Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-23
THE STOLEN WOMAN.
The Chinese Kidnaping Case Before
Judge Henley.

| Judge d6nitys
The case of The People VS.. Chin All Fee
Chin All Nong, Charley Leek and by
! Choy, for the crime of kidnapping, came III
for hearing before Justice Henley at 10 A
NJ yesterday. City Attorney Hart, Distric
Attorney Buckley and Elwood Breuner ap
peared for the people, and W. A. Andersen
for the defendants. The latter stated tina
he had been retained only few moments
prior to the calling of the case, and was no
ready to proceed. After some discussion
the case was DO tponed until 100 P. NJ. tc
allow counsel for defense TO make necessary
preparations.
The case was called in the afternoon, al
the attorneys present and announcing then
readiness 10 proceed. Court was held IN
the Police Courtroom. The building was
crowded with Cinnamon, there being al
least 200 of them in and around the place.
The prosecuting witness, Mrs. All Gong,
appeared in Mclean dress" Her suit
of black was made in the latest style, with
pull back" and hustle attachments,
some portions .cut bias" Her hair was
a la pompadour," her hat Jockey Style
gloves, " seven-button kid; vail, crushed
strawberry CATERS, "a la Congress"
There were other interesting points that no
doubt would have captivated the fashion
editor" but the ordinary Court reporter "
was not equal to the occasion. He caught
on " to the fact, however, that the Court
and counsel and the news-gatherers were
considerably mashed" and Mr.. All Gong
smiled childlike and bland" when he
observed the admiration of his Caucasian
friends for. his almond-eyed beauty. Mrs.
All Gong was not insensible to the fact that
her make up F." was sumner" for she
smiled on the admiring attorneys in the
case in manner that would hove done
credit to any of the little japanese beauties
who so often favor US with Three Little
Maids from School,"
This case has been before the public so
often, and so thoroughly ventilated in the
public press, that almost every one is Sfa-
miliar with its principal features.
The first witness on behalf of the people
was Rev. F. j. Masters Superintendent of
the Methodist Chinese Mission in San
Francisco, and who speaks the Chinese
language very huently. He stated that he
was acquainted with one OF the defend
ants-Chin All Fee. He was also ac-
quainted with the prosecuting witness. He
married her to All Gong at the Chinese
Mission in San Francisco. All Gong was
Ranger. Last month witness came to Sac
ramento, after hearing that All Gong's wife
had been kidnapped while he was at sea.
He met Chin All Fee at the city prison.
Chin Fee said to him, am the brother of
her husband Witness did not know that
All Gong had brother, and tested Chin
Fees knowledge regarding All Gong. All
questions were answered in the Chinese
language very satisfactorily. Chin Fee
added 1--WE had the same father, but
different mothers. Our father had two
wives" He saw Chin Fec in Justice Posts
Court. He accompanied witness and Mrs.
All Gong from the Courtroom, after the case
was dismissed, to C. II. Dunn's Office.
Witness, fearing that all was not quite
right, advised Mrs. All Gong to return to
San Francisco with him. Chin Fee said
"She is my brothers wife, and l feel 1t my
duty to care for her." Addressing witness,
Chin Fee added You need not fear to
leave her in my charge. She will stay with
my wife tonight, and l will take her to
Vallejo tomorrow. morning" Mrs. All
Gong seemed to believe what Chin Fee
said. She remarked that she had very
bad headache, and would go with him.
Witness again urged the woman to return
with him to San Francisco, remarking to
her that Sacramento, especially the Chi
nese part of it, was very bad town. She
however decided to remain.
Mrs. All Gong next testified. She said
she was Is years of age. Was married and
lived in Vallejo. About month ago, late
in the afternoon, she was going up the
stairs of her residence, when two men came
up and Chinaman seized her by her dress
and hair. She was told she was charged
with stealing bracelet, and a Sacramento
officer, accompanied by two Cinnamon, put
her on train and started for this city. At
a station Ell route Chin Fee got on board
and told her in Chinese that he was her
husbands brother, and that her husband
gave him $50 at San Diego to give her, at
the same time handing her the money.
Witness added q was crying at the time,
and took the money. The two Cinnamon
that were with officer Sullivan had told me
that they intended to whip and kill me-"
Chin All Fee called witness by her name
when he first spoke to her, and, knowing
that her husband was in San Diego,
she believed his story. He visited
her in the jail to which she
was taken when she arrived in this
city, and said: Don't you fear. | am
your husbands brother. Don't be afraid;
and if there is any trouble [ will take care
of YOU. Don't you go with Masters, but
stay with me-" Witness then corroborated
Masters testimony regarding conversations
between the three, and gave her experience
after leaving Masters, and going with Chin
Fee into Chinatown. She was taken up
into the second story of building, where
she saw several Chinese women. She was
given something to eat, and few hours
later was visited by Chin Fee, who de-
manded the $50 he had given her, saying
md fAt- far
to Vallejo. She gave him the money, and
he left. Shortly afterwards he returned,
saving to her that parties were on her
track, and would sell her if they found her.
He said he had the tickets for Vallejo. He
gave her pair of blankets to put around
her and mans hat for her head, and in
this disguise put her in wagon, as she
supposed, to take her to the depot. She was
taken some miles into the country, to a
Chinese hut, and kicked into a hole
in the ground beneath the floor,
and the floor fastened down
again. She was kept there a day
and half. She was put in
this dark, damp dungeon eight different
times, robbed OF her money, some $50, and
her watch and chain and gold ring, and
treated in the manner in which all Chinese
women are treated by their owners in Cali
fornia. She gave minute details of all the
horrors of her captivity, and of her joy
when her husband rescued her.
All Gong, the husband of the much
abused woman, was the next witness. He
is a fine-looking Chinaman, gigantic in
size, an apparent Apollo in form. He speaks
English very huently. and seems to be
thoroughly posted in politics. having de-
cided leanings toward the Republican
party. He knows all about Uncle Sam's
navy, and speaks of nautical matters as
gliblv as an odd salt" He told all about
his marriage and honeymoon, of his in
satiable grief on learning of the stealing of
his wife of the red-tape that he had to go
through with in order toget thirty-days
furlougb, and of his unspeakable joy on
finding his better half" Speaking of
Chin Fee, be said When we approached
the house Chin Fee run-he run like rat.
| did not follow him, but first looked for
and found my wife," He says he is in no
way related to Chin Fee, and never saw
him before that day in his life.
After hearing one or two other witnesses
on minor points the Court adjourned to 8
A. NJ. to-day.
"WHERE did you get that turkey" asked
a gentleman on X street, last evening, OF
friend who was carrying home 20-ib.
gobbler. Il got it down at Dams for .
cents" was the reply. He had been to Dan
Considine's, and won it at rattle. Dan has
hundreds ofthem, corn fed and fat. Call in
+oo;gbt or to-uOrrovv NIGHT and get one ;