The morning call., 1893-12-07

highbinders in San Francisco. Crimes in
Vulnerable have been la ID at her door. but
until yesterday it has been impossible to
secure testimony against the woman. as the
highbinders which she has had at her beck
and call intimidated the witnesses and
gave them to understand that in case Hor
Sbee was arrested they, the lnformants
against her, would go to the Morgue.
Men have been robbed in her houses;
other men have been killed, if not in her
houses, on the street as they stepped from
the doorway. Gambling is openly carried
on in her dens of vice, and she enjoys the
from China and forced into lives of shame
more young Chinese girls than all the
other dens in Chinatown.
Every Christian Chinese mission in the
city has been trying TO catch the woman.
The Chinese consulate and the Six Com
panies have had men after her to try and
secure evidence against her sufficient TO
convict.
1t remained for Miss Culbertson OF the
Presbyterian mission to do by a courageous
act what others failed to accomplish.
Yesterday the notorious Hor Shee took
her first step on the road which leads 10
prison. Last week Miss CulbertsOn res
cued from one of Hor Sbee's houses
young Chinese woman named Lai Cum
Ying, who was landed here on September
9 last. When the girl was landed Hor
Shee swore that she was her mother and a
highbinder named Lee Quon Dock swore
that he was her father. Little Lai Cum
Ying had been married in China and came
to San Francisco, supposng her husband
was to join her here. She readily swore to
all that Hor Shee told her to swear to In
order to land. but once in the clutches of
the hag Lai Cum Ying realized that she
had been landed only to be forced into a
IiTa nf champ Than aQ oba gQf vunrh
to Miss Culbertson, who rescued her, and
Lai Cum Ying as speedily as possible went
back to court, where she admitted that she
had sworn falsely when she said that Hor
Shee and Lee Quon Duck were her parents,
and went on to tell the story of how she
had been enticed from her home and
brought to San Francisco for improper
purposes.
Hor Sbee was locked up In the County
Jail on two charges. of perjury and having
aided In fraudulently landing Chinese.
The woman hid preliminary hearing be-
fore Com missioner Heacock Yesterday, and
her guilt was clearly established.
When the hour for opening court ar
rived fully . hundred cylinders crept
out of the slnms of Chinatown and
thronged the corridors OF the Government
binding, hoping by their very presence TO
intimidate the witnesses against the woman
who has so long furnished them an asylum
when being hunted for murder or theft
No one was more surprised than was this
crew of outlaws when just before court
opened Ii Yeung Yew. the Chinese Consul.
accompanied by Tone, secretary of the Six
Companies. several presidents of the same
organizations and numerous Chinese ner-
chants and teachers, walked into court Ii
was evident that the Consul knew what
influence would be exerted in Hor Shee's
behalf, aud was there in person to coun-
teract il.
hnr ho nnA
United States District Attorney Witter for
the Government. I. ID. Rordan for the
Chinese consulate and ex-Judse Robert
Ferra as counsel for Lai Cum Ying ap-
peared for the prosecution and Attorney
M0wry for Hor Shee. After sUnie legal
sparring the case against HOr Shee for
aiding In fraudulentiy landing Chinese
was passed and the perjury case taken up.
The first witness was the girl Lai Cum
ling. She told again how she had been
married in China and sent by her husband
to San Francisco to Hor Shee, he promis-
ing to follow her on the next steamer; how
she had been taught by LIE Moon on board
the steamship TO say that she had been
born here, and that Hor Shee and Lee
Qu0n Dock were her parents. Then she
said that all she had sworn to when exam
ined for the purpose OF being landed was
false. and that when Hor Shee and Lee
Qn"n Dock had sworn that they were her
larents they had knowingly sworn falsely,
This Was all old testimony, but in answer
to questions by Attorney Riordan little
Lai Cum YiDg created sensation and ex-
posed the nefarl0us traffic of Hor Shee ia
virtue most mDletsly.
Are you marreu?" asked Mr. Riordan.
Yes. l was married in China to Lee
YIN" " A1o0
.Has your husband any other wives ?''
Yes. he has three wives besides me-"
DO you know who they are ?''
One OF them is Hor Shee, the woman
over there VINO swore she was my mother"
This told the story. The husband of
Hor Shee. living in China, has been mar
rying innocent girls there, whether by
purchase from their parents or otherwise,