The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-03
YEE YEN'S WOES.
CHINESE EMBEZZLER HELD ON
ONE MORE CHARGE.
This Time the Unfaithful Clerk Is
in Trouble For Taking Jewels.

Yee Yen has a small sneaking hope
that Confucius has an inventory of the
woeful Chinaman's hairs for the yell
low soul of the embezzler was once
again rowed across the Chinese Styx
by Charon Wenger.
This time it was bond of $500 to
appear before the district court on a
charge of grand larceny.
Plum Alley infested the police court
once more and smiled approval or
frowned upon the judicial decree, for
everyone TO his liking now that the al
ley has been split wide open on the
Yen difficulty Neither the joss sticks
nor the rooster wer mentioned. Chi
nese witnesses did not offer their alb
hOrrence to the Christian God and
swore deep and plentiful against their
slit-opt1c brethren on the mourner's
bench.
Don Fung, the bookkeeper, told the
court through Interpreter Wing, that
he recognized four gold rings as the
property which ne had locked safely in
a drawer to which only himself and
the defendant had access. Two of the
rings held sparkling brilliants. Fong
Nun had called at the place of Wong
Chong Ling and company one morning
in the Chinese April, which CORE
sponded with May of 1896 on the white
calendar" Fong soaked his diamond
for SIS and interest. Che Wah depart
ed with his diamond about u days
later for $40. The soft spoken book
keeper locked the rings in the drawer
with two other plain rings of his own
done in Chinese gold. Then he missed
the jewelry and asked zee Yen if that
worthy had seen them. OF course he
had not and that was the end of Fungs
shylocking with the rings until they
were returned from Colorado Springs
by Pawnbroker China jim. The wit
ness thought the diamond ring might
bring $50 and the others probably SIS.
Neither FOng Nun nor Che Wah had
ever claimed their stones.
Judge George F. Goodwin, for zee
Yen, tried to show by the witness that
he had overdrawn his salary account
with the firm and was therefore deeply
indebted and gave Fong Nun and Che
Wah firm money for the stuff. The
bookkeeper pleaded guilty to some
small games of fan tan on the side but
persisted in his original statement
about the money being his own. In the
district court the defense will try to
show a conspiracy on the part of Dun
Long and the firm.
NJ. B. Lichtenstein said on oath that
zee Yen had come to his place on June
II, 1886. and paWned the two diamonds
in evidence for S25, giving the name
Gee Gen. After zee Yen's fight Lich-
enstein received a letter from China
Jim at Colorado Springs, enclosing the
pawn claim ticket and the money for
the goods. They were forwarded
The broker on the stand placed a
value of $40 on the diamond ring and
SIS on the plain Chinese gold clrcie.s.
About this time the court ordered a
Chinese spectator to remove his hat
and there was a momentary rustic in
the room. Captain Eslinger testified
TO the reception of the rings from
China Jim after the Plum Alley contin-
gent and sent $50 for the rings.
That ended the submission of evil
dence and the finding of the court was
as given above.
zee Sing is still busy and will prob
ably have another charge ripe within
a few days. Meanwhile the alley is in
chaos.