The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-07-07
,....v chun Hee Held in Bondage
by a Chinese Gambler.
.ag, DAUGHTER OF A BANKER.
=, Was Sold For $3.50 in tho Slave
J. ~ Market to Save Her Fathers Head.
.,o prays For Deliyerance---can
such Things 30 in a Free Country

I ~. glass OF the window she
y. seen during this time but the rarest
,jinpses OF tho outside world. She is
H. H.. lave OF Chinese gambler, and her
n.k i, to do all the work there is to be
5 AM 4, about the house and suffer abuse
il silence.
-, vet fifteen years old, and her youth
!. w. arob,bly NIL that saves her from life
!. Uneven IN even more degraded form. Prac-
. n nj she belongs to this gambler,
WV J and soul, and he can do with her
y h. likes for he brought her to this
'sr "t from China, and in busy New
WI mo one cares what becomes OF
Chinese girl.
Nd i" sie was brought up in surround
;rgs Of Oriental luxury. He fNther was
,%I. Of the wealthiest and most intluen-
Ssi bankers in the great city OF Canton.
Ne lad failed in busineSs, and the pen
.i,y for bank.failure in China is ex-
,rame II no could not pay back the
Gnis which had been entrusted to his
r ,s he must answer with his head at
,s,,ecutioner's block. The bankrupt dis
nSsed Of all his possessions in order to.
s,ys bis head and finally, as alast resort,
he sold his bright little daughter Chun
Iiec into slavery. Whenhis wife learned
d tlc sale she plunged dagger into
10, breast. The husband, filled with
renorc, did not long survive her.
TIE BEAUTIFUL LILY"
SCAun Hee, which in the Celestial
Ssguo means beautiful lily" became
/, .ayc. She was taken to n public
market and on account OF her tender
wears brought only $3.50. Clad in fine
;ilk robes she must have attracted at
Sntion even in Canton, where slavery
I carried on like the grocery business
hem. Her apparel was worth about
81. so Chun iee was really valued at
CaIy 500. By the time the girl had
BEEN shifted to Hong Kong her worth
Uas estimated at $500, and that was the
nm Lee Qui Hing, her present owner,
uid for her. lie bought at the same
iime another woman, full grown, and
brought them both over to Victoria.
Then he crossed the border without
challenge into Portland, coming thence
10 this city.
lee Quilting Is a cousin of tho nota-
BE Tom Lee, and is one OF the celebri-
ties Of the Lee clan, which numbers in
Gotham about 800 persons. He is u
hve, rOpulsive looking Mongol, and his
eyes are very obliqHe. His head is
shaped like Il hickory nut. His fantan
den, at No. 81 Mott street is one OF the
most tIOurishing in the colony. His UNI
ayory record dates back to the Flowery
Kingdom, There he had for n wife a
WOMAN far too good for him. She was
physically imperfect and because OF
Ibis the husband beat and abused her
HiIsnc finally swallowed cup OF poi
sabiore his eyes and in compliance
with bis demand. Then he came to
An Ca by way Of Victoria and stopped
With ,ome relatives at Portland. That
Vp three venrs aoo While in Port
LbiLe mot n Chinese woman who Ind
been transported from China as u slave.
Shevas used by her master for the pur-
IOses usual TO woman OF her condition.
lee irll in love with the pretty slave
,pI .aid bc Womb marry her if she
opl purchase her freedom The emo
pteS rs Ills class Of slaves are known
tntbe lansnoce of Conincims had some
money AMI shc s,1cceejeI in freaino her
elfp6on ns a ~ S506 '''
49,, -. :. 80
HhoAN WITH GROCERY.
she came to New York with Lee, and
furnished him with enough money to
start business ITe beean with n GRO.
cc,v ,,o,a or a., 80, a.
ivy 49,. ,,o,e Oh inc ground lloor' ana
i I.,,'S,' rom III i III the basement Alter
Ls, a"j T'' y. HaoilSy NO Deg'tii 70 Souse
bim ~; NJ ~ ."sS sne was slau " !eaSe
n" o,o t ,,.;th ~ married anotnerWonian
To, ST r~o WIN whom no Is now llVlhs'
i tG3, months y, ago there was great re;
Xix Ri u Wv Ice h9useholu' Inethlra
m ,,o ,'H 'I hT 70 ~, ner nuspano a
a S sinn y, 'p"py g0y. 1hls Ice tnought
ooJ is %"' , ny liau Deeh lorglNch py the
S Sor'S;,' when every true Celestial
i SO'S; y anu ne forthwith gave q great
, %"s ,I H. ! honor o. the happy event; II
S SSs '' !. Digest feast the colony had sat
far S" n" 20 , iS[ many moon, and tho bill
some $500, So m;,cb tor tEe ' oToracta W
Of the man from whom this imprisoned
giE r, can hope for mercy.
op taS tenement IN ai at No SO Mott street,
has not bo S'o siUo VANS us poor 0hun nee
ibis city cons J,Sc ~ s tS. Mus pr9ugns 70
basement "nJ T. t hn;, s'2ties anu y
The oId.ia,5;"no rs o. a., D[lck ~ Is one o.
common on III" eos s' siSO Oh b DuIIngs 20
poorly ycntiatcI '' roo Sn, ~, ,,IEiS sa,
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