The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-16

ony cause or provocation, made VICIOUS ana
EIoient assault upon party OF four Chlnamen,
a aaa struck, beat, bruised. crippled ana man
geo them, beating and battering them in a
nelnous and outrageous manner, and did not
! cease ms wanton and villainous assault until
ne mad almost crippled forever one OF the said
Cinnamon, by attacking and disabling him in
| VIA! organ of his body, and two or three
| DAYS after said date aforesaid, not yet having
h ppeass1 ms appetite Tor prutality, renewed
nis attack upon the same party OF Cinnamon
f VIE tney were eating dinner ana Vlolently
Io L and thrust them out OF the premises;
wnere they were dining at the hour OF about
O'CLOCK, their usual dinner time.
In support of their charge that Cullinane
has no right to be on the police force, the
Chlnese, through their attorney, point to
.he iact shat no man can be appointed on
the force who is over 35 years OF age. The
records show that in 1881 Cuilinane joined
the hre patrol and gave his age as 70 years.
The Great Register for August IL, 1882,
shows the following:
James Cullinane, age 80; nativity, Michigan;
occupation, metal-roofer; residence, II Natoma
street, room B, floor third.
III Culllnane was 80 years of age in 1882,
l would like to know how it came about
that he was only IS in 1894, when he was
appointed on the police force" SAID Attor-
ney L. ID. Riordan. ''The fact OF the mat
| ter Is simply this: Cullinane is As years
olu, ana We can prove it.
1t is about time the brutality practiced
upon innocent Chinese was stopped and
we propose to make an example OF Ser
geant COOK and Officer Cnllinane and the
other members of the Chinatown squad. !"
among the witnesses who will appear
against Culiinane will be Ned Dufheld,
formerly balliff IN Judge Joachimsen, s
court. He heard Culiinane say to friend,
Tome along and rll show you how we do
the Chlng-a-rings up" On that occasion
nan dozen Chinese were beaten and ar
rested.
j. McAneny will be another witness.
he saw Chinese battered, and a store
keeper named Wolfe will swear that he
| heard Cullinane say, 'They thought was
on duty, but 1 came back and fooled
them"
In talking about the matter McAneny
| SAID: Il was standing in front of the
Chinese theater about midnight and | saw
windy Jim coming along. A Chinese
was standing. on the curbstone, and Guilt
name crossed over and said something
about lottery tickets. Then he knocked
the man down, and when he got up he
pushed him against the wall and beat him.
After he got through he said TO me, These
Chinese are stealing a march on US, but
Wen get even with them The Chinese
was beaten SO badly that he had to go to
Ut: stanton for treatment Joe Kelly the
balllff In Judge Conlan's court, took him
to DR.. Stanton"
Wong Clark, who has lived in San Fran
cisco for forty years and owns the most
real estate of any Chinese in this City, will
be witness before the Police Commits
s:oners next Wednesday. He says that
Cullinane searched him as he came out of
his residence, and finding no lottery tickets
on his person kicked and beat him
All these witnesses will be in attendance
at the inquiry next Wednesday night and
the Police Commissioners will have lively
time of it in placing the blame where it
lies. That will not settle the matter. how
ever, as suits for damages against the en-
tire squad have been begun in the United
States Circuit Court, and should the Chi
nese, whom Sergeant Cook is accused of
throwing, downstairs, die, the matter will
be carried to Washington.