The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-04-11
MURDER WAS
CONTEMPLATED
50 SAID THE PROSECUTOR WHO
ASKED THAT THE CASE
BE DISMISSED
10000 CHINESE ON THE VERGE OF
BLOODSHED.
But the Only Feud That Appeared in
Evidence Was That of the Special
Prosecutors and the Police

A Chinese feud that in the lurid Lam
guage of the attorneys specially re-
tained to prosecute the defendants
shows many of the features of a San
Francisco highbinder war was brought
out in the police court this morning,
in a case where nine Chinese are
charged with conspiracy in the third
degree. They are SAID to have gathered
at the home of several other Chinese
with intent to do murder, and one Chi
nese has been found who says that he
heard them express such an intention,
just before the police arrived on the
scene and interrupted the proceedings
They were armed with pieces of gas
pipe.
gill and Farley special prosecutors
IN the case, claim to have evidence that
!, the Chinese have been holding meet
ings secretly at night since they were
arrested and released on bonds, and
discussing means of carrying out their
murderous intentions The beginning
OF the trouble is not clear, but it is
supposed to have something to do with
the Bow Wong and Yang Wei Pin con-
troversy.
The men charged with conspiracy are
All Yum, All Chun, All You, All K-n
Kong, PAX Chez, All Tun, Kong Yee,
Kong Chun. With them is a woman
named Hang Sue.
The conspiracy cases against the Chi
nese were dismissed by Judge Wilcox
for lack of prosecution, no complaints,
even, having been filed. The incident
Of their dismissal caused a little acri-
mOny in the district court
/ When the cases were called Judge
Wilcox inquired if the attorneys for
the prosecution were ready to go ahead.
The lawyers replied that they were not.
The court then said that already sew
eral continuances had been granted to
the prosecution, and called attention to
the fact that no complaint had even
been filed against the defendants The
complaint was not ready so the court
stated that that the crowd should be
| dismissed.
! Mr.. Farley declared that the police
] department had not acted fairly tow
ard himself and his associate In
| speaking of the matter he said
In asking that this case be dismissed
| [ deem it a duty which we owe to the
| court to state tre reasons which have
prompted Mr.. Gill and myself to pre-
sent to the court this request. on
! Monday last we were retained to as
| sist the police department in this pend
! ing case, and we requested a COntinu-
| ance until Wednesday so that we might
! familiarize ourselves with the evidence.
| Several times on that day and on Tues
! day we requested by telephone and per-
! sonal visits an interview with the Dep
uty Sheriff, but it was not until We'd
nesday morning that we had a hVe
minute interview with him. Then l
learned from him that this was the
opening of a warfare between two fac
! tons of the Chinese in this COmmuni-
| ty. one represented by 5000 and the
other represented by 1000 and that
blOodshed was threatened.
"The charge was so serious that we
asked for a further continuance of the
case until this morning, fully confident
| that we would have the active aid OF
the police department. In an interview
yesterday morning l was assured OF
fifteen witnesses and yet the only one
presented by the police department was
a Chinese officer and he told me that
just before making the arrest he heard
! the defendants say, now we VIII Kill
them Notwithstanding the fact that
| bloodshed was threatened and murder
contemplated the charge here made Is
! conspiracy in the third degree, mere
misdemeanor. We ask the dismissal OF
this case because the charge should be
conspiracy in the first degree.
During the past week there have
| been meetings to procure witnesses
whose testimony would defeat the ends
of Justice and yet the police depart
ment has failed to lift its hand anC
we have obtained from them no aid OF
assistance, nor any evidence which
they should provide; Furthermore the
charge should be conspiracy in the first
and not the third degree and as it is al
indictable offense we will present it tC
, the grand jury"
Deputy High Sheriff Chillingwortt
was in court, and he Indignantly denied
the charge of inactivity. He declared
that the five witnesses had been sen
by the police to the attorneys for the
prosecution yesterday.
1t is possible that new complaints vii
be issued for the defendants anC
charges brought against them.