Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-02-20
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The Woman Traffic in California.
From the San Francisco Call, Jan. 2S.]
Tan Yam Kaw, Chinese woman, who
keeps a den on Stouts alley, was ar
rested yesterday by officer D. Cohey on
charge of misdemeanor. The woman
is charged with having sold Chinese
girl, and her arrest was brought about
BIZ the Rev. Mr.. Gibson of the Chinese
Home Mission. The woman sold by
Tan Yam Kaw is named All Ho, and she
made statement which was reduced to
writing, as follows My name is All
Ho, and am twenty-three years of age.
l was the second wife of man in China,
and have one child there. came to
California about the sixth month of the
present Chinese year (about August,
being induced to leave home by woman
who promised to find work for me in
Singapore, but she brought me to Hong
Kong instead, and placed me in the Tan
Kew, q place where women are kept for
sale. Many persons saw me- and said 1t
would be fine to come to California,
because they had silver and gold; but
| did not know that | was sold until
| was put on board the steamer The
price paid for me in China was $270.
| was placed on board the ship by Sam
Lum, who is the mother of Tan Yam
Kaw, my mistress, in this city. On
reaching here | was taken to the ship
Ye Tong, from whence Tan Yam kaw
took me, and placed me in house kept
by woman named An Ny, who received
my earnings, and paid them to Tan Yam
Kaw. Afterward my mistress took me
from there, and sold me to Chum Chez
Yet for $3.50. They forced me to re-
ceive the money, and pass it over to
| Tan Yam Kaw. | was unwilling, but she
struck me, and / took the money, and
gave it to her. The man who bought me
| took me in carriage to the steamer to
take me into the country; but when he
took me out of the carriage / cried out
so loud that many white people came
around and talked in English to the man
who bought me, and took me back. Hen
Ching Ch0ng, cigar maker, assisted
me to get away from the place to the
police station, and thence to the mis-
sion. do not desire to go back to Tan
Yam Kaw."
The bill OF sale in this case is an in
strument in Chinese characters, written
on q slip of red paper, and following is
a translated copy thereof;
An agreement to assist the woman
All Ho, because coming from China to
San Francisco she became indebted to
her mistress for passage. All Ho her
self asks Chum Chez Yat to advance for
her $500, for which All Ho distinctly
agrees to give her body to Yat for SER
vices for term of four years. There
shall be no interest on the money. All
Ho shall receive no wages. AT the ex
piration of four years All 10 shall be her
own mistress. If All Ho runs away be-
fore her time is out her mistress shall
find her and return her, and whatever
expense is incurred All Ho shall pay.
On this day of agreement All Ho, with
her own hands, has received from Yat
$3.50. If All Ho shall be sick at any
time for more than ten days she shall
make up by an extra month Of service
for every ten days sickness. Now, this
agreement has proof. This paper re-
ceived by Ah Ho makes her her own
mistress. Tung Chez, twelfth year,
ninth month, fourteenth day"