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DELAY OF WEEKAttorneys For Defense Ask For Time To Study ItNew Counsel Selected For Lee Yick Only-Last Saturday ;Despite tiio strong opposition of 1 District Attorney B. W. Gearbrt, ;i tit-lay o£ on'; week was gTa.tited tv ; yesterday in the trial of I»e Yick, ol ! ;u-riisylt;l of murder by the Rrrand jnry, when Judge S. XL Strother I gran oil a continuance until next he i Monday because of the retention on oe i tin' ease of Attorneys if. 'K. Harris i nml n. O. HetalUck for the lt;Jeten*e. ,l- I Thlt;- attorneys were retained ■ on. s- ; Saturday and stated that they ha-re 1K j no; as yet familiarized themselves , with the nature of the case.Yick is said to he vice-president a-..! military chieftain of the Suey iii; nmtr. H is lie who gave the or*: dtrs I'U- the killing of Fook Ke« and •other*. the police claim.| District Attorney Gearhart, who is | i being assisted in the trial by O. 1* I j Everts retained by the family of I ! Fuuk Kee. stag'd that the delay i* J ! Interfering in the rights of justice,I of the danger to the lives of wft-I nesses and because of another tang [yj murder case before Judge Beaumont ' i on September 1®.‘ ; It was learned yesterday .that the idling Kong tortg and the Hop Sing «s I,on«* hav« allied forces against the ,Vj suey On* and the Suey Sings. This kfI . does not affect the Fresno county t,n ’ tongs however, as there are no LU1 i branches of the Suey Sings or Hop ; Sings in Fresno. The Bow Ona, Who n. 1 have a society here, have remained - 1 neutntl,ur ; It was said that the combining of ,i • these tongs means open warfare ' ' 1 Throughout the entire state. Feel-to i mgs. between the- four tongs has al-j ways been at a high pitch and war-j fare among them Is common. It is ! said that the tong wars began over • , the kidnapping of a slave girl many ’ years ago and have broken out ut every provocation since.■ Loo.-.! Chinese are quoted as stat-‘ ing that if Wong Toy, who was ivu-. : vicied recently and sentenced to; bane, will be released or his sen-i iviii-c commuted, to life imprison-'V' ! num. :ill of the Chinese now in Jailwill plead guilty to the charges against them.OI“ ! These Chinese also stated that i they arc sworn to obey the orders of their leaders Or they will be put to death. In these cases, it is.said, Yick gave the orders to kill despite the pleadings of other Chinese. They lcy' i say that it was with every feeling against their'will that the murders' were committed.Although local Chinese say that Yick is the man that gives all of the orders for the Suey On tong and in fact, gave the orders for the murders here on June T. they will not' go into court and testify to. that effect. It an ] is sudd that they axe afraid of their j lives and can not do It. The witnesses who do testify on behalf of I the prosecution are kept under an Do i armed guard at all times. Member* s | of the buoy On tong have left Fresno ;'?n : a ml arc in hiding in various parts of ntl ;■ the state.There are two Bing Kong tong nu n. CSini Sing and Fing Hint?, who ! are undel-•indictment' of the stra’*'i . jury. They will be put On trial next .Monday before Judge lieu.inm.it. »n.-8uev ' his who are being held on-, Toni Hum, Yc-e 1^,-c Lint, andIsLee Yick. They wilKhe put on trial • separately before .1 uJgt? Strother a*I soon a* one is tried and another case '• set.! It was necessary last night for , District Attorney Gearhart to return ‘b'imore than £.* prosecution witnesses the coast range mountains where a*.: they are being held in seclusion.'heSUIT RRntlftMT
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Fresno Morning Republican
Fresno, California, US
Tue, Sep 13, 1921
Page 14
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Gregory K.
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