The herald., 1898-11-24
SPRUNG A SURPRISE
THE PROSECUTION INTRODUCED
SURPRISING TESTIMONY
In the Fantan Cases Against Wong
Doe and All Qwong-Highbinder
to the Rescue

The prosecution in the fantan cases
of Wong Doe and All Gwong sprapg quite a
surprise on the defense yesterday, but this
was done for the purpose Of explaining what
lad become of the money which the defense
has been trying to prove was taken by Of-
fcer Ritch when he raided the Chinese
company. The defense proved by their wit
nesses that when Ritch went into the ban
quet room q number of members of the
Ling Yek Him company were seated at a
table where they had paid money to All
Kwong, one of the defendants. Instead of
these payments being made during the pro-
gress of Tartan game it was for the ban
quet and other expenses. The crowd had
merely been playing dominoes at the en-
trance of Ritch. This had made no differ
ence to him, apparently, for he confiscated
money belonged to All Gwong and took
away the outfit Ritch claimed that the
money he has confscated had amounted tc
a little over $50. The Chinese said that
Ritch had carried off sos, and in support of
this contention and the further claim that
they had not been playing fantan, they took
a book from among the articles confiscated
by Ritch and showed accounts of the vari-
Gus amounts paid to All Gwong.
The prosecution has been laboring to
overcome this testimony, but in the selec-
ton of their witnesses they did not exer-
else much discretion. They offered in re-
buttal, the testimony of one of the most
notorious Chinese highbinders in Southern
California, and one who was convicted of
the murder of Wong Chez. Chew Wing
ha ,pIk H. e.
to the aid of the police, and previous to the
appearance of the highbinder, Ritch and
Attorney Appel for the defense nearly came
to blows. During the cross-examination of
Ritch the latter replied that he did not
know about certain question asked by
Attorney Appel and then the latter re-
marked, sotto voce, but loud enough for
Ritch to hear, that somebody about the
place had done lot of tall lying. Ritch
asked if the attorney meant him, and for
a time it looked as if they would come to
blows. Ritch offered his attendance upon
the attorney outside of the court room, but
the matter was finally amicably settled.
After peace had been restored Mr. Appel
caused another sensation by charging that
the police had captured Cow and had him
confined in the captain office. He demand
ed that the bailiff be instructed to bring the
heather into court, and new subpoena was
issued forthwith.
Sure enough, the big Chinaman was found
in the captains office with Special Officer
Bowler of the Southern Pacific and Officer
Ritch and hauled into court. But the husky
highbinder proved to be very tough Gus
toner on the witness stand. -
He admitted that Officer Ritch had been
to see him on several occasions since the
trial commenced, and had talked with him,
but he could not remember word that
had passed between them He swore that
the banquet on the night of the raid was
given by the Hop Sing tong, of which he
was the treasurer, and had collected the
money for the same. He likewise created a
sensation by declaring that the money was
still in his possession. He did not know
either of the men under arrest, but finally
admitted that he saw Quong that night,
but declared that he had not seen the fat
old man, Wong Woot.
Cow swore to this fact all right, but he
showed marked disinclnation to 90 into
details, and whenever pressed too hard took
refuge in his old standby, ''No remember. y
The lawyerd could make nothing out of Cow.
though the heathens themselves could hard
ly keep from grinning when the big high
binder cody swore that he was the treasurer
of the Hop Sings.
Charlie lung, who is said to be the boss
fantan player of Chinatown, then swore
that he was member of the Hop Sings and
was at the banquet the night of the raid.
This heathen has the reputation of being
one OF the smartest Cinnamon in the CITY.
and he told his little story without a hitch.
after which he made fun of the attorneys
during the cross-examination and left the
stand apparently well satisfied with what he
had done.
Cow was placed on the stand during the
afternoon and asked regarding the book
which he claimed belonged to the Hop
Sing company and not the Ling Yek Him
company, as claimed by the defense. This
book contained the account of the money
which the members of the latter company
were alleged to have paid to All Gwonp be-
fore the appearance Of Ritch to raid the
place. Cow claimed that he could not write
Chinese but could read, and was given the
book to tell something of the entries in it.
which he said had been made by another
Chinaman at his orders. 7.,.o f
Cow did not make much of success with
his reading of the book, although he stuck
to his original claim that his company and
not the Ling Yek Him outfit had been
giving the banquet. Charlie Tung was also
on the stand. The case was continued until
Friday morning at 9:30 o'clock on motion of
the prosecution. The defense strenuously
objected to any continuance of the trial,
but their objections did not go.
SILVA MAY DIE