Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-29
PRETTY LITTLE CHEW 'FONG,
Detective Bosqui Tells Of Con-
stable Rogers Action.
The Girl will Be Given in the Charge
of the Chinese Mission.
Yesterdays Proceedings in Justice Stan
toms Court-A Proposed Wedding
Which Did Not Occur-Detec-
tive Bosqups Statement.

were printed in the HERALD yesterday
morning, also OF the false charge of lar
ceny made against her by Wong Chong,
and the robbery by her kidnapers OF the
jswels she was charged with stealing.
The trouble is simply the contention
by two Chinese companies for the pos
session OF this comely young girl, who
is valued in the Chinese brothel market
at from $2500 to $4,000.
The girl Chow Fong was taken into
Justice Stanton's court yesterday by
Detective Bosqui and Officer Rohn, into
whose custody she had been committed
by the court so az to prevent either OF
the contending companies from getting
possession of her by putting up bail and
spiriting her away. Attorney Appel ap-
peared as counsel for the kidnapped
woman, on the part of the Chinese mis-
sion home.
It was noticed that the court room
was crowded with Chinese, some OF
whom were known to be highbinders
and kidnapers, and there were also sew
eral white men present who are known
to be similarly engaged in assisting
their Chinese associates in that despica-
BILE business.
Justice Stanton ordered the court
room cleared of all such characters,
and only those who had business con-
nected with the case were permitted to
be present. 1t was thought the woman
would be held under the charge, when
these dealers in human flesh and in in
fanny would give bail, take her away, and
again place her in house of prostitu-
ton, and themselves reap th 9 benefit of
her wages of ain.
But in this they were disappointed.
The woman was not placed upon the
stand, but her statement to Detectives
Bosqui and Rohn was to the effect that
she had been forcibly taken away from
her house and robbed, as already stated
in the HERALD.
In his testimony Constable Rogers
stated that on last Friday morning.
about 2 o'clock, the woman was given
into his possession, and that on Satur-
day evening about O'Clock he gave her
into the possession of Detective Bosqui
and Officer Rohn. When asked who in
formed him where the woman was to be
found the constable replied that he ''had
given his word of honor not to tell; he
scribe it; but the man who told him
took him within half block of the
place where the woman was concealed;
He then took the woman to another
house,"
There being no eliminating evidence
against the woman the charge was dis
missed. Scarcely had the court an
nounced the decision when an attorney
for one OF the Chinese companies asked
the court to order that the woman be
surrendered to her owner, as there was
Chinaman present who wished to take
her for wife, and the court was invited
to perform the ceremony then and there,
instanter, forthwith. A marriage Ii
cense for Quong Man Muey, aged 33, and
Chow Fong, aged 10, had been obtained
about an hour previously go as to pre-
vent her escape if dismissed on the
criminal charge.
The unblushing bridegroom was pres
ent and handed up the marriage license
to the court. The woman knew nothing
of the proposed marriage and objected
never having seen the man.
OF fcourse the marriage OF the woman
would have placed her under the con-
troll of her owners and beyond the Gus
tody of the officers and of the Chinese
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perform the ceremony, and the dummy
bridegroom and his co.conspirators
looked very much crestfallen.
In the meantime, as soon as the de-
cision of the court was announced,
Officer Rohn stepped forward and ar
rested the woman on charge of va
grancy, for the purpose of preventing
either of the Chinese companies from
getting possession of her, as the woman
does not wish to be returned to
life of shame and slavery. The
case will come up tomorrow. The
woman was taken to the Chinese mis-
sion home, and for che present at least
the Wong Chong crowd and her kid
napers have been outgeneraled by De-
tective Boeoui, Officer Rohn and Attor-
ney Appel, whose efforts are to save the
woman from slavery and shame and
send her to the mission home.
DETECTIVE BosQUI's STATEMENT.
Detective Bosqui was again inter
viewed by HERALD reporter last even
ing in reference to the manner in which
the kidnapped woman was delivered into
the possession of himself and Officer
Rohn. The interview has been sub.
stantially printed in the HERALD, but
as there seems to be some controversy,
the statement of Officer Bosqui is given
herewith
s'When the reward of 5000 had been
offered for the woman, / gave to Con-
stable Rogers on last Thursday after
noon type-written description of her,
also 81, and asked him to have some de-
scriptive circulars printed; the money
was handed to me by Wong Chez for
that purpose; Wong Chee is not the
owner of the woman; suggested to
Rogers that az he had the warrant OF
arrest, he would be the proper person to
do that-not the police department; he
promised me that he would do so on the
next morning; he did not do go, but
next morning went to Wong Chez and
asked him to have the reward placed in
hank; Wong Chez made this
statement to me; Wong Chez
further said that he told Constable
Rogers that they had arrangements
with tho police department about the
reward, when Rogers replied that be
should have nothing to do with the
chief or myself; Wong Chez then re-
Piled, he states, that the reward must
come through the police department.
'sNow, on Saturday morning last, y
continued Detective Bosqui, Rogers
came to me and asked, is that reward
of 5000 good?' replied that we wanted
help in getting the woman. so that We
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