The morning call., 1893-03-03

In the United States Circuit Court against
Chief Crowley and the police force for
damages for breaking in their doors, think
ing that as they have with their usual cum
ming outwitted rs before they can do 1t
again, and we will be unable to prove they
were fan-tan houses.
There is not the slightest doubt but that
in the houses we raded fan tan was carried
on to an unlimited extent, ana we TOOK
this precaution before we left the station
for fear it would be overlooked to get these
signs for evidence at the trial.
II went, with the assistance of Detectives
Con and Glennan, whose help proved very
valuable, and collected them. and also lot
of paper notices. which l will show and eX-
plain to you presently.
I'VE have had these signs interpreted,
and they prove what we want exactly, and
we will show by them at the trial that,the
places we raided were fan-tan houses.
'1he wooden signs were taken from the
places OF Chan Tung, 500 jackson street;
Poon Yu and Chan Chang, S04 jackson
street; Book Tong. 733 Jackson street; Yee
Yook Chang and Ye Wing, 927 Dupont
street; Chum JsonG, 624 Washington street !;
Low Sing, southeast corner Ross alley and
jackson street; Quan Fung. 9 Ross alley {;
Yet Sing. q Washington alley.
"The first sign is the froDt-doOr sign Civ
ing the name of the fan-tan game. Then
there is another sign, generally on the inside
of the hallway at the entrance OF the main
gambling den-the words on it purporting
the den or gambling place
There is q pecullarity about all the signs
that Immediately attracts the attention of
the gambling Chnaman, such as this one
here with large black letters on white paper
in gilt frame covered with glass. This
one is generally IN the wall of the first en-
trance. where it will more quickly catch the
eye.
There Is big elarIng green one with
large gilt letters that we found in the second
of the lookout-rooms, and the words on it
mean, Come into the room of gold
Here is an oval gilt sign with black let
ters we found at the entrance of the first
lookOut-rnom; the words OMIT mean, Come
in and you will be rich
''Now, look at these paper notices." said
he. hauling out number of large envelopes
filed to overfiowing with slips of paper
bearing Chinese characters. 1--WE also got
these from the fan ian houses from which
we got the board signs
"We found them stuck up all around the
main gambling-room The purport of them
is Here is the road to wealth. Here is
where you get rIch,' This Is the road to
prosperity
Here are also a couple of iron plates we
got" said he, producing a couple of round
pieces of fiat iron with knob on each.
This one covered the peephoe in the
wall of the room of the fan-tan game at 927
Dupont street.
This one was taken from solid sheet
iron wall near the escape door at the back
in the Globe Hotel, 802 Jackson street That
is the biggest fan-tan house of tho lot Gnd
contains more means for the practice OF all
kinds of vice"
The Interpreter who was present said that
at Sacramento the game is carried on much
more openly than here. and the signs invit-
ing gamblers to enter are much boIder and
indicate the nature of the resort much more
plainly.
The signs and notices are to be deposited
with the CLERK of the court, where they will
remain till the trial, when they will be pro-
duced as evidence, and it will likely be in
terestlng TO see how the owners of them will
explain what they mean with that manner
SO childlIke and bland "for which the
heather Chinee is peculiar"