The daily gazette., 1878-07-05
A China Woman in a Box.
THE WOMAN ALMOST DEAD WHEN DIS
COVERED.

THE WOMAN ALMOST DEAD WHEN DIS
COVERED.
From the Virginia New Enterprise.
Evening before last, when the lightn-
ing express tram was about leaving this
city for Reno, drayman arrived with n
box which wasin charge of Chinaman
The box was about two and a half feet
square, and Mr.. A. MeelSin, the baggage
master, saw nothing unusual aboutii. The
train was about to start, and there WAS
not much time to lose in getting the box
on board. The Cbinaman wanted it
checked to Auburn, California, but as he
had ticket no further than to that place.
Mr.. Meeking tumbled the box along
over the iron floor of the depot from the
west of the east side in no gentle manner
and got IL aboard the train. All went
well with the box and contents till the
train arrived at Reno. The the box was
taken TO the baggage room. The China
man wished it checked to Auburn. 1t
was put upon the scales and found to be
over weight, il weighing 1856 pounds
The baggage.master asked the Chinaman
to pay 20 cents extra. He was willing to
pay but 30 cents. While they were hag-
CLING about the matter sounds of scratch-
ing and knocking were heard within the
box. The baggage-master suspected a
trick of some kind and sent out for q
policeman.
When the Chinaman saw the police
man coming he took to his heels. The
box was open.d, and within ii was fonnd
a Chinawoman doubled up like a sack of
meal, and almost dead. She was black
in the face, and almost sufiocated. II is
supposed that she may have been carried
head down considerable distance.
There We're several holes in the side of
the box to allow of air entering, but
without betraylng his secret the China
man could not prevent the box from be-
ing roughly handled, or direct how it
should be carried. The woman's face
wis considerably scratched and bruised
and If conscious she must have suffered
terribly between this city and Reno. BY
some it is supposed that she was drugged
to stupefaction with opium or chloro-
formed before being placed in the box
The draylnan says he received the box at
the Sam Sing wash house, on the Divide.
Sam Sing denies that the box belonged
to HIM. He says that he had nothing to
do with either the box or its contents
i He says the baggage was the property of
the Ming Yung company.
1t was evidently case of kidnapping
Such Chinese women as are here are
looked upon an treated by the male
Mongolians as chattels, and they steal
from each other just as, in some states,
white men steal horses. The average
price of IA woman being about $500,
Chinaman or gang of Cinnamon will
risk much TO steal one. The stealers of
women are banded together as are horse
| thieves, and once they get woman safe
~ started they run her off to some ont-of
| the-way place, where she is not likely to
be found. Chief OF Police McCourt is at
work trying 10 ferret out the present
| case. The Chinese at the wash-house
out of which the box came knew moth
ing about 1t to an unlimited extent.
There are Cinnamon here who say that
| when the woman is brought back they
will he able to identify her, when they
will most likely be able to give the reason
of the attempt that was made to run her
off. st is not now known whether the
woman belonged here or was brought
mere from som other town.