The morning call., 1892-02-22
A SLAVE WIFE.
Family Pleasantries of a Berke.
ley Chinaman.
He Beats His Spouse With a Club and Then
Drives Her Out Into the Rain-Ci Citi-
zens Wildly Indignant.

Talk with Berkeley man for ten min
utes, and if he be a fair sample of the aver
age native he will tell you within that
short space Of time that his town gave more
last year for foreign missionary work than
any other Of its Size in the world. He
knows that in making this statement he IS
backed by statistics, and in common with
all good citizens he is justly proud
But Berkeley Is sadly in need of other
societies than those engaged In foreign mis-
siOnaTy work. On last Friday morning the
coed tOwnspeople were treated to an un-
common spectacle. II 1t shocked them the
impression was not a lasting one, for they
are joking about 1t now, and in vain aas the
law been asked to raise its half-paralyzed
arm.
On the morning referred to a female
slave purchased a year ago in this city for
the sum of $1,000 stood i'll front of the Court
house and exhibited to 800 Of BeTkeley's
most prominent citizens her arms and
limbs. bruised and lacerated by the club of
a cruel master.
THEY WERE SHOCKED.
At the time of the exhibition the people
said that it WAS "brutaIT' terribleI' I'
"awful!' but their indignation soon went
to sleep when it became known that the
woman belonged to Quing Lung Sing, an
AmericaniZed Chinese laundryman, and, as
q citizen expressed it last night, lone of the
boys"
Sing came to Berkeley seven years age
and opened laundry on Addison street,
near Shattuck avenue. Previous to his ad-
vent in the university town he was a mer-
chant in this city, but the firm failed and he
took to washing clothes for living. He
very soon got into a certain set and by
rather lavish expenditure of money made
himself solid with the young men Of the
place. lie understood even al this time the
English language, ana wrote hand that
business college graduate might be proud of.
Sing frequently attended lectures at the
university and there by increased his knOwl-
edge and trade at the same time. He
learned to play poker with the students and
often loaned them money. A town officer
taught him billiards, ana at pin-poOl he was
the most expert player in the town. Alto
gether Sing was very much in tile swim and
made money rapidly.
BOUGHT A CHATTEL.
Last May he concluded to take unto HIM
self q wife, and with this object in view
visited one of the markets in this city.
A thousand dollars was not much to pay
for an Oriental maiden of 10 years so Sing
paid it and took his bride To Berkeley.
On the 4th of July husband Sing got full
with the Berkeley boys, and, returning to
his spouse late at night, threw her through
the window into back yard. She crept
back only to get a severe beating with
cane. The cane broke and then Sing used
his fist. The next morning the woman
showed Mrs. johnson, who lives next door.
the broken stick and dozen bruises on her
body. Since that time Sing has whipped his
wife frequently, and the johnson family
have often been aroused at night by her
screams.
On last Thursday night the woman, after
a severe beating, managed to get out of the
house. 1t was raining, but she evidently
preferred wet weather TO her husbands
club. All night she wandered about the
streets, not daring to return, and on Friday
morning was discovered in an exhausted
condition near the courthouse. A large
crowd gathered and while trying 10 explain
her trouble Sing came along She refused
to accompany him, but he finally succeeded
in dragging her away. She was taken home
and locked In a small room in the back part
OF the laundry, where she is still confined.
APPEAR AFRAID OF HIM.
Officer Gibson was convinced that Sing
ought to be arrested and tried to get some
one to swear out a warrant, but no one
would do il. Mr.. Johnson, the express
man, knew of the trouble on Thursday
night, but did not care to offend the Celestial
by having him arrested. 4 Mr.. Boyd was
also cogniZant of his many acts of cruelty.
but he also was afraid.
No one seemed willing to offend Sing, so
Judge Long sent for him and asked him If
he had whipped his wife. The willy heatheR
explained that he loVod Mrs. Sing more
than his life, aud that her cries on Thurs
day night were not from his i'll treatment
but from the fact that she had fallen down
in the back yard. Judge Loug was con-
vinced that the man was telling the truth.
in spite of the fact that 500 people had seen
her wounds four hours before - bruises
which could not have been inflicted by q
fall. In speaking of the matter last even
ing. citizen OF Berkeley who is acQuaint-
ed with the full particulars of the affair.
said:
HE HAS PULL"
1.-The fact is that the town officials DONE
want to prosecute Sing. He rents his laun-
dry of Town Trustee. and Is always talk
ing of being solid with Judge Long. lie
is a mighty smart Chinaman and fully
realizes the efficacy of a pull 1t is a dis
grace to the town that a woman should be
abused as this one has been for several
months past. 1t is silly to say that it has
not been generally known. Everybody in
town knows Of Sings purchase and since
he brought her here In May she has fire.
quently been laid up for days at q time as q
result of his cruelty"
A lady who saw the unfortunate Chinese
woman after her last beating states that
one of her arms bore the imprint of a hot
1at-ron, which her spouse had laid there.
When Sing was demonstrated with he
said Of his wife.
"She heap lazy; she eat too much"
Tho EIra