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THE ROSSLAND RECORD.

POLICE INVESTIGATION.

Nothing of a Startling Nature Revealed Last Night.

THE: TESTIMONY OF WITNESSES.

RECORD, AUGUST 80 1899.

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Hong and had not been informed fand did not know what was to be done with it. He was not told whether it should go to -the police and May Hong did not pay the money. back.

The next witness, Wo Hung, cheerfully told Mr. MacNeill that he would swear any way the counsel wanted him .to and finally burnt the paper.. He said he had never paid any money.to the policeman, but he had paid some money to the man at the jail, The first time he went with Wong Chu and acted as inter- preter between him. and Mitchell, whom he identified in the court rgom, and’.then had paid him $45, but did ‘not know what it was for. He had never talked with any other officer but Mitchell, and he had never told’Mah Hong that he had talked with the chief.of police. He had paid Mitchell $45 at onetime and $60 at another, and on both oc- casions ‘there had been another Chinaman with him, who had since returned to China. He said he had never paid any money to the chief of police of Rossland. On cross- examination he said. that Mr. Beam- ish had told him he would have to come to the court. Several China- men had’ contributed to make up the amounts paid to Mitchell. There was an understanding that he was

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Mr. J. B. McArthur, ex-president of the Rossland Board of Trade and president of the Columbia Townsite company; was in the city for a few hours yesterday and today. In con- versation with a Recorp’ reporter he said‘that the Columbia & Wes- tern railway was completed to Grand Forks and Columbia today. The depot will be located on Columbia avenue, in Columbia, on the Red Light property,’ one-half of which was owned by the Canadian Pacific railway and one-half bya Mr. Smith, of Butte. A quarter of a mile or so from the depot is. the’ dividing line between the two townsites of Grand Forks and Columbia.. This piece of land was unplatted and two- thirds of it belonged to the Colum- bia Townsite company and one> to’ bargain’ with Mitchell and ‘get/third to.the Canadian Pacific rail- him to take-as little as possible. If] way. Spring’ street, Columbia, when he paid the $45 he could haye|| however, crossed this piece diagon- ” got Mitchell to take $30, he could jally and the Canadian Pacific had have put $15 in his own pocket, and | promised to extend Winnipeg ave- as a matter of fact he had saved $3, |nue, which runs from the settled paying Mitchell $40. . On examina-| portion of Grand Forks, to Spring tion he said that he went away to|street, and this would give Grand Greenwood three or four months|Forks access to the depot. The ago and had tqld Mah Hong to pay |arrangements made by the. railway , the méney. to “Mitchell while he was | company provide for a service from t ‘ RS bs away. 9 ie . Rossland to Grand Forks or Co- ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS: bay snowe- thi to, the meyer after Foh King deposed thatzhe had | lumbia in five hours and . passenger SeerwGe rama Sesteyer satiate sin: [his release, ai plained that| paid $15 to Wo.Hung: in Chinese| trains will, t9..run, next

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Men’s Sor at 8)gc., 10e. 18'ye.. Ber. ‘Pasape kept in stock. “Agents for Wim. ‘Hamilton was ‘éaten } by’ Officer’: Mitchell: and | police;.‘'to ‘make ‘no trouble,” and|' The depot is to be on the original

20e., 25¢., 35r, and 50c. per Pais. Co.'s Mills, Concentrators, Etc. one -of “his friends. During the|Wo Hung had told him to. do it.|location’ made nearly a year: ago. F by, Mr... Macdon-| On -xamination he said he|Close to this: point there are now

ald,. ‘‘Scotty,”” ‘as he is known, ad-}had only paid one month, but the | building, four good hotels and four- mitted that he had-no authority or| police. had: made‘ no: trouble: He| tee new-houses, many of them be- right: to lookjat or copy .the: jail ac-| didnot know whether Wo'-Hung’ing:yubstantial residences, and there ;| counts, but-that-he had done so out | paid the:money’or whether he kept}is every indication of a bright future fof. **pure: ‘cussedness." The jail|it. He paid the money because Wo|befork the place. So far as Mr. books, he said, showed that.when|asked him to. McArthur understood, the arrange- he was admitted to that institution] Joseph Le. Beouf was the next|ments are that the train would leave he had a knife, a pipe and $2 on‘his| witness on the’ stand, a witness| Rossland at 7 a.m. and arrive at person, ‘and’: these had been taken|named Lamb not being forthcom-|Columbia at noon, and the return away. The knife and pipe were re-|ing. Mr. Macdonald made a pro- train, would leave Columbia at 2 p. turned to kim, but he said he never | test against the.examination of this|m. or-14 o’clock~and reach ' Ross- saw anything. of,-the money.:.. After] witness before the defence had an|land at 7:40 p.; ms, or, 19:40 o'clock. his release” he . became carefully| opportunity of learning something) Mr. F. P. Gutelius was seen after- drunk before calling on the mayor | of his testimony, so that he could be| wards and said that the station was to show the account. and ‘make his| ready to cross-examine him. After | absolutely to be called Grand Forks a long talk the witness was allowed|and that it was equi-distant from

to proceed with the understanding | the center of population of the two that. the cr xamination could be i It was impossi at deferred. Hestatedthathehadbeenin | present to say what the time sched- the Dominion hotel in June and July|ule would be. There were two and used to meet the train for that] propositions to be considered and house. He had to pay John Ashley |:hese would be decided in a few (Astley), the proprietor, $1 a night{|/days. It might be that the train which the landlord said had to go| would only run every other day and to the police for the room in which | that the train now leaving Rossland he played cards. He had told the|at 15:20 might be delayed until the landlord that he would not run any |arrival of the Red Mountain train games unless he knew whether the|and then by a connection at Robson Chief would allow it. He under-|reach Grand Forks in the evening

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PIISStO! oodéveand McNeil took their seats;toi resuitic the investiga- tion into the charges against, the po- lice.. “Most of the’ Witnesses were Chinese, and) they were sworn’ in “heathen” fashion# which * of writing their names on a piece of paper and then ¢butning it, the mayor saying: }#You understand that if you don’t tell:the truth you will be burned like. that piece of paper.” ‘The, intetpreter, however, said he would be sworn in the Chris- tian vay and tookithe book in his left hand and touched it to his lips. The first witness’ Called was Alex- ander. Urquhart, who fas made the acquaintance of the interior of Ross- land and other.jails on several occa- sions, and who. stated that he was ‘ sent to jail in May last andeiwas ‘if- e stalled as cook there. The prisoners “tt txt had mush’-and’ milk for breaktast ar reer, ; and ‘a hunk of mgat” and bread for M J EAGLES M J ‘RAGLES the other meals, but during 27 days de Us i he ‘said he,,had only. cooked meat Three doors trom Bank of Toronto. | x : there three times. ifHe said he had x fahgecrs taken a copy of the butcher’s meat which sh d that during the month of Maysonly 4934 pounds of meat wete,réééived. He. said he

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F nr Mr. A. H. MacNeill, Q. .C., he stated that after his release he had submitted copies cf the passbook entries and vouchers to Aldermen Hooson and Lalonde and showed them thediscrepancies between them. The first Chinese witness called was_ But Shue, who swore that he had paid another Chinaman $7.50 on each of two occasions for some- thing he knew nothingabcut. Later on, in answer to Mr. MacNeill, he said the money had been paid to be

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given to the police..iHe had never done anything to bring -him ‘under arrest. He said he had been told | that if he did not pay this money he was-to be taken up for gambling. He claimed. no gambling was car- tied on at his place. He gambled himself, but not: at Mah Hong’s place, but occasionally he gambled at Mah Sue’s. On cross-examina- tion he said that both Mah Hong

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and Mah Sue had asked him to pay. This was in Chinese May, answer- ing to June in the Christian calen- dar. He never.got-the money back. Mah Hong had told him to come'to the police-court, but had not told him what to say. He had talked with no white man about the matter nor with Mah. Sue. He did not know what became of the money or whether other Chinese paid money. The money was paid to Wah Hong the first time and to Mah Hong the second.

Mah Wing, another witness, said that he had lived in Chinatown for two years, but had never given any money to the police. One other Chinaman had given him money to give to Mah Hong. He had only been told to give the money to Mah

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to William Mitehell. examination was then put over til

this evening, and the inquiry, was

adjourned till.7:30 tonight.

Died at the Hospital.

James Holden, a piano tuner, who has made his home at Rossland and Trail for the past three years, died at the Sisters’ hospital yesterday The re- mains were taken to the undertak- ing establishment. of Lockhart & Deceased. has a wife in

The remains will be in-

morning of typhoid fever.

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Passenger Service to the Boundary.

It is probable that the Columbia & Western railway will inaugurate

a passenger service to the Boundary country next Sunday.

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The road is at present in the hands of the con- tractors, who are carrying such pas- sengers as prefer that route. A regular tariff has been prepared by the railway company for the new Grand Forks will be the Boundary ter-

between 20 and 21 o’clock, but the matter has not: yet been decided | though the regular passenger trains would bé running into Grand Forks early next week and the treight ser- vice would be in first-class shape.

Reduced Passenger Rates.

A new tariff of passenger rates from Rossland is now in force ‘on the Canadian Pacific railway and is as follows: Second avenue station to Union avenue, 5¢; Lake Moun- tain, 20c; Tiger, 30c; Warfield, 40c; Smelter Junction, 55¢; Trail, 65¢3 Murphy Creek, 75c. Sullivan Creek, goc; Siding No..1, .S1.00; Siding No. 2, $1.05; West Waterloo, $1.30; Castlegar, $1.50; West Rob- son, $1.60: Robson, $1.85. From Rossland to all local points reached via West Robson the rates are forty cents lower than heretofore. This means that the rate for instance to Nelson is now $3.25 instead of $3.65 as in the past, or a stéaight rate of five cents a mile.

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