The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-02

two, Gamble and myself. Gamble
furnished us with the names of the
Chinese and the numbers of their
cases. On the morning of the 18th
he called at the Jail and took six Chi
nese. including the three substitutes,
to the ship"
Attorney Schooler for Dasha then
commenced the cross-examination
He asked Burnett if there had been
any agreement prior to 1903. Witness
said he could not. remember. He
knew that HON Toon had often asked
him to switch Chinese. but he told
him he couldn't. 1t was a week or
ten days before the last switch was
made that HON Toon met him near
the Jail and made him a proposition.
Did he say how much money he
would give you?"
Il told him how much I would
want. wanted 5000 per man to
switch"
DIVIDING THE COIN.
Did you tell him you would give
Dasha and Dempsey each a third of
the $1,000"
He didn't need to ask me because
he knew. 1 don't know that L told him
that would give them and Gamble
any money. After HON Toon spoke
to me 1 spoke to Dasha about it, but
I don't know whether Dasha had seen
HON Toon previously to that time"
Did you enter specifically into any
agreement TO work for HON Toon ?"
Our agreement was to work for any,
body that came along Dasha. Demp-
sey and myself made this agreement
among ourselves in the Jail"
Attorney MCGOWAN then asked the
witness If he was in any pressing need
Of money at the time, and he said he
was not After objections had been
made and sustained to several other
questions Of minor Importance, Bur-
nett resumed his seat in the body of
the court, and A. L. Parish of the Mar
shal's office was called for the purpose
of identifying a return on the affair
that had been made by Gamble.
William f. Burns, the well known
secret service agent from Washing
ton. told of his interviews with Dasha
and Dempsey in the Russ House soon
after the substitution. He denied that
he had the men in a governmental
sweatbox," as inferred by the defense,
and said that both made free and vol
untary confessions. There was consid-
cradle effort on the part of the attor-
neys for the defendants to prevent
these confessions from becoming por-
tion Of the record, the claim being
made that they were invalid by reason
of having been made under duress and
intimidation. The court ruled other
wise, and Burns continued. 1t was
stipulated, however, that the state
ments made by either Dasha or Demp-
sey would not be binding upon the
/ other, and his Honor cautioned the
witness to omit as many names as pos
sible except that of the particular party
he was quoting
According to the witness, Dasha had
told Of how in the fall of 1902 HON
Toon. had on four different occasions
asked him to substitute Chinese. He
refused these four offers, but accepted
the fifth. receiving 1892. and a sixth,
for which he got $780, With Dempsey
and Burnett he had transacted bust
ness in June, July and August. Burns
said that he had questioned Dempsey
on the same occasion, but did not get
much information from him. He said
that on two oco asions he had received
SIS and $50, respectively, and that, al
though he knew of the substitutions.
he was not one of a ring.
Attorney Schooler submitted Burns to