The morning call., 1893-12-05
HE ISSUES A PROCLAMATION.

from the notorious den of Hor Shee in
Chinatown the young Chinese woman
Wong An Ying she builded far better than
she knew at the time. The rescue of the
Chinese girl promises to work revolution
SO far as the trade between the Celestial
Empire and San Francisco in Chinese
women for imm oral purposes is concerned.
and for once the Chinese consulate is not
only in full accord with the Federal au
thorlties regarding proposition that af-
fects the Chinese people or their trade.
but the diplomats have gone further and
are exertlng themselves to aid the officers
OF this Government in bringing to Justice
all concerned in the landing of the pretty
Celestial brand Miss Culbertson plucked
from the burning.
Yesterday morning in the United States
District Court Judge Morrow, after listen
ing to the story of Mrs. Wong All Ying.
ordered her remanded into the custody of
the United States Marshal, pursuant to
deportation to China, and also ordered the
arrest of all the witnesses who had testi-
fed at the bearing of tile habeas corpns
proceedings when the woman was landed,
arrested on the charge of willfui perjury
and con spiracy.
Yesterday afternoon the Chinese Con-
sui. Ii Yung Yen, plastered the bulletin
boards in Chinatown with proclamation
.reciting the facts iu Wong An Ying's case
warning all Chinese subjects against en-
gaging in such transactions in the future.
and closed the address by assuring the
subjects of the Emperor of China that not
Only would the consulate aid in bringing
the guilty parties In the case mentioned
who live in this city to Justice, but that
the nome Government would be asked TO
seek out the traders in virtue in Canton and
punish them. To say the proclamation
created sensation among the tongs, or
j: hlgholnders as they are known here, would
be to put IL mildly. and their fears were
not allayed bv the know ledge that Hor
Shee and Lee Quon Duck. who posed re-
spectively as the mother and father of
Wong All Ying, were already behind the
bars. But they did not fear punishment
here as much as IN China. Here imprison-
ment is the worst afflicticn the law can
visit upon them, but over in China
the culprits are more than likely to lose
their heads. and that without the formality
OF trial.
When Judge Morrow assembled the
bench yesterday morning Assistant United
States District Attorney Witter an
nounced that Wong All Iing, a Chinese
woman who had been landed by the court
. in September lasl~~had voluntarily re-
turned, and/,Ees now asking the court to
resclnd Us former action in her case and
.send Der back 10 CT ina. the GROUND for the
-2per1ured Testimony. The woman was
[ called 10 the stand and told, under oath.
Ntle following story:
My true name is Wong All Ying. bat !
: was lended under the name Of Lai Gum
= ling, which / was forced to assume,
?. Menths ago | was married in China to
:. man who said be would send me out here
. where we could have houses and oxen and
money. but that l must go on one steamer
:. and that be would come on the next He
:: put me in charge of Chinese, Lee Moon.
;. Oh.bOard the ship China. He works on
:: the ship. and be told me what must say
;. when l got here. When l arrived here
-:..Lee QuOn Dock and Hor Shee met me
:: and told ME l must say that they were my
father and mother. that / was born on
dupont street in San Francisco in 1871
: and, went to China on the steamer Oceanic
:. On March 16, 1882. TO all this l swore.
j. but it wss all false. / was born in China.
my pare ats live there and l was never In
. your country until l came here on the
.. China. l know none of the people who
:: swQre that they knew me and never saw
them before the trial here. | was afraid.
a=and did as they told me TO do because L
j. thought my husband was coming soon. He
: has never been here, but he said we would
:: be. rich and happy in San Francisco.
: Then when | was free they took me to
=: bad dhDuse. where l was very unhappy, and
pretty soon l found that my husband was
NOT coming and that / must be bad
:,.:womap to stay here. Then l tried to get
= a way and good woman took me. / want
:: to go home. All have testified to before
"a bout myself and my eopIe is false"
!: - lave you issued warrants for the arrest
:<of ali the witnesses in this case on charge
i" Of perjury ?" asked Judge Morrow of the
.. attorney for he United States.
=, *"No. sir. was the answer. I'VE have
two of them, the woman and man who
!: swere they were the rsrents OF this
: WI w n oat
:, the Others"
! Attorney T. D. Riordan, who appeared
:: for the Chinese Consul and assisted the
prosecution, assured Judge Morrow that
in addition TO the United States MarshaPs
efforts were being made by the Chinese to
:: apprehend the guilty parties. Then Judge
Morrow briefly reviewed the case of Wong
.::Af YiDg. The woman landed here on the
steamer China, September g. 1893. ard a fter
examination by the Collector of the Port
was refused a landing. Her friends.
through Attorney MowTy, then swore out
= writ of habeas corpus. returna bic be-
fore the United States District Court, and
p the: hearing OF the same was referred to
United States Commissioner Heacock, who
heard the same Oh Septem Der and IL last.
AT this hearing Wong All Ylng, the
woman, swore that her Eame was Lai
Gum Ying and that she was born in San
Francisco. Lee Quon Dock and Hor Shee
swore that they were her parents. telling
when and where she was born, when she
left this country. why and with whom.
Lee Moon. Lee Shee Wong Lee, Wong
Shee and Eng Suey Sang all swore that
they knew the woman to be the
daughter of Hor Shee, and to back
up their statements numerous atfi-
davits were produced made by white
men in this city who testified TO the good
character of tie witnesses named. Upon
this showing Commissioner Heacock rec
ommended the landing OF the woman. and
on nSeptember II last Judge Morrow ordered
her landed. In view of the testimony that
had just been given by the woman herself
the court then ordered that all former pro-
ceeoings be set aside and that she be re-
manded into the custody of the United
States Marshal. Wong An Ying will not
be sent Dack 10 China at once. but vii! be
kept In custody at the Presbyterian Mis-
sion and will be put on the stand to testify
against the people who landed her by
perJnring themselves. Several of the wil-
nesses have fled the city, but of the lot of
seven IT is probable that at least four will
be arrested.
The case is attracting no end of atten-
tion and excitement in Chinatown "The