The San Francisco call., 1896-04-29
HOT SHOT FOR
COLLECTOR WISE.
Major Moore Forcing the
Issue With His
Opponent.
GAINED MANY POINTS.
Inspector Richard Williams Held
for Trial and Wong Sam
Discharged.
NAMING a NEW INTERPRETER
Charley All Him, an Alleged High.
binder, Said to Have Been Selected
for the Place.

Special Agent of the Treasury Moore
mas gained several points lately in his bat
Tie with Collector of the Port Wise. For
months the bitterest kind of conflict has
oeen maintained by these agents of the
Government, and the opinion is general
IN Federal circles that it can only end with
the downfall of one or the other.
The fact that Judge Morrow of the
United States District Court YESTERDAY
overruled the demurrer which Williams
entered to the Indictment was victory
Tor M oore over Wise, and the dismissal of
the charges against Wong Sam by the
United States Grand Jury was another
and even more pr onounced triumph for
the treasury agent.
Williams will now have to stand trial
and the whole story OF his alleged wrong
doing under the very eyes of the Collector
OF the Port viii be told in court His trial
has been set for May s. He has engaged
eminent counsel to defend him.
The fact that the United States Grand
Jury has failed to indict Wong Sam has
given new hope to Special Agent Moore in
his fight against the Collector.
Wong Sam, notorious high binder and
alleged murderer, was held for trial on the
preliminary examination by United States
Commissioner Heacock. He was charged
with the unlawful landing of Dong Sun
Yet. pretty Chinese girl, fo- moral
purposes.
She was rescued by the mission people,
and Immediately, when the treasury
agents showed active hostility toward In
specior Williams, the arrest of Wong Sam.
urb ob; b;af wy,
liams. was ordered. This was done to
checkmate Major Moore and to break the
force of Wong Sans testimony against
Williams.
The Chinese girl swore positively that
Wong Sam had met her at the steamer
and had arranged for her landing. The
girl, however, was never allowed to land
by the customs authorities. She is still in
the mission home.
There is rumor in customs circles that
Quan All Him, alias Charley All Him.
has been appointed by Collector Wise to
succeed Dick Williams as interpreter to
the Custom house. This position has long
been filled by Williams. who is considered
an expert in the various Chinese dialects.
Louis Quong, who is attached to the Chi
nese bureau, is also special interpreter
of the Custom house. 1t is understood he.
too, is under investigation by the United
States Grand Jury on charges similar to
those that brought about the indictment
of Dick Williams. Louis is very shifty
youth, but, like Williams, always enjoyed
the confidence of the Collector, and stands
well among the reputable merchants of
Chinatown.
As for Quan All Him, he is known as a
highbinder and gambler. It will be re-
called that few years ago A. E. T. Worley,
in charge of the Chinese Congregational
Mission, had Quan All Him arrested for
bigamy. He married Chinese girl of the
m ission, Rev. DIR. Masters performing the
ceremony. He had one child by this wife. 4
a girl, who is now II years of age and lives
with her mother at the Presbyterian Mis-
sion. After disposing of this wife, Quan
All Him, who, up to this time, pretended
great Christian devotion, married anoth er
girl and lived with her up to the time that
proceedings were brought against him for
bigamy.
Then she disappeared and has not been
seen nor heard of since. Her friends say.
however, she is now in Portland
The prosecution was unable to secure
conviction and the case was finally
dropped.
Quan All Him's reputation is alleged to
be bad. He was well known at Los An
geles and Bakersfield, where his business
was principally that of a slave-dealer. He
is now resident of Chinatown, in this
City, and the report that Collector Wise
had made him Interpreter. that was cur
rent on the street yesterday, created con-
siderable amazement among those &C.
quainted with the details of his life and
the uncertainty of his character.