The San Francisco call., 1897-02-01
PAGANS .fROWN ON
/. POLICE / METHODS
Prohibited From Freeing
81. .. the Air of Evil
.... s.. Spirits. Fl
Ten Chinese Highbinders Ar.
- rested for Vagrancy Again
..." at Liberty. ... =
Writ of Habeas Corpus to Free Wing
Chong, the Barber in. the. ..~
.-~" Little Pate. Case. H.: =. !.

Chinese highbinders, Chinese aristocrats
and Chinese beggars alike are signing and
scowling at the squads of police that pa
trnl the streets of their quarters day and
night. -. -. - .::~::::r: *: =. =
They think the order: rohlbiting the
use of fireworks particularly: obnoxious.
The pagans are tn oroughly. convinced
that the dark alleys, narrow recesses and
gilded Joss houses are infested With evil:
spirits and hobgoblins, the souls of men
who died in SIM. According to- the rubric
of iossism there is but one.way to. drive
the evil genii to their stopping. place-
thatis noise. and:lots of =. '.:> : =:
Bombs, crackers and gengs Will cleanse
the air of the: hoyerlng. spirits, but the
most important. portions of the prescrip-:
ton have been denied them. In ,conse-
.quence- the Mongolians are disconten ted.
1t is safe to say, however, that many a va
grant freeraCker will be exploded during.
| thenewyear festivities but in case the Gar-,
Ling Chinaman who touched the punk to
| tie: fuse be caught hewitt: be .:chastised
and cast into prison. ::.s- :: = =: :.
+ Captain: Whitman and Sergeant Price
labored. diligently all day Yesterday break
| ing up highbTnders' meetings and inci-
Gentalty cplintering the furnishings and
paraphernalia of :" the " meeting: places.
Over thirty pla ces were: raided, and fully
ten times that n um Der of; Chinamen were
thrown downstairs and into the street. =
The captain and the sergeant; also kept
Chinatown busy during: the dark hours of
night. "A few more days of this rough
and-tumble vigilance will convince the
Mongolians that meetings. are decidedly.
out of order, and they Will abandon the
/ ha bit. -. ~ .. -:
Thste highbfnders. arrested by Ser
geant. Mooney and posse in room g. 80
+ Washington alley, Saturday night. and
charged with vagra ncy,: We're all released,
yesterday a ternoon on: $500 bonds each,
accepted by Judge Low: '>.'*.:;' :: -
A soldier at, the: Presidio saw the Chi
nese buying reyolyers in d store on Mont
gomery street He; followed them to
Chinatown and: saw them en- ter 80 w ash
lingtoE. alley. When he returned to: the
Presidio he notified his comm anding Off
Ger of what he had seen, and the conn:
manding officer wrote note: to Chief
Crowley, which .the:#Chie f. handed to Ser
geant: NJ ooney; with the result: that the.
b gh binders were: arrested ed@+a and :: he re.
volvers. were found in: q ;;secretspfa cez in
the wall OF the room and confiscated.I
-. The Chief thinks that in view of: the
4ominous condition ofaffa1rs IN China own
at present a Police Judge should not be.
so ready to-: :ac cept: bonds for. +m en-. who.
have been purchasing firearms, but should:
aGCpt aEDlLTdEy measures : III <QealluS: Win
such men, thereby: helping the police in
having the laws obeyed. .*:.::. :.
- If the Chinese, ''said. the. Chief yes
terday,tdo not obey our laws the citizens
may -do.:what was .donein. E ureka* and
other places-rise up in their might and
drive. en- out-of: the: City: But IN such
an. event the police would be placed in a
delicate position, and it is as we'll to avoid
such q contretem9s, if possible - -: -:
Franklin v. Brooks and: L.: D. Hargtis,
as attorneys for:Wong Chong, went before
Supreme Court : Justice Harrison yester-:
day and secured a writ-:of 5habeas cor ptIs
returnable to-day before Judge :SeawelL
under which the attorneys: hope<:to secure.
the release of the China nlan from jail. = :.
~ ong .Chong is the bar ber who was in
the act of shaving Little. Pete: when the
:latter's assass.ns entered the shop. He is
held without bonds and with. no, charge
against him, as d witness. -: :. -:
Chief Crowlev- fears :ttat il he is re-
leased the Sam u ups will steal h i'm away,
and W hat ough tito be=the most: i'm portant
witness for the prosecution when the: trial
OF the murderers taxes place; wilfbe miss
ing. - :>:.>.: &: l.: -
= Wong Chong testified: before the Cor:
oner's jury: that be was inrthe shop and
heard the shooting, but; saw nothing at
the time of the murder. He thinks that.
ought to release: him. -.
He wants to get out of jail and his fam
lily want him out; they say they: want
him especially to: help: them celebrate in.
the quiet way that is being tione Just now
the glad Chinese New Year Wong.
Chong is also eager to cele brate, and has
employed attorneys to aid him to regain
his freedom with the greatest :possible ex
pedltion.: It:was for:thls that Brooks and
Hargus' intruded upon Justice Harrison's
observance of the Sabbath at his: home
yesterday: -. .::;
Had they waited until to-day the hear
ing under the writ would NOT have taken
place until to morrow; thus losing a day.
The attorneys declare that their client: is
unlawfulIy detained. They: say he is Will
ing to give bonds in any amount TO secure
his: liberty and they expect to see him a
free man:te-d ay, Justice Harrison having
signed the writ. .>-. -! = =.
The petitioner for:the: habeas corpus: is.
Rev. w: G, Young: a. Chinese minister
and friend OF Wong Chong: = =. =. :, :.
q.