Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-09-13
TIE CHINESE mARGIAaE.


which were recently married in this city
not of a class which would naturally be re
garded as acceptable honeymoon surrounding
/ by people generally in this country. Qut
an account was given in these columns OF tn
! matter connected with the marriage at
time it occurred. The Chinaman, who ha'
! formerly hesn between two aid three years
| favor;te domestic in the family Of u. ). Lay
| Tor of this CITY, ard for the past two year
occlpying a similar position with the tamil.
| of w. E. Chamberlain. knew before leaVin;
! China the girl who had since been orouga
| here. and either from former or neW-mad
love sought to marry her she was owned
however, and held by the bonds OF Chimes
| slavery bv a man in Chinatown, who REGARDED
bsr as his piece of property, together witt
others similarly owned and maintained by
him for illegal public purposes. To over
come the obstacle of ownership, and having
determined to marry each other, the younf
admirer and successful wooer repaired TO hel
place of keeping in Chinatown at the qulet
hour of about o'clock in the morning and
accompanied by several Chinese friends,
lifted the fair prize out of rear window,
placed her in hack, and before her depart
ure was noticed she was safely deposited IL a
secluded portion of wash-house near Iwen-
tieth street, where she remained tor several
days. AS soon as she was missed from the
haunt o. vice in Chinatown from when she
had fed, the cry that she had
been kidnaIei was raised, ana a
system of search and watching was instituted
for the lost, which received the aid and CO.
operation Of a large portion Of the denizens of
lower / street. A reward OF SOU was also
offered by her Owner for her capture and
return. This led some of the police to some
activity, upon the belief thas it was an actual
case of the many kidnaps among the Chlnese.
She was not found, however, but renamed at
the wash-house secreted until the greater ex-
element had passed. when All Sing, her adj
rnirer, went to Mr.. Taylor as confidential
adviser and stated that he wished to get
married, and related so much OF his
affairs as was necessary to procure
friendly advise. He was advised to apply
to a minister to unite them, If they
had so concluded to do, and there
were no legal obstacles. Rev DR.. Bentley
upon being applied to by All Sing. consulted
with legal authority in the premises, and a
license granted by the clerk OF this county
having been procured BIZ All Sing in due
form, which being presented subsequently to
DR.. Bentley by the parties whom it author
lied TO be Joined in the holy bonds of matri-
monv, and "whose hearts beat as one" they
were so made and declared by ministerial
ceremony. AS the newly married couple
walked out upon the street and into the
American sunshine, which looks upon no one
as the slave or bondwoman of another, one of
the watchers for the kidnapped piece of
property espied her and at once sent a thrill
of excitement through Chinatown by re-
port of that fact. An Sing and bride, as a
matter OF course, seeing the movements,
took refuge in Chinese establishment
on Eighth street, where they were soon after
arrested by the police upon complaint of her
having been stolen Or kidnapped. As they
were taken to the police station nearly all Of
Chinatown followed and blocked up the lower
end of | street, swearing vengeance upon All
Sing. "the woman stealer" After they had
been lodged in jail the crowd was dispersed
by the police, but high state of excitement
prevailed. Soon after DR.. Bentley and Mr..
Taylor appeared at the station, and the
former showed the marriage license and GER
tifcate OF marriage, which at once dispelled
all charges of kidnapping, but which only
rendered the excitement in Chinatown more
intense when it became known to them that
under American civilization this was claimed
as bar to the "rights Of property" of the
former so-called owner.
As q matter of safety, this newly married
couple was kept in the city Jail for several
days. During this time the former "owner"
Of the woman made matters lively, and tested
every method, heather and civilized, in his
to recover ''his property" Prom-
nent delegates of his company from San
Francisco came here, ard meetings of the
clans were held and resolutions "resoluted :"
against the iuhHmanity and injustice of
American civilization. a. the white posters,
Chinese beralds OF i'as * are pat up in con-
spicuous places II who run might
read and know ~ this woman was
gwen up. or wa By Al Siag-her
value beirg con cred at S7U0-he must
atone for his sin by death. Repeated meet.
ings and declarations Of this class were
held and made, and no class of the Chinese,
even those most Americ3niZsd or educated,
seemed to be free from the belief that,
although slavery might be unlawful here, it
was a crime for All Sing to take her without
paving for her. Promineptattorneys were con-
suited IN the cit, and an effort made by her
claimant to obtain possession of her through
use of writ of habeas corpus. This was OF
course not to be considered By an American
lawyer; but at last, and as the only apparently
chance to get the matter in any form into
Court, q Chinamgn was found who sWore to
charge of incest against them, alleging that
they were brother and sister. A day or two
the matter came up before Judge
Henry, and, no one appearing TO substantiate
5he charge, it was dismissed. A warrant
was then issued to arrest the man for per-
Jury who had sworn to the charge of incest,
but he has not thus far been found. From
,his time on the Chinese seemed to give up
all hopes of gaining possession of the woman
by legal proceedings, and issued their warn
ngs that All Sing should surely die, and it is
confidently believed even. by most of his
he has quite circle of Chinese
in his favor-that he will be killed at the
first opportunity. During the time these
were taking place Mr.. Chamber
lain and family were absent at Santa Cruz,
but upon Mr.. Chamberlain's returning, All
Sing was restored to his domestic duties, and
for the present also has his wife with him,
where they remain securely so long as no op-
for his assassination is offered.
The fiat Of his death, however, stands over
him, and even the police believe will be exc
;uted at the first time it can be done.
REc5vEBED.-On September % f. F. Tay-
or's twelve-year-old son came down to the
railroad wharf, where he met and talked with
lis father. On arriving at home at night Mr..
Taylor found that the boy had not returned
% the house. The family becamed alarmed
.ud search was instituted. The boy was
heard as being seen in duck boat on the
liver, with man who appeared to be a
hunter. After a long search the father found
Ms sou on the 81 at Emmatou, far down the
liver. The boy says a man decoyed him into
l boat aud took him there, threatening him
th fnf.. h.. al