The San Francisco call., 1904-12-09
RACIAL CONFLICT DEVELOPS STORIES
THAT ARE VERY CONTRADICTORY.
EthiOpian's Narrative Clashes With
Tale Unfolded by AsiatiC.
Combat IN Chinese Restaurant Results In .41rest
of .Munager's .Afro-Ana97lcao .Assa1Iants.
BY JAMES G. CRAWFORD.

"A Chink noodle dump on Jackson
street was George Washington
Browns designation of the scene of
conflict, and his fellow defendant, Ja-
cob Netherland, alluded to it as "a
chop suey joint" The prosecuting
policeman enlightened Judge Mogan
with the information that the arrests
were made in a Chinese restaurant.
Mr.. Brown and Mr.. Netherland, up
to-date young negroes, disclaimed
primal responsibility for the blacken-
ing of Hong Pings eyes and the semi
annihilation of his highly treasured
queue. If he had treated them with
ordinary courtesy, they averred, there
would not have been any punching or
hair pulling, because they were most
amicably inclined toward him and all
his race when they entered his place
of business. They kept mental MEM
oranda of what they ate and his
scheduled prices therefor and when
the overcharge was attempted they
had not accused him of deliberate en-
deavor to eXtort, but kindly requested
him to furnish them with an itemized
bill so that they might prove the de-
fectiVeness of his arithmetic. Instead
OF acceding to that very reasonable
request he flew into violent passion
and threatened to Slay them if they
did not pay the sum he demanded.
En- all nah bon days, Jedge,"
said Mr.. Brown, ''ah nebbah saw sech
an angritied pusson as dat Chink. He
wuz bilin' mad, an Wen Mistah Meth
erland tried ter pint out dat we
wuznt out 70 no trubble he grew
wuSS an wussah, calm boat OBJ us
dead beats an oddah derpreshiatin'
names dat no gen'lm'n kin stan.
Ter mex mattahs still mo wussah, a
dozen Oddah Chinks stud a-eggin' him
on an a-helpin' him po' de insuItery
lnteh us. Et Wuz a case OBJ fight ou'
way out, Jedge, or stay dab an be
cahved wifi knives, an we fit ou' way
out. Dat am de sollem facks OBJ de
case, yo' Honnah."
Mr.. Netherland corroborated every
word of Mr.. Browns statement, but
every word of it was emphatically
contradicted by Hong Ping, who swore
that the defendants audaciously tried
to evade payment of any sum at ALL
When they sought to sneak out he
undertook to restrain them and while
one of them systematically put his
eyes In mourning the other tried to
uproot his queue.
More testimony will be heard next
Saturday.
Five full-bloded Greeks, accused of
peddling without license, were regis
tered on Judge Cabaniss' calendar as
Mike Cuddy, Joe Corbett, Pat Smith
ers. Timothy Griffin and A. r. Cullen
and his Honor gaSped and blinked as
he alternately glanced from the ros-
ter to the defendants. Clerk Barney
Conlan surveyed the swart quintet
with baleful eye and Prosecuting At
torney Hanleys stare at them was
menacing.
"Of course said Mr.. Hanley to the
bench, these defendants are not of
the nationality that these names
would indicate, for not one of them
can speak the English language"
The names are rank counterfeits,
your Honor" snapped Clerk Conlan,
;'and I'd like to know by what right
these dagoes should have adopted
such Names"
scanning the calendar; now I'd like
ito know what A. p. stands for
"Alphonsus Patrick" promptly ex-
claimed the defendant alluded to.
Mr. Conlan collapsed in his chair Mr.
Hanley clutched wildly at the clerks
desk as he staggered backward, BaiIiff
Neil Carmichael chuckled and the
Judges fingers were in his hair as he
moaned:
Take them away. This nomen-
clatural mystery is too profound to be
solved in a day. Bring them back on
the 22d."
-Four Intoxicated and disorderly Jap
anese men were gallantly breasting the
Pine street hill, between Dupont and
Stockton, when member of the China
town squad undertook to scale the ac-
clivity and discipline them. When they
saw him climbing they formed a square
that would have been hollow had it not
environed a fire plug, but three of them
retreated Lefore his fierce onslaught
the fourth bravely holding his ground
while he endeavored to uproot the plug,
his evident intention being to utilize it
as a defensive weapon. The quartet
were oVerpowered and marched down
the hill again, and Judge Conlan will
sentence them to-day.
Mrs. Alice Hogue told Judge Mogan