New-York tribune., 1910-01-08
CHINESE ON STAND
ALIBI THE Defence.
Taco on Trial for Bo1c kum
Murder Testify.

Both defendants Low Tang ana Lo"
Shang testified yesterday at their trial lot
the murder of Bow Kun. the Chlnese
woman who was found stabbed to death IN
a room at No. II Mott street last August
that they were not in Mott street on the
night of the murder This was after JUS
tce Goff had denied the motion of their
counsel Terence j. McManus, FOR dls-
missal of the complaint.
Mr. McManus contended that the proseCu-
ton had failed to present any evidence 10
connect his clients with the murder ana
added that a conspiracy had been laiu
against them in order to free Chin Lin. who
lived with the murdered girl. Chin Lin is
a member of the On Leong Tong, while the
defendants are members of the Four Broth
ers.
Frank Moss, Assistant District Attorney,
opposed the motion. and said 1t had been
proved that the defendants were in Bow
kum's room the night she was killed. He
added that the president of the On Leong
Tong had testified that one of the defend
ants had approached him and asked him to
act as intermediary with Chin Lin in the
demand for $4,000.
Counsel for the defendants then renewed
his motion, but Justice Golf denied it, and
nesses for the prosecution have testified
that there was no meeting of the On Leong
Tong on the night of the murder Various
witnesses called by Mr.. McManus, who have
been expelled from that organization since
the murder swore that there was a meet
ing to discuss ways and means of getting
Chin Lin out of trouble after he had been
arrested by Captain Calvin, the Chinese eX-
pert of the Police Department. Mr.. Nc
Manus examined all the witnesses on this
point, but the objections of Mr.. Moss were
sustained by Justice Goff.
Low Tang, one of the defendants. swore
that he old not know Chin Lin and had
never seen Bow Kun. He said he was
member of the Hip Sing Tong until Au-
gust and as such was not allowed to go
into Mott street. He did not hear of the
murder, he said, until the next morning,
having attended the Chinese Theatre the
night before and gone directly home to bed
after eating a light repast.
Low Shang, the other defendant said he
did not hear about the murder until he was
arrested. He worked all day, and on the
night of the murder wrote letters, he said,
for Joe Chung. of Rockville Centre, Long
Island, in his laundry in Henry street,
Brooklyn, after which both of them went
to bed Joe Chung gave similar testimony
previously, although numerous witnesses
have testified that thev saw both defend
ants come out of Bow Kum's rooms just
before her dead body was found
Did you or Low Tang kill Bow Kun
with that knife?" asked Mr.. McManus,
holding up the bloodstained knife which
found beside the body of the muir
dered girl.
NO" replied Low Shang; and the de-
fence closed its case
Mr.. Moss called CAPTAIN Carey in rebut-
tai and asked about a conversation he had
with Chin Lin early on the morning the
murder was discovered He said that Low
Tang and See Sin had told Bow Kun that
she would be killed if 5000 were not paid
the witness testified that Chin Lin told him.
1t developed that See Sin was the Chinese
name for Four Brothers. The case will be
continued on Monday.