The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-03
CUSTOMS SCANDAL
FLAMES OUT ANEW
Louie Quong, the Suspended
Interpreter, Under
Indictment.
WAS WILLIAMS FRIEND.
Now Charged With the Grave
Offense of Subornation
of Perjury.
A CHINESE GIRL IN THE CASE.
Woes of a Celestial Maiden Who
Sought to Land Here for
Immoral Purposes.
A CHINESE GIRL IN THE CASE.

Louie Quong, the Chinese interpreter
now under suspension and incidentally
the side partner of Dick Williams, was
indicted by the Uniteo:States Grand Jury
last Saturday on a charge of subornation
OF perjury. A similar charge against Will
liams was dismissed because of INSULT
cient proof.
The Grand Jury has not yet signed the
indictment, but the paper will be drawn
up by Assistant United States Attorney
Schlessinger to-day and submitted to the
jury for formal acceptance and return at
tomorrow session.
The indictment of Louie Quong is but
another end to the so-called Gus
tom-house scandal. The particular
crime alleged against the Chinese
is found In the case of Dong Sun
Yep, pretty Chinese maiden of Is sum-
mers. According to the complaint now
on file Quong will find his time pretty
well occupied in satisfactorily explaining
the allegations.
1t appears that some months ago Dong
Sun Yet arrived from Hongkong. Her
credentials were not strictly first class and
she was consequently held pending inves-
tigation. The girl was ordered to the
Chinese Mission, Louie Quong being
specially delegated to give her safe escort.
Some weeks later the habeas corpus pro-
ceedings occurred before Commissioner
Heacock, with the result that the girl was
refused a landing. Certain proof, along
with pictures, wa produced at the time
tending to show that Dong Sun Yet was a
native born. She swore the photographs
submitted had been taken in Hongkong,
and this testimony was tacitly corrobo-
rated by Louie Quong.
In spite of this evidence, however, Dong
Yet was ordered returned to China, but
the Government detained her here pend
ing further investigation of the case as
far as it related to the testimony of Quong
and others.
The local Federal authorities began a
systematic review of the case, with the re-
suit that the United States Grand Jury
has decided to return an indictment
against Louie Quong for subornation of
perjury. 1t was shown that when Quong
escorted Dong Sun Yet to the Chinese Mis-
sion he did not go directly to that place
Instead, he stopped at q photographer
establishment and had the picture of his
fair countrywoman taken. 1t was this
picture which was produced before Com
missioner Heacock and sworn to as hav-
ing been taken in Hongkong. Quong, I'M
der oath, stated that he had never had the
girl photographed.
But it seems that Dong Sun Yet re-
pented of all this deception. She has
made full confession that the picture
was taken in this City and that, too, at
the instigation of Louie Quong. The girl
further says that while she was liz the
photograph gallery Williams came in and
was at least indirectly connected with the
proposed fraud. AS corroborative of the
picture and of the story an expert
photographers was before the Grand Jury
and swore positively that the likeness had
been taken in San Francisco or rather
that it was an American production.
Incidentally it may be remarked that
Dong Sun Yet also confessed she had been
brought to this country to be sold as
slave for immoral purposes. The photo
graph taken at the request of Louie Quong
was to have served double purpose.
First it was to be used In the fraud at
tempted on the Government and then
displayed to the Chinese slave buyers.
On this latter opinion would depend her
money value for the purposes desired.