Arizona republican., 1907-08-01

It is charged though that he has since lost the rights secured to him then. by going back to China and re- turning to this country by way of Mex
 leo. Hom Wo Chong says he has nev- CT been out of the country. He brought great deal of testimony by persons living in Prescott. San Diego. San Francisco and Oakland covering his movements since 1903. There is a hiatus though. of several months, which the Chinaman himself fills in. but for that period he can bring no corroborating testimony. It is charged that he went to China on account of the death of his mother and returned in 1906. He can account for a part of that year by proof that he was at San Francisco at the time of the earth quake and took refuge in Oakland. when Chinatown was destroyed.
 One of the witnesses against nim was a man by the name of Forbes. brought here from Ensenada, Lower California. where he was employed as a stevedore. He said that he recognized Hom Wo | Chong as a man he saw land at En- | senada last year. On cross examina- tion he said that he had never seen the Chinaman before, that his atten- ton was not particularly attracted to him and that he had never seen him since.
 Another witness was Bernard Man ming in the United States immigration service. stationed at Matzclan. He | had previously seen the Chinaman al | San Diego and knew him we'll. He was at Tia Juana and saw Hom Wo Chong get out of the stage from En- senada and spoke to him but the Chi
 naman did not recognize him. MT
 Manning was quite positive and ere ated the impression that he meant to
 tell the truth. though on his cross ex- animation he made a statement. also doubtless honestly made, which was | disproved by the records. and natural | ly left the accuracy of the rest of his
 testimony in doubt. NIT. Manning de-
 scribing the circumstances of his ac-
 quaiEtance with Hom WO Chong al
 san Diego. said that he knew him there in the summer of 1903. This ac- quaintance extended over the whole
 summer of that. MT. Manning had
 not the slightest doubt. But the rec
 ords show that the order dismissing
 the charge against Hom Wo Chong
 was made by Judge Sloan on July 2l of that year. and it was shown that the Chinaman had been in Prescott for
 some considerable period before that as we'll as after that.
 | The blackmailing feature of the case
 naturally did not get into this case
 but the Chinaman said that there was another Chinaman at Prescott who by the way. has supplied the inspection officials with q great deal of informa-
 ton regarding Chinese: that this Chi naman had come to him twice and held him up. each time for sl0O. represent
 ing that he had a pull with the gov ernment and that unless the money was paid Hom Wo Chong would be | deported. Hom Wo Chong each time paid the mOney. Some time before his arrest the informer approached him again. this time demanding $50; he | told him that unless he paid him that | sum he would be arrested and after | serving three years in jail he would be sent back to China. Hom Wo Chong said that he did not have the money. and could not get it. The informer called on him several times, with the same result. The last time he visited him while he was working at Mayer. The informer went away saying that he would not be arrested and his ar rest immediately followed.