The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-30
NOT GUILTY is
THEIR ANSWER.
ARRANGEMENT OF THE MEN AC-
CUSED OF COMMUNICATING
CHINESE CERTIFICATES.
VERY HEAVY BAIL IS ASKED
THEY ALL ASSERT THEIR limo
CENCE, AND EXPECT A SPEEDY
ACQUITTAL.

Ferdinand d. Ciprico, Harston L. Foss,
D. ]. Sullivan (ex-Deputy Tax Collector,
and not James II. Sullivan, ex-Deputy
County Clerk, as stately, Max Katzauer
and Moses Greenwald were all arraigned
before United States Commissioner Hea-
cock yesterday. They are charged with
forging and uttering a certificate of resi-
dence issued to Chinese contrary to the
amended law of November 3, 1893, and
also with conspiracy. The penalty is a
term of Imprisonment not to exceed five
years.
When the men appeared before the Com
missioner they had nothing to say in their
Behalf Attorney T. D. Riordan, who ap-
peared for them, waived the reading of the
information, and then Commissioner Hea-
cock set the bail in the case of Foss, Cipri-
co and Katzauer at $4,000 each, and that
of Greenwald and Sullivan at $4,000 each.
Mr.. Riordan made an attempt to have the
bail reduced, on the ground that two of
his clients could not possibly raise the
1900 bail and consequently would have
TO remain in jail until their cases were
tried. The United States District Attorney
objected, and the hearing of the matter
was put over until next Monday. at P. NJ.
The prisoners accordingly had to spend
another night in jail, but the chances are
that some of them Will get out on bail to-
day.
Among the men suspected but not ar
rested are brother-in-law of Ciprico and
a couple of people now in Oregon. Ciprico
is great friend of Foss, and the pair were
often seen in conference on the dock. A
man known as Opium Brown is also
said to have been in the plot, but the in
teral revenue officers have not sufficient
evidence against any of them to warrant
an arrest.
From information that is now leaking
out 1t appears that some of the men under
arrest were not only engaged in the manu-
facture and sale of forged certificates, but
also in the opium-smuggling business,
The drug was brought here from Victoria
B. c., and shipped to Honolulu, where two
fiVe-tael cans are said to be worth $50
When Foss got wind that the revenue
people were on his trail, he telephoned for
deputy collector, saying that he wanted
TO give information of a big scheme to de
fraud the United States Government. To
the man sent out by Collector Welburn he
said there was big opium deal on foot by
which the drug was to be shipped to Homo
lulu by the wholesale. All the men sus-
pected of being in the deal are now out of
town, but revenue agents McGlachlin and
Thomas expect to catch them in few
weeks.
If the men now in jail are to be believed,
there are two gangs represented among last
nights arrests. Ciprico. Foss and Sulli-
van assert that they never saw KatZauer
or Greenwald in their lives before until
yesterday when they all met in the United
States MarshaIs Office. The three men
hrSt named were all caught in the Wells
Fargo building, while Katzauer and
Greenwald were caught in the ''Castle"
saloon on the corner of Stockton and
O'Farrell streets. The latter profess not to
know anything about the fraudulent GER
titicates, and say they can prove their in
nocence.
In connection with the arrest of the men
in Weils-Fargo's building Secret Service
Agent Harris tells a good story. While
they were searching room 81 the colored
lanitor came along and ordered them out
OF the building. Everybody was busy, and
no notice was taken of him. eff you don't
quit FL lock the door and keep you here
all night" he called out.
1--WE have search-warrant and are here
as Government officers, so don't bother
us" said Harris. The colored man per-
sisted and started to close. the door. CAR
rest that man. said Harris. and the words
were hardly out of his mouth before Dep
uty Agent Gilchrist had the iantor on the
floor and the handouts on him. The touch
OF the irons was too much for him and he
broke down. Crawling to Harris, he said,
.'For heavens sake, mister, take these
things oil. L didn't mean it; Use only
plulnn never had handouts on In my
life before. Please take them off, Harris
ordered him released. and thereafter the
janitor got candles and did everything in
his power to aid the officers in their search
Mrs. Greenwald, wife of the opium SNUG
gler now in jail for his completely in the
Emerald ring, is likely to be a witness.
She is willing to give some valuable EVIL
dence IN regard to these certificate frauds
and also in regard to the opium smuggling
If she can only get communication Of her
husbands sentence.