Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12

New YORK, May 6. Three meek APP
pearing Cinnamon, who have violated
the Chinese Exclusion Act by failing
to register as required by the law,
walked into United States Marshal
Jacobus' Office in this city, this morn
ing, and were immediately placed un.
der arrest. Their names are Wong
Guam, laborer, who lives ut Mott
street; Lee Goe, a Chinese coStumer OF
27s2 Third Avenue, and Fong Iua
Ling of l Mott street. They had vol
unfairly surrendered themselves by
advice of EN- nent lawyers, in order to
test the stability OF the Chinese EN-
clusion Act. At 9 o'clock they were
taken into the United States District
Court, where Judge 81 own was sitting,
and prepared to hear two of the cases,
the case of Fong zoe Ling being
brought before nited S, atcS Circuit
Court Judge Lacombe.
The ease of Wong Guam was first
called. The chief lawyer for the Chi
namen was Joseph IL. Choate, and
with him was Thomas ID. Riordan. the
counsel for the powerful Chinese Six
Companies Of san Francisco, which
are defraying all the expenses OF the
test eases. MIR. Riordan came here
from San Francisco two weeks ago.
United States District ATTORNEY
Mitchell appeared to prosecute
Through an interpreter Wong Guam
admitted that he was Il laborer, that
he was resident OF the United States
on May !, 1872, when the Geary act
became law, and that he had not APP
piled for Il certificate of residence, as
required by the law nor had h.
troubled himself at all about it, and
had no excuse to offer for not doing
so. His lawyers appeared as anxious
as Mr. Mitchell To have him adiudgcd
guilty of violating the law, and Judge
Brown reminded him to the custody of
the Tn It'd States Marshal to be de-
ported to China.
: Lee Goes ease was then called. 1t
differed from Wong Iuan's inaSmuch
as his lawyers said he was without the
necessary certificate through "una-
voidable cause" but WAS not able to
prove so by any white person, nor was
he able to show by any white person
that he was in the country May ), 1892,
as the law re hires
Accordn" To the tieary law, when a
! Chinaman applies for registration the
| Collector Of Internal Revenue NAV
ltAiSc 10 reg iHteI lllln unless ne SHOWS
by reputab' witnesses that he is en-
titled to the prote ton that registra-
! ton guarantees If, at the end of
the year. the Chinaman still remains
i un, eglster,d he is liable to arrest,
! when he must prove by at least one
reputa ''wh IT, 9 en- that he re
! sided in this country prior to the pass
ag,: of tNe Chinese Exclusion act.
Lee zoe had applied to the Internal
/ Revenue Collector ON A. ril II, but was
refua, d registration on the ground
! that Gay Mamie, Il Chinese interpre-
ter, whom Mr.. Choate had Off tally
/ designated as a Chinese gentleman,
WAS not, in The opinion of the Col
| lector, Il reputa bic witness because he
was Chinaman.
J Judge Brown signed the papers fnI
the expulsion of Lee Goe. The third
ctsc-that of Fong iue sing, an
Amcrit anized Chinaman who wear
neither blouse nor cuc--WaS not talIef
b.; ore JUDGE Brown Lut before jude
Lacombe, who also ordered that ~
prisoner be deported to China.
In all three eases counsel applied y.
Judge Iarombe for Il writ Of habeat
corpus. Nhich was denie in accord
ance with the prearranged plan OF
counsel on both sides, and counsel
then gave motto" Of appeal to the Sr-
preme Court of the uited States.
The three Cinnamon were admitted
to bail in $500 each which was pro
cured by representatives of the Sin
Companies. The cases, the District
Attorney said, will be heard by the
Supreme Court in Washington mex
Wednesday. The proceedings were
closely watched by Yung Kui, a mem
Der of thu Chinese legation at Wash
ington. and by Vice Consul Wing o
this city.