The San Francisco call., 1897-03-02
TWO WERE TO
Be BEHEAOED
How the Chinese Govern
ment Furnishes Rebel
lious Subjects.
Startling Developments of the
Case Against the ChinSe
Consul.
Relatives of See Yup Merchants Said
to Have Been Imprisoned in
China.

Some startling testimony, showing the
manner in which the Chinese Govern.
ment deals with it's rebellious subjects In
foreign lands, came to light in United
States Commissioner Heacock's Court yes
terday, in the case of the See Yup Society
against the Chinese Consul.
Fong Yuen Hing is being sued by the
See Yups for $4,000 damages, for having
employed Captain Callundan to break UP
their headquarters.
Attorney Campbell, who represents the
See Yup Society. stated that he intended
to prove that the Chinese Minister at
Washington, through the information he
received from Fong Yuen Hing, had or
dered seventeen Sec Yup merchants to re-
turn to China for punishment for their
opposition to the Sam Yups.
Two were to be beheaded and the rest
i'm prisoned for life. On their refusal to go
back to the fate III store for them orders
were sent to their homes In China to have
their relatives imprisoned until they sur
rendered.
1--WE can PROVE" said Mr. Campbell,
"that the father of one of these mer-
chants. an old and decrepit man, is taken
out of the prison twice week and beaten
shamefuliy to force his son to return. We
these men found by Chinese court and
charging them with high treason"
The Consul denied that he had threat
ened the seventeen See Yups or their
families with punishment If they did not
comply with the order to return, and
stated that he knew of no such orders.
He admitted, however, that at the order
OF the Chinese Minister at Washington,
he had told the See Yups here that if they
did not close the boycott on the Sam Y ups
they would be punished.
Fong Yuen Hing gave the See Yups a
very bad name, saying that in view of the
fact that the twelve highbinder societies
were identified with the See Yup Society,
that organization must be considered bad
all the way through. The Consul said
that the See Yups had made an agree
ment with the Chinese Minister some
time between January IA and February IL,
1896, not to allow any more shooting in
Chinatown. They were 20 disband if the
pledge was not kept.
Mr.. Campbell's line of questioning was
intended to show that the Consul was
against the See Yups and in favor of the
Sam Yups, and that the Minister had
acted on Fong Yuen Kings reports
This line of examination was blocked
by Attorney Garter. who appeared for the
Consul, by advising his client not to an
swer.
The Consul took advantage of the ad-
vice and refused to answer all questions
relating to the correspondence between
him self and the Minister.
Fong Yuen Hing was attended by two
body guards while on the way TO and
from the court and the precaution was
apparently well taken, for among the
horde of Chinese who crowded Judge
Heacock's court until they were driven
out were several well-known highbinders
who are known to belong to societies
affiliated with the See Yups. Their low
ering looks followed the Consul at all
times, and they listened closely to the
statements of the Consul and the ques-
Ittions of Interpreter Harry Huff,