Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
CHINATOWN WARS
|. TO CLEAR SUSPECT
Residents Regard Case as
SIur Against Race in San
Francisco.
.cial dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, December
20.-In the three-quarters of century
| that San Francisco has been closely
associated with Oriental peoples no Chi
reese servant has ever been guilty OF
numbering his mistress. Consequently
there was both CONSERVATION and
amazement when and elderly, wealthy
woman was found choked to death in
her apartment and police evidence
pointed clearly to her Chinese boy
In spite of some incredulity the police
quickly quilt up what they termed q
perfect case" against the Oriental and
within a week of the crime the grand
Jury voted an indictment. With turn
as quick and startling, however, as
the crime itself, and its rapid police
solution" the incredulity Of persons
who could not believe q Chinese serv-
ant capable of such an enormous crime
has been strengthened by coroner's
jury refusing to name the Oriental and
By the grand Jury itself resembling its
previous action and refusing to return
the indictment.
Lui Fook Accused.
Who in the carly morning hours OF
Monday, December 3, Strangled and peat
to death in her own apartment, Mrs.
Rosetta Baker, elderly eccentric, veal
thy widow, a woman interested in anna
teur dramatics and given to the wearing
of extravagant jewels and, it is asserted
to friendships with youths who attracted
her interest The police homicide squad
readily answered, Lui Fook, 63-year-old
Chinese serving boy, who discovered the
crime and notified the landlady, VINO
notified the police
The perfect" case built up by the
police and presented to the grand jury
consisted Of these items of circumstan-
tial evidence: A rubber heel from one
of Lui F'ooks shoes, and small piece
of human skin, which police state ex-
actly fitted a wound on Lui Fook's fin
ger, both found at the scene of the
murder; two pieces of Mrs. Bakers jew
elry found under rubbish in the base
ment near a room occupied occasionally
by Lui Fook a handbag which friend
OF the slain woman identified as having
been carried by her the night before her
death, found among Lui Fook's belong
irgs; pair of trousers, soiled with blood
and with human hairs resembling those
of the slain woman, found soaking in
rail of water in the basement near the
room sometimes used by Lui Fook.
several kS1DS CruSneu.
The scene of the crime showed evil
dences of q terrific struggle and doc
tors examination of the body showed the
chest and several ribs crushed.
The Chinece, Indignantly denying the
crime, has protested that he liked his
missy boss" and asked why should I
kill her? I didn't need money, for I
have plenty. If I kill her, why stay
around?. I Chinese and could disap-
pear; my friends would hide me-"
Charging frame-up, he denied owner
ship of the trousers, denies hiding the
jewels with the assertion that If he had
hidden them they wouldn't have been
found, dismisses the handbag as prob
ably one some former tenant had dis
carded, charges the heel was placed
there Intentionally to implcate him,
and asserts his finger was injured sew
sral days previously on broken window,
an assertion supported by the apart
ment house manager.
Other characters mentioned in con-
nection with the murder mystery In
clude Mrs. Bakers business manager; q
young actor friend, youth said to be
dope addict, and strange man who