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Production of Startling Testimony Before
the Congressional Committee.
DANGEROUS MORAL ELEMENTS.
General Attempt of Mongolians to
Defeat Justice.
SECRET SOCIETY TERRORS.
Mftlftt and Females Bought and Sold in
San Francisco.
Saw FuA?ciaoo. Nfv. 13, 187ft
!*? Joint eommlttee ol Ceu*resa wbloh baa besn m
aeaalon ttn to took into the Chin** quo*lion has sub
stantlally completed It* Investigations. It will be
found, I believe, that the members, while generally
persuaded that the labor of the Chinese Is ol value to
the State an the labor ot an equal number of horaea or
mulea would ho valuable. bare been seriously Impressed
with the danger to the morale and the securltv ol eo
uety ol Iho presence in this country of a considerable
nass of these people.
imlMUHOSABLf OOMn.AIXTS.
There is work enough waiting to be begun In this
|Ute to employ twice as many, aye ten times as msay
people as are here oat of employment; hut there Is
hare an extraordinary tendency to seok the cities;
able-bodied noi will absolutely suffor want In San
Francisco rather than accept employment on farms
mad ranches; and while an advertisement In the Bul
letin or C'aU ol men or boys warned will draw a
crowd of several hundred applicants on the day of Its
ippearance, 11 the advertiser asks this crowd to accept
?f good places In the country his offer is
?nurned with contempt; or If he succeeds In hiring
white men he will be perpetually hampered by tbelr
complaints, and probably suffer loss by seeing them
leave him In the middle of an operatloa. Hence,
when a ditch Is to be dug or a large piece or land re
claimed, or any operation or magnitude or of a lasting
nature carried on, men seek Obinamen, who, though
not cheaper, have the great virtue ol laboring steadily.
It Is lor this reason that the Chinese are liked by
those who io like them. They stick to their bargain;
and tbus make many Industries possible here which
would be fatally embarrassed If they depended on the
labor of uncertain, easily dissatisfied and constantly
grumbling white men or women. Thus the Chinese
bave become bouse and ranch servants and washer
men, not because they work better or more choaply,
but because they work steadily; and this virtue is so
great that employers pnt up with many disagreeables
for its sake. Your Chlacse cook or bouse servant will
remain with you ror yeara; he lalls readily into your
, ways; is prompt, exact, client, obedient; and though
yon know that be smokes opium, gambles away bis
.wages, and may steal II your careleasness tempts him
loo lar, his virtues so far overbalance his vices, as Tar
as your comfort Is ooncarned, that yon are glad to keep
him; especisllr it you and your wife have b*en wor
ried to diatractlon by attempts to make white servant
women sufficiently comfortable to meet their extrav.
ggant expectations.
Thia ia one aide of the Chinese question, and it
la tba position which our "Forty-niner,'' when he
turns demagogue, will not aea, or alter hia fashion
tries to carry by an assault ol combined atupidlty aud
it may not be known to you In the Knit
that a committee of our State Senate has tnis year
taken teatimony on the Chineae question; this testi
mony hag Just been printed. I beg you to read
care fully the oxtracta from the testimony which I
?and yon In thia letter. It la tba teatimony ot Chinese
and of a few wall Informed and trnatworthy whites.
1 cnll It front a mass of stuff which telle of nothing
except the Ignorant anU-Cblnoao prejudices of the
committee; and aa 1 have road the report 1 hate won.
dared at the good fortune whlcn gave to the committee
bora and there a witness who did know something
and whose testimony la valuable.
naw^Roa ton assabsisatioh.
Lem Bbaum, a Christian Chinaman, who believed
Diet U waa neaeaaary to slop the Chineae Immigration,
and who seemed to be an Intelligent and educated man,
nailing hlmaelf a geologist, testified
Q Do you know anything about notices of rewarda
being posted up In Chinese quarters In San Francisoo
or berelor the punishment of oertsln men-a notloe of
ibis kind:?$500 or $600 will be given tor the assassina
tion or murder or aome Chinaman? A. I do; that Is a
Chinese custom; when members or a company do any
thing against the rules or that company they are pun
ished. Suppose one member of a company ?ones to
me and says, "Go snd steal a woman from a China
i* ? nd 1 do so tor him. Because 1 ravor
him bis enemies prove I stole the woman, and put
up a reward of $600 or $1,000to have me killed; that Is
.' % That is7 regsrded ss s death sentence ? A. Yes,
sir; the man knows he has to die, but gets out of the
* q1 Have they a tribunal which puatshes for offences
against ibelr customs ? A. Yes, sir; tor instance, sup
pose I should march myself out and kill a Chinaman,
1 urn brought belore tho company and made to pay a
fl'f "hey take the money and send It back to the lam
liy ol the allied party to supportbie mother.
"o II yon kill a member ol the See-yup Company, the
gee-yup Company will determine, through bis tribunal,
that you shall pay so much money ? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Snppose yeu pay that money? A. Then 1 will be
'Vrty would not try to punish yon by law t A.
V\"snppese you refuse to pay the money? A. I
must go through the American courts.
a And they will convict your A. Exactly.
Q. 11 you do pay the money they will protect you
' against the American laws? A. They let the whole
""qj And keep witnesses out ol the way ? A. Yea, air.
Sam Lee, another Cblaeae, was asked >
Q Have you ever seen placards ported up offering
rewards lor the murder of Chinamen? A. Yes; lu
Bun Francisoo.
Q. What do tboae papers say? A- Just put dp to
?ay they pay $1,000 or $500 to kill.
Q. Any namea signed? A. No, air. ^
<i How do you know who will pay ? Q- They go
and And oat before they do It.
Char lee O'Neil, a policeman, testified conoern
lag the murder of aa Interpreter, Ah Gow. Thia
man bad given informatloa on wbteh cer
tain Chineae, who had murdered a white
?tan in Amador eounty, were captured, con
victed ana banged. The Chineee Company ol
which the murderers wsre members, sent to
China for a , man to kill Ah Gow,
aad the murder was eammltted in Sacramento, to
which Ah Gow. warned by some of his countrymen,
bad gene for safety. Ths assassin escaped snd got
away to China. V. L. Gordon, formerly publisher of a
Chineae newspaper, and one of llieir white business
?an and attorneys, told of the manner in which they
?aa the eoarta ol JsaUca
soaooaATioa o? wrrwssaaa.
1 have been frequently called from the cityon busi
ness lor Chinese. The last time was at Yallcjo, lu re
gard to a shooting eorape at tho quiekailier mines
three or four nsika from that pl?c?- 1 ""J
for me to go there and look alter things. * hen ' ??>'
there I found that the trouble bad resulted Irom ?n
attempt made to shoot Ab Job*. Two men were ar
roe ted. and they sent "> --au Francisco sad hired
eleven others to go up and swear ihat tbey did not at
tempt to shoot anybody. Ah John then f-ent uow ia
and got fourteea er fffteen to swear that they saw the
?boating. Two men were brought thors to swear who
I knew were In San Francisco when the difficulty
*?Q. Do you know of any eases where they have hired
?en to kill others? A. Yes, sir. Tbe fir.uca?e I Know
it is that of An Suey, a member of the *\ ong tuun
ling Society. He did something contrary tottieir rules
in regard to the collection ol money. I win in A"
Suey's house the very day lie was killed, lie knew
Ibere was a reward oflered lor his death, and he bad
not gone out for some dsys. He told me be was going
to collect some money, aud would go to China In a
sailing vessel. 1 teld htm 1 heard there was a reward
offered for his death, and he had better look out.
Durlug the day be went Into Washington alley thirtv
or forty feet, when be waa shot in the bsc.a and in
stantly killed.
Q. Wbo offered tba reward? A. 1 heard that tbe
society oflered it. 1 think ths amount was $800.
Q. Have you seen rewards of that kind posted up?
A. Yes, sir; tbey are written on red paper.
Ah Dan, Chin ess interpreter, testified, that he was
then under advico from bis countrymcn to leave the
city, because, having explained to the (irand Jury the
nature of a Chinese gambling game, three men bad
toeu sent Irotn San Frannlsco, on a public reward, to
Kill turn. Five hundred doilara had been oflered lor
bta assassination. He said the agreement, printed on
gad paper is that if tho murderer is arrested tba
society will hire able counsel I* delend him; tf be Is J
MM to prison (be/ will pay bim a Used sum as com
pensation; if be is banged ibey will send * specified I
amount to his relatives id China.
aKmKT ntismULs.
Charles T. Jones. District Attorney of Sacramento,
rotated many curious details ol theee socret
tribunals;?
During inr term ol office I have had considerable to
4?i with Chinese crituiaaU and always liave great diffi
culty in convict lug tbeiu ol any crime. 1 remember
well the cut of Ah Queug, spoken ol a Tew moments
ago by Ab Dan. At tbe time 1 was deieuding three
parties charged with kidnapping and 1 bad Ah (juong
ita interpreter, knowing luui lo lie nuuest and capable.
Tbe circumstances of the case were these:?A China
man wanted to marry a woman then Iu a bouse of
prostitution. .She desired to marry bim and be went
with two of ols Irieiids lu the bouse, rthe n?nt with
tbetu. They drove out of town to get married, wben
the Chinamen who owned ber heard of It and started
aonie officers alter ber. iibc was arrested and surren
dered lo theso Chinamen, with instrnuiiohs to ortug
Uer inio Court uext day. 1 bad tins tuau |t inerprst
lor me, being well satisfied that she would swear that
she was not being kidnapped. The uext day the owners
brought tuto court a woman whom tbo defend
aula inlormed me ?u not tbe one si all, bnt another.
The attorneys for the other side insisted that it waa,
believing the statement* ol their Chinamen to that
etleot. The eaae was positioned lor two or three days,
when It was shown the woman efft red was not tbo uue
taken away. This interpreter told me tbey would mil
bim as snre an these dependent* were convicted. We
went out of the court room, and be tolu mo lie was
el raid to go on 1 street. 1 told him he hadn't better
go thou, but 1 did uot think they would trouble him.
ilnll an hour afterward lie was brought buck, shot in
tbe baek, and ? hatchet having been used on
bim, mutilating bim terribly. Thin was In
broad daylight, about eleven e'cloek in the
morning, on Third and 1 streets, one of
the most public places in the city of ^acru
uiento. There were hundreds ol Chtnesu .round there
at the time, bnt it was difficult in tbe prosecution of
the case io get sny Chinese testimony at all. It hap
pened tbat there were a lew whit* men passing at tho
time, aud we were enabled to identily two men, and
tbey wero convicted and sent to tbe (State frta?>. lor
Hie, alter three trials. Tbey attempted to pfovo an
?llbl, snd after swenring a large lot ol Chinamen tbey
said tbey bad twenty wore. Tbe Chinese u?e
the conns to gam post-esston oi women. Some
times it happens that where a nun is married
lo a woman tbey get out a warrant lor his
arreat, and before he can get ball they nave stolen tho
woman and carried ber olflo some distant place. 1
have bad Chinamen come to me lo rind out how many
witnesses 1 had in cases. II they found out ibey
would get sufficient testimony to override me. Beloru !
i was District Attorney 1 have bad Chinese couie to
me \o delend ibem, and ask me how many witnesses I
wanted, and what was neceesary to prove in order to
acquit I olten llnd that upon preliminary examina
tions and beiore tbe brand Jury tbere is euough
testimony to warrant a conviction, but on the
trial these same witnesses ewear to an exactlf
oDpoette state ol lacta. 1 attribute tbat to
tho lact that tbey had trlod the case in
Chinese courts, where It had been finally settled. T
have records In my office ol a Chinese tribunal ol that
kind, wbere ibey tried offenders according to their
owu rules, meted out wbat punishment they doomed
proper,'Ate. These rccoids were captured in a room
on I street, between Fourth and Fifth. There was a
rhlDiman here who onened a wuhhuuM on Second
street, und. roeata tbe Orleans Hotel. It appears that
WM ? nieniker ?( the Chinese Wasbhouse Associa
,w"1 lb?l had a rule that no wasbhouse
should bo opened within tec doors of one already
0P*S!^ MW hou-e w?a opened *ith.n tbo pro
scribed limits, and the association held a meetiug.
One of the charges was ibat he was In partnership with
a wane man?a lorctgner? tbo!r rules lorbiddtng
?ny.w.,"fl!h arrangement, and they fined biw
i think, $30, The Chinaman went to Mr.
Fran, whe told him lie would protect him. Then they
held another meeting, and, as was proved on the trial of
these canes, they determined thai he should pay *110 or
they wouid kill him. They vent out throe of their num
ber, and tbey met him on Third, between 1 and J One
hadaknile auciher a pistol and ibe other made a
demand, telling bim thai If he did not pay $110 tbev
wouM kill biu immediately. He had $00 in his pookeL
and he save them that. He went and told Mr Pratt
and these three men were arrested for robbery The
society held another meeting, and the whole meeting
was arrested as oouspirators, these records being cap
tured. 1 had theui translated by an Interpreter Irom
Han Jranciaco, and used them on the trial or the rob
bery easel. The records recite that the members
euter into a solemn compact not to enter into part
nership with a foreigner; that this man did so
ana toe compaay oilers so tnaoy round dollar# to
the man who will kill bun. They promiso to furnish
a man to assist the murderer, and they promise if tie
Is arrested, they will employ able counsol to defend
him. If oonvlcted tfe should roceive, I lh<aic $.1 l?r
every day be would be conUned, aad In case he died
cortaln money woo Id be seut to Ins relatives. These
records appeared in evidenoe and were udmitted- also
a poster that was lakeu Irom a bouse, offering a reward
for the killing of this man. This poster was placed
on a bouse in a public street. Being written in Cbluese
of course they alane know its contents, and Informed
us or tbem. I have frequently had Chinese come to
me with offers of pecuniary reward if 1 would let
ofl some Chinese criminal. They generally come
ol? w'hae1 meu.*' br?*Ch lUo ?" the presence
Q. Mention some other cases. A. A Chinaman on
Jackson street was sent for by Chinamen to whom he
had loaned money, and was told that II he would go to
a certain room on Jackson street they would pay him ?
a "iS" there, and they Rilled him. '
??"l*nce or a reward having been
offered ter bis death t A. I heard It spoken of in this
beloi* It nappeaed?that there would be money
paid forhia death; I was In a honse twe day* before
the kllling. aad there heard the matter spoken or- I
am perfectly satisfied that hla death was Ibi result of
a reward
Gordon said hatchet men were fighting men?
a claas or men tn Chinatown that ean be hired to de
lend any house er store that Is threatened, and will
cot and kill indiscriminately. About a year and a
halfago a stere at No. *07 or No. MW Dupout street
men broke""!!;. A,k" P'aoe, and hired hatchet
men broke Into the store, shooting, cutting snd
**. 80,00 ??nths ago a not occurred at No
810 Dupont street regarding the employment of
Chinese in shoe factories and the retention of wages.
*d "Ratchet men," and they fought the
striker. Nine were wounded and lltieen or twenty
arrests made. None were convieitd. Know a lame
number of professional lighters here.
O'Neti, a policeman, gsve this curious revelation
J hey arejn the habit of compromising felonies and
oftenees. Thejr have tneir own secret tribunals
* ?r* men 'or oOences. I was prosent at one
?'J?r ?"*tlBga a short time ago, and they ques
uoned tue very closely regarding certalu Chinamen
whom tbey accused ol furnishing evidence This
week,.in the County Court, we had a trial of a China
man whom I arrested lor dealing irom the Congrega
ttonal church school room. He was caught in tho
r~m b' ,'??? Chiaaman who keeps It ln Srder aad
held until I got there and took him into custody.
There were three Chinamen there when he was ar
rested and searched, besides Mrs. Shane, tho teacher
1roon b*Me<1 ,h# wl'lte witnesses
on several occasions not to go to court snd testily
else tbey would be killed by order ol ibeir
eountrymsn;- In tbe Polios Court tbey were not
needed and were net called. Two or three nights bo
? "J?1* 00 ,n ,b# Cooi,?y Court ibis
Chinaman, ton Von, came to my residence very much
eidled sad wanted me to go down town with him.
h,m Wh,i ,or' *B<1 h? ??l<> lh# Ky che lung was
holding a meeting, and be wanted me to go l?eiore it.
He said tbey were meeting to make him pay (1 a day
for every day this man bad been In Jali, or else hire a
??SraS?,i*VJoul',My,?,6 lh*' " ,be m"n w" C"D
IffJS *2^ h* dld .no* W lUl? niont y be would i*>
killed. He also said that bo bad not dared to go down
at tiki i mal> V?' 1 wenl to ">? meeting
?' i: J5?cjEta?* "?? "as qaestiOBCd very closely
To see what tbey were up to I ovaded their .Questions
ana finally tojd them tms man had nothing to <io with
h h" *!* St* ,be* w,re ?D<1 one
teld me he did not believe me. On the trial tbe
two other Chinese had dlssppesred, snd an attach
ment bad to be seat lor Fob Fob. On ibe suid he
perjured himself, declaring lie knew nothing of things
that occurred there the day of arrest. He was verv
much scarsq and doubtless acted under orders. I he
tied lh* Wb0IC maUer h3d 4*?n ??
Kvldentiy Chinese astuteness was loo much for
O'Neil. When he told the secret tribunal that Fon
Fon knew nothing of the matter they were able to
work upon *on Fon lo perjure himself.
SLAVBBT or fOJXSSK WOMAN.
Matt. Karcher. formerly Chut ol 1'oltce of Sacra
mento, testified:?
-"h" k0OW Wh? 0W" or cl*,,n 10 0,rn ,he China
women who are prostitutes h. re t A. Merchants
c\7nut| ?.lr,n<1 l? b# rMP*cl*bl*-0blBese mer
Ttf}. bu',D* *n<1 selling these women f A.
That is mj opinion, irom my e? per truce.
7,"? i"*y ^ W here one is young
a9d good looking, .nd make. pient> cl moiie,, sbe is
well treated; those who are unable to inula- much *ro
treated very badiy ; U.v, ie,u lU#m yoUllg (1?
hive z::crirom ,,ie" ae,|r? *""y
have very little chance, b.-causs tbe Chinese will
rrri*h.V"i J"1 " "tie is lakeu ??a) by
soother she is s'mply run off t? another le.ailiy lo he
sold into slavery again; sometimes toe laree ol marry
IB order to get the won,.',
lad. 'hi l-nj r"" h' " ",K,n ??>?
made hn.band gets poe.esaios of hi? bride
he lurns her over in ber former n.h.?
The arresting officer and District Attorney have
?le?7nyCttr"0"e",hf'* lh? insirument*
loS,""! somenm*s,
w irre several men sr.- arrested, one will be oflcred
whom we may convict ii wo will let the other- go
""'nfr u"'B Wrre '>???* some time nao lor
roobing Harper', .hoe siu,a; Ui?e icllow, put up I
man who udmitted I hat Ii? wa.4 goiHy i>U| j (ltd nol
believe he had anylhtng to do with these Chin.se
leaders offered lo furnish me with .11 the evhten. e I
OihwmJL WOU 18 * Bolle pro?- entered in the
g l?o you know anything .bout their putting up
offers of rewards upon walls and street corners writ
ten in Chinese, for the murder or sssosslmuioii oi given
IhinamcBT A. ^?s; of course I coulu not read Chi.
ncse, but I secured ??me of these poster, and had .n
interpreter from San Fr.nct.co come up here an.! in"
terpret them; they were nw.rd. for the murder
of ?>>me Chinamen who did .omething contrary
to their laws, they have their 0Wn tribunal.
where they try Chinamen, and their own laws to
govern them. In tins way tho administration oi Jus
tire Is often dele.ted entirely, or st lenst to a very
great extenL I know ihis, because 1 was presuat at a
meeting of one of Ihmr tribunals about soven years
ago. There were some thirty or lorty Chinamen there
Olio appearing to art as judge Fin,illy the Mlow on
.JrtaJ was oouviotsd ana had to ?>*y so much monvj, ag
a On* far the communion of tbe olftoc* with which In
waa charged. Uentrally their punishments are id ilia
nature of line*; bui sometime* tbey aeatence tbe d*
ttndant lo death. In cases in tbe ^olioo court we have
often lound it'difllcult to make interpreters bcl Tboy
would tall ua tbat ijie* would be kilted if tbey spoke
me iruth ; that tbeir tribunals wou'd sentence tbein to
death, and paf wutaiui to despatch tb*m. AI*out two
years and a half or tbrea year? ;i$o Ah (Jaong waa
killed. During the trial, at wblcb be waa interpreter,
thrra were a great uauy Chinamen. 1 atatioaed
officer* at toe door* and iben caused eaab one to >>a
?eurched aa be came oat of the room, the interpreter
baring to d air tbat be leared they wuuld
murder hlui. I'pon tbeee Chinamen I tonnd
all aorta of weapon*?halchew, pistols. bow ie
knives, Cblnese swortls and many other*. I here ware
lorty-flve weapons iu all, I think, conooaied about
tbeir person? in all kinds ot ways. Tba mierpretar .
testified lb tbat case, and half uu hour after leaving !
the court room ba waa brought back, abot and out |
with hatcbei*. He waa lerrioly mutilated, ana lived
only *a lew moments after belap brought lo the station
bouse. Tha murderers were arreated, but attempted
to prove an alibi, and had a hoot ol Chineae wttnoeaes
present lor tbo purpoae. Although ibere were aomo
hundred* ol Chineae present at the time of tba mur
der the prosecution wax forced lo rely upon the
denoo of a lew white men wbo ahanoed to aeo the deed
committed. We were opposed at every lorn by tba
Chinamen aad tba Chinese companlea Aa a general
ihmg it la utterly iinpoaaibl* to enioroe the law* with
any certainty againyt those people, white tbey will
themselves u-e oar law* to persecato innocent bob
wbo bare gaiaed ineir enmity.
a mission art's tkatimokv.
Rer. O'ls Gibson, missionary among tbo CblnaM In
this city, teatiOed aa lo the condition of the women:?
I) la it not a well aattiad uiatiar that a great many
peoplo are held In slavery here?bought and soldr
A. only tbe women; I don't think there ta a man ao
held; the women, aa a general tbiag, uro slave*; tbey
are bought or stolen In Cblua and brought here : tbey
have a sort of agrveuieni to cover ut> tha ainvery
business, but it is all a sham, tbat paper makea the
girl Bay that she owes you $400 or ao, passage money
and <outnt irom China, aud haa nothing to par; 1
being the girl, this man comes up and offers to
lend me the money to pay you It 1 "Will
agree to serve him, lo proatliule my body at bia plea
sure, wherever bo shall put me, lor four, five, or sis
years; for tbat promise ol mine, made on the paper,
he bnuds him the $400. ana I pay the debt 1 owe you
according to contract; It ta alao putin the contract
that it 1 am sick blteeu days no account shall be taken
ol tbat, hut il I urn sick more tban that, I shall make
up double; 1 think there la In exiatence now?there
lis* been?a company ot men engaged In this iratllc ot
women; not the six lompanies, but a guild Ilka
the Wa.-lunrf Company; they have tbeir rules and
ibelr regulations, aud they stand by each olbar; one
oi those eompamea Is ealied the llip-ye-iong; when a
Chinaman runs uwoy wub a woman from ea? of thoae
bioibeis and marries ber be la followed by these
companies and asked to pay them her value or look
out lor tbo consequences; it is a common thing lor
them to uae the processes ot our roorta to protect
their Intereata?their assumed rights; II a woman es
capes Irom a brothel ahe la arreated for some onme,
aud posaoaslou is obtained in tbat way; where she
marries tbe chances are tbat both man and woman j
will be arrested, or tbe man will be arrested and the 1
woman run off to some oilier place; somenmea Chi- I
neie cotue to me to get marnod; 1 don't care to marry I
them, and, to discourage It, have set my price at $10,
whereas tbe Justices' lees are only $2; they saem to
bave a sort of indefinite and unreasonable idea of pro
tection when tbey come to me.
Allred Clark, clerk to tbe Chief of Police, submitted
two agreements of Chinese condemning women to
servitude and prostitution, but Intended to avoid tbe
AN AGKKSMKNT TO ASSIST A TO UNO OlRL NAMKD LOI TAC.
because alio became indebted to tier mistress lor
passage. loud, Ac., and bad nothing to pay, she makes
ber body over Ui the woman Sep Sam, lo serve as a
prostitute lo make out Ibe sum of #603. 'I'be money
?ball draw no interest, and Loi Yau sball serve loar and
one-bait years. Uu tins day ot agreement Lei Yau re
ceives the cum o( $603 In ber own bauds. When the
time la out Loi Yau may be ber own master,
and no man sball trouble bur. If sberuns away before
tbe time Is ool, and any expense is incurred in catch
ing ber, tben Lot Yau muat pay the expense. II eb?
is sirk tl I tee n days or more, she sball make up one
raontb lor every QlteetJ daya. H Sep tiara shall go
back to China, then 1am Yau sball serve another parly
till ber lime Is out; if. In such service, abe should bo
sick 100 daya or more and cannot be cured, ahe may
return lo Sop Sam's place. Kor a proof ol this agree
ment, this paper. LOI YaU.
Dated second, alxtb month of the present year.
Prominent physlciana testily before the committee
that young boya In ibe el ties are encouraged and so
ltctied to visit the Chinese women, and there contract
diseases, and eases were mentioned of boys or twelve
and fifteen years thuk diseased. The Ctitef I'oliee tes
tified :?
Q The population of Chinatown has been estimated
at ao,ooo. what proportion of that population lives on
ibetru;tsor prime?prostitution, gambling, Ac. t A.
1 cunnot tell; tbe money in the nouses of prostitution
is collected by bosses and paid to men occupying
higbor postucns attiong the Chinese; tbe merchants
own these places; some merchants own three and
lour of these bouses; that has boon stated to mo by
Chinumea.
y. How many bouses of prostitution are there in tbe
Chinese quarter? A. I should say 200; all tbo alleys
are lull of tbem; there are Iroui two to lour women,
and more, in each bouse.
Q. How many gambling bousesf A. A great many;
the number bss decreased lately; I should judge that,
beiore ibis exoitetneui, there were from 160 to 176,
and, Including lottery ticket hoases, fully 600; they
draw their lotteries twice a day?at lour o'olock in tbe
allernoon and at eleven o'clock at night?and are
patronised by many white people; eight hundred
people would be a fair eelimate of tbe number engaged
In and about hoaaes of prostitution.
Finally, here comes Hong Chung, resident in Cali
fornia twenty-lour years, who has taken out naturali
sation papers, and who told the committee tbe reason
why others of bis race mean to become citizens. He
ssld:?''Amelioan man make no good laws for Cb Ina
man. We make good laws for Chinaman attain."
That is pithy and to tbe point.
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.
A BOMBSHELL EXPLODED IN A PARLOR.
The Davenport (Iowa) OaseM*, of tbe 18th Inst, gives
a long account of the attempted assaaslnation of a
well known citizen by tbo explosion of a bombsnell in
his bouao after he had retired tor tbe night. Tbe out
rage created groat excitement, but, lortunately, no one
was seriously injured.
The Intended victim was William H. Pries, son ot
the Hon. Hiram Prios, both of Davenport. They lived
In a large double brick bouse. Tbe north window of
the bsck parlor is or wide bay form, fonr .sashes la
width, two sashes high, each sash baring a single pane
or plate glass. In this parlor tbe previous evening,
Hr. and Mrs. Price, and Miss Louise DuBoes, a young
lady from New Orleans, who Is visiting Mrs. Price,
sat conversing till arter eleven o'clock. Ths curtains
of the bay window were riiaed all thia time, and any
person could have had lull view of lbs parlor and its
occupants from tbe house yard or tho enclosure of the
Kirst Methodist caurcb adjoining on the north. If the
villain who perpetrated ibe crime mentioned below in
tended to barm ibe lauuly ins t orn opportunity was
when they were tbns seated about their hearth enjoy
lug social converse. II Mr. William Price was the ob
ject ol tho deed a better chance to slay bltn occurred
when, after tbo ladies bad gone up stairs, ho stepped
lo tbe bay window, witb the room all lighted
behind him, and lalcbcd each of tbo win
dow fastenings. So at that nine, tsn miuutes
paat eleven o'clock, nobody was lurking
about the house with William I'riee as an object ol
vengeance. During tbe evening, however, tbo servaut
girl lold Mrs. Price she did not like ibe actions ol a
man she saw funding at the rear end of tne church
and engaged in watching their bouss. Mrs Price said
It was prayer meeting mgbi. and the girl responded
that a rasa who looked and acted as that man did didn't
no to prayer meetings. But Mrs. Prioe thought no
inore ol the conversation until the terrible occurrence,
boors after, recalled it. The room directly over ibe
rear parlor had been occupied by Hon. Hiram Price
and wile since September, when lb y vacated their
lormer residence lor us new owner. Now, lortunateiy,
they were In St. Louis, though whether ths villains
who attempted the destruction of ihs bJU*ehold
knew it or not is a quesitcn which exc let the people
of ibis city.
After the family had retired a startling crash was
heard in tho room below. Mr. Price arose and started
dowo stairs, wben a terrific explosion followed. Tbe
neighbors rushed out of their bouses, and the err of Are
was besrd. Tbe irent room burst into flames but they
were soon extinguished, and on searching the fragments
of a six ponnd sheil were Inund. It had roilnd under a
sofa alter crashing through the hay window, and It was
Ibis ?ofa that prevented the pieces from crashing
througb the ceiling and killing the occupants of ths
chambers above A two-minute fuse bad been used,
wbieb gave the assassin time te escape before the ex
pin-ion. A reward of 11,200 has been ottered for the
arrest of the offender.
DKATII FliOM NEQLIQENCE.
Coroner Woltman yesterday held an inquest in the
case of John Sullivan, aged ihirty-eix, of No. 1 11
Worth street, who died last week from Injuries re
ceived by falling down in the street while Intoxicated
oil lue 'itth nit.
The testimony showed that his wounds were neglect
ed and that he led s dissolute life. He only received
medical treatment two days beiore his death.
I'be Jury rendered a verdict of accidental death,
adding ibe following censfere:?"We deem ibot there
was neglect ou the part of tbe family of the decaaaod
for not placing him under proper modieal treatment."
MUNICIPAL NOTES.
Tbe mietingol the Uoard of Apportionment, set
dowu for ye?ierday morning, was postponed until to
day. it is understood that the matter of tbe I'ark
Department appropriations will then be taken up.
I'be lollowlng Is the City Chamberlain's statement of
M*Mf I m his hand-during the past wees : ?Balance
November 11, t>02,407 2A; receipts, fl,.?3,834 14;
pavmenis, >1,121, IHfi 76; balance November lit,
ftUSi.KU (tl.
The Boulevard laborers were yesterday paid 12,330 92
by ifce Vinanc.n Department
The Board ol County Canvasser* will probably an
nounce the official rote of tills city to-day
THE MARTINEZ SUIT
Continuation of the Defendant's Testi
mony Yesterday.
A SEVERE CROSS-EXAMINATION.
Decided Demais of the Fair Plaintiff's
Several Allegations.
A DETECTIVE IN THE CASE.
Del Valle Repeats the History of
the Famous Ring.
The trial of the (allot IIIm Kageula Marlines against
Senor Del Valle. which waa adjourned oa Thursday
lasi. waa resumed yesterday before Judge Douohuo.
The plaintiff. aacompaaied by her sister Allele and bar
mother, came into noun tally a quarter of an hour be
lore Iho tune fixed lor the opening of the proceedings.
They took smis Immediately in front ot the reporters'
table, bat when Mr. Beach arrived a few ralnutea after
ward, the plaintiff took a neat cloae to hia own, where
he coald consult her without leaving his place. She
kept her heavy black veil over her face until the do
hndanl waa called and look ttie witness stand. fibo
immediately threw up the vml, and, fixing her eyes
upon the witness, never look Ihetn off him while be
waa testifying, tie never onca looked in tier direction,
Aa a witness, Mr. Dol Valle, when Mr. Heacii
took htm in band for cross-cxaminaiion, lound a very
hard nut in crack. It may be thai the use of an inter
preter, General Gonzalez acting in thai capacity, gave
the wltuess considerable advantage, in that it afforded
him time to reflect upoe what answer he should make
to certain sharp questions put to him. Be that as It
may his replies, as a rule, were rather annoying to the
counsel, who failed to trip him ap In any important
parilcalar. At limes, to gat a direct answer to a ques
tion, Mr. Beach had to repeat It frequently and with
some show of temper, yet even then the shrewdness ot
the lawyer showed Itaolf In some of the answers of iho
witneas. as he had alwaya a qualification ready to blunt
the point that be 8aw It was Intended to make against
him. His counKel, Mr. Joseph Choata, continue.! the
examination irom the point whare be had left oil on
Thursday, and In answer to his questions the defend
ant testified as foliowa:?
ME. OKI. VALLl'S SXAMINaTIO* CONTISClCD.
1 returned from Saratoga on the dth ot September
with my children; on my return 1 found the plain
tiff's mother at Pougbkeepsie with her, keeping her
eompany: it waa about noon; 1 had no conversation
with the plaintiff the morning she left; she did not
lorce her way Into my room by pushing Celui aside al
the door; I did not tell her I was sending her away
for her own good and that I would remain bor best
(fiend; before ibe plaintiff and bar mother left I baa
no prolonged conversation with her.mother; only
changed a f?? word, with ber wh.l. dining; 1 sent to
Poagbkeep.,. while u Saratov, on the ad of Sepiam
<*r, by Cells, ?500 to (he plaintiff for household pur
poMs; before that time .ho waa paid lno 0rgt
month in cash and the second time by check
whether bdo kept account of the household
expense. or not I do not know; when .he wanted
money for the bou.e I gave it to ber; when she loll
fougbkeepsie lor New Vork she leit in the afternoon
and I left in the morning to place my daughter, in tho
oonvent; I did not tell the planum when ahe was leav
j mg that I would call on her in New York; arier .be
had left I reooivod front Gel la a letter from the pla.n
tiff (letter produced and Idonuned by the witness) be
tween September 8 and October 2 I received no L.
ge.tion from the plalntlfT or any one else on her be
half that anything was duo her for .alary; my convio
tlon wh that 1 did hot owe ber a dollar; a. to the u?e
of the $500, I never received any report Irom her con.
cernlug It; I returned from Saratoga on tho 1st of
October; ibe next day alter my arrival at tbo Brum
wick Hotel 1 received a despatch ..king lor money"
The d*<patob alluded to wa. here Identified by the
wttneaa. It read a. follow.:?
? H tle0*'re<' l??r o'clock. October 2
To Mr. D*l Vali*. Hotel Hrun.wlok:
Mr* K. HKNKIQCK8, No. 435 Bat Kirty..|?h
The witoeM then continued:_I did not reply to that
teiogram en the following morning Mim Adele, sister
of the plaintiff, called at the botel and lent tip her
card, and ?be waa Inlormed I wa. not In, .o 1 did not Me
? ber that day; the wu day I received a letter Iroiu
Kugenle Marline, (the letter, which wa. produced and
idem Hied by the witnes., has already boon published)
I wrote a reply to It; before writing the reply I re-'
| 'eeived no explanation stating what the money she de
| ?"?"dad wa. for; tbe letter dated October 3, which I
sent in anawar to tho one received Irom the plaintiff
w not replied to by tbe plaintiff; however, l re'
ceived a letter from a lawyer named George a Blank
I never received .neb a letter from the plaintiff a. tho
one now .abmitied to me, asking me to -do her
Jostioe" or she would go to law; when I got Mr.
lilank'. letter I handed It over to my lawyor
prior to its receipt 1 never had a conversation with
| the plaintiff relative to an engagement or a propo.al of
I marriage; I do not know tho exact dam whea I re
| celved Mr. Blank's Utter; I know that I gave It to my
! lawyer .mmedlaulr; the first t.me I took the plaipuff
to the convent to see my children was on tbe llih of
March, 1874; It waa on that day that I look my
youngest children lo her mother's house; It was on my
way to the convent that we called; the via,t was p.,d
at the request of tbe mother, and It wa. at tho request
of tbe plaintiff that I took her'to tbe oonvent.
a ewKarijio usauu
I never placed ihc rink' on her linger, telling her to
w?ar It antil I should replace it with auother; I nevor
luviied her to go Kurope with me. nor waa such an
idea ever atigge.ied la conversation with her family
nor did 1 ever .lata that there would be no irapropnl
ety in her going to ray house to live because she would
never return without being my wife, nor did I oyer
ssy I would rescue ber from ber stepfa.her's striol
discipline; aba a ever told me tb.t ner stepfather
hsd threatened lo .boot her aud her husband
II ahe ever roamed, nor did she ever tell me that he
would noi let her receive lentlemen a company, nor
did ever toll her that she might lake a bouse at Bar
atoga or wherever she wished, or go to Europe all at
my eipenae, nor did she ever sugge.i ?a quiet country
place;" I never urged ber; when she was ai the Hotel
Koyal, not to go boms, nor did I ever tell her that it
would appear singular, alter I bad Induced ber to
leave her homo, lor her to return before going to my
house; ai Poughkeepsio Mr. Alvare. had charge of the
key. of the door.; nam the key. were left ln lho
lock., but af tar ward they were taken om at ntghi by
my order. '
The Court at tbi. point ruled out a que.tion of the
counsel put to tho witness arkinc him whr ho I., i
''VS.Tvuk 0r<" 1 *? ihaoeoatufuad
Ibe Dliiluff?i"*m# ? mj lbcre 1 ''"roduced
never had a ulkJ,l??hU"kr_l,or "n" I
I'uio >M hih * with her abotn a "compromise" in
thai th^mll *T*r rao lh*1 C*J,? bad ????? ber
there lore nST W"" 'l,M ??"! thai,
ZrZ 'lZr " "?"? romance
m. a n?v.T- Maerta that she nad sng-est.-d t0
'"???????
,U** ? ,elwr banded to the Internreter
Slw.IT H?wLirhbr
' .K . WM'h,n wl""1 whether he louad suri,
brea^rlaVh ?* mantelpiece, and whether alter
rtnt b?ww>l wtifi '? in hi. hand into the corn
Ph^rr.'rr "? an.wered e^
LnuLi,.!,.,, f n -I bud never
W ner *Wh/.'r,? U? J????*,MBOr ev?r ?,d
to ner, Why do you refer lo thi. matter as.in ?" ?i.?
u^nr?v*l:odi,r. ^boie iuluredepended
? soMob, that .na would not live mi iim i
or ,hB b a veto resorito^a w '
se^ fo tllV^ T lh" 1 M"???ht .he b JJoo much
an v VanSLiT' lh" ,b' ?" ? Tankee or
Hill?L"* bou*ht for money, ner say
?l?hou7 P?*,r'u' ?0d she poor and
lln?B' "lands, and thai if she did reaori t? la* i
not than^fote break'
f?. ?.T fr ?or 10,1 h#r 14,111 1 b? tier b*ni
rriend, nor that iftt oonM sot m back io hur hnm*
the^re waa'i o^n'*""*? ,or h*r 10 ,alk Jostioe
there was no jn.tioa for poor people; 1 never offered in
bar property for her a, Po^bk^p.,. ?,^
Here tbe counsel put several questions lo the wii
nee. oeverlng the statement, nude t>y the nlalnurr
tlona' .,}"r . ?x-miaauon r.l.tinV to " ^
L,? to h*r' been * mad. ,,r
wiin lo b#r 11 io ths ,, ^
W,th conoerniog th7^8d?|ur ?f
Amartaa. woman to thai, .hus^^V ^^Twh,?\
h* emphatically declared u> Infirnori* ralumniet.
' Me add*J that Call* waa never \p fit bedroom wlulo
j tie ?u dre*aing, nor aid ?he eVt r. at alleged by tii?
< plaintiff help til in to unorts* 'Tbe que?t<ona were
: nec<-Ha<>rlly very broad, and ibo aailteiiee seetnrd to
! take particular delight in U> aring them read olj Tbo
| witnrsa a la led, aftci'aheae qoenttoaa had been di-p^ted
I ot, that be bad given about $1*0 to lb* plaintlfl '?elor*
t-he went to I'out bk*e[>iie, including the preaeDtt;
j that b* bail never made aevetal MteuiMl >r any
attempt, to have carnal intercoute with the plaintiff
that were untureeaslul. and denied that be ever
broached lb* subject to her or and* a suggestion of
aay tucb thing ?i auy time.
thi CMM-iuilMillM,
It wa* a lew uiinutea alter twelve whyn Mr. CUoata
brought bia examination of the wiineat to a aloae
Mr. Beach at ouce be^au :tiecroaa-examinalion. fb*
*> ilueta up to ^bls lane bad kept bia heavy overcoat
on. but aa toou aa Mr. iteach aloud ap he aroae and
took off the coat, a a though he expected to have a
Warm time of It and wanted to keep at cool a? possible.
Mr. Iti'och, boidlUM in bla hand tbe memorandum made
by the delendaui. began by asking him how he reuiem
Uered the datet, when the wilnett taid be bad Died
them troin "antecedent*," and then went on at loi
lowi:?It oovera a |>?riod from January to October;'
there are (after counting themi titty entries tn tbe
memorandum, I did not make these 'eotriea or tlx tbe
dales frem memory alone, aa 1 reliej also ou inquiries
1 inaiiuuvd; 1 louud out that tbe plaintilT tpoke u little
Spanish tbe first day i met her, which wat on the 14th
day of January, 1*76, and learned that the taught Ian
guiig. n and niiitit at t subsequent Interview held en
the S6th ol January at Solan's; Hie Ural interview I
had with bar wua at Solarl'i on th* l&h of January;
between that tllU" and th* -fith I never tpoke ol takiug
Intiructioue from her; about three uiouth* before my
acquaintance with the plalatifl I had hired tn iu
ttructor. M. Manletn; 1 received instruction! trotn him
every day except holiday a and when I wat <ock;
I hired the plaintiff in order to pant away
tbe time and linen to her corivtrtaiion,
I flrtt vltited th* United Htatot about seven
yearn ugo and tpent a mouth or two evory year here
aa my proleofclonal dutiet at Havana would permit;
1 uauilly speul my summers at (Saratoga; none ol my
chlhtrou were aole to tpi-nk English fluently in 1874;
they went to th* Continent Aral about three yean*
I ago; they tpoke Kuglitb well enough to be uuder
atood, but 1 a way* converted with them In Spanish,
a nartoTiva m tiik camk.
Q. Did you ever employ a detective to follow tbe
plaintiff* A. 1 never did, though 1 know the lawyers
Lad.
y How long wat the deteotiv* following herf A. I
do not know.
y Don't you underatand that a detective wat fol
lowing ber day aad nigbtf A. i do not ao under
stand
y Have yon pud the detective? A. 1 have not,
though 1 may have paid something.
y. When did you pay mm? A. I did not pay him,
but a Irb nd did, because I wan III.
Q. Old you five him inouay to pay the detective ?
A. He paid him, and wheu I recovered i reimbursed
htm.
<4. How much? A. I can't give the exact amount.
Q. Vou have no Idea how much you paid tier ? A. I
bgve no idta, becaute I waa ill in bed.
y. Yuuaion'l remember btuauaa yo'i w*r* 111? A. I
d<vnot, because I waa ill
Q. Did you receive auy bill lor the deteetlvo'a ser
vice f A. I think Mr. Ilernandex may have got a
bill.
y. Old you sea It ? A. 1 don't remember having
seen It.
Q. l>o you remember what aetecttve It waa?what
oltii.e be belonged to 1 A. 1 do not.
y ".Vben were you aicK, thai you had to have your
friend do all this business lor you? A. 1 waa aick all
the earlier moutha of the pant year.
Q. What month waa it wheu you requested your
Irlund to make a payment tothe detective ? A. 1 can't
bo precise, but 1 think it wan in tbe month of March or
AprIL
y. Are you aware that a detective has been since
theu examining Into tho plaintiff's hiatory f A. 1 otny
know what 1 have said.
y. Ho you know that since money was furn Isbed to
Mr. HoruMidez a detective bus been employed to
follow tbe plaintiff? A. Alter I lecovered Irom my
sickneas I went to Europe and r?turned solely on ac
count of litis trial.
y. l)o you know that a detective ban been employed
since your return? A. I don't kuow what the lawyers
(J. Don't you understand that they have a detective
cuip.oyud. A. I have heard a detective mentioned
but. Irom what establiahuient lie n I dou't know '
TUM flHST M MITINU WITH THK l-LAUT.Kr. '
The wuiies* then continued:?1 am aolo to fix tha
date ol the d*f when I Oral met the pluinlllf because
it wag a sleamJr day, and 1 w?. aoraeihat||? TnTlht
? J 1 ? ?d, * ,rlund (H Mario Csnoros) whose
nowwn.r.?*rd: 1 Jo "Ol recollect
now where thai irieud lived, but his bouse wui
dow" Twenty-third street toward
the Hudson River; what lui: occupation wan 1 do not
kuow, he came from Cuba, where t knew him, six or
seven years ago, the day I flr.i met itie plaintiffI
walked lor soveral blacks ou Uroadwav until 1 irot a
l-ilth avenue omnibus; thrco or four block* are
about aa near ss I cau put the distance; if a more ac
curate statement la needed 1 will measure the dls
tanoe to morrow; the mormon or ihe 14th I was aown
town to No. U Broadway. .oC.rallo'a, to see ?h?ro
were any leilera for mo; I do not know thai the Filth
avenue stages do oot ruu below Fulton street; I know
where tho Hkuald building is, but 1 do not know
Where the Asior .louse la; I Jode up ,n the u?
to 1 wanty.ninth street, though 1 lived in Twenty"
eighth street, having passed a block by being absent
minded; ray residence in Twenty eighth street was be
tween sixth avenue and Broadway; the ruaaou of uir
pacing a block beyond Twenty-eighth sireot was that
1 was mediating within myself, and my eyesight was
WBt?' ?J'11 could not very well see the numbers.
Here Mr. Beaoh cross-examined the witness as to
employed physicians to attend to his
The witness tbon continued :-I was on Broadway when
I aaw the plain till (all; she lell "entirely down'' aud I
was, st the tioie, but a short distance from her and ou
the same sidewalk; i assisted her to arise, and, letrac
Ing my steps, accompanied her aa far as Filth ?...
nue, thinking it prudent to do so; the only motive I
had in accompanying her waa to listen to her thanks
ahe spoke a few words in Spanish, while thanking me'
and I apoko a few worda in Kngiiab aud Spanish
when 1 heard her speak a law words of Spanish
though I could not understand all she said, 1 knew ,ha
was thanking me; oa the- corner of Filth avenue shu
gave me her card and I gave her mine, and wo made
an appointment to inert the next day opposite
Stewart's; I did not ibiuk tt indecorous lo make iuc
appointment, as she seemed an attractive young lady
ihiBk it improper to make appointmenta
??'rf.h circumstances; when wa wera on the coru. r
of Ftith avenue and Twonty-ninth street we l.a i ,lull
fjSXA'! ?,I,d?r"?d'M0ue.nothar; 1 had never seen
the plaintiff bolore we met in Tweniy-mnth street I
have never oflcred her any Indignity by word or act
a* I respected and esteemed her, QBlll 1 nad to order
her from lay house; my purpose in making the ap
pointment with her naar hie wart's atore was curiosity
nothing else; I took her lo Solari's on the 1 in, of
January the day altar I met bar, to lako
uncb; I bare been accuatomed to Irequeni
thai saloon; I had never heard anything as to its
character; I had somettiAes taken ladies there, and
oiteu f entlemen; I thought it not improper toassy
elate with the plaintiff on l ho alight acquaintance we
had, nor do I think there was any impropriety m my
aubsequent associations with her; I bad no idea that
her conduct was indelicate, mimodeai or unmaidenly
though I thought it rather singular that ahe should
taico tho ring I 'hjukqi. but, being i toreitrser 1 was
not acquainted with the customs of the country I
oflered her liie ring because ahe bad offered to give nie
her picture, and I aaw no impropriety in this offer of
hers because, aa I had acted In a gentlemanly manner
toward her, 1 supposed it was a token ol her gratitude
I did not think it whs right lor hor to take the rlnsr'
becauso it was a thing ol value, while a picture do,-a
not represent value in the aama way.
y. W hen you renuer a aerviee lo a lady In Ibe street
are you la the habit of expreaslng a daslre for a fur
ther acquaintance and of malting an appointment r a.
Thoee accidents happen from century t? coninry
(laughter.) '*
Q I want a direct anawar to my queatlon. A. Thla
la the Ural Inst.iuce ol the kind where a lady was con
cerned that 1 have met with, to the bast ol my recol
taction.
A !*1CM WAT TO TA*1 KIGMHII UtMOBB.
The witness then went on:?1 received my flrst les
son in Knglish on tho :l<,tb of January Irom iba plain
' *M uoi **tw*en the 15th and the
I Alih ol January,, H7A, al any lime, so lar as I can re
( member with ou i my memorandum
j Hure bo reflected a momoat? the Court not allowing
bun lo use bis memorandum?with his head bowed in
his nanda, bis elbows resting on the Judge's desk.
Suddenly raising bis h?ad, he exclaimed :-l awear
posltivoly 1 was not there al any time be
tween those dates. He continued as follows ?
i was sick some day* during that period I
savor want to Doluionlco'a with ibe plaintlfl nelore she
weal to my bouse but once, and then my daughters
were with ua, I went with her two or three tunes a
weu* to .iolari's, al ibe Beginning of our acquaintance
aliurward an out lour tlmeaawoek; when there at><!
got as lunch anytning the asked far, aud at times I.
took notbiug, aa 1 breaklaated at homo; aha slwaya
took wine; myself, vary liule; I illVer observed
w.ielhrr she drank the most or not; What she did lake
? did not seem lo aflect her, as it was very clear
I <J. Uid you lurniali her with lib? ral aud gonaroaa en
j tertainmcnU A. 1 am always liberal and generona to
lot friends
replied -S*"0n WM attal? '?P**1*4' wb<D the witness
??She always ordered what she wanted."
"I want an answer to my question," exelaiQied Mr
lleaoh, growing red in the lane, and he again repeated
the question.
"Anything ahe wanted she could order " was the
aexi answer. '
Again waa the qnoation repealed, when the witneaa.
cool aa a cucumber, replied:?
' "I could not be more liberal or generoaa, when I al
ways offered lo got whatever she aaked lor " This
an?wrr m ade the litter at Mr. Beach's expense lie
then asked:?
"Weil, was she liberal and generous id bersell T"
"I remarked," waa lbs reply, -that she ate un.l
drank with great relish." This reply created more
inemmenij but the olllcers ol the oourt promptly aup
pressed the Isughtor. The witness continued^!
thought the plstntiff from twenty to tweniy-iwo when
1 laei her ill st. but 1 afterward diacovered stie was
lortv-two (iciud laughter) ?the plaintiff was aceom
pan.ed te I'oughkeeps.e on the lai o| JuieTy
myself aud one ol my children, who is eight
year, of age; 1 uid not v,.*,, Lt moth/r's
house the day 1 took ber to l'oughkeepaie ?
1 MW^O os.?lhmi* 11 *T,r h,r mother s
!?,7.k V1* Pl?'Ol IT wa. al the
1nJ e*"e'1 W uk" ""f to ''oufl'kecpsle;
. . ???he Intended to go lo that liotel
rZeif-.^ "? n"r lo Mrt- Sidney's house; I
received the letter concerning her stepiather's i-ot:r?o
toward heron lite lftih ol March; ihe Monday tollow.
>ng her departure Jroin her own home aliur she had
gone to Mrs. Sidney'a 1 got the trunk for her; on the
21at of April 1 met bar Bear the Filth Avenue Theatre
by chanoe and learned of what ahe had done, though
we had an appomimaai u> meet ou Brt?adway bmU
Waverler place, iho appointment ?>? mde for tbt
?j?ual purpose hi go.uk te tSolari's and taking
lesson*. but tbickuif sumethiBg wreog en lneetiag
iter when ! did, 1 wcni lo lb* Orntral Park with
her id a Sixth avenue car, no an lo talk aboat tbe mat
1 Mr; wo walked back ; wlieu I beard ah* had left bums
I expre^sd uiy Uikaalielaetioa, U did sot buy her ?
truck, but gave her the mouvy to get one and acoom
pauied her lo lUo truuk store; 1 did oel aaderslaad
! that iho purchase of tbe truuk wee fer tbo lartber
' snce at ber object tu go
away r ok nan euTasa's iocs*,
because she bad aire Ad- left ber mother'*; I nether
I some day* alter the purcnase of th- trunk?I think al
, tbe Uetet Kujr.il, home time between ib? ?tb and >lh
ol Ma*, 1 saw ber st tbe hotel luur or Ave limes,
1 aiwava seen g tier in tbe parlor; I wout to tbe theatre
j wltii her, at lior suggestion. lo taailltaris* myself with
tbe Knjtilah phrases used and for amusement; 1 never
called to aee tho plaiattff while sue wu at Mrs. Sid
ney'*, the day following iho ilay I wrote tbe note to
Miss Martiuu*. (ayiag 1 waa ill and cosld sot see her
but would see ber the next day, I Vas still III and
did out se<> iier, !>nt it )* my Impreeaion
that I went lo tue jewalier's on tbe Hat to get tb?
ring?the Tuesday following; there waa nolblni ib thf
j envelope of ihe lotlur telliok me about ber seersi
: other than thn letter; wlieu the mat Kruligh breugUi
I tho tide saddle I wax talking to Mr. Baker, the pro
prietor or tho house ut Hougnkeepsie; tbe plainilt
wa* not anting w ub me on tbe front piazza at lbs
time.
A letter wa* bore sbowu to tbe witness which h<
?ent lo tbe piaiutid in reply to h'-rs, telling htin not u
make her hi* enemy, tbo lollowmg aeotenee fr?a
whieb Mr. Hcaoh read;?"I am always ready to help i
per>ou In distress, bet In no way lo eonstliuto myeell
the protector of a person ao onwortby of my protec
tion." He was asked if be wrote tbo letter, and ha
mated thai Mr. Hernando/, wrote It and he copied Iw
Mr. Ileacb then crot.s examined tbe witness aboet hlf
carnage bills, and asked him if lie knew where bo waa
driven on February 2, 1175, tho bill charg
ing one hour and u quarter lime. Me replied
that be comd not remember and staled that some
times, but not often, he hired hacks other than those
lie hired si bu regular livery man'a He then con
tinued: iVila is one of my lemaiu servants; I think
1 she is about twenty-three year* of age; she was hired
? at the chambermaid, she had not the superintendence
i of my bouseho d bofore Mist Martinez came, as (
i superintend everything myself; Celta is a single
i woman and Is a I ill in my employ; I first saw ber al
| thu Clarendon Hotel, Saratoga; I.nets Alvarez Is a sea
. faring man, who stops at my Iiottse as a frtond, at my
invitation; Celts Is an t.nghsb woman, but she caa
make herself understood in Spanish, though she
could nol speak any Spanish when she caine lo my
house; she lias learned what she knows now ef Span
ish Irotn conversation with th* children.
The Court st this slake adiourned until to-day, at
hall-past teu o'clock, when the cross examination Of
lbs delcndsnt will be returned.
ALLEGED BIGAMY.
The examination In the case of Samuel C. Salomons,
alias Sammi?, tor alleged bigamy, already reported In
the Usrai.d, came tip yesterday belore Justice Duffy
al tho Tombs l'olice Court. Salomons' own testimony
was the only new thing developed In connection Willi
the csho. Tho cotnplalnsnt, Miss Caroline Watts, (if
Klat lands, N. V , coollrtned her former testimony la
regard lo her formal marriage with Sainwls, alias Sal
omons. She is wile No. 2. There is h)s? a third?a
Mish J me I'erry?hut neither of thorn has any preten
sions to very good looks.
Sslomons or Sammis, on his own behalf, testified
: that he was uol married to Miss Walla but bad lormed
| bur acquaintance In Brooklyn; that sho was willing to
live with htm and be had procurod a bogus certificate
I of marriage at her request ao thai sho miuht deceive
l her parent* by showing li to ihem and pretending sbs
was married He further said that when be beeama
acquainted with Miss Watts he told her his wife was
then living ami sho did not object. Tbe owe was a4?
jourued until Wudnosdav next
Salomons has been a ncwsdoaler on tbs Midland Rail
road.
AKT STUDENTS' LEAGUE.
Something ever a year ago a goodly number of an
students founded a noddy under the above name, lea
tho purpose of tho attainment, on tbe part of Us mem
bers, of a higher development In art culture, and ler
tbo general encouragement of a spirit of unselfishness
and truo Irlendsblp, in way of mutual help In an
studies; and ulso for tbo accumnlatlon ol works and
books on art subjects, for tbe benefit of tbe members.
Professor L. K. Wilmartb. N. A., was elected its Prest*
| dent, with an ciucient Hoard or < ontroi. Muring tn?
! iast year tho leuguo has been conduoied IB net
j manner that Us students huva realized very
i substantial benefits In the sereral department!
< ol ait, and il now enters upon the second
i year ul Us history undor most favorable and bappy
auspices. At h recent meeting of thu league, held at
1 tbclr rooinn No. 101 Kiftn avenue. to elect officers (or
the ensuing year, tbe lollowiug named gentlemen and
ladies were elected:?President, U E Wiliuartb; Vies
Presidents, Mr*. Julia K. ISaknr and Charles V. Turner)
ltecording Secretary, Joseph A. Reman; Correspond
ing Secretary, Uus Aouie II. Foigor; Treasurer. Frank
Waller; Hoard ot Control, Frederick S. Church, Mrs.
M. W, Hall, Miss Kluaoetli K. Poole and William F.
koestur, also officers of Hie Literary. House and Lll?
Class comiiiHto.-s waro elected. llelore tho organiza
tion of this society lor the general advance
ment of students Hi art studies no ?Imilai
one existed, und the league has supplied a
want loug lelt. The plau adopted in the sohools of the
league Is base^upon tlie Psrixisn ateliers, so that the
students hare the fun advantage of drawing In all tbs
high branches In technique, life, portrait And sketch
classes. As ?l present organued aud conducted lbs
league affords unwonted lacilitiea and advantages for i
student to practiee and develop art studies and to Mi
quire a solid education in the several departments.
INaOEVEN T LANKS.
A mooting of depositors of the New A mater dsn
.Savings Hunk was held yesterday afternoon at Stanton
! Hall, Stanton street. No receiver has, up to this ume,
> taken charge of the institution, lino person *H sp
! pointed, but tailed to provide ihi nccei-sary bonds,
j Those proaent at yesterday's meeting complained el
i the dolsy ol tbo officers of the bank In getting n re
, coiver appointed, thereby causing lnaonvon>aaea.
i They are also loving Interest on tuo dividends win eh
j thoy will be ultimately palu. After ? long discussion
| It was decided that unlet** a receiver was appointed
during the present week the depositors themselves
would apply to the court and ask lor the appointment
of one. The affair* of the bank are considered to be In a
mucli bettcrcoiKliiiou llian many ol thosuspended insti
tutions. The oank holds mortgaged to thu amount ol
$313,-o0; real esute, consisting ol the bank building,
- ?lift.W3 40, bends of cities ami towns, (44.300; call
loans, $6,7.Vi, and cash, $IO,A0O 14. The bank had
been losing mouey since tne panic in 1873, but tha
officers still kept open the doors ol the institution.
As yet Mr. Willis L Psine, receiver of the Uond Street
Havings Hank, has decided to pay the first dividend ol
Orty-flve ceuta on the dollar next month, but what
further dividend will be paid It is so far impossible to
say, as much will depend upon the sale ol the new
bank building. Tbe receiver ol the Abingdon Squsra
Ssvlngs Hank is doing ail be oan to get the real estate
of tbo uank dlsposod ol. but the probability is that the
depoeltors will come off very poorly, as the affaira ol
the Institution were lound to be in a very bad condi
tlon. Tho depositors of the Trades' Ssvings Bank art
pressing lor a settlement ol their claims.
AN UNFOUNDED RUMOR.
The rnmor that tho savings banks bad agreed to ra.
duce their rate or interest to tour per cent lound a*
satisfactory foundation in the Inmiirios made hf a
Hkrai.d reporter yesterday. Mr. W. H. Many, Presi
dent ot the Seamen's Savings Bank, of Wall street,
said:?"We have made no motion In thai direction
whatever. 1 heard ol this thing several days ago. sad
I have seen the presidents ol the other leading savtnga
banks, and they say they meditate no such action. Ws
shall coutmue to pay our usual rate ot interest, and
there is nothing In the present or Immodtsto lutnre ft
mike us change our habit." In conversation with
Wall stroet men tho H skald reporter learned that
there was no likelihood of a roductiua la the savings
banks' rale of Interest.
THE ??CURIOUS CASE."
To vns Kditok or Tub Herald:?
Generally spoakinj, I do not rash to the newspapers
to ask correction of a paragraph that may appear aa
triendly. My experience with the press Is that the
triendly paragraphs outnumber those of tne oppostta
kind. But your "Curloti* Csse" In to day's llnaiLBt
whilst it is not killing, may be referred to evoa hy oae
who is not thin skluoed.
1 wss cited to appear on a charge ol provoctag a
broacb ot the peaue, in sending a circular io the cred
itors ol Jaines Cocker oft, who I* s voluntary bankrupt,
witn liabilities ot Jt?u,i*m, Wiiiult tn leaves as a mill
stone around the neccs of his w.ie an>. inoiber-ia-law.
who were bis co-corporators. I reiused to ples4
guilty by complying with tne Judge's suggestion M
voluntarily give ball. Tbe Judge beard tbe oaaa, da
elared that I wss guilty of 'IndtsaretioB," sad Sen
tenced me to give b.ttl in $tHO, wAieli 1 promptly did,
under proiest, Intending io nave "Hie Honor's* '????
discretion" reviewed by the proper snperinr author'ty.
1 enclose ilie circular whteb ofleuded Mr Cw ki rol^
and l am your obedient servant, H. J- A BRUM.
Nsw Yoaa, Nov. Ik. lsTC
BROOKLYN COMMON COUNCIL.
A stated session ef the Urouklya Board of AMaraoa
was beld yssttruay afternoon. President French In tbe
chair. The Committee ou V.di.cstioo, to whom wss re*
ferred tne resolution of Alderman Corr, recommending
the removal of Mr. John Caaniaghaa aa a neraber ol
the Board of K laaatioa, ea tho ground thai ha
moved to Fjatbuah, wbars ha now resided, reported
that tliey had examined tha a*s? sad foaad that t|M
gentleman had resigned fro?t s iid basal hofors lesviag
tbe city The report wayaeaaytMl. a resolution wis
adopted appropriating Hie mm ol g 1,400 Tor ibepay
| ment of Counsellor I'arsoas, who has has* easts ttsg tba
Corporation Counsel la the deleaoa of taa city ftgjtiin
I the claim of Msnara. Kiagsley ft Keaaay, osaUsMstg
I hf tki HmuMlMlaMMt ^