The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-10-07

Of the prince, Mofitt and McMahon
seized him and disposed of him so
quietly that many were not aware of
the narrow escape that the prince had
had from assassination.
Rear Admiral Thomas S Phelps,
Lieutenant Commander ]. V. ellis,
Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Captain Will
liam Matson, Captain John Barneson,
". V Avery. J. ]. lyman, A. Foster,
George A Arms, Look Tin Eli. chair
man Of the Chinese reception commit
tee. and Lee Toy, president of the Chi
nese merchants exchange, were among
those on the pier to welcome the prince
back TO this port
Didn't Want to Hurt Whites
That the Americans crowded about
the prince as soon as he made his ap
pearance also tended to keep Fong
from shooting. In his confession to
Mofit he said he did not shoot because
he did not want TO hurt any white men.
Fong is a dapper young Chinese. He
is rather slight Of build and affects the
American style Of dress. even to the
short hair. His father. who died many
years ago. was a merchant Fong says
he was born at 500 Dupont street in
March. 81 years ago. He speaks Eng
lish quite well, and has evidently spent
much Of his time in studying American
history. particularly that part dealing
with the revolution.
Before the fire he attended the School
OF Christ al Sacramento street and
Prospect place, his teacher being Mrs.
Y. Z. Hoag She now has a private
school at s32 Stockton street. While
Fong was being questioned by Moffitt
in the federal building she was adsived
that Fong was under arrest. She hur-
ried TO him and said that during the
"A years she had known him he had al
ways been q good boy.
PLANS TO KILL PRINCE
Fong would not implicate any one
else in his crime He admitted that
when he had been making the revolu-
tionary talk TO members of the Young
China association, with which he is
Identified, one of them had asked him
why he did not do something instead Of
talk so much. He said he could not
remember who had made the remark.
but he admitted that he had purchased
a IS caliber revolver the day the prince
left for the east. his purpose being TO
shoot down Stun at the first oppor-
tunity
Il did not try to kill the prince when
he was here before" said Fong, but
made up my mind l got my idea a
lang time go from reading the history
of my own country and of this country
/ bought the weapon at a store in
Market street between Kearny and
Montgomery, the day the prince went
east, and II was my intention TO await
his return to this city. I wanted to
kill any Manchu because 1 believed it
would help our cause.
DESIRED TO KILL SUM
Il wanted to be a martyr like George
Washington I wanted to free my coun-
try have no personal feeling against
the prince, but 1 singled him out be-
cause L would have been doing great
service for my country by killing him
or any other powerful member of the
Manchu dynasty. 1 went TO the Oak
land mole to Kill the prince and had
no plans for escape. I was going to
sit on the electric chair after killing
the prince. That is my place-ny home.
try and I would gladly die If 1 could
help TO free China from the dynasty
that is checking its progress. There are
lots Of Chinese ready to die for their
country today. I have failed to strike
the blow I planned, but others will be
more successful"
FOng told how he had laid off Monday
for the express purpose of coming TO
this city and awaiting the arrival of the
prince. He stopped at the Oriental ho-
tel, which is over the headquarters of
the Young China association at 951
stockton street. He insisted that he had
talked with no one about assassina ting
the prince. BE admitted, however, that
there had been a meeting of the asso-
citation last Sunday night at which a
number Of leaders in the revolutionary
movement were present.
REVOLUTIONISTS READY
There are about 1000 members OF
our organization in this city" said
Fong. The revolutionists in China are
ready OF break at any time. Many of
them are in the Chimes army and they
will march on Picking when the time is
ripe. If I had killed the prince / might
have hurried matters along, but my
plans were the creation of my own mind