, 1869-03-21
CHINESE WOMEN,


CHINESE WOMEN.
HOW They are InPer1ed Into San
urders and AldHckions
Consequent upon the BJsten.
Fioa ths San Ff1neiseo Bullettr- Feb. ..
NitEih the past few few week there have
been several cases ii which Chiuamen were
Is assasslnatcd by men OF their OWE sace, and
only last night man was shot and desper.
atefy wounded by smother ChfuAmAn. The
courts have recently had eeyeFal cases Of
col lsptracJ TO murder, oi murder, abduction,
assaults to Kill, &C., before them, and some
parties. In eAch instancn the trouble has
grown out ofthe strife aMoDg these reop4c to
obtain possession Of Chinarcmen who are
brought over IN large numbers on caah 4
steamer from Uoug.hong. The pctttnc4y
with WLEh tue quarreis are kept up, and tho
e1lted, demonstrate the deep interest which
thksa people take In the matter, and should
suggest - our local authorities the necessity
of dealing with IT according TO sono plan
Ebteh has not yet been tried. 4
The scheme by which the system Of I'M
ceciiugay complicated one, and yet It rests
en- atms1l pivot here. Borne time since, It
viii be reeo1!ec.et, the Eix Chinese Coupa-
Eits couliDed Tor the ayeNed puFpote Of
preventing the Importation OF Chinese girls
and women tor the purposes q prostitution.
yal1c OF a moral support In community
like this. aEd set about to seca1e it. The
plan on whi:h they were to work Was pub
ltled, and the Police authorities vert tnnst-
cd TO assist ths1u In carrying It out. On the
surface It all ssemed right ;;ls appeared to
for set'ing rid Of OF checking tits aonstrous
In reality, boweEcr, 1t il ne4hinr less than
= cunni1g|J devised Behennr to effect pre-
cisely what WAS Fketended to b. opposed.
Casgo after cargo u@ females, mostly young.
came over. aome Of them bad rclatires here
and reached them. but the rest wera :. con.
signed" to eel1as, parties hero who had
bought thtm In Chn4> Hhklc otha1s we1as
sold heie TO tny one who would pay the re-
CURED pr1ee. An average cotefGamrna was
Eo5ta 70 the Chinese hon et.on to IS 200,
sent back TO Chlca, to shox lha Americans
that the plan WAS a hlghly moral one aud dc.
served their support. In: dissentlons snd
}calon.ltn arose, aud the witt OF Ra941s corpus
WAS invoked. The decision Of the Fourth
District Court exploded the entire syatem,
aud reduced the tia'Ilekess IN women to The
nece sslty Of prosecuting their hu.ines. by
the old methods, which, still HieEni as the
olh.t, had not the outward appearance Of
moral movement In aid Of Christianity and
general soclal virtue.
The original plan WAS to Ntnsp, main, or
Kill, and That ia the LlAn which u now peipx
acted upon with bloody Consequences. The
thfewd coDduc .ora arc enAhltu to certain
extent 10 nte and abuse the processes Of law
for their ne!arious Iurpo-cs; and when these
fan they do not hesitate to resort 10 murder
for the accomplishment ol the EAfna ends.
Whatever crowd or coubi1ation Of China
men get possession Of the women who arc
bcaph brought hero monthly In such large
numbers, makes no difference. They Are i'll
alike auIious to realize the prudts of their
business, Notwithstanding the ltt1s draw
backs Of conspiracy and assassination which
s1e encountered, the chlcfs arc enabled 10
hire white men to 70 to the steamers uud
assist them, paying them from e2o TO $loo far
their services.
ecme time since one Chipamau established
himself In China for the purpose ol shipping
womrn like cattle to this port. Hls name
was Rum Cook. The branch house here en-
countazcd oh s!actes. Four women whom he
sent over were taken away fIcm bis wife by
the aid OF several regular policemen and they
that aman pa1ned Al Fook enjoys monopo-
" Of the traffic, and by shrewd means, on the
ar1lval OF the last steamer, he procured the
aid Of officers Of the 1awto ret and keep
POSSESSION Of bis lazgc consignment Of fe.
males. uc first caused u to be Whispered in
luC E14S u = uAC4 AloWAC4 klAt pAI k1E4
were going 10 the steamer dock and Wonld
| fight for possession ct the women unless
possee were sent down. They were
| asmlpE, aod there WIS great daoser
| Of riot. The facts proTed that riot vas
Threatened, and 1t was oulY BY chance it did
/ the gates, and Chiaaman, ia order to get
through to the steamer must have the Mall
| Cenranr's pass With the mark of Al Fook,
"C. A." on It. Some Who did cot have thai
| endorsement were turned bRck{ The resul!
was that The S95 Ckinawomtn were hauled
CT the deck In baggage wagons, Like 50 paoy
calvee, and taken 70 the various alleys dcsig-
| nated by the lead inp,r.e1. TO p1erent
successful combination OF his rivals, he d.
rieec The cargo into three paris, and thel
were discharged simultaneously at the place
pc4ahssa usn an' Il 4 +, aeoS isss Is scry
he is in mortul fear from bis enemies. hi
rivals in The trade. They held meetIn.
rccsctly and auLhorilatiyely offered re
ward Of 81, ,00o for his head, and 95OD 10
procured who undertook to shoot him bu
as It proved, killed the wr1nG man. The.
agTecd to pay all the expenses of the tsia
II he should he arrested-iF sent to Stat
Prison &1QJ Per m2nth 10 dsIray extra CT
perscs, and they bouud themselves to sen'
lis beirg hung. Men Who attended TIL
mcttipc were arrested and examined on
charge Of cons piracy, but the court di:
misscd them. AT once word was sent t
All Fook that he must leave the city or the
would butcher him; and theT openly d
would have Killed GONE Of his gang. q
has body guard constantly. Part Of th
time It consists Of Chinamcn, at other tint
he Is protected, oy a guard Of policenel
He does cot st!r from bis .oom alone.
True to the threat Of lat erenlog, dafin
x1,-4,$ ~ N1,r1+
All Mow-wcnt to the door OF The MIN
Wing, one Of the party Of Ah Fook, on Jaei
| ton ttrset, and called h,m out Of his roou
| saying ttcy wanted to rent roam frou hia
H. stepped ont. saw who they were, an
/ tusred to so into the room, Ehcn All No
: gcsous. perhaps fatal wound. They ran on
I | flung the pt.to! into the street, aud escape
This is the last Development In the case b.
!, the people may rest assured Of one thin
. the evil described Is maktrs rspfd progret
: ard calls for some extraordinary measns
! local authorities 10 become indirectly 81
. innoecntly participants. IN the hor1it
tsaI4c. kVe laA 70 aee Why the Gilman
: who obtained the S08 last sent had any lee
E or moral right to thetr custody, OF MhJ or
i his trends Ecrc admit: led through The gal
). or that patklca1ar business.
{ Ore man was engaged By 9 Chtuauan
= 60 by The last steamer from Chlns. and P,
: cure him o female. The man Is q lawyer, a
: the Chhstnan agrecd to give htfn tieo
: the Job. We nrc Lot informed whether
+ succeeded. Still another attorney Vas ot1es
= the ZANE price for similar purpose, aud
> know Of half dozen or more other Cauc
c lans who are CT 60 much Importance IL
:. csrimstion OF Ch!ratnep. and Of 20 little
= their own, that they haye recelrea or b
= offered pay to sAst IL the WORK OF pEopt
dis tributiug Celestial females to The "c
10 stgnces."