Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-18
To Save Celestial From Electric
 Chair

BOSTON, Mass, July 1i.-lt wa'
 learned today that fund of'snearly
 Slo.OOO has been raised to carry tn,
 e,se of Wary Charles, well known
 Cbinaman, to the United States su
 preme court. Should the appeal to the
 bichest tribunal fail to bring about a
 new trial Charles, together with four
 of his countrymen, will be put to dea;l
 in the electric chair in Charlestown
 prison in October.
 The murders for which the Chinameu
 have been sentenced were committed
 Aurnst ?. 1907. On the evening of that date ten Chiuamen, armed with large. rol;hrc revolvers. entered OXfCfd plccc. ope of the thoroughfares of Boston $ Chinatown, and proceeded to shoot uJ, inc street stores and houses in thc vicinity. Chin Mon Quin, Wong Shu Chung. Chin Leet and Loe Kai Nom were killed or died later from wounds received at that time, and Coon Gong, Joe Gucy, Wong Duck, Wong How, Dong Book Ling, Tee Wat, and others were wounded.
 Ten Chinamen were arrested and charged with the murders. The first trial began on January 30, 1908, but was discontinued after three days be- eause of the illness of one of the iuly- men, In the meantime one of the ac- cused Chinamen had died and the ease of another was not pressed, The sec ond trial began on February 3, l90s, and lasted for twentynine days, the inrv returning a verdict of guilty iE all cases.
 Public interest ccnters almost wholly in the ease of Marry Charles, who IS one of the most widely known Chiua- men in America. For number of years he has conducted large laundry busi- ness in Boston, with branches scattered throughout the city. Charles came from the Hoy Ping district in China with his uncle at the age of eleven years, being in the family of merchant in China. He lived for time in New Orleans and there became thoroughly acquainted with the English language. From New Orleans he went to Omaha, where he took his scanty earnings and started, lad of sixteen, in business for himself.
 Ambitious to get ahead, intelligent, active and sturdy. he sought an educa ton. While he was attending busi- ness college in Omaha he met Mary Whiting, young woman who after ward became his wife and the mother of his children
 In New York, Charles was successive y an agent for the Santa Fe railroad, | dealer in stoves, laundry machinery. hardware, and interpreter in the court ,f general sessions, floor-walker in ! | department store, and a Chinese in- ,pector under Secretary Carlisle in the second Cleveland administration.
 In New York he was arrested charged | with conspiracy to getray government ecrcts, but was discharged. He was hen Chinese inspector, but was sus 'cudei. lie later worked for the Lex w Investigating commission and came | Q Boston after having been attacked | n New York. After coming to this J tv he served for number of years | IS court interpreter and became well ,nown.
 The effort to save Wary Charles ! rom the death chair has been taken | ID all over the country by members f the Army and Navy union of which Warren Charles, New York police nan and son of the condemned man, 5 a member. Several prominent army | ticers also have taken lively interest n the cause of the condemned man ana hey are also doing some work. Gen ral Felix Agnus of Baltimore has lken an interest in the case and he has 'rtten several letters in behalf of thc Chinaman. Warren Charles as a member of New York regiment ' the Spanish American war and many f his comrades are assisting him in is efforts to save his father. Among hose who have taken official action ! the matter are Major Charles Y. oe garrison of Brooklyn and tue encral Lawton garrison at Newburg, Y.
 The local authorities. notwithstand E the widespread movement started ! behalf of Charles, declare tha, he is eserving of little sympathy. Accord lg to their belief he is one of the lost dangerous men in America and as the brains of the conspiracy which used the murders in Oxford place Vo years ago.