The herald., 1898-11-19


ur uracquainted with the English language, tes-
titled through an interpreter that he runs
la restaurant in connection with his place
up to midnight every night. He had recol-
lection of seeing two men in his place of
business on the 18th who left parcel with
ihim He could not tell if one of them was
Ritch, as he was not in uniform. He re-
mained there two or three hours, when the
officer came for his package, sometime after
midnight. 1t was closing time. At no time,
said the witness, did the officer inform him
that the parcel contained money. Witness
said that he did not know how many per-
sons called for the package. He delivered
it to the man who gave it to him through the
door, and paid no further attention to the
matter. From the description witness gave
of the man who brought the package, that of
a heavy, broad shouldered man, the picture
would fit McLain better than Ritch. The
parcel was returned to the officer in the
same condition that witness received it. 1t
was touched by no one while in his custody.
Officer McLan testified that Tie met Mr..
Ritch at Marchessault and Alameda streets
on Saturday night He had package which
he said contained fantan layout that he
had captured. The witness left the package
with Caldera and went for it. At no time
did Ritch say to witness that there was any
money in it. either before it was deposited
at the saloon or afterward Both walked
along and parted at the corner of Requena
street about o'clock. Witness then left the
package with the cook at Boone's restaur-
ant, recovered it about 4 o'clock and turned
it over at that hour to Officer Murray, who
was going to the station to report.
After the package had been placed with
Caldera for safe-keeping, witness met Ritch
again, and Chinaman asked the latter on
Apablasa street how much money he had
captured. Ritch made no reply and vouch-
safed no information to the witness. He
said, however, that there was money at the
game. Mr.. McLain was shown several
| Cinnamon, but he was positive that none was
the party who had spoken to Ritch. He
could not say who the Chinaman was. Mr.
Ritch had asked the witness to be very par
| tcular with the package, as It was i'm
portant. He then told him some of the
features of the raid.
George C. Lem, a Chinese, the proprietor
of store on First street, took the stand.
1t was reported at 10: 80 that might to the
witness that the money had been taken
within an hour, he went to the police sta
ton and inquired of Officer Walker, the
desk clerk, If the money was there. Walker
replied no: that he had not seen anything
of il aIyetA The Chinese then went home.
Attorney Appel said that there was a
book, a part of the outfit taken from the
Chinese, which was record Of money and
might be used against them. Officer Ritch
then produced the book, which he said had
dropped off of the table and he had picked
m. This book, which contained Chinese
characters, was filed as an exhibit.
Wong Doe, one OF the defendants and the
secretary of the company testified that last
Saturday night. when the raid took place.
the company was having banquet and col
Letting money. There were over thirty peo-
pie present and it was o'clock in the morn
ing before tie feast came to an end. W hen
Office Ritch came there were about twelve
people present in the room where the arrest
was made. Before the officer arrived the
witness had been keeping an account OF the
moreys which had been paid by various Chi
neee to All kwong, one OF the defendants.
This money amounted to Sl033O, and was
placed in a small sack, which Kwong had
in his pocket at the time Ritch appeared
ard so rrdely interrupted the feast OF rea-
son and flow OF money.
Witness was questioned regarding the
character of amusement the crowd was en-
loving in the room when Ritch appeared.
He said they were playing CHINESE dominoes.
The blanket, cloth, dominoes and buttons
which Ritch had confiscated were then pro
duced and placed on the table in the center
of the court room, and the witness pro-
ceeded to explain where he sat, where the
other defendant and other Chinese had been
and the method OF playing the game. Ac-
cord ;ng to the explanation of the witness,
the crowd had not been playing fantan at
ALL but merely had been INDUCING in
moderately sized game of domnoes, which
is not forbidden by the ordinance. Attor-
ney Appel questioned Wong closely regard
ing the game and even asked ii Wong was
acquainted with the mysteries of fantan.
This Wong strenuously denied.
After the details of the harmless game
were explained, the witness again took the
stand and was asked to tell about Ritch's
action when he went into the room. The
Chinese said that the door leading into the
room had been closed, not locked, as Ritch
claimed In order to adequately illustrate
the manner in which the officer had acted it
was necessary for Wong to leave the stand
again Then followed an amusing imitation
principally In pantomme, OF an alert police
officer raiding a Chinese room, from the
standpoint of one OF the victims. Phlegmatic
as the Chinese usually are, Wong caused
considerable surprise by his animation. He
ran up and down the side of the railing,
stamped his feet, shook his hands and ges-
ticulated wildly.
All this was to represent, principally, how
the officer treated All Kwong. When
Ritch came in. Kwong was seated at the
table, too, and the officer rushed up and
said: You cannot fool me- and grabbed
hold OF Kwong He threw Kwong down
upon the floor, Swore at him and reached
down and took the mans money away from
him, which was in the sack. Thrifty under
the feet of oppression, Kwong yelled to
Ritch to give him his money and then told
the officer to count it and give him re-
ceipt. This Ritch refused to do, and when
the other Chinese stood around, the officer
drew his revolver and pointed it at them
This scared the crowd, and they sought
safety in fight, urged on by the orders of
Ritch to clear out. The witness requested
Ritch to give him a receipt, but the latter
swore at him and said the Chinese could not
fool him. Wong claimed that he had asked
at least ten or dozen times for a receipt and
Ritch had always refused to give it. Ritch
took him down stairs to Fawn's place, as
Wong could not speak very good English
and there learned through the aid of the
Interpreters where the witness resided
Wong again asked that the money Ritch mad
taken be counted and a receipt given, but