The citizen., 1914-10-09
ooNFEssEs TO PERJURY. "
Need of Members OF Her "Gang- For
American Witnesses Against Ene-
mics. Made Girl Tell Falsehood
When Called to Testify.


forts had led her to a desire TO tell
the truth. Grace Mack, white, once
the wife of Chinese and now living,
she says, at No. COL West One Hun
dred and Thirty-sixth street, told
Judge Grain in General Sessions yes
terday that twenty months ago she
gave false testimony which helped to
convict two men of murder.
The men are Eng Hing and Lee
Dock. members of the Hip Sing Tong.
who were found guilty in February,
1918, of having killed Lee Kay on Feb
-. 1912. in front of No. is Mott street.
Their conviction was affirmed by the
Court of Appeals and they would have
been executed on Aug. 81 had not
Gov. Glynn been impressed by the
Mack woman's tardy story. On Aug.
% he granted q reprieve until Nov. >.
The woman's desire to tell what she
says is the truth was due TO chance
meeting on the night of the murder
between her and Miss Florence NJ.
Todd, q missionary, who has spent
many years working among the white
girls OF Chinatown.
Did Not Know of Shooting.
Returning. she now says, from an
uptown theatre. the Mack girl met
Miss Todd in her own doorway They
ohatted. The missionary casually
spoke of the murder and asked Grace
if she knew of il The girl professed
ignorance, saying she had been up
town.
In an affidavit submitted yesterday
Miss Todd says the Mack woman met
her 3 few days afterwari and re-
marked: Well. I'm going TO be a
witness against the ehinks I'm go
ing TO the District-Attorney.
How can you. when you were in
the theatre and did not see the kill
ing?" Miss Todd replied.
Il saw il sill right was the reply.
The missionary was not convinced.
but felt her suspicious would be of no
value in court, So she said nothing
when Grace Mack appeared at the
first trial and identified the prisoners
as the men she had seen do the shoot
ing.
The first trial resulted in q dis
agreement On the second trial the
girl gave similar testimony. Several
times after that the missionary talked
with her and became more and more
convinced that the testimony had been
false.
Every time she saw Grace after
that she urged on the latter the wrong
al giving false testimony that would
send two men TO death. She pointed
ont that il was not too late 10 right
the wrong It was not until after the
Court OF Appeals had affirmed the
conviction that the woman admitted
that she had per5urei herself.
Got Two Lawyers interested.
Miss Todd went 10 Frank Moss and
he and Terence J. McManus took the
story 10 the Governor. Four days be
fore the execution Gov. Glynn gave the
hea-ng which resulted in the reprieve.
Yesterday the same lawyers applied
% Judge Grain for $ new trial Grace
Mack testified thar ST the time Of the
inst trial she was living with Frank
Zee. slso 5 witness for The prosecI-
Iioa-
she ss;6 that shortly before the trial
she was taken 10 the secret council
1oon Of the On Leo1s Tong and nlss
Gin Gum. two other members Of the
On Leoag Tong and FIosSie Wong.
sirl Who 81 the trial oo-rooorated her
sto-y. They told her, she swors, that
they h26 70 have American witnesses
sgzinS. the two HIP sing men
Asked why she had consented u
TIE plan she said fear h26 prompted
hs-.
and. ste added. The only reason
otAer vonsa from Chinatown dom
support the sto-y that I sn tsllinE
nov Is that thsy s7s strzid Of tAeir
lives