The herald., 1898-11-26
''ROAs1fC" The CHIEF
ATTORNEY APPEL CONDEMNS
POLICE METH >DS
Says the Chief Has Big Feet Asut
Small Brain-Close Of the
Fantan Trials

The troublesome Chinese fantan case
against All Quong and Wong Woot will be
settled this afternoon at 1880, as Justice
! Morrison announced last evening, at the
close of the argument, that he would rem
der his decision at that time.
Several witnesses were introduced by both
defense and prosecution yesterday, but their
! testimony had no bearing upon the charge
against the men. The witnesses were exam
med regarding the givers of the banquet at
3091s Marchessault street, instead of being
asked whether there had been fantan played
at that place the Saturday night that Officer
Ritch made his raid. The defense claimed
that the banquet was given by the Yick Lee
Him company, while the prosecution intro
duced rebuttal testimony to show that the
Hop Sing Tong society had in reality been
giving the banquet. The defense introduced
the testimony of Gee Wah Kee, Chinese
cigar dealer, to prove that Ah Gwong had
purchased fifty cigars from him on Satur-
day, the 18th inst, the afternoon before the
banquet, 81 10 being paid for them. All Lung
also testified to the effect that All Gwong
had bought nine bottles of wine from him,
paying $685.. These witnesses were evident
ly put on the stand to furnish corroborative
|evidence that the accounts in the expense
book of the banquet were as claimed by the
defendants.
A. Waucerbaugh, the architect and agent
of the building where the banquet was held,
was heard in rebuttal for the prosecution.
to prove that the Hop Sing Tong company
had given the banquet, and not the, other
company. Mr.. Waucerbaugh said that his
attention had been called to a poster on
the building, and he inquired Of Chinaman
what it meant. He was informed that it
was notice that the Hop Sing Tong com
pany was to give banquet in that place
on the night of Saturday, the 18th of No
vember. l.. n Breed, the owner of the
building, testified in substance the same as
his agent.
The alleged notice posted by the Hop Sing
Tongs was also produced in court, and Wong
Yuen, who had written the sign, added his
testimony to strengthen the prosecution S
case Ritch was recalled, and the attorney
for the defense inquired how he had sudden
ly learned of the rival banquet in the build
ing on precisely the same evening that the
Yick Lee Him company had held their event.
Ritch replied that he had been informed
of it by members of the Hop Sing Tong
company.
ne tNlUeuCe WAS cOHCluueu SIOTIlN dItGT
o'clock in the afternoon, and Attorney Ii.
II. Appel made the argument for the de-
fense. He spoke for about an hour, and
presented the case in clear, strong fashion.
During his remarks he took occasion to re-
fer to Chief of Police Glass as the, 'high
much-amuck' and 'he of the big feet, big
head and little brain" The methods pur-
sued with the Chinese by Officers Ritch,
Phillips and McGraw were severely de-
nounced, Phillips being referred to as "the
little IDIOT" while Ritch's integrity was re-
f1ected upon. The attorney laid particular
stress upon the point that the testimony
of Rtch had bee nentirely unsupported
and instead of the Chinese being caught in
the act of playing fantan, as the officer
claimed, they had been merely interrupted
in the peaceful enjoyment of Chinese dom
inoes. Ritch was severely censured for hav-
ing failed to count the money he took from