The New York Herald Newspaper, November 21, 1876, Page 5

THE CHINESE QUESTION. Production of Startling Testimony Before the Congressional Committee. DANGEROUS MORAL ELEMENTS. General Attempt of Mongolians to Defeat Justice. SECRET SOCIETY TERRORS. Males and Females Bought and Sold in San Francisco. San Francisco, Nev. 13, 1876. fhe jaint committee of Congress which has been 1a Session here to look into the Chinese question has sub- stantially completed its investigations. it will be found, I believe, that the members, while generally persuaded that the labor of the Chinese is of value to the State an the laber of an equai number of horses or mules would be valuable, have been seriously impressed with the danger to the morals and the secarity of s0- wety ef the presence in this country of a considerable mass of these people. UNREASONABLE COMPLAINTS. There ie work enough waiting to be begun in this Mate to employ twice as many, aye ten times as many people as are here out of employment; but there is bere an extraordinary tendency to seck the cities; able-bodied men will absolutely suffer want in San Francisco rather than accept empleyment on farms ‘and ranches; and while an advertisement in the Bul letin or Call of men or boys wanted will drawa crowd of several hundred applicants on the day of its appearance, if the advertiser asks this crowd to accept ot good places in the country his offer is swourned with contempt; or if he succeeds in hiring ' white men he will be perpetually hampered by their vomplaints, and probably suffer loss by seeing them loave him in the middle of an operation, Hence, when a ditch is to be dug or a large piece of land re- elaimed, or any operation of magnitude or of a lasting Mature carried on, men seek Cbhinamen, who, though not cheaper, have the great virtue of laboring steadily. It 1s for this reason that the Chinese are liked by those who Jo like them. They stick-to their bargain; and thus Make many industries possible here which would be fatally embarrased if they depended on the labor of uncertain, easily diesatisfed and consiantly grumbling white men or women. Thus the Chinese bave become house and ranch servants and washer- men, not because they work better or more choaply, but because they work steadily; and this virtue is so freat that employers put up with many disagreeables for its sake. Your Chincse cook or house servant will remain with you for years; he falls readily into your ways; 18 prompt, exact, silent, obedient; and though you know that be smokes opium, gambles away his wages, and may steal if your carelessness tempts him wo far, bis virtues so tar overbalance his vices, as far as your comfort is concerned, that you are glad tokeep him; especially if you amd your wife have been wor- fied to distraction by attempts to make white servant women sufficiently comiortable to meet their extrav, @gant expectations es This is one side of the Chinese question, and it fa the position which our “Forty-miner,” when he turns demagogue, will not see, or aiter his fashion tries to carry by an assault of combined stupidity and Insolence. It may not be known to you in the Kast that.a committee of our State Senate bas this year taken testimony on the Chinese question; this testi- mony has just been printed. I beg you to read earefully the oxtracts from the testimony whieh I pend you im this letter. It is the testimony of Chinese and ofa few well informed and trustworthy whites, I cull is from a wiass of stuff which tells of nothing except the ignorant anti-Chinesc prejudices ofthe eommities; and asl bave read the report 1 have won_ dered at the good fortune which gave to the committee bere and there a witness who did know something ‘and whose testimony is valuable, % BEWARDS FOR ASSASSINATION, Lem Shaum,a Christian .Chinaman, who believed that it was necessary to stop the Chinese immigration, ‘and who seemed to be an intelligent and educated man, ,@alling himself a geologist, testified :— punisnment of certa: this kind :—$500 or $600 will be given for the assassina- tion or murder of some Chinaman? A. I do; that isa Chinese custom; when members of a company do any- thing agains the rules of that company are pun- ished. Suppose one member of a company comes to me and % “Go and steal a woman from a China- man,” feng do so for him. Because I favor him bis enemies prove I stoic the woman, and put ‘up a reward of $500 or $1,000to have me killed; that is the wy oy, do, 1 Q bis regarded asa death sentence? A. Yes, sir; the man knows he has to die, but gets out of the way if pe cap. rf Have they a tribunal which punishes for offences *againsttheir customs? A. Yes, sir; for instance, sup- se I should march myself out and kill a Chinaman; Few Drought before the company and made to pay a fine; they take the money aud send it-back to the iam- lly of the «illed party to sapporthrs mother. @. Ifyou kill a member of the See-yup Company, the Bee-yup Company will determine, through bistribunal, that you sbail pay so much money? A. Yes, wir, Q Suppose you pay that money? A. Then 1 will be all Paes. ee P iaad would pot try to punish you by law? A. 0, ir. @, Suppese you refuse to pay the moncy? A. I must ‘brough the American courts. And they will convies your A. Exactly. Z If you do pay the money they wili protect you against tbe American laws? A. They let the whole matter drop. @ And keep witnesses out of the way? A. Yes, sir. Sam Lee, another Chinese, was asked :— Q Have you ever seen placards ted up offerin, rewards tor the murder of Chinamen? 4 Yes; i ed, What de those papers aay? A. J jose oa: just put ap to they pay $1,000 or $500 to kill se ae vines Ss yyrte a pes 1 Ot Q@ How you know who wi 0 and find oat veforo they do it. “2 sp Charles O'Neil, a policeman, testified concern- ‘fng the marder of am interpreter, Ab Gow, This man had given information on which ecer- fain Chinese, wh hed murdered a white man in Amador county, were captured, con- wieted ena henged. The Chinese Company of which the murderers were members, sent to Ching for s ,man to <kili Ah Gow, and the murder was committed in Sacramento, to which Ab Gow, warned by some of his countrymen, bad gone for safety, The susassin escaped and got Bway to China F. L. Gordon, formeriy publisher of a Chinese newspaper, and one o! their white business men and attorneys, told of the manner in which they - 80 the courts of justice :— ; SURORNATION OF WITNESHRS. I have been irequevtly called frow the city on busi- Bess tor Chinese. ‘The last time wus at Vallejo, in re- to a shooting rorape at tho quicksilver mines | jbree or four miica irom that piace. ibe Chinese sent for mo to go there and look after things, When I got Shere I found that the trouble bad resulted from an made to shoot Ah Jopn, Two men were ar- and they sent w sau Francisco and hired eleven others to go up and swear that they did pot at- tempt to shoot anybody. Ah John then sent dowa ‘and got fourteen or fiMeen to swear that they saw the yo Two men were brought thers to swear who Knew were in San Francis: difficulty orarred. Q Do know of any cases where they have hired @en to Kill osbers? A. Yer, air. The frst Iknow of w thas of Sue; mber of the Wong-tupg- sing Society. He did soi bg contrary to their rules im regard to the collection of inoney. 1 was in Au Suey’s house the very day be was killed. He knew there was a reward offered for his death, and he bad pot gone oat for som: 6, He told me be was gow 40 collect some money, and would go to China in a sailing vessel, I told him | heard there was a re offered for his death, and he had better look During the day he wont into Washington al thirty. or forty feet, when be was shot in the back and in- stantly killed. Q Who offercd the reward? A. 1 heard that the fered it, 1 think thé amount was $800. Q. Have you sean rewards of that kind posted up? A. Yes, sir; they are written on red paper. Ab Dan, Chinese interpreter, testified, that ho was then under advice from bis countrymen to leave the city, because, b: Xpluined to the Grand Jury the nature of a Chinese gambiing game, three men had been sent from San Francisco, on a public reward, to rill bim. Five hundred dojlars had been offered tor bis assassination. Hw said the agreement, printed on Sod paperis that if tho murderer is arrested the society will hire able counsel fend him; if he ts sent to prison they will pay bim a fixed sum as com- pensation; if he is hanged they will send a specified amount to bis relatives in China, SECRET TRIBUNALS. Charles T, Jones, District Attorney of Sacramento, | reiated many curious details of these secret tribunals :— ¥ Daring my term of office I have had considerable to 46 with Chinese criminals and always bave great ditfl- culty im crime. 1 remember well U Z, spoken of a few moments ago by Ab Dam. Asthe time | was parties charged with kidnapping as interpreter, knowing bi ‘The circumstances of these:—A China- Man wanted to marry a iu # house of rostitutiou, She desired to marry bim and he went with two of pis (riends to the bouse. She went with them. They drove out of town to get mi the Chipamen who owned ber heard of it some oilicers aiter ber. She w: dered to these Chinamen, with | ber into Coart next day. for me, being wel) satisfied that sl defending thre: 1 bad At Quong honest and capable, for the other side insisted that 1s was, @ slatements of their Chinamen to that case Was postponed ior two or three day: hen it was suown the womau effered wax not the oue taken away, This interpreter told me they would Kill him as sure as these deiendants were convicted. We went out of the court room, and he told me he w afraid to goon | street. 1 told him he badn’t better £0 thon, but | did not think they would trouble him. alin hour afterward he wae broughs back, shot in the baek, and a hatchet baving been used on believin, effect. bim, mutilating bim terribly. This was in broad daylight, about eleven e’clock in the moroing, on Third and | streets, ome of the most public places in the city of Sacra- mento, There were bundreas of Chinese around there at the time, but it was difficult in the prosecution of the case 10 get any Chinese testimony at all. It hap- pened that there were a jow white men passing at tho Ume, aud we were enabled to identity two men, and they wero convicted and sent to the State Prise. for They attempted to prove an ge lot of Chinamen they re. The Chinese use sion of women, Some- times it happons that where a man is married fo a woman they get out a warrant for his arrest, and before he can get bail they nave stolen ttle had Chinamea come to m witnesses I had in cases. If imony to override me, Before Lwas ict Aitorney 1 have had Chinese come to e jo delend them, andask me how many witnesses I wan! in order to acquit. I often find that upon preliminary examina- tiens and beiore the Grand Jury there is enough testimony to warrant a conviction, but on the trial these same Witnesses swear to am exactly opposite state of iacte 1 attribute that to tho fact that they had tried the case in Chinese courts, where it had been Onally settied 1 have records in my office of a nese tribunal of that kind, where they tried offenders according to their own rules, meted out what punisument they doemed Proper, j&c. These records were captured in a room on I street, between Fourth and Fifth, There was a Chinaman here who opened a wasbhouse on Second Street, underaeats the Urieans Hotel. it appears that he was a momber of the Chinese Wasbhouse Associa- tion, and that they had a rule that no wasbhouse shoald be opened within ten doors of one already opened. This pew house was opened within the pre- scribed limite, and the association held a meeting. One of the charges was that he was in partnership with a white mao—a foreigner—thetr rules forbidding any such arrangement, and they fined bim 1 think, $30 ‘The Chinaman went to Mr. Fratt, whe told him he would protect him. Then they held another meeting, and, as was proved on the trial of these cases, they determined shat he should pay $110 or they wouid kill him. Th ot out three of their num- ber, and they met him on Third, her a piavol, between 1 and J." One id the other made did pot puy $110 they He had $60 in his pocket, and be gave them that, id told Mr. Mratt, and these three men were arrested for robbery. I'he society held another meeting, and the whole meeting ‘was arrested as couspiratora, these reeords being cap- I had them translated by tured, interpreter from San Franco! and used them on the trial of the rob- bery cases, ‘The records recite thi e members into a solemn compact not to enter into part- ip with a foreigoer; that this man did so, 6 compasy oflers #0 many reund doliars to and the man who will kill bim. They promise to furnish assist the murderer, and they promise, if be ted, they will employ able counsel to defend him. If convicted We should receive, I think, $3 ter every day he wuld be confined, and in case he died cortain money would be sent to his relatives. These records appeared in evidence and wore admitted; also & poster that was laken irom « bouse, offermg a reward for the killing of this man, This poster was placed on ahouse inapublicstreet. Berg writtemin Chinese, of course they alone knew its contents, and informed us of them. 1 bave irequently had Chinese come to me with offers of pecuniary reward if 1 would let off some Chinese criminal. ‘hey generally come alone, but never broach the subject in the presence of white men. 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 it he would go to & certain room-on Jackson street they would pay bim; two men waited ter him there, and they Killed lim, Q Was thereany evidence of a reward having been offered for bis deaih? A. | heard it spoken of in this way betore it nappened—that there would be money paid for his death; I was ina house two days betore ‘the killing, and there beard the matter spoken of; I am perfectly satwfed that his death was the result of a reward. Gordon said hatchet men were fighting men. class of men tn Chinutown that ean ‘be hi to de- fend apy house or store that is threatened, and will cut an diseriminately. About a year anda balf No, 907 or No, 900 Dupont street wes threatened. A riot ook piace, and hired hatchet men broke into the store, shooting, cutting and ® riot occurred at No. the employ: he retention of wages, Storekoepers bired ‘‘haichet m striker. Nine were wounded arrests made. None were convicted. Know a large number of professional ighters here. O'Neil, a policeman, gave this curious revelation:— They are in the habit of compromising feloni ' ques- ing evidence. This ‘i had a trial of a China- man whom | arrested for stealing trom the Congre; tional church school reom. He was caught in the the Chinaman who keeps it in or and and two Bim into eustody. when he was ar rested. and searched, besiwes Mrs. Shane, the her. Two of these Chimamon begged the white witnesses en sevoral occasions not x to court and testify, else they would be kil by order of their countrymen; in the Police Court they were not Deeded and were not called. Two or three nights bo- fore the trial came on in the County Court this Chinaman, Fon Fon, came to my residence very much excited, and wanted me to go down town with him. l asked him what for, and he said the Ky-che-lung was holding a meeting, and he wanted me to go betore it. He ‘said they were meeting to make him pay $1 a day for every day this man bad heen in jail, or eise hire a lawyer to get him out, saying that ii the man was con- victed and he did not pay this monry be would bo killed, He also gaid that bo bad pot dared to yo down I street since the man’s arrest, 1 went to the meeting ot the Ky-che-lung and was questioned very closely. To see what they were up to I evaded their,questions, finally told them this man had nothing to do with This was what ¥ Were aller, and one to besent for Foo Fon. On the stand he red himself, declaring he knew nothi ment perjul tu e Chinese told me that the whoie matter had deen set- Evidently Chinese astuieness was too much for O'Neil. When he told the secret tribunal that Fon Fon knew nothing of the matter they were able to | work upon Fon Fon to perjure bimeelt. SLAVERY OF CHINESE WOMEN. Matt. Karcher, formerly Chiet of Police of Sacra- mento, testified :— @ Do you know whe own or claim to own the China re prostitutes here? A. Merchants tend to be respectuble—Chinese mer- men? A. | ‘That is my opiwion, irom my experience. | Q H whey treated? A. Where one is young iby, and wakes pienty of money, she is those who are unable to make much are badiy; | Lave seen them as young as fil. teen years; 10 escape trom this lile 11 they desire they have very little chance, because the Chineso will swear to almost any shing, and i! one i takeu uway by another she is wmply run off to another leeality 10 be Sold into slavery again; Kometimes the tarce of tnarr, ee gone through with in order to getthe womal who may be beyond their reach; as soon us the newly: made husband gets possession of bis he turns ber over to her former owners, ‘The arresting officer and the District Attorney have to be very careinai jest they Made the insirumenis of sending inoocent men to State Prison; eometimes, where several men are arrested, one will be oflered { whom we may copyiet jf wo will let the others go; | bride ‘several men were arrested hers some time ago lor roobing Harper's shoe store; ture ieilows put up a man who admitted that he was gailty, but I did not | yibing todo with 1%; these Chinese me with ali the eviden '@ a nolle pros. en! wauted if 1 would other eases, Q Do you. know anything about their putting up offers of rewards upon walls and street corners, writ- ten in Chinese, for the murder of assassination of given Cuinamen? A. Yes; of course I coula not read Chi- nese, but | secured some of these posters ana haa interpreter from San Francisco come up hi terpret them; were rewards for of some Chinam who did something contra to their laws; t their ‘ao tribunals where they try Ol Hd their own laws to govern them. In (his way the administration of jus- tice 1s olten deteated eniroly, or least to a very great extent | know this, because | was present at Meeting of one of their tribun: bout Ko’ yeu ago. There were some thirty or lorty Chinamen there, Ono appearing to act as see g Finally the fellow on "ial Was convicted and $0 pay #0 much moncy, ag , MoUnco the official vote of this city to-day NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET. a fine for the commission of the offence nary Generally their punishm ‘ure of fines; but sometimes they sentence the de- fendant jeath. Im cases in police court we bave often ound it‘d)fMfeult to make interpreters act. The} ould be killed if they spoke | nals wou!d seatence thein (0 nd pay assassins to despatch them. About two three years ago Ab Quoug was uring the trial, at which ve was iterpreter, & great many Chinamen, | stationed officers at the doors and then caused each ove to be searched as he came out of the room, the imterpreter baring wid me that be teared they would murder him, Upon these Obinamen 1 found all sorts of weapons—betchets, pistols, bowie- knives, Chinese swords and many others, There were forty-five weapons im all, | think, concealed about their persons im all kinds of ways The interpreter testified im that case, and half an hour after the court roow he was brougnt back, shot and cut with hatchets. He was terribiy mutilated, and lived only's few moments after veing brought to the station bouse, The murderers were arrested, but attempted to prove an alibi, prevent for the purpose. Although buodreds of Chinese present at th der the prosecation was forced to rely upon the evi- dence ‘ofs few white men who chanoed to seo tne deed committed. We were opposed at every turn by the Chinamen and the Chinese companies As a general thing it 18 utterly tmpossibie to enforce the laws with any certamty againgt those people, while they will mnselves use our |: to persecute innocent men who bave gaiaed tp mity. A MISSIONARY’S TESTIMONY, 1 Rey. Otis Gibson, missionary among the Chinese in this city, vestiNied as to the condition of the wom Q is ota weil settied matier t 8 people are held in slavery bere—bought and sold? A. Only the women; I don’t think there isa man so held; the women, a8 a general thing, aro slaves; they are bought or stolen in China and bronght here bavea sort of agreement to cover up the Dusiness, but it 18 alia sam; that paper makes tho girl say that she owes you $400 or 0, passage money v and outit irom China, and has nothing to being the girl, this man comes ap and to lend me the) money to pay you itt | will agree to serve him, to prostitute my body at his plea- wherever be shall put me, for four, five, or six years; for that promise of mine, made on the paper, he bands him the $400, and [ pay the debt 1 owe you according to contract; it is also putin the contract that it Lam sick Giteen days no acceunt shall be taken of tuat, but it I am sick more than that, I shall make up double; [think there is in existence vow—there has been—a company of men engaged in this trafic of Women; not the six companies, bat a gtild like the Washing Company; they have their rules and their reguiationa, and they stand by each other; one 1 those companies is called the Hip-ye-tong; Chivaman runs away with a woman from f these beis and marries her he ts follow by these panics and asked to pay them her value or look Out for the consequences; it is a common thing for to use the processes of our coarts to protect ereste—their assumed rights; ii a woman es- capes from a brothel she is arrested for some cri and possession 16 obtained in that way; where marries the chances are that both man and woman will be arrested, or the man will be arrested and the woman ran off to some other plnce; sometimes Chi- ; 1 don't care to marr; have set my pi , and, to discoura; whereas the justices’ {ees are only $2; they seem to have a sort of efinite and unreasonable idea of pro- tection when they come to me. Alfred Clark, clerk to the Chief of Police, submitted two agreemonts of Chinese condemning women to servitude and prostitution, but intended to avoid the statute against bondage. They are here:— AN AGRERMENT TO ASSIST A YOUNG GIRL NAMED cause sho became indebted to ber m sage. toud, &c. pay, r body over to the woman Sep Sam, to serve as @ prostitute to make out the sum of $503 The monoy shall draw no interest, and Loi Yau shall serve four and one-balt years. On this day agreement Lei Yau re- ceives the sum of $503 in her own bands. When the ume and a0 mau shail trouble ber. If she runs away befor the time is ont, and any expense is incurred in cate! ing her, then Loi Yau must pay the expense. 1s wick fifteen days or more, she shall make up one month ior every fifteen daya if Sep Sai shall go back to China, then 01 Yau shall serve anower ty till her time is out; if, in such service, sue should be sick 100 days or more and cannot be cured, she may return to Sep Sam’s place. For a proof of this agree- ment, this paper. LOI Yau. Dated second, sixth month of the present year, Prominent physicians testify before the committee that young boys in the cities are encouraged and s0- Netted to visit the Chinese women, and there contract diseases, and cases were mentioned of boys of twelve and fifteen years thuk diseased, The Chief Police tes- tilled Q The Papaiatiog of Chinatown has been estimated ‘at 30,000, What proportion of that population lives on the fruits of grime—prostitution, gambling, kat A. 1 cannot tell; the mouey tn the nouses of prosutution 18 collected ‘by bosses and paid to men occupying higher positicns amiong the Chinese; the merchants own these places; some merchants own three and four of these hous that bas been stated to me by Chinamep. Q. How many houses of prostitution are there in the Chinese quarter? A. Ishould say 200; all the alleys are (ull of them; there are irom two to tour women, and more, in each bouse. * Q. How many gambling. houses? A, A great many; the nomber bas decreased Intely; I should judge that, before this excitement, there were from 150 to'176, ‘and,.including lottery ticket houses, fully 500; they draw their lotteries twice a duy—at tour o’olock in the afternoon and at eleven o'clock at night—and are patronized by many white eight hundred people would bea estimate of number engaged in and about honses of prostitution. Finally, here comes Hong Chung, resident in Cali- fornia twenty-tour years, who bas taken out natarall- zation papers, and who told the committee the reason why others of his race mean to become citizens. He said:—‘Amelican man make no good laws for Cbina- map. We make good laws for Chinaman citimn.”’ That is pithy and to the point ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. A BOMBSHELL EXPLODED IN A PARLOR. The Davenport (lowa) Gacette, of the 18th inst, gives along account of the attempted assassination of a well known citizen by the explosion of a bombsnell in his house after he had retired tor the night. The out- Tage created at excitement, but, fortunately, no one was seriously tujured. ‘The intended victim was William H. Price, son ot the Hon, Hiram Price, both of Davenport They lived in alarge double brick house. The north window of the back parior isof wide bay form, four ,sashes in width, two sashes high, each sash baving @ single pano of plate giass. In this parlor the previous evening, Mr. and Mrs. Price, and Miss Louise DuBoss, « young lady trom New Orleans, who is visiting Mrs. Price, sat conversing till afer eleven o’ciock. The curtains of the bay window wore raised all this ‘time, and any person could have had tuil view of the parlor and its occupants trom the house yard or the enclosure of tho First Methodist courch adjoining on the north. It the villain who perpetrated the ort meauttoned below in- tended to harm the family his best opportanity was when they were thas seated about their hearth eny ing social converse, Li Mr. William Price was the ject of tho deed a better chance to slay him ‘when, after the ladies bad gowe up stairs, vepped wo the bi y with the room all lighted latched each of the win. | So at that time, ten mivutes | it elev o'clock, nobod: was = Jorking ‘about the house with William Pi as an object of girl toid Mrs. Price man she saw standin, ‘actions of a of the church meetings. But Mra. Prive thought more of (he conversation until the terrible oecurrenc: hours after, recalled 1} The room directiy over + rear parlor had been occupied by Hon. Hiram Pi and wile since September, when tb y vacated 4 former residence for its new owner. Now, fortunately, | they were in St. Louis, though whether the viliaine who attemptea the destruction of the bousehoid Knew it or not is a question which excites the people of this city. After the family had retired a startling crash was heard in the room below. Mr. Price arose and started down. stairs, when a terrific explosion followed. The neighbors rushed out of their houses, and the err offre was heard. The irent room burst into flames, but they were soon extinguished, and on searching the fragments of a six-ponnd sheil were found. It had roiled ander a sofa alter craabing through the bay window, and it woe ‘his rota that prevented the pieces [rom crashing through the ceilmg and kiiling the occupants of the chambers above. A two-minute fuse bad been used, whieh gave the assassin time to eecape before the ex- plorion. A reward of $1,200 has been offered for the arrest of the of DEATH FROM NEGLIGENCE. Coroner Woltman yesterday beld an inquest in the case of Joha Sullivan, aged thirty-six, of No, 122 Worth street, who died last week from injuries re- ceived by falling down in the street while intoxicated on tue 34th ul The testin showed that his wounds were neglect. ed and tha: ied » disso! life, He oniy received medical trestme: The jury rendered @ verdict of secu tal death, addi ashre cei 'e deem that re was neglect on the part of the family of the deceased for not placing him under proper medical treatment.” Mt ICIPAL NOTES. The mveting of the Board of Apportionment, set down for yesterday morning, was postponed until to- day. i+ is understood that the matter of the Park Department appropriations will then be taken up. ‘ity Chamberiat! statement of js during the past wee , $502,407 25; receipts, $1,203, $ $1,124,186 75; balance November 15, | ward laborers were yesterday paid $2,830 92 by the Finance Department. ‘The Board of County Canvassers will probably an- is out Lot Yau may be her own master, | Fe THE MARTINEZ SUIT Continuation of the Defendant’s Testi- | mony Yesterday. | A SEVERE CROSS-EXAMINATION. Decided Denials 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 suitot Miss Eugeaie Martinez against Senor Del Valle, which was adjourned on Thursday | lags, was resumed yesterday before Judge Dovohae The plaintiff, accompanied by her sister Adele and her motber, came into court tuily a quarter of au hour ve- fore tho time fixed for the opening of the proceedings, They took soats immediately in front of the reporters’ table, but when Mr. Beach arrived a fow minutes after. ward, the plaintiff! took a seat close to his own, whore he could consult her without leaving his place. She | kept her heavy black veil over her face until the de- fondant was called and took the witness stand, Sho immediately threw up the vetl, and, fixing her eyes upon the witness, never took them off him while he was testifying. He never once looked tn ber direction, As a witness, Mr. Dol Valle, when Mr. Beach took bim in band for cross-cxamination, found avery | hard nut to crack. It may be that the use of an inter- preter, General Gonzalez acting 1 at capacity, gave the wituess considerable advantage, in that it afforded bim time to reflect upo wer he should make to certain sharp questions pat to him. Be that as it may his replies, as a rule, were rather annoying to the Counsel, who failed to trip him up in any important particular, At times, to get a direct auswor to a ques. tion, Mr. Beach had to repeat it irequently and with some show of temper, yet even then the shrewdness of the lawyer showed itself in some of the answers of the witness, as be had always @ qualification ready to bluot the point that he saw it was intended to make against him, His counsel, Mr. Joseph Choate, continued the examination {rom the point where be had left of on Thursday, and in an vo bis questions the defend- ant testified as follow! MA, DEL VALLE’S EXAMINATION CONTINUED, I returned from Saratoga on the 6th of September with my children; on my return 1 found the plain- t's mother at Poughkeepsie with her, keeping her oompany; it was about noon; | had no couversation with the plaintiff the morning she left; she did not force her way into my room by pushing Celia aside at the door; I did not tell her I was sending her away for her own good and that I would remain hor best friend; before the plaintiff and ber mother left I had no prolonged conversation with her,mother; only ex- ehanged a few words with her while dining; | sent to Poughkeepsie while at Saratuga, on the 2d of Septem. ber, by Celia, $500 to the piaintifl for housenoid pur- poses; before that time sho was paid tho first month in cash and the second time by check; whether she kept am account of the household expenses or not I do not know; when she wanted money for the house 1 gave it to ber; when sbe leit Poughkeepsie tor New York she lett in the afternoon, and I Jeftin the morning to place my daughters in the e@onvent; I did not tell tho plaintiff when she was leav- ing tbat I would call oo her in Now York; afier sho had left I recoived (rom Celina letter from the plain- tuff (letter produced and identified by the witness); be- tween September 8 and Octover 2 I received no sug- gestion from the plaintiff or any one else on her be- half that anything was duo ber for salary; my convic- tion! was tnat 1 did not owe her a dollar; as tothe use of the $500, I never received any report irom her con- cerning it; I returned from Saratoga on the lst of October; the next day alter my arrival at tho Bruns wick Hotel I received despatch asking for money” ‘The Géspatoh alluded to was here identified by the ‘witness. 1t read as follows:— Station U—Reosived four o'clock, October 2, To Mr. Dxt Varex, Hotel Brunswick :— without @ eent to mi and despalr you to send me sume money imm B. HEN. QUE }, No. 435 Bast Fifty-sixth street. The witness then continued:—I did not reply to that telogram: on the foliowing morning Miss Adele, sister of the plainwf, called at the hotel and sent up her card, and ghe was injormed I was not tn, 0 | did not see the same day I received a letter from Eugenie Martinez (the letter, which was produced and identitied by the witness, has already been published); | 1 wrete a reply to it; before writing the reply I re- “ceived no explanation stating it tho money she de- manded was for; the letter dated October 3, which I sent in angwer to the one received from the plasmtift, whs not replied to by the plaintiff; hewever, 1 r ceived a letter from a lawyer named George C. Bian! ; him, he emphatically declared as infamous calumoples. Hi ‘olla was never ip bis bedroom while ng, nor did she eVer, as alleged by the Pp ly very broad, and iho ticular delight in hearing them read of. The witness stated, aflerahese questions had been disposed of, that be bad given about §160 to the plaintiff before she w Poughkeepsie, including the presents; hat be f made several atiempts, or any | attempt, to have carpal intercouse with the plaintiif | that were unsuccessiul, and denied thi ever broached the subject to her or made @ suggestion of any such thing at any ti THE CROSS- EXAMINATION, Is was afew minutes alter twelve whgn Mr, Choate Drought his exaeination of the witness to a elose. Mr. Beach at once began thecross-examination. fhe witness up to {his time bad kept bis heavy overcoat | on, DUL as soon as Mr. Keach stood up he arose and | ‘ook off the coat, as though he expected to have a warm time of it and wanted to keep as cool as possible, Mr. Beach, boiding in bis hand the memorandum made by the defendant, began by asking him how he rememn- dered the dates, when the witness said be bad fixed them from *‘antecedents,’” aud thea went on as fol- lows:—It covers a period from January to October; there are(after counting them) sixty entries in the | memorandum; I did not make these entries or x the dates from memory alone, as I relied aiso on inquiries | L instituted; I found out that the plaintiff spoke a little Spanish the firsi day | met her, which was on the l4th | day of January, 1876, and learned that sbe taught lan- guages and music ata subsequent interview held on the 26th of Junuary at Solari’s; she frat interview I had with ber was at Solari’s on the lah of January; bei ween that ti and the 26th | never spoke of taking instructions from her; about three months before my acquaintance with the plaiatif I had hired on in- structor, M. Mantetn; I received instructions trom him xcept holiday: the — plainuill ‘he time and — hsten I first visited the Sago and spent a mouth or two duties at Hava suaily spent my summers as Saratoga; none of iny | children were able to speak English fluently in 1874; they went to the Continent first about tbr: ago; they spoke English well enough to be under- stood, but | aiways conversed with them in Spanish. | A -DRIROTIVE IN THK CASK. Q Did you ever employ a detective to foliow the | plejau? A. Lnever did, though 1 know the lawyers ad. Q How long do not know. Q Don't you understand that a detective was fol- lowing ber day wad might? A. I do not #o under- stand. Q Havo you paid the detective? A. I bave not, though | may have paid something. Q When did you pay him? A, I did not but a friend did, because | was ill Q Did you give him money to pay the detective? A. He paid bim, and when [ recovered | reimbursed | would permit; the detective following her? A. 1 pay bim, | Q How much? A. I can’t give the exact amount, | Q You have noidea hew much you paid her? A. I have no (dea, because | was ill in bed, Q You.on't remember because you were ill? A. L dq not, because I was ill Q Did you receive any Dill tor the detective’s ser- ice? ALL think Mr, Hernandez may have got a nth, Q Did you see it? A. 1 don’t remember having seen tt Q. Do you remember what detective {+ was—what office he belonged tof A. I donot, ; Q When were you sick, that you had to have your friend do all this business for you? A. | was fe alt the cartier months of the past year. Q What month was it when you requested your friend to nake a payment tothe detective? A. Ican't be precise, but I think it was in the month of March or April. % ‘Are.you aware that a detective has been since then examining into tho plaintif’s history? A. Loniy know what I have said, Q. Do you know that since money was furnished to Mr. Horbandez a detective bas been employed to follow the piaintiff? A. Alter I recovered from my sickness I went to Kurope and returned solely on ac- count of this trial. | Q Do you know that a detective has been employed since yoarretura? A. I don’t kuow what the lawyers may have done, Q Don’t you understand that they havea detective | empivyed? A. 1 bave heard a detective mentioned, but troin what establishment be is | dou't know. THE FIRST MMKTING WITH THR PLAINTIFY. The witness then continued:—Jam avie to fix the date of the when I first met the plaintiff, because it wag a steamér day, and I was somewhat ill, and the next day I culled on'a friend (Hilario Cisneros) whose birthday tt was, leaving my card; [ do uot recollect now where that frieud lived, but his house was reached by going down Twenty-third street toward the Hudson River; what his occupation was -1 do not know; be came from Cuba, where [| knew him, six or seven yearsago; the dayf Orst mot the plaintiif [ | waiked for several blecks ou Broadway until | gova | Filth avenve omnibus; three or four blocks are about as near as i can put the distance; if a more ac- curate statement is needed 1 will measure the dis- tance to-morrow; the morning of the 14th [ was aown town to No. 35 Broadway, so Cevallo’s, to see if there were any letters for me; | do pot know that the Fitth | avenue stages do not run below Fulton street; 1 kaow where the Hxxatp Building is, but 1 do not know where the Astor House i#; | rode up im the stage to Twenty-ninth street, though 1 lived in Tweaty- eighth sircet, having passed a block by being ubsent minded; my residence in Twenty-etghth street be- ‘ween Sixth avenue and Broadway; the reason of my fatale! a block beyond Twenty-eignth street was that was neditating within. myself, and my eyesight wus k, and 1 could pot very well the na re. e Mr. Beach cross-examin “witnésé “a8 to whether he had employed physicians toattend to bis eyes. ‘The witness then continued :~-I wason Broadway when 1 saw the plaintiff tall; abe fell “entirely down’ and | was, at the time, but a short distance from her and on assisted her to arise, and, rete: far as Filth a he only motive 1m accompanying ber was to listen to bhi w words in Spanish, whi: fow words in ngiish apd Spanisi : rd her speak a few words of Spanish though I could not understand all she said, 1 k was thanking me gave me her card and [ gave ber mine, intment to meet the next day opposite ; I did not think it indecorous to make tne appointment, as sbe seemed an attractive young lady ; I would not think it improper to make appoiniments | under like circumstances; when we were on the curner of Fiith avenue and Twenty-ninth strect we had diffi oulty iu understanding one anosher; | bad never seen the plaintiff beiore we met in Twenty-ninth street; I have never offered her any indiguity by word or act, | as I respected and esteemed her, untit | nad to order I never received such a letter from the plaintiff as the one now submitted to me, asking me to ‘do her Justice’ or she would go to law; when I got Mr. Blank’s letter I handed it over to my lawyoi prior to its receipt 1 never bad conversation with the plaintiff relative to an engagement or a proposal of marriage; I do not know the exact date whoa I re- ceived Mr. Biank’s letter; I know that I gave it to my lawyer immediately; the first time I took the plaintiff to the convent to see my children was on the lth of March, 1875; it was on that day that I took my youngest children to her mother’s house; it was onmy way to the convent that we called; the visit was paid at the request of the mother, and it was at tho request of the piasntiff that I took her to the convent. 4 SWHRPING DENIAL. I never placed the ring on her dinger, telling her to wear it enti I should replace it with another; I nevor fuvited her to go4v Europe wish me, nor was such an idea suggested im conversation with ber family, tor did I ever state that thore would be no tmpropri- ety in her going to my house to live because shv would | never return without being my wife, nor did 1 ever say I would rescae her from her stepfather’s strict discipline; she never told mo that per stepfather had thr ed to shoot her and her husband it she ever married, nor did she ever tel! me that he would not let her receive gentlemen's company, vor did Lever tell her that she might take a house Sar- atoga or wherever aho wished, or go to Europe, all at my expense, nor did she ever suggest ‘a quiet country place;” I nevor urged ber; when sho was at the Hotel Royal, not to go home, por did | evor tell ber that 14 would appear singular, after I bad induced ber to leave her home, for her to return before going to my house; at Poughkeepsio Mr. Alvarez had charge of the keys of the doors; at first the keys were loft in tho locks, but afterward they eo taken out at night by my order. The Court at this point ruled out a question of the counsel put to the witness asking him why he had given such an ord The witness theo continued : When vistiors came to my house there | introdu the plaintiff’ as my bousekeepor nd governess tall th be “compromise” in ever toll me that Celia bad told ber still anadjasted, and that, not Marry; is is mere romance en he asserts that she had suggested to me & private marriage, whe stating at the time that sho would marry me anyhow. At this stage a letter was handed to the interpreter, which was translated by bim, the witness listenmg at- tentively, He was then asked whether he found such as otter as that om bis mantelpiece, and whether after breakfast he went with it 10 his hand into the corri- dor, whore be met the plaintiff, aud he answered, em- phatically, *‘n0."! Ho then continued:—1 had never | been asked by her to ‘ao ber justice,” nor ever said vo ner, “Why do you feter to this matter again ?’’ she evel ted to me thas her whole (uiure depended upon my action, that would not live so, that! mast do her justice or would have to resort to law ; it she bad too much sense to talx of legal actions, tl was s Yankee or that any Yankeo could be bought for money. that! was say id, nor that she could not go ‘nor that it was foolish for her to talk about justine there was no justice for poor people; 1 never offered to buy property for her at Poughkeepsie or anywhere else. estions to the wit- vie by the plainud examination relating wee meer to have ‘ to the —“sorapas' got into with woren, eoncorting the vnadolity ‘et women to theif ,husbands, &o all of which her from my house; my parposo in making the »p- poimtment with her near Stewart’s store was curiosity, nothing else; I took ber to Solari’s om the 15th of | January, the day after 1 met her, to take lunch; I have been accustomed to trequent that saloon; I had never heard anything as to its acter; I bad sometities taken indies there, and gentlemen; I thought it not improper to asso- with the plainwif on the slight acquaintance wo had, nor do | think there was any impropriety in my subsequent association io her; Thad no idea th her conduct wes indelicate, immodest or unmaidenly, thongh | thoaght 1+ rather singular that sh take the ring | bougnt, but, bemg a fore! Dot acquainted with the customs of ti offered her the ring because she bad offoi her picture, and I saw no impropriety im this offer of hers beeanse, as I had acted in a gent jemanly manner toward her, | supposed it was a token of her gratitude; 1 did not think 1 wat bt for her to take the ring, because it was a thing of value, while a picture dove Ot represent Value in the same wi Q. Whea you ren viee to a lady in the street are you im the havit of expressing a desire for a tur- ther acquaintance and of making au appointment? A. ‘Those accidents happen from century te centary. (Laughter. ) Q | wanta direct answer to my question. A, This 1s the first instance of the kind where a lady was con- cerned that | have met with, tothe best of my recol- Jeetion. A NICH WAY TO TAKE RNGLISH LES¥ONS, The witness then went oi A received my first les- son in English op tho 20th of January {row she plain- ul; I was not at Solari’s between the 16th and the ‘26ib of January,, 1875, at any time, so tar as 1 can re- mewber withodt my memorandum, Here he reflected « momont—tbe Court nos‘allowing bim to ase bis memorandum—with his head bowed in his pands, his elbows resting on the Judge's desk. Suddenly raising his head, he exclaimed;—I swear positively 1 was not there at any time be- tween those dates, He continued as follows:— i was sick some days during that period; Bevor went to Deimonico’s with the plaintifl before she but once, and then my daughters r two oF three tines & my friends. *The question was again repeated, when the witness wanted," answer to My question,” exclaimed Mr, Beaoh, growing red in the lace, and he agaju repeated the quesuion. “Anything se wanted sho could order, noxt answer. Again was the question repeated, when the witness, cool as ® cucumber, replied :— + “EL could not be more liberal of generous, when I ab ways offered to got whatever she asked for This answer made the titer at Mr. Boach’s expense, He shen asked “Weil, was she liberal and generous td berselt ?'* “| remarked,” was the reply, “that she ate and drank with great relish."' This reply created more merriment, bat the officers of the court promptly aup- pressed the Jaughter. The witness continued:—L thought the plaintiff from twenty to t ty-two when 1 met her first, but 1 afterward discovered she plaintiff! was xccom the Ist of June by to Poughkeepsie on pat myself and one my children, 4 4 is eight did not visit her mother’s took ber to ever called at whe: a voward her on the loth | that he could not remem! | Superintend everything myself; we us ley place; tho appointment purpose of gong te Jessons, but (tbinking something herwhen ! did, f + to her in a Sixth « ter; we walked ; 1] expressed wy dissatisfaction, | trunk, but gave hor the money to get oi pauied her to tho trunk store; I did pot that the purchase of the trunk was for the turther- ance of her object to go wrong Central alter the purchase of the trang—I think af the Hotei Royal; some time between tur 6b aad 61D of May; I saw ber at the hotel four or five times, always seeing her in the parlor; 1 went to the theatre with hor, at her sugeestion, to familiarize mysell with the English purases used und for amusement; 1 never called to see the plaintiff while she was at Mrs, Bid- ney’s; the day following (he day I wrote the note to Miss Martinez, saying I was ili ond cowld pot see her but would see her the next day, I was etill il and did mot sec her, dnt it is my impression that I wentto the jeweller’son the Zist to get the ring--the Tuesday following; shere was notbing im the envoiope of the letter telling me about her secre! otber than the letter; when she man Freligh brought tho side sudale | was talking to Mr. Baker, the prietor of the house at Pougnkeepsie; the plaints Was not sitting with me on the front piazza at the time, A lettor was here shown to the witness which he sent to the piaiutitl in reply to bers, telling him vot make h bis my, the following sentence from whieb Mr, Beach read:—'tl am always ready to helps person in distress, but inno way to constitute wyeel! the protector of a person so unworthy of my protec. tion”? He was asked if he wrote the letter, and he ed that Mr. Hernandez wrote it and he copied 14 ir. Beach then cross-examined the witness abot hie carriage bills, and asked bim if he knew where be was 2. 1875, the bill charg. ver time. He rephed and stated that some- times, but pot often, he hired hacks other t! he hired at bis regular livery man’s H Unued :—Celia is one ef my femal she is about twenty-three years of a As the chambermaid; she had not the of my bousehod before Miss Martinez came, Celia u woman and ts sull in my employ; I tirat the Clarendon Hotel, Saratoga; Lucta Alva faring man, who stops at my house as a frie invitacion; Celia isan English woman, but she cag make herself understood in Spanish, though she could not speak any Spanish when she came to my house; sho has learned what she knows now ef Span- ish trom conversation with the children. The Court at this stage adjourned until to-day, at hail-past ten o'clock, when the cross-exaimiuation of the defendant will be resumed driven ing one on February hour and a ALLEGED BIGAMY. The examination in the case of Samuel C, Salomons, Alias Sammis, for alleged bigamy, already reported in the Hixnatp, came up yesterday belore Justice Duffy at the Tombs Police Court. Salomons’ own testimony was the only new thing developed in connection with ‘he case. The complainant, Miss Caroline Watts, of Fiatiands, N. Y., confirmed her former testimony ta regard to her formal marriage with Samwis, alias Sal- omons. She i@ wife No. 2. There is also a third—a Miss Jane Perry—but neither of them has any preten- sions to very guod looks, Salomons or Sammis, on bis own behalf, testified that he was not married to Miss Watts but had formed bor acquaintance in Brooklyn; that she was willing to hve with him and he had procured a bogus certificate of marriage at her request so that sho mixht deceive her parents by showing it to them and pretending she was married. He further said that when he beeame acquainted with Miss Watts he told her his wite wae then living and ste did not object’ The caso was ade Journed until Wednesday next. Salomoné has been a newsdvaler on the Midland Rath road. ART STUDENTS’ LEAGUE, Something over a year ago a goodly number of att | students founded a society under the above name, for the purpose of the attainment, on the part of its mem- vers, of a higher development In art culture, and 16F the general encouragement of a spirit of unselfishness and true friendship, in way of mutual belpin ars studies; and also for tho accumulation of works and books on art subjects, for the benefit of the members, Professor L. K, Wilmarth, N, A., was elected its Presi dent, with an efficient Board of Control. During the past year the league has been conducied im such have students fo the manner that its substantial benefits of art, and 1% mow enters upon year of its history under most favorable auspices, Ata recent meeting of the long realized very i | their rooms No. 105 Fifth avenue, to elect officers for the ensuing year, the followiug named gentiemen and ladies were elected:—President, L. £. Wilmarth; Vioa Mrs, Julia EK. Baker and Charles Y. Turner; Secretary, Joseph A. ; Correspond. jng Secretary, Miss Annie 8. Folger; Treesurer, Fran’ Waller; Board of Cuntrol, Frederick 5. Church, Mra, MW. Miss Kitzaveth E. Foote and William F. Koester; aiso oficers of 1 al Clauss committees © vlecte: tion of this society for the gi students in urt tudies one exi and the league , has Le tpg a want long felt. The plan adopted in the sch of the Jeague is based upon the Parisian ateliers, so that students have the fuli advantage of drawing in all the high branches in tecunique, life, portrait and classes, As at prosent organized and conducted the jeazue affords unwonted facilities and advantages for a student to practice and develop art studies and to ae quire a solid education in the several departments, INDOLVENL BLANKS. A meeting of depositors of the New Amsterdam Savings Bank was held yesterday afternoou at Stanton Hail, Stanton street. No receiver has, up to this time, taken charge of the institution, Une person was ap- pointed, but failed to provide the necessary bonds, Those present at yesterday's meeting complained of the delay of the officers of the bank ip geting te coiver appointed, thereby causing twevnvonience, They are also losing interest on the dividends whieh they willbe ultimately paid. Afver a loog discussion it was decided that unless a receiver was apporuted during the present week the depositor would apply to the court and ask lor the ofone. The affairs of the bank are consi much better condition than many of the tani k holds mortgages to the amount af g of the bank buiuing, $ and towns, $44,300; call loans, $6,750, and cash, $10,590 14. The bank’ had been losing money since ic in 1873, bat the officers still kept open instipation. As yot Mr. Willis L. Pat Boud Savings Bank, has decided to pay the first divi Ginty-five ceuts on the dollar next month, but what jurther dividend will be paid it is so far impossible to say, as much will depend upon the sale of the new bank building. The receiver of the Abingdon Square Savings Bank is doing all he can to gee the real vette of the vank disposed of, but tue probability is that the depositors wili come off very poorly, as the affairs of the institution were found to be ina very bad coudi- tion. The depositors of the Trades’ Savings Bank are pressing jor a settlement of their claims, AN UNFOUNDED. RUMOR. The rumor that the savings banks bad agreed to re duce their rate of intercst to four per cent found ne satisfactory foundation in tho inquiries made by @ Axraup reporter yesterday. Mr. W. H. Macy, Preah dent of the Seamen’s Savings Bank, of Wall street, made no motion in that direction tinue to pay there is nothing In the present or immod make us change our habit’? In conversation with Wall street men tho Hxratp reporter learned thas there was no (ikelihood of # reduction im the saviugs banks’ rate of interest. THE “CURIOUS CAsE.” To rue Eptror or Tie Herao:— Generally speaking, | do not rash to papers to ask correction of a paragraph that may appear un iriendly. My expericnce with the press is that the friendly paragraphs outnumber those of tne opposite kind. Bot your ‘Curious Case” in :to-day’s Humatp, whist it # not killing, may be referred to even by one who is not thin skinned, 1 was cited to appoar on a.charge of provoxing @ breach of the peace, in sending a circular to the cred. itors.of James Cockerof, who is a volantary bunkrapt, With liabliities of $90,000, which tw leaves as @ tmili- who were bia co-corporators. th tne Judge's suggestion 14 he J ward the case, de f protest, intending to have discretion” reviewed by the proper superior 1 eaciose the circular which oeaded Mr, am your obedient servant, 3. J. ABER, New Youk, Nov, 18 18 BROOKLYN COMMON COUNCIL, A stated session of the Drooklym Board of Aldermen was held yesterday afiernoon, President French inthe chair, The Committee oo Kdteation, to whom wag re ferred tho resolution of Aidertnan Cotr, recommending the removal of Mr. Jobo Cenninghaw ss a member of the Board of Eduaation, om the ground thas he Bed moved to Fjatbush, where he now resided, vhat they hee exami ing her depart from hi ier of Apeit 1 met ner nour he Filth Avenue Corpora by chanoo and learned of what sho had done, though I we had an sppoiniment to moet on Broadway aud | for the Wh