The herald., 1895-07-03
ECHOES Of TIE
Two Witnesses Are in a
T Tight Place
FOR ATTEMPTED
BRIBE GETTING
For Such Is the Crime Charged
to Two Young Men
CLASSICS LIKE THE
SHADOW OF A SIN
Were the Text Books that Furnished
Them Interesting Reading
THEY SET A TRAP,
OFFICERS SET ANOTHER
And Into H. They Tumbled Much After the
Manner Of Wharf Rats
Alex Burness and Sam Reddck, Who Testf-
fled at the Wong chuey Trial, Conceived
Plan to Raise Coin Whick
r1iscrably Failed :.
Were the Text Books that Furnished
Them Interesting Reading
THEY SET A TRAP,
OFFICERS SET ANOTHER
And Into X They Tumbled Much After the
Manner Of Wharf Rats
Alex Burmese and Sam Reddick, Who Testf.
fled at the Wong chuey Trial, Conceived
. Plan to Raise Coin Whck
r1iscrably Failed

Alex Burness and Sam Reddick, wit
nesses in the Lou Suey murder trial,
were arrested yesterday by Sheriff Burr
on charges OF felony. sworn to by him,
he~accusing them and one Jack Coyne of
attempting to secure bribes for absenting
themselves from the trial of Wong Chez
and Wong Wing. the alleged accessories
of the convicted Wong Chuey. Jack
Coyne was not Jailed for reasons to be
shown later.
The men we're arraigned and had their
trials set for Tuesday, July 9th. with bail
ut $1,000. Major Donnell, district attor-
ney, personally conducted the prosecu-
tion, while Horace Appel appeared for
the defendants. :
One evening several months ago Lou
Suey, leader of the Hop Sing tong, was
fatally shot near the debouchement of
Ferguson alley with A ameda street. For
this crime Wong Chuey. Wong Chez
and Wong Wing. members of the Bing
Kung tong of highbindeis, were arrested.
Wong Chuey has been found guilty OF
murder in the second degree. Henry T.
Gage, ESQ. conducted his defense. At
the trial Alexander Burmese and Sam
Reddick testified that they were down in
the Chinese quarter and standing only
fifteen feet away, had seen Chuey shoot
Suey.
Since the trial, these two boys have been
afflicted with drawings of raw heads and
bloody bones, rifles, knives. pistols and
CHA silly drawings Of graves and stones,
sgnifying that they would be killed il
they persisted in their testimony. On a
certain night they two announced with
much pomp and circumstance that while
returning home, an assassin had fired
from ambush, striking Burness SO that
the bullet pierced his clothing and book
in his pocket, and was kept from doing
fatal injury by his suspender buckle. The
book pierced was one of that high class
hon-classic familiarly bound in yellow
and retailed at 10 cents under some glar-
ing title. That style of reading matter
has been the undoing Of two foolish
boys, as after events demons trated.
During the trial Detective George T. In.
sley became convinced that the boys tes-
timony was unreliable. and on that the
ory he Investigated to such an extent that
he says he has evidence to the effect that
the boys were nowhere near the scene and
told untruths steadily: that they sent the
scare letters to themselves for effect, at
the instigation of Others. and that the
bullet hole in Burmese coat was made by
his own little SOP" ana not by the fatal
i5-caliber Colts cannon affected by the
highbinders. Jack Coync, mention ed in
Sheriff Burr'a warra.,t, is one or lns-
ley s secret service men.
One day after the Wong Chuey trial a
messenger took letter to Henry Gage s
office: which lie found there upon his re-
turn from court. It read as follows:
LOS ANGELES. June q, 1895.
Mr.. Gage--Dear Sir: We would like to
60 to some seaside resort. but are little
short of funus. If you will pay all our
Chez and Wong Wing, and will stay away
several YEARS.
ALEX BURNESS, ESQ.
JACK COYNE. ESQ.
SAM REDDICK.
p. S.-If you want to do any business
with us come to room %, 144 South Main
street.
Henry t. Gage is a lawyer of standing
in his profession and in every way is a
man OF honor, upon whose integrity men
will swear. He telephoned for Sheriff
Burr ard District Attorney Donnell.
t'Gsntlemen, said he, ''you are the law
his matter over to you.''
But the bands were not tight enough
around the young culprits, and the off
GERS requested Mr.. Gage to further their
plans BY acting under their directions.
He would have nothing more to do with
the matter except on that consideration.
but accordingly copied a letter dictated
by the sheriff and 30. K'ed' by the dis
trict attorney. in which he pleaded can
tion and demanded to know who Jack
Coyne could be, as he had given no tes-
tmony at the trial.
They replied that Jack Coyne was "all
right that he had also witnessed the
shooting and that he also was open to
words Of wisdom. After considerable OF
such careful correspondence. Insley's de-
tective announced that he had all the evil
dence he wanted and the county officers
decided they had enough evidence to
hn fov
TO secure bribes. felony. So Sheriff
John Burr swore out the complaint and
prepared to arrest the culprits. They dis
appeared.
Yesterday the sheriff had eight of his
deputies securing the country to inter-
cept the supposed fugitives and every
eRress OF the city was guarded as we'll as
every county road and town. where off,
GERS were put on the qui vive. The boys
were meanwhile about somewhere rn.
known to the:sheriff. and along in the
AFTERNOON. accompanied by their attorney,
Mr.. Appel, they surrendered to the Off
GERS.
1t seems that the boys had got very
much frightened after realizing what they
had done and Buiness contided the facts
70 MS brother. enjoining him most en-
Pnatlcaily not to tell them to anyone.
After his retirement to sleep the brother
toid their father and Mr.. Burness search
ed the boys pockets, discovering therein
the communications from Mr. Gage.
written under the direction of Mr. Don.
nell. he hastene1 to SEE Mr.. Gage and
upon .ascertaining the enormity Of the
crime comm itted. and that the sheriff
lad warrant out for the boys arrest,
he is thought to have prevented their
making break for liberty and prevailed
upon them. in their hopeless predica-
mcnt. to surrender themselves
Thus the case stands and other sensa.
slonal developments are expected Of It.