El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08
News Of
the Courts
Alleged Highlander On Trial.

Alleged Highlander On Trial.
The alleged Chinese highlander. Wah
Sing charged with attempted murder
or one of his countrymen on Oregon
street. appeared in the district court
this morning to stand trial.
A herd of Cinnamon were present to
witness the proceedings and the
amount of dread and superstitious ter
ror with which they regard highbind-
er was visible on each of their faces.
That they are determined to have
the full extent of the la wmeted out to
the Celestial became apparent when
they employed additional counsel 20
aid the prosecution to convict the al
legged highlander. AS for the highbin.i-
er. himself. he appears to be perfect
ly serene in his fancied security and
showed no signs of apprehension while
in the court room. He has retained r.
F. Burgess to defend him and is taking
matters coolly.
Counsel for defense asked for a con =
tinuance until o'clock to procure sev-
eral important witnesses and it Was
granted. At trial of the case Will
begin.
Highbinders have long been consi;l-
cred a curse by the Chinese colony of
the Pacific coast. They are supposed
to be a band of assassins who take up
on themselves the duty of furnishing
any of their countrymen who come un-
der the ban, and innumerable mySter-
ious murders of Cinnamon in San
Francisco have been attributed to
highbinders. The highlander is SUP
supposed to hire himself out to anyone
who has a grievance against China
man and will pay the price. His work
is generally done under cover of dark
ness and Chinaman who has a high
binder on his trail does not consider
his life worth two bits. This accounts
for the dread and hatred with which
the ordinary "waShee waShee' regards
a nighbinder. The highlander is said
to be even more dangerous than the
spellbinder so common in the United
States during political campaigns.
Another Mysterious "Holdup."
At about eleven o'clock last night
man spattered with blood from head
to foot, and with his hat caved in, ran
into the Ruby saloon and sank into
chair. Between his gasps he said that
he had been sandbagged and robbed
by ruffians on San Antonio street near
Oregon at the mouth of an alley.
The mans story was credited by
those who heard it and he was directed
to the police station. Whether he
went there or not is not known, but
sometime during the night a we'll
known business man is said to have
reported to the police that he had
been sandbagged and robbed in the
plaza. The police did not give much
credit to the story as they were of the
opinion that the man had lost his
money gambling and adopted the old
ruse to cover up his tracks.
Numerous victims of skin games
and bunco steerers, now fiourishing
in Ell Paso continue to be heard of but
there have been no arrests as yet. No
more burglaries were reported last
night.
Citizens say that the new night cap
tain Will Ten Eyck, has a chance
while the city is infested by human
sharks to distinguish himself by
breaking up the lawless gangs and
many are of the opinion that he will
do it if given full swing by his super
ior officers, even though the crooks
are putting up ''blood money, as
charged by the morning Times.
Police Cases.
With all the high class lawlessness
said to be rampant in this city just
at this time only the names of few
persons charged with petty offenses
on the police docket this
p
John Doe was fined 81 for disturbing
the peace while drunk. He is said
to be a well known young man about
town who did not want his name to get
in the papers for fear it would injure
him in the upper circles of society
where he moves.
Francis Chacon was arrested by Of
ficer Scott for carrying a pistol. l:
will probably go hard with him as the
officials have been severe in dealing
with pistol toters since Edward O'Con-
nor was killed.
Frank Doe, a brother of John, was
by the s. p. Waterman on the
charge of vagrancy, drunkenness and
the peace.
Is He Playing Crazy?
Johnson, the alleged burglar under
for robbing Clifford's store,
is either crazy or feigning lunacy so
we'll that he deceives the officers.
He sees things at night and other |
wise disports himself
Last night he tried to burn himself
up, but only succeeded in destroying
all his bedding.
At about nine O'Clock Jailer Bridgers !
smelled fire and Investigated. He Wis |
lteu Johnson cell anu IOunu MIN !
seated calmly on his bunk while his /!
bed clothing was burning all around |
him. The smoke in the cell was stiff |
Ing but Johnson paid no attention to |
It and he apperaed to be alike obvious |
% the heat that surrounded him. The !
1oor was opened and the fire quickly |
Assault Case Postponed.
The county court is in session on the |
bird floor of the court house