The herald., 1897-06-09

and select the very best men in the city
and stated that thought we could sure
" secure convictions.
"At that time the district attorney
went with me to one Of his deputies,
Mr.. Willis. who suggested, that fines
be made SIS. instead of SO, and believe
that In q few cases Chinese convicted of
selling lottery tickets have been fined
SIS.
II have repeatedly APPEALED to the dis
trict attorney and his deputies and to
the police judges. and requested, that
these Cinnamon be fined heavily or i'm
prisoned, as the law directs, so til at they
would be made to fear the Law, and not
look upon their occasional small fines as
a license, and Increase their business and
defy the officers in their efforts TO sup
press their illegal work. do not believe
that a Chiraman should be prosecuted
because he is Chinaman; but am in
favor Of making him fear the law, and of
his not being allowed to dictate what his
fine shall be II he Is convicted in court
Il have made further efforts to sup
press the lottery ticket selling. attach
hereto copy OF notice have served on
a number of property owners in this city
whose buildings were occupied by Chi
nese lottery ticket dealers. However, I
am told by one of my men who has re-
Gently had a conversation with one of
the deputy district attorneys that he,
the deputy, did not believe that we could
ever get conviction by jury in such
cases.
Our records show that from Decem-
Der l. 1895. to June 4, 1897, 243 Cinnamon
have been arrested for selling lottery
tickets: that 1913 Of them have been con-
victed, and that 20 cases are pending;
also that $3.50 in fines and costs in these
cases has been paid into the courts.
Now, for the purpose of illustration If
each Of the 1873 persons convicted had
been fined $1OO, we would have conveye1
into the city treasury the handsome sum
Of $19,S00, and If each Of these convicted
Cinnamon had been sent to Jail for six
morths I am very sure that the Chinese
lottery business would not have i'll
creased so rapidly.
II am not unmindful Of the fact that
am being censured for the spread Of
the Chinese lottery business, and have
SO expressed myself to the district at
torney and the police judges. Now the
police courts are part of the city govern
ment, and the judges receive their pay
from the city, and they should work
in harmony with the police in suppress
ing crime do not wish to criticise
their ACTORS. but do believe that when
they see and know that these Chinese
lottery ticket venders are wilfully and
persistently violating the law that 1t
would certainly be a good idea to make
an example of some of them by imposing
heavier fines. If white men were as
persistent in violating laws think they
would be taught a lesson by drawing the
strong arm of the law around them Sc
verely. Treason is odious; and odious
should be considered these. men who per-
sistently violate the law, for perhaps
more dangerous to land than the men
who openly rebel are the men who Sc
cretly violate and have no respect for
law.
'On May 2sd of this year the district
attorney published a letter criticising
my actions in regard, to bunco swird1ers,
ETC.. In which he stated that I had a
faculty for throwing the responsibility
Off my own shoulders on. to others when
l was criticised for nom enforcement of
the law. ard further stated that he had
never refused complaints when applied
for I Go not think that ever said that
he did refuse complaints; but what did
say was that we had great difficulty in
getting evidence In such cases that would
enable US to getcomplaints from the dis
trict attorney. In his letter he describes
the modus operardi of the bunco men as
we'll as he could if he had been some
time a victim himself Now what DO
complain 'cf is this: That when we have
arrested a. bunco gang, that he or his
deputies do not force an immediate
trial, or at least permit only reasonabl
postpcnentent, and rot allow the case
to be continued for six weeks before they
are even set for trial. as in some recent
cases. We have recently had two cases
in which the victims lost $35 and $40, re-
spectively, and they were poor men,
strangers in the city and out of employ
ment, and could not afford to remain
here, though one did stay here for a
month. hoping that he would have an
opportunity to appear as q witness
against the men who had buncoed him.
When the cases were finally called and
set for trial the victims were gone, and
the bunco gang was released. While 1t
Is my duty to enforce the laws, so It is
also the duty of the district attorney, by
forcing prOsecutions when orraehs, how,