The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25

OF l. w. Parsons. Parsons holds Ii
cense to conduct a saloon on Mont
gomery avenue. Besides being a sa-
loon-keeper, he is editor of the North
End Review, and as such he is said
to have urged O'Keefe. to testify false
ly that the policeman was enga ged in
wrongful conduct when O'Keefe as
saulted him with the knife. All of
which, Captain Duke complained to
the commission, shows that Parsons is
an improper person to hold a saloon
license. The trial will be resumed next
Friday night.
ELLIS SQUAD ON TRIAL.
The trial of Policemen Doran, Mum
and McGrath, members of Sergeant
Ellis former ChinatowH squad, was
then called. 1t had been begun at the
last meeting. l.. g. Carpenter, an at
torney who took part in ex-Commis-
sloner Hutton's raids of fantan games,
was the first witness. He told of the
existence of gambling among the Chi
nese. Incidentally he described the
Chinese Educational Society, the head
quarters of which was raided recent
ly and a gambling game found in
progress therein, as an organization
devoted to teaching the Chinese Eng
lish and other branches of schooling" ;"
Foreman Thomas p. Andrews was
called to the stand in an effort to gain
evidence that the Grand Jury had
gathered in it's investigation of China
town corruption. Being prohibited by
law from divulging the secrets of the
Grand Jury room, he declined to an
swer. Commissioner Drinkhouse ex-
postulated with him and expressed the
opinion that the Grand Jury ought to
aid the commission in its probings
Andrews retort was full of stings,
though measured out in calm SEN
tenceS.
II regret" he proceeded, that the
Board of Police Commissioners was not
little more patient with the Grand
Jury. / am satisfied that if this board
had not insisted on beginning its in
quiry and thereby interfering with our
efforts. we should have been able to
present a clean-cut case that would
have been much more far-reaching and
startling than the conclusions we were
able to report when we were COM
PEELED by your action to bring our work
to a close"
President Poheim explained that the
board acted in good faith, having been
led to believe that the Grand Jury was
sidetracking the Chinatown case for
other matters, and that the inquisitors
were not pursuing their work with
proper diligence.
CAN'T STOP GAMBLING.
The witnesses called were Lee Sing,
Richard Cortier, A. j. Chisholm, A.
McConachie, Joseph A. Kelly, Harry
A. Duffield, Sergeant Mcmahon and
Sergeant Cook.
do you think it is possible to stamp
out gambling among the Chinese %
Sergeant Cook was asked.
i don't think so. 1t can be restrict
ed, but not stamped out The gam
bling can be stopped in the clubrooms
probably, but there are many secret
places in the big buildings where they
might play"
The commission at this point an
.nounced the close of it's case, and the
defense began by calling George Dow
ney, Chinatown watchman, who de-
scribed various raids by the squad.
why Is Sergeant Cook so success
full in stopping the games ?"
Because he can read Chinese, can
understand 1t spoken and because the
Chinese believe he has a supernatural
power. They are much in dread of
him. Their superstition leads them to
believe that his mysterious power has
caused the death of four Cinnamon.
It's the fear of Cooks supernatural
powers that stops fantan playing in
Chinatown
Fred A. Doll, a collector, and E. G..
Buckley, a watchman, testified as to
the efforts the squad made to stop
gambling.
William Doran, one Of the accused
policemen, was on the stand when an
adjournment was taken to tonight