The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-20
MUST BRING
HER PRICE OR
SUFFER DEATH
Trial of Ong Foon Is
Commenced.
All LING AND HER TROUBLES
ALLEGED THREATS TO COMMIT
FOUL MURDER.
The Defense Will Show That Slave
Owners Conspired to Get the
Defendant Out of
the Way.
All LING AND HER TROUBLES
ALLEGED THREATS TO COMMIT
FOUL MURDER.

The trial OF Ong Foon, a prominent
member Of the Chinese Society of English
Education, charged with attempted extor-
ton and blackmail, was commenced in
Judge Mogan's court yesterday afternoon.
Attorney Mowry appeared as special pros
ecutor and Colonel Eddy represented the
defendant. A jury trial had been de-
manded, but it was waived and the jurors
were dismissed.
All Ling, the complaining witness, who
lives at 10 Bakers alley, testified to the
TACT or the defendant and two other Chi
nese calling upon her on December Is and
telling her that they had expended $3.50 to
prevent her being arrested for giving a
false name at the Custom-house, and they
wanted the money, the defendant declar-
ing that unless she returned the money
he would have her killed or sent back to
China She told Wong All Dong, her
landlord, and he and Wong Tung came
into her room to ask an explanation from
the defendant.
In cross examination the woman said
she came here about three years ago and
had lived at 10 Bakers alley for about five
months. 1t was a rooming house for
girls, and six or seven lived there. She
was engaged in doing needlework Miss
Ling was asked as to whether the house
was not of Ill fame, but Mowry objected
Colonel Eddy said he wanted to show
the character of the woman, that she was
slave girl and that the complaint had
been sworn to by her at the instance of
her landlord to have the defendant ar
rested because he was giving information
to the Custom-house with the object of
stopping the Illegal slave traffic.
Witness said that Wong All Dong ac-
companied her when she swore to the
complaint. She had seen Leong Chez
Cum, who was one of the two men with
the defendant on January g. and he de-
ms nd nd col hn 1nf
think to have him arrested. She did not
want the defendant arrested, but Detec-
tive Gibson and Lieutenant Esola came to
her and told her they had arrested Ong
Foon for Vagrancy, and they talked with
| her about the other matter before She
swore TO the complaint. They came to the
house as there was a disturbance. Her
real name was Yung See Fung, but she
did not like it, and when she went to live
in Bakers alley she changed it to All
Ling
Wong All Dong, the landlord of the
ksuse, generally corroborated the
woman's statement, but contradicted her
by saying that the defendant had only
threatened to kill her Nothing was said
about sending her back to China. In
cross-examination he said he rented the
rooms only to women. He was asked the
question as to whether he was not en-
gagged in bringing women from China who
were not entitled to land here, but objec-
ton was taken to it and sustained. He
had no enmity against the defendant He
did not know that price of $4,000 had
been placed upon the defendants head,
but knew that ne belonged to the educa-
tional society. He admitted that he knew
defendant was instrumental in preventing
the landing of Chinese women here and
that he had assisted in deporting women
to China. He denied that he belonged to
a body of men banded together to get the
defendant out of the way. In re-exami-
nation he said that defendant was ac-
cused of blackmailing women.
Wong Tung also supported the woman's
testimony, but, like Wong All Dong, did
not hear the defendant threaten to send
her back to China. In cross-examination
he said he belonged in Santa Rosa but
had been here for two months. He could
not tell what business he was employed in
and admitted that once he was engaged
in the landing of Chinese women.
This closed the case for the prosecution,
and the defense will go on this morning