Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-05
CHINESE GO FREE
Interpreter From New York
 Helped Close Up inc Case.

Chung Nav and Chung Row were nolled in the city court to-day and the police in consequence are angry as can be. If their clever work is to be spoiled by lawyers, where, they ask, is the good in making clever captures. They were certain that in these two celestials they had tiends jn- carnate, the mainsprings of poker games on North Main and East Main streets and when they had them in their grasp they wiggled out with the help of lawyers.
 To the amazement of everybody in terested in the case Prosecutor Me- Grath announced to Judge Peasley this morning that the states witness ses were inveigled out of town by the interpreter for the defense and of course under the circumstance it would be only folly to attempt to prosecute.
 Attorney Russell counsel for the defense, did not like this statement. It did not look we'll for him, and he demanded of Prosecutor McGrath to up and show what proof he had for making such serious statement. Mir Russell stated that the case was noth- ing like what 1t has been represent ed in the newspapers. It was nothing more nor less than an attempt on the part of some of the Hip Sing Tong of New York to blackmail decent Chinese of Waterbury, And then someone rushes to the prosecutors office with yellow journal story of the robbery and what not, and it ap- pears in the paper and two men are arrested, one of them has been doing business in Waterbury to his own knowledge for twelve years and the other is very well known. Mir Rus sell claimed that Willie Buck, or Eng Buck Sing, his proper name, is mem- Der of the Hip Sing Tong and this attempt to blackmail the accused was evidently an old trick with him. But the accused refused to give up and Buck left town because he cannot get anyone to back up his story. It was a shame to arrest these two poor innocent Chinese. boys," said NIr Rus- sell, and it IS high time such out rages should be stopped. The poor Chinese bays" are about fifty years of age.
 This put it up to Prosecutor Me- Grath to prove his statement and he had Officer John Donahue take the stand. MT Russell objected to the of ticer being questioned by Mir Me Grath, but insisted that the officer tell his story his own way. So he said that last evening he saw Buck, the complainant, at the Naugatuck depot with the interpreter for the de- fense, and after a while he saw the interpreter put Buck on the train and the train took him away. He was positive he knew the complainant and just as positive that the interpreter for the defense was with him at the depot.
 Mir Russell questioned him as to hisl ability to identify Chinese after sec ing him once or twice, but the officer was immoveable in his testimony.
 The cases were then nolled and the two cleavers with which Buck said Kow and Nav threatened him wereI handed over to them and Kaw was given back $26 and 0 knife he had on him when arrested.
 The fact of the matter is the case was settled between accused and ac- cuser yesterday by the interpreter brought from New York by tte state. This man said he was a Chinese mis- sionary and it would never do to have any of his fellow countrymen go toI jail. He advised peace and Bucks disappearance from town appears to have been the result