-raisers, have also
been subpenaed by the United States Dis
trio Attorney.
Mr.. Buck protests very earnestly that
the pr oceediDgs have been inspired by
m alice. He says he pays as much as
$4,000 annually in wages for help in
gathering and picking his fruit; employs
white men and the families Of white men in
large numbers; has never refused white
man a Job who was able to work in or
about his orchard. and has always been in
favor of the exclusion law.
Both he and MIR. Parker were members
of the Board of Trustees of Vacaville. and
as such they raised the saloon licenses
short time ago. That action, he thinks.
provoked the spite of the saloon men.
Il am no. Prohibitionist," he explains.
neither is my friend, Mr.. Parker, but the
dives wero becoming so bad that some
thing had TO be- done. The saloon men
bluffed US with petition to raise the
license to high figure per quarter. and We
did so.
"When our Chinese were arrested Town
Marshal Bradley was sent mere to get war
rants for several highbinders. but Judge
McKenna refused TO issue them.
THE warrant for my cook was sworn
out by a man named Beaver. My cook
was cooking for twenty-five or thirty
white men, and 1t embarrassed me to have
him leave.
"As soon as the cook was arrested all
the Chinese wanted to leave, as they
feared that they would also be arrested. /
had a great deal of fruit on hand. and 1t
had to be packed and shipped or else be
dead loss to me. Several crews did leave,
but | managed to prevail on enough to re-
main TO pack the cars"
1t is plain that both Messrs. Buck and
Parker will do their utmost TO save their
Chinese. Denis Kearney charges that they
will endeavor to make 1t appear that the
Chinese now in custody are not the men
for whom the warrants were issued In
other words, that their names are not those
that appear in the warrants. Through
this loophole it is sought to eXtrcate them.
Lawyer Fox says such defense will be of
no avail.
Both Beaver and Chinn deny the threats
of revenge which they have been accused
OF making against Messrs. Buck and
Parker on account of the raising of the
saloon licenses Beaver SAYS hat he never
went to Mr.. Bucks field except upon
two occasions, once to spot the Chi
nese and once in company with the
Marshal to arrest the Chinese. He and
Lyons INDUCED no spite whatever. said
he, but simply acted under the direc-
tions of the Anti Chinese Law and Order
League. They selected Messrs. Parker
and Buck for the influence 1t would have
unnn other ranchers