Connecticut western news., 1890-06-25
.lN A CHlNAMAN'S POWER.
Sam Kee Abducts a Pretty Prov
 idence Girl.
RESCUED BY A CAB DRIVER,

RESCUED BY A CAB DRIVER. They Went to New York a Fall River
 Boat-The Girl Was to Have Been
 Taken to Suen Yee's Former Prison on
 Mott Street.
 NEW YORK, June 16-The big Fall River boat Puritan, which reached here early yesterday morning, had two very mysteri- ous passengers on board. One was cun- ming looking Chinaman, whose face did not tell whether he was 20 or 40, and the other was blue eyed little girl of 15. Both travelled on first class tickets. but on the trip down the sound they kept aloop from each other.
 An III Assorted Pair.
 When the Puritan was fast to her dock the Chinaman was among the first to land. He waited on the pier a moment until the little girl came tripping down the gang plank dressed in neat gown of dark brown and jaunty black straw hat over her brown hair. She seemed to be on good terms with the Mongolian and chatted gayly with him as they walked down the pier The loungers and hack drivers on the wharf stared at the ill assorted pair, but the girl didn't seem to mind it bit.
 It Was suen Yee's Prison.
 At the door of the shed the Chinaman met Edward Garkin, who was waiting with his hack for fare, and began to barter with him on the spot Garkin thought things looked mighty queer, and when the Chinaman told him he wanted to be driven AL -l~s~ membered that that was the house from which the Chinese girl, Suen Yee, was res cued. He agreed to carry them both for e1, but when he got on his box he drove to the Prince street police station, and rushed up to the sergeant at the desk and told him of his two passengers. Capt. Thompson took the pair to Jefferson Market court, where the whole story came out before Jus tice White.
 Tho Chinaman's Promises. The Chinaman said he was Sam Kee, the proprietor of a laundry at Page and Broad streets, Providence, and the girl said she was Annie Lawrence, and lived in Provi- dence, too. Bit by bit she told Justice White how she had come to make the trip to New York with Sam Kee She met him, she said, about month ago when she was working in a wire factory on Stewart street. She went to his laundry first with friend of hers who introduced her to Sam, who was very attentive to her. Annie made three other visits after that to the laundry alone. Then Sam proposed that they come to New York and promised her silk dresses and diamond ring or two. She showed the judge fancy gold ring on her finger which she said Sam had given her. On Saturday night Sam Kee left his laundry and went to Fall River, where he got two state rooms on board the Puritan.
 Held for Abduction.
 By this time Sam Kee had got hold of @ lawyer, who advised him not to say any thing and to ask for an examination. Jus dce White accordingly held him in $1, 800 bail for examination on the charge of ab- duction, and set the case down for next Friday. Sam Kee gave his pedigree to the warden in very good English. He is 2S years old and said that he lived at No. 1 Mott street in this city. Agent Schultess, of MT. Gerry's society, took the girl up to the society's rooms in Twenty-third street. It Is possible that if she had once got within the walls of the Mott street tene- ment she would never have been heard from again.
 That is the place where Lee Kui suc- ceeded in keeping Suen Tee imprisoned for year after he had bought her for S600 from An Hoon, Chinese gambler. All the inmates of No. Il wore looks of igno- rance when they were asked about Sam Kee, and said they didn't know him.