The San Francisco call., 1899-12-10
CHIEF DUNN WILL
NOT LEAVE THE
CHINESE BUREAU
Consul General Ho
Vow Is Neutral.
NO BLAME FOR NUNS DEATH
TREASURY DEPARTMENT WILL
STAND BY ITS MAN.
Mr.. Dunn Enjoys the Confidence of
the Administration and Was
Warned cf the Enemy's
Tactics.
NO BLAME FOR NUNS DEATH
TREASURY DEPARTMENT WILL
STAND BY ITS MAN.

The Chinese Six Companies have de-
cided not 10 take any action whatever
i'm the case of Ho Nun, who died in the
County Jail two weeks ago of heart dis
ease Nun was an immigrant who had
been landed and arrested Immediately
afterward for being unlawfully in the
United States and was awaiting the dis
position of his appeal on habeas corpus
when he was carried away with the dis
ease with which he had been afflicted for
long time.
S. V. Costello. the attorney for Ho Nun,
made the statement that Chief Dunn of
the Chinese Bureau had refused to AL
low the Chinaman TO be visited by ply
sician, and several friends OF the dead
man took up the matter. 1t was found,
however. that Chief Dunn had made 1t
part of the regular routine of the office
TO have an interpreter visit the detention
shed at the Mail dock and the County
Jail and inquire of the detained Chinese
immigrants whether any of them were
sick and needed medical aid. Ho Nun
was visited every day by Interpreter Da
Silva of the Chinese Bureau. and on each
occasion Ho Nun made answer that he
was well and did not need any doctor,
his reason for so doing being explained
by the bureau by the fact that Ho Nun
feared that he would be detained longer
in Jail If he admitted that he was sick
The autopsy revealed the fact that death
was due TO dilatation OF the heart, the
effects OF disease of long standing.
When the Chinese Six Companies were
informed as To the facts of the case they
decided TO drop the matter. the original
intention of the coolie importing ring hav-
ing been to prefer charges OF cruelty and
incompetency against Chief Dunn with
the purpose OF having him removed from
the bureau and having the vacancy filled
by some man who would be as lax in the
enforcement of the exclusion act as was
the Meredith administration.
Chinese Consul General Ho Vow said
yesterday that the matter had not been
brought officially TO his notice. and that
he did not propose TO do anything In the
case in his present frame OF mind. 1t had
been proposed by leading spirits engaged
in the business of making livelihood
by landing Chinese immigrants that the
Consul General for China should file a
claim against the United states Govern
ment of $50 900 damages for the death OF
Ho Nun. but judging from the statement
made yesterday by the Consul General
the scheme ended in a fash in the pan.
Chief Dunn has the full confidence OF
the Treasury Department. 1t has been
was sent to this city TO take charge OF
the notorious bureau he was personally
advised by the Secretary of the Treasury
that IL he followed the wishes of the
Treasury Department and vigorously en-
forced the provisions of the exclusion act
he would find arrayed against him power
full and influential individuals and cor
pora tions whose interests, financial and
political, lay in the direction OF lax
construction or the intention OF lHt act
Before starting for this coast Mr.. Dunn
was placed in possession of the tran
scripts of testimony in the investigation
into the bureau made by Special Treasury
Agents Smith and Linck. as well as those
of former Investigations, together with
clippings from San Francisco newspapers
and private information as to the person
mel and mode of procedure of the legal
and political ring interested In the landing
of coolies. He was informed that the de-
partment would support him in the strict
enforcement of the exclusion act, not
withstanding the power and influence OF
the persons defending the coolie slave
trade.
Chief Dunn has followed his instruc-
tions 10 the letter and his every act has
been approved and commended by the
Treasury Department even in those cases
wherein he and the Collector of Customs
clashed on disputed points. II was prob
ably this confidence in Chief Dunn and
his worthiness of II that led the Secretary
of the Treasury TO brush aside the retro
grade scheme to create new Deputy
Collectorship. the incumbent of which
office was to take charge of the Chinese
Bureau In place Of Chief Dunn. who, not
being the political creature of local infiu-
ences. is ranking thorn in the sides of
the Highlander fraternity, Caucasian as
well as Mongolian.