The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-04
MRS LEE FOOK BOW.
Story Of the Tricks Played to
Get Her Landed.
EXPOSE BY a MISSIONARY.
DPooehs - fAls Country - Q Yeslsr
Cesessaisg Ira0e In Chiasss Pres
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habea, corpus case Vas resumed again
yesterday in Judge Hanford's court A
decision was not given, - Judge Hanford
wishes TO 90 10 Tacoma, Wednesday. TO
take the testimony Of Mrs. Perry. wife OF
the warden of the United States prison at
McNeil's island. in regard TO the apparent
relations Of the prisoner and Lee Fook
Bow, her alleged husband. while in the
prison. Until that time the case 10 taken
under sdvisement.
Taking Of testimony was continued yes
terday. and very good case Was made out
for the government. the testimony Of All
Quai, q Chinese girl from Victoria. being
especially damaging 90 Ne Yueu's case.
The prisoner. who, it 10 claimed. 10 Tile
gaily detained, is . Chinese woman Who
Vas found by United States Commissioner
Emery 70 be illegally in this country. Her
alleged husband got ous the writ Of habeas
corpus, claiming that she is his wife and .
native of the United States, aud this Is
being heard before Judge Hanford.
Rev. ]. Z. Gardner, superintendent Of
the Chinese mission school at Victoria, is
in the city taking an active part in fight
ing the writ of habeas corpus on the
ground that it 10 merely . scheme to bring
the woman into the country for immoral
purposes. Mr.. Gardner is almost . ma
tive of China himself He was born
there and lived there for sixteen years
and 10 probably - we'll informed in regard
to the Chinese customs as any man in the
United States. At the Occidental hotel
last night he said 20 Posr-INrKLLIaKNcxa
reporter:
Twill b only too glad to give you ali the in.
formation can In relation to this case.
The facts are these. This woman. Ne Yusn, 10
one of batch Of three who were brought over
from China ON the steamer Empress OF Japan
on the 18th OF January last They were in
charge Of . notorious Chinese procuress OF
Victoria named Sun Kin, ana her male assist
aat, Dan See. This woman has been in this
business At Victoria nearly twenty years Well.
when the news got about in Victoria that these
sirls had arrived al chiaa,own was ablass.
You see. this batch was the dFst for nearly four
years. during which time the tyaf1c In women
OF this kind had been entirely stopped, and was
insen ded - . fee!er Just - soon ~ the girls
were landed this man. Lee Fook Bow. went
down ana took one Oi them and went 10 san
Francisco with her. ! tetegraphed TO the cus-
toms odic!als there to shut them out, but Was
Q little too lete.
Then Lee Fook Bow came back 70 get this
girl Ne Yuen- He had . well-planned game.
lie did not stop on at Victoria, but went on
to seattle. He remained on the steamer and
came back 90 Victoria with her Immediately.
There this girl was quietly smussled ON board
ana they vent to San Francisco. / 1t once tels-
grsphsd TO have the woman refused . landing,
and this time was ahead OF them. They could
not land, 90 they came 70 Victoria A. X. Mil.
ler, the collector at Victoria, was In thorough
sympathy with Us and he refused to let the
woman land. She tried to land ct Port Towns
end and was arrested and taken to Seattle.
Here she was remanded TO b dsported BY Mr.
Emery. and Leo Fook Bow got out this writ OF
habeas corpua On saturday the woman made
a pretty good witness for herself - fax y
she had been coached. and II l had
not been on hand to watch her testi.
mony she would have mado . better
one I could understand her answers TO the
questions put to her through the interpreter,
and great many times was able to put stop
to faisfying on his part. They put document,
purporting to DO . marriage certificate, in evil
dence, but - you have slready mentioned in
your paper. It was nothing Of the sor.
letter 70 Ne Yuen while at McNsiPs island
was also brought In. II WAS not dated from
any place nor ut any time. and might have
been written In seattle on Friday just a. we'll q
ia Victoria last May. i looked the letter over
again today. aud found many rather peculiar
things about it, There arc but fifteen lines In
people, husband and wife, occurs Don't
you think that rather nshy on its FACET Today
Ne yuen acted out her love for Lee fook Bow
IN fiae style, In fact. she put to blush many OF
the white actresses have seen.
This Was what hurt the governments case
come. for Judge Hanford said that he would
take King soiomon's method. and Judge by ap-
pearanees. oshcrwiss l think We would have
won today. Tho girl, All DUAL. whom We brous ht
down frsm Victoria TO testify, was good one
She Was one OF the two other girls brought over
with this one. She testified that sho had been
brought over with Me Yusn by the procuress.
and that Me Yuen had been q prostitute in
China This was almost . knock out blow 70
Leo Fook Bow, and his attorney had no use for
the witness when Mr. Brinker finished examin-
ing her. This girl has been In the Rescue
Home. or house Of refuge. At Victoria eve. since
We got possession OF her last January, ana the
matron Of tina. institution 10 over here with her
now. She 10 very bright. aud 10 anxious to ii Va
like an American woman. She 10 going 70 adopt
American costume soon. and has already taken
an American name. Laura The main line
OF argument that Lee Fook Bow seem,
TO Be trying to work now 10 that We mission
people are trying to get the girl and then cell
her ourselves. He also 10 trying to insinuate
that an acting ~ the tool OF certain hishbipd
ere In San Francisco to put him TO trouble and
expense
Ny only defense to that accusation 10 70 point
out the fact that there 10 nothing to be gained
by me in acting on the side do. but that
could make great deal of money BY acting
against the government In this case.
II has always been my policy to act In accord
ance with the United states government In ali
cases where the Law 10 TO Be upheld, aud a iour
~ the Gssry law IL on our statute books viii
DO my best TO make il effective. although IL Is
measure Of which do not approve
Ny course in breaking IN this rotten trade of
bringing Chinese prostitutes to the united
States has brought down thu wrath of the chi
aese of this Coast on my head la lac, 4, wa.
owing 10 my discovery OF q document In the
Possession OF the Victoria branch OF III. Chez
hung Tung Society. Offering = reward OF a. 900
for my hsas. OF that OF any other person who
inierfered in the trafsie In caiaese women. TIA,