The San Francisco call., 1910-03-23
Will INVESTIGATE
PERJURY CHARGES
Prosecuting Attorney Discredits
Witnesses Who Gave Testi=
mony Against Chinese

OAKLAND. March 22-The grand
jury probably will take up the
tangle caused by the charges of
robbery against Leo Toon, Leung
Bow and Low Yon, in which accusa-
lions of perjury and framing up of
criminal cases against Chinese de-
PENDANTS in the interest of a rival
tohs nave been made. Judge Brown,
VINO mas had the matter up before
MIN for several sessions of his court
today declared that it was fit sub
Jeet for grand jury investigation.
Deputy Constable George c. Starr.
VINO arrested the trio and whom At
lorney Clarence Reed accused of
rank perjury" in the testimony he
gave against them, was in court to-
DAY. His attorney, Abe P. Leach. de-
cared that he courted grand jury in
Vestigation. Attorney Philip NJ Walsh,
representing the Yee family, at whose
instance the defendants are said to
nave been arrested said that he was
Wlillng that the grand jury should
take the matter up and he opposed
the motion of Deputy District Attorney
W. b. Smith to the effect that the
charges against the accused men
should be dismissed because of the fact
that there was no good evidence
against them.
SCORES CONSTABLE'S TESTIMONY
Prior to this Smith filed a formal
written motion, in which he set out
the events that have occurred in con-
nection with the accused He declared
that they would never have been ar
rested If any member of District At
torney Donahue's official family had
oeen asked TO pass upon the warrants
lie said that he did not care to char
acteriZe the testimony of Starr s will
ful perjury, but that he was charitabl
when he said that he was mistaken.
Starr testified that he was in the en-
ploy of the Yee family; He identified
and arrested four Chinese six weeks
after the alleged robbery. although he
had seen them only once before, on the
evening of the alleged robbery, and
he could not remember who else was
on the car with them, nor tell what
kind of clothes the defendants wore
Deputy Constable e. T. Carrolrs tes-
timony had no more value, Smith
said. CarrolPs identification of the
men was equally weak. As for the
Chinese witnesses Smith declared that
Yee Bing, one of the principal ones,
was a "barefaced liar" and that Yee
Ming. the complaining witness and
supposed victim, was evidently giving
testimony that was the result of care
full coaching.
DEEP LAID PLOT
81 am satisfied that the defendants
did not go out to Melrose on the even
ing of the robbery, Smith declared.
land furthermore, l do not believe
there was a robbery committed. 1t is
simply a case of one Chinese tong
using the courts to fight another tong,
and that Yee Bing and Yee Ming testi-
fed to Just what they were told to
testify by the interpreter of the Yee
family"
Attorney Clarence Reed was placed
on the stand to testify as to his accu
sation that Constable Starr had COM
mitted perjury at the preliminary ex-
animation of the Chinese, whereby
they were held to answer to trial
by Justice of the Peace Geary. Reed
has also declared that Starr came to
him and offered for $3.50 in each case
to fix the evidence so that no convic
tions could be secured. But Reeds
examination did not get far today
Judge Brown continued the case until
next Monday