The San Francisco call., 1903-09-22
More Deputies Con-
cerned in Sub5titu-
tiOn Scandal.
Upheaval in Federal Offices
May Follow as Result
Of Investigation.
Three Under Sheriffs, Who Are
Charged With Completely, Give
Bail-Hom Toon Defaults
on Another Charge.

uty United States Marshals will,
in all probability, be connected
criminalIy with the unlawful sub
stitution of Chinese before the in
vestigadon now in progress is
ended. The evidence obtained
against them is said not to be
conclusive, but is sufficiently
strong to warrant something more
than a suspicion that they have
been actively implicated in the IL
legal traffic for which three white
men and three Cinnamon are un-
der arrest, and on account of
which William P. Gamble put an
end to his life.
The investigation may even go
further. There are strong sus-
picions that Federal officials
higher up than the men directly
charged with the offense of Chi
nese substitution exercised tacit
acouiescence in the traffic. Their
actions in this matter are being
scrutinized with the utmost care
by the secret service agents en-
gagged in the investigation, and it
need cause no surprise if an up
heaval in at least two of the i'm
portant Federal Offices IN this city
should follow.
In addition TO those indicated. the prob
able guilt Of two other men whose occu-
patton is that Of "capper" for certain at
torneys handling Chinese business has
been established and if the expected de-
velopments take place they viii be ar
rested for connection with the substitu-
tion Of Chinese
All three Of the night jailers at the
County Jail, who are accused Of COM
plicity in the Chinese substitution scandal
and who have been in custody since Fri
day night. were released yesterday on
bonds Of 5000 each. Burnett was the first
10 gain his freedom, his bonds being fur
nished by a surety company. Shortly
after noon Dempsey's bonds were Sc
cured, his appearance being guaranteed
by a surety company II was not until
after 8 o'clock that Dasha gained his lib
erty. Arrangements were made with the
but in the preparation Of the papers the
offense with which he is charged was
omitted. Consequently there was a delay
Of a couple Of hours in redrawing the pa
pers.
The Federal Grand Jury met in special
session yesterday afternoon 10 consider
the substitution cases The three night
jailers were before them and separately
gave about the same information they
had previously impaired 10 the Federal
authorities.
The three men will not be accused Of
the felony charge OF conspiracy. but will
be indicted and prosecuted for aiding and
abetting the substitution Of Chinese.
which is a misdemeanOr punishable by
not more than one years imprisonment in
the County jail or a fine not exceeding
$1,000. or both. This clemency has been
determined upon by the Federal authori-
ties partly because Of the confessions
made by Burnett and Dasha and the ad-
missions made by Dempsey and partly in
the hope that with the lesser penalty 10
pay the three men viii obviate the ne
cessity and uncertainty Of trials by plead
ing guilty. Accordingly the Federal
Grand jury will be asked TO indict the
men only on the lighter charge.
PROTESTS INNOCENCE.
Tt appears now that Dempsey is the
only one who viii make contention of
innocence. The Federal authorities claim
10 have signed confessions from Burnett
and Dasha and also assert that Demp-
sey made verbal admissions, which he
later refused 10 confirm in writing This
Dempsey denies and maintains that he
has done nothing criminal. He is the only
one Of the trio who would talk yesterday
and his conversation regarding the
charges was guarded.
Il viii be able to show" he said, when
this thing comes to a hearing that I have
done nothing unlawful and I will point
out who the real grafters We're"
Then there were others in it besides
those arrested2" he was asked.
You bet there were" he replied. "and
they were the ones who did the grating"
The story Of how the confessions were
secured from Dasha and Burnett and Of
how even Dempsey was made to acknowl-
edge some facts that connect him with
participation in the work Of substitution
leaked out yesterday. When the three
Jailers were taken into custody Friday
night they were confined in room in a
MontgOmery-street hotel. Secret Service
Agents William J. Burns and Harry Mof-
fit. United States District Attorney
Woodwork, Sheriff Lackmann and
United States Marshal Shine were in an
adjoining room. Burns is from Washing
ton and is considered one of the shrewd-
est men in the service. To him is cred
lied the ruSe by which the confessions
We're obtained.
Dasha was the first one called in and
he was given to understand that Gamble
had implicated him in his confession
which was a fact He stubbornly resisted
every effort to force an acknowledgment
Of his and his fellow jailers' completely
in the substitution work After an hour
of sweating he finally broke down and
confessed. He was taken to a room by
himself and Burnett called in. He was
told that Dasha had confessed. Burnett
broke down and told everything. Then
Dempsey was called in and under the be-
lief that both Burnett and Dasha had
confessed made certain admissions about
receiving money from them that served
10 clinch his completely in the crime
All three men were then brought to-
gether and under the guise Of harmonizing
their three statements Burnett was made
10 repeat his confession to Dasha and
Dempsey. Dasha then weakened and
confessed, but Dempsey remained obdu-
rate, processing ignorance Of what was
done by his fellow watchers at the jail