The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-06
CHINK INSISTS
ON HIS RIGHTS
OFFICIALS MUST SHOW
WHY ARTHUR HUGH SHOULD BIZ
BROUGHT FROM NEW YORK.

This Sthte of Affairs Developed Yes
terday MOrning-AuthOriti Here
Must Show TO New York United
states Commissioner That "a Crime
Was Committed and That Arthur
Is Probably the Guilty Person.
The Difficulties Are Many.
Arthur Hugh has decided that he
will not come to Savannah for trial on
charge of perjury if he can help it.
This fact developed yesterday morn
ing when word was received in this
city that the willy Arthur had de-
manded that the government author
tiles here show cause why he should
be brought back.
This puts an entirely new face on the
matter, especially if the United States
commissioner in New York city is in
clined to be over particular in what
he decides shall prove probable cause
Meanwhile the authorities here will do
what they can to get the Acknowledged
Celestial back again.
Under the laws of the United States
when a man is arrested in one district
or state for an alleged crime in an
other state he can demand that cause
be shown before the commissioner OF
the district in which he was arrested
as to why he should be returned for
trial. Before cause is established it
must be shown that there was a crime
committed and that the prisoner is
probably the one who committed it.
Perjury is Charged.
Thereby hangs the tale. Arthur
came to Savannah from Jackson
Vile to act as interpreter for Lon
Chang or Wong Fang Hop, or whoever
he is. He also identified the Celestial
now reposing in Chatham county jail
as Wong Fang Ho. 1t is alleged that
he perjured himself when he thus iden-
titled the Chink, and that he perjured
himself further in his Interpreting All
of these things are shown by the war
rant.
Immediately after the hearing of
Wong Fang Ho last March, Arthur
was called away to New York city. He
was still there when arrested by the
United States deputy marshal, and
now he is taking legal steps to avoid
returning. Evidently he was not
charmed with the conditions existing
here during his former visit.
Much Work for Government.
He has demanded his rights. through
his attorney and he must have them
AS stated above the authorities here
must show that there was a perjury
committed here and that Arthur can
probably be proven the perjurer. This
is where the trouble comes
If Arthur did perjure himself he did
it either when he identified the present
Jailed-Chink as Wong Fang Ho, or he
did it in his Interpreting To prove
that he did it i'm his identification of
the prisoner the government must
prove that the prisoner is not Wong
Fang Ho. This was attempted during
the trial of Willie Wing Kee and
Charlie Mong, but the success was
only Indifferent. At the conclusion of
the hearing no one knew just who the
prisoner was.
Only Matter of Conjecture.
If the alleged perjury was committed
during the time that Arthur was acting
as Interpreter there Is going to be trou-
BILE proving it. The officials of Mr.
Hewletts court do not speak Chinese
and cannot say whether Arthur faith
fully and truly performed his duties.
1t is improbable that the other blandly-
smiling Chinks will, in case Arthur did
not strictly adhere to the truth, tell on
him and deliver him into the power of
the foreign devils"
Under the circumstances. there is
some hard work ahead for the SaVan-
nah United States officials, and it
seems probable that Arthur will re-
main in New York. He was arrested
on the same warrant as Willie Wing
I<ee and Charlie Wong, and is charged
with violating the same section of the
statutes