The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-02
BACK TO CHINA.
The Steamer Umatilla Rid
of an Incubus.
Chummie Yung's Puget Sound Trips
Cease Aboard the Oceanic now
for Hong.KOng.

When the steamer Oceanic pulled away
from the Pacific Mail dock for the far
Orient yesterday she had aboard Chinese
TO the number of 167, and among them
were three who were deported and three
who had not availed themselves OF the
habeas corpus privileges.
OF the three sent back. one was the un-
fortunate George Sam, OF st. Louis. who
has held naturalization papers over the
signature of Judge Duvlgneaud of New
Orleans ever since the year 1870. and an
other was the Chinese woman. Chummie
1ung. who. since April lssf. has travelled
back and forth between this port and
Puget Sound on every trip the steamer
Umatilla has made.
In the case Of George Sam, hat would
be participant In the occdcn al CONNER
cial world no doubt quiesceDtiy accepted
the ruling of Collector Wise that Mon
golian could not become citiznn Of the
United States, and concluded to accept
his fate like a philosopher, but with
Chummie Yung. alias Mrs. Lee Fook Bow,
it was little different. That bsauty Of
the almond-eyed and high check boned
type has not had real good chance TO test
the posi- bilities of the habeas corpus pro-
cess in the courts OF this district, because.
just as her supposed hus band had got he
writ all ready and everything prepared
over week ago. he was thrown int, Jail
here for importing Chinese women into
this country.
A great source Of trouble has Chummie
Yung been to the Umatlla people. and
the last time the steamer was in Port
Townsend the vessel was seized be.
cause her officers refused to receive
the woman on board. Owing to the
clamor of the passengers and consid-
Pnr
kins & Co., Captain Holmes finally de-
cided to yield to the power of Judge Cor
Delius Ii. HanfOrd of the United States
District Court, while In the waters of
Puget Sound. and the woman was meekly
allowed to resume her vocation OF con-
slant traveller. 1t was Thought that the
Umatilla would fight the case. but yester-
day settled tue question when ticket for
Chummle was purchased for her trip on
the Oceanic to Hong-Kong 1t had been
found cheaper to pay for her passage than
to stand the expenses OF lawsuit against
the Government.
Chummie Yung was first brought over
to Port Townsend aboard the Umatilla in
April. Lee Fook Bow had led her up the
gangplanK from the ocean dock at VAN
c0uver as his wife, and when the steamer
pulled into Tacoma the couple were az
rested, the woman Tor being unlawfully in
the country, and Lee Bow for importing
women for immoral purposes. The
woman was then ordered remanded back
to the steamer, and Lee Bow got his lib
erty In some way, finding his way even
tually to this city, while the woman re-
NAMED steady passenger Of the UNA
tlla.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Lee came over to
Tacoma from Victoria they travelled in
great style, ana were kow-towed to as
some great mandarin and his wife. and
everybody WAS given the impression that
Lee was the head of the Six Companies If
this city. The end of that episode is now
China and Lee FOok Bows melancholy
Incarceration. She was the second woman.
80 far as known, put aboard steamer by
Lee at Victoria for this country, the first
case being in January of this year.