The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-02

SOME INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS
Those Connected With the Case of
Kan Kan Oh Tell Contra
dictory Stories.
SIX MORE DOOMED MEN.

SlA MORE DOOMED MEN.
Lee Wee Doc, cfgar-manu-
facturer ON Dupont street.
Chan Foo. interpreter.
Wong ST Shun, merchant,
formerly treasurer of the see
YuP Company.
Hong Chung, editor.
Chin Gim, merchant ON Sac :
ramemtO street. =: :.
:. Lee Nee: boy. merchant ON.
Commercial street. =.
= Chinatown was stirred from: crcumfer- .
ence 20 center We esterday morning over the .
article, published exclusively in THE
CALL regarding the threatened murder :.
of six of the most prominent merchants
among the Chinese residents Of the Cily.
= On:a1l the streetcerners and in the clubs =
nothing else was: talked of. and nothing
has occurred since the. highlander war
that has created so: much general interest
among these people. IL.
:: The prominence OF the men. who have
been placed under the ban, as we'll as the
cause in which they are working makes
the case of much greater interest than any
of the minor. Chinese teuds which have
been so constantly brought to the surface
by he chickering's of the Mengolians.
:. 1t was learned yeste rday that SIX. Others
had been included in. the list, and to one
of these the: information was youchsafed
that his death was sure. The notice said
that he must die: whether any of the:
Others were killed or: not. He had been
interesting himself too much. and it was
absolutely necessary for the welfare OF the .
sthe way. :: -: lt< :. - - .. ~.
/: The additional list includes men who
stand high IN business eiteles and; who
have always Interested them selves in aid.
ing the officials: in: their efforts to make
Chinatown q Iaw-abiding place.. The men
who haye:been condemned are: -. -. :.
: Lee Wee Dlo,*o of @the: most promi-
nent cigar manufacturers whose place of
business is: on: Dupontf street. He has.
been mo tihed that his death is sure. =:
!: Chan Fee, interpre ter. and Information
agent, Baptist. IT. g.: :.
Wong Si :shun, merchant, formerly
treasurer of the See Y up Society,": I:
Hong Chung, editor: of the Chinese
newspa per. .s:. ~. :. :;
Chin Gin, merchant. on Sacramento
street. i: .>:.;= I.:>::.= + :. !.
Lee Nee boy, merchant on Commercial
street -: -. $780,. =.
When questioned regarding the3threats :
against their lives these men: stated that
they believed it was the intention of the
slave-owners. to:i timid ate them if possi-4
bic. They believed that. they were
marked but felt confident they could take. !.
the necessary precautions to protect their.
lives. -: :. -. ':.:.%@. +.e X. H.;
!. Among the interesting developments of "
yesterday was a.visit to: the woman who !:
claimed before Collector Jackson that:*she
was the mother of the girl heldfor invest- ?
igation. A. party went: to. ia house. on: the
corner of Commercial and Dupont. .slreets
nd asked for Hoo Xxi. : The woman came
o the door and said he was not at home. !.
Mhen asked who. her husband was she :.
replied, Hoo XII 2 !. To the Collector. she :
said: and swore*to;it that Guam Hing was :.
her hus band. = %!lI.. -
:. Before the: Colleetor:she swore that the
girl ON the-shipswas her daughter. To the !
party = at the house shes said: she had no
daughter OH the ship, and. pointed to a girl
In the house whom she. claimed as: her !.
only rdaugh hter. IT.; is claimed by those
who know her in Chinatown that this girl:
ls:not her daughter, and. they say she: is. !:
the woman who: claimed the girl who ran
away from c Chinato wr, and is now in the
Presbyterian; Mission house, as ;ner daugh-,,
ter. II: :: :. i .
:. In this connection it is also. of interest
that: a certain woman in Chin atown, who
keeps house of ll-repute,' has gone be-
fore the Collector several times within the .
past three years and .swore that certain:
girls: coming in from China. were. her. s,
daughters. 1t is also noteworthy that in
each insl ance the girls: s:were permitted to
land. The parties, to these transactions !.
are evidently trying TO. work Collector
Jackson in the same way, depending upon
tho. fact that he .is:new to-the business and
not entirely up. to. the devious ways of the
Chinese who.are intent upon violating the
law. When the case OF Kan Kan 0i comes
before him he will undoubtedly have his
aves 0penad in rnany = 's