The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-28
WISE SPEAKS OUT.
He Goes After a Loose
Practice.
NOTARIES AND SIGNATURES.
What the Result Is of White Men
Promiscuously Signing Chinese
Certificates.

The testimony in some of the Chinese
cases heard by United States Commits
siOner Heacock Is sometimes OF nature
peculiarly its own and marvelously lncon-
gruous, as was we'll exempllfied in the
examination of the Chinese woman, Mrs
Chun Shee, yesterday.
An unusual interest had been lent to her
examination from the fact that there were
attached as sign atures to her certificate
the names of eX.Police Judge Hornblower
and William Shew. There is nothing par
ticularly extraordinary in that fact Of
itself seeing that the certificate merely
testified to her prior residence in this
country, but ex-Judge Hornblower ad-
mitted that no notary was present when b Q
signed his name, and ever since Deputy
Surveyor Ruddell and Inspector Noyes
succeeded in fastening Odium upon i've
reputab BILE citizens of San Jose in connec-
servant in the st. James Hotel at that
place, Collector Wise has personally inter-
essed himself In looking INTO this matter
of white mems signatures 10 Chinese GER
tficates.
He was present at Chun Shee's examin-
alton aud took occasion 10 express himself
quite freely. The paper bore notarial
er's admission. The following dialogue
occurred between the Collector and Horn
blower:
Mr. Wise-Do you mean to tell me you
never went before this notary?
Hornblowef-No, SIT; l suppose the no
tary knew my signature. and therefore. at
tested it as genuine. All the notarles here
do that.
Mr.. Wise-They do. do they! Well,
that's a nice way of doing things. And
you tell me you are willing TO have no.
tary attest that your signature is genuine
without ever consulting you or being
present?
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS it's done all the time.
Pm not 10 blame
Mr.. Wlse-Don't you know it is just that
kind of Worthwhile men signing certlti-
Gates that way-that causes all this trou-
Bile? Pm surprised that reputable white
men do il.
The Government admitted the woman's
prior residence, leaving the sole question
to be decided that of whether she was a
servant or not. In her behalf it was
alleged that she was the wife of Woo You.
who was said to be mem Der OF the firm
of Zee Chong & Co., doing business at 739
Jackson street in CHS city.
Then came the conflict of testimony. The
woman stated that she first came to this
country in 1880, aud was married to Woo
You in 1886; that from the time OF her
arrival in 1880 until her return to China on
June IA, 1890. she had lived on the second
floor over the store of her husbands firm
thar she had known her husband three OF
four years previous to her marriage, and
that about four years after her marriage she
had given birth to female child. which
died in infancy. She also testified that TO
60 to her room she had TO turn TO the left
from the stairway, and that the room had
two windows in it.
The supposed husband told quite off
ferent story. He had known the woman
ten years before they were married, he
said, and when rapidly questioned as to
where she lived, he never once intimated
that she lived over his store until they
were married. but said on the contrary she
lived with her parents at 903 Dupont
street. According to his testimony the
child born to them was boy instead of a
girl; and it appeared by the evidence OF
other witnesses that instead of turning to
the left from the stairway to go to the room
where Mr.. and Mrs. Woo You were said to
have resided, it would have been necessary
to turn TO the right, and that there was
only one window in the room in stead of
two.
Taking these contradictions into con sid
Grafton Commissioner Heacock decided to
recommend the woman's remand. 1t was
strange thing. he thought, that the
parents should not agree as to the sex OF
their own child. The woman came hare
or the steamer Peru on the 18th inst.
No warrants have been issued against
the San Jose residents. ii. b. Shackleford,
w. FL. S. Beach. W. II. Green. John
Huylan and Tyler Beach. the ST.. James
Hotel proprietor. all OF whose signatures
were attached to the certificate of Wong
Nile, and there will probably not be any
until conviction of the Chinese Is brought
about. There is no certainty that any
VIII be issued then.
Wong Nile arrived on the steamer Belgic
on the 9th inst.
Second Officer Bolton Of the steamer
Oceanic, charged with smuggling opinm.
and Quartermasters Emerson and Dahl OF
the same ship. charged with bringing in
contraband cigars, have all been let out on
bail, Bottoms being $1,000 and the other
two men putting up 500 cash each.
The customs authorities have been In.
formed that when the steamer Rio de
,Janeiro arrives from H0ng-KOng and
Yokohama. on August l, she will have
aboard nine Chinese cabin passengers and
eighty Chinese steerage passengers. Thirty
of the latter will go In bond for Cuba
and twenty-,hree are destined for Panama.
rslr oPaarnpa, MAJ llH nH