Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-01-12
HONG HOP IS FRED.
The Salt Lake Chinese Merchant
Tried ID Chicago.
pERJURERs TESTIFY AGAINST HIN
Court Orders tho Jury to Scquit Him
Tho Prosecutions WITNESSES Ar
rested for PERJURY,


Hong Hop is a Chinaman well
knownin Sal, Lake. For many yUar
he was one Of the leading Monaghan
merchants Of tie city, and ha now
owns residence iu tho Fourth ward,
lie came into srcgii pg5minuAcu tgy-
ctal years ago uy uiagrying, iu tbia
city, an EnglIlh sirl o. p;cp1ssessiuE
appearance and Respectable family.
Beslaos bio orioa.si store 90 this city
city Hong Hop had similar busluess
Ia ChiCagl, IN partnership with Hong
Sling, IN which he was himself known
as All Hong-a variation in name that
IL allowable In Chinese ethics. Last
spring Hong Hop wont TO Chicago,
taking his family with him, intending
10 return here. Busine.s roveg8ga had
met him In Salt Lake, through the
burning Of his store aud other uvcuts,
AMI hls Chicago house not being aB
prosI a. he wished it, ho hoped 10
change the tide 10y giving 1t bis peson.
al st,cuuul TOR timu.
On jay % tue Chicago store was
burned. This news was flashed over
tlu wifls, u8 WAS hial the Informs
ZION tnut Fire Inspector Frederick
| O.. Bowie had arrested Hong aud
/ sting on q charge OF atHIui and had
claimed that Juu mot named was nlsD
iyspOusiDie iuI tue Salt Lake fire.
/ Cswin also said tuat the Chluhm0n
had Offered slUD Tor his life. Btciuse
| %, bio showing tho accused were placed
/ under heavy yJnds.
I.ls week tbclr Trial came up 10
/ Chicago, before Judge Tulcy. InU
/ testimony introduced against thCm was
/ snOwu 10 be manufactured, anu the
/ ulug, ordered thu four principal wit.
nualUs Tor the prosecution % bg arrested
on the charge OF ptJury, aud
directed the jury to acquit Hong and
/ SuuF, which was done. Tho evidence
| HIsJ went TO show that COwie himself
had posted the notices VI 5000 reward
Tor MS he, anu hsd been instfumentgI
Ia getting tue store burHod, then ful.
lowed the pr1prio.Ors ia tue way be
/ dld 80 as 10 secure a part Of the IS OJl
insurance On tnu place, from tho iuaur'
aucc company, which he proposed u
protect from paying for tue lOsa IT,
| CURED.
Regarding the procedure OF tn,
alleged fru Inspector, tho Chicago
Disputch Gays that now tnu' Cgwic'.
lruo character has been revealed, a
speciUr Conway admits that he has io
some time suspected him Of uslHl
"sand bagging" muthOis, anu a,
I
meutui upon by Insurance mou gunur.
ally case Of persecution pure AM
sluipie. That paper further says thai
for two years people generally ,whg
are not convefsaut with insurance
matters have been deceived as Il
Cowio's standing, Some have taken
him 10 bo connected with the city fife
department ou par with Inspector
| Conway, while others have been led
10 believe that lao derives his authority
from the United states government
Asa matter Ui taos, ho is nothing NOR,
than a private detective who works ir
tue interest Uf Insurance companies ul
commission. Ills mc!hous, however,
wr,u ND known 90 thu cJMpRUlU-
CIWiu'a plan 10 lhu; Alter Hl,
hu gOus 60 tho insurance company
] MuItN d NNNfANA ANN NNNNNAtl lhl
latfUyrI nud tells lB officers tun
hu hls gJ.l grounds !9r BusuucliLg
arson. Lle facts may ug am lJit %
rstaUl III, ue sayE, mud 90 mg8. Casui
the c0mpruy Uilofs hin 5O p0r cent o.
whatever amount he can save them On
the policy. Then he gOes 10 the owuel
OF the property and tells him that he
suspects him Of arson. Whether tht
man Is guilty or innocoutt II heia easily
frightened, ne generally willis undel
COwie's threats OF indictment anu the
prospect Of a few years In the penilen
iigty which 10 held up uei0rH him, an.
tncn Cowie offers SlUO or $500 Tor hi
policy and pTOmisCa not 90 muIrat hin
IL no Wlll accept tho Oder. IL lht
man does accept II C8wio thkrB IN,
policy 10 tuu company and gets one
hali IL face value, i not he Aufussu
the man with arrest ana prosecution
unlll he b. glad 90 give &c.. In the cast
ofhh Hong Tor Hong Hop and Hon.
Sling, where 5000 Uaa involved, hi
commission wuu u be- large enough 4
olmpUurRto him igr g.iug 30 far "a q
railroad tha tao Cinnamon 20 th
peuiIuutiuy. a warrant has been Sc
sued iOr I0wiU'5 arTest, but he lar
dlsapprartt, aud the police have no
been aule 81 locate MIN, His inlendey
victims IN this case, however, Are DO
free. In his former proceedings Ia
got several men sent to tue pBnitou
Iiary for arson, but nothing has beer
done yet to determine whether or no
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