The record-union., 1894-01-08
THE IRETHY CHINESE .CHATTEL.
Rescue of a Young Woman From q
Life of Shame.
Her Escape Causes Sensation In
Chinese Society Circles-It Was
Neatly Planned.

Considerable excitement was aroused
in Chinatown yesterday by young and
comely Chinese woman being assisted
away from a brothel there and given an
opportunity to escape a life Of slavery
and degradation.
The moving spirit in the affair was
Miss Houseworth, Matron of the Presby-
terian Mission in San Francisco, but ow-
ing to the fact that the Chinese deny the
right of any female chattel to go her way
in this land of the free," it became nee
essary for Miss Houseworthf to call in
police aid.
Chief Rodgers having given his per-
mission, Officers Maley and Lowell and
Special Goods accompanied the lady to
where the Chinese girl was imprisoned
by her owners, on l street, near Second,
to see that the latter should be allowed to
depart if she so desired.
The girl had sent word to the Mission
that she desired to leave the den where
she was kept by her owners for immoral
purposes, and Miss Houseworth was
given a description of her and informed
that the girl would expect her yesterday
shortly before the local train would leave
lot Sdu L TduclSCO. Su6 was 10 nave a
note in her hand when Miss Houseworth
came.
When the officers and the lady entered
the den they had no difficulty in recog-
nizing the girl from among those pres
ent, and when approached she slipped
into Miss Houseworth's hand a note on
which was written:
To mission sunday school teacher please
take me to mission school in San Francisco
mo QNh hpaf
me all the time.
a number OF Cinnamon saw the Off
GERS enter the place and saw also Miss
HouseWorth's cab drawn up in front,
and in less than half-minute the door
was surrounded bK chattering, excited
mob of MongoliaiA, who surinised what
was going on.
The girl having signified her desire to
leave the place, she was told to get her
things together, and soon she was es-
corted to the cab by Miss Houseworth,
while the officers kept Back the excited
Cinnamon. Just as the cab drove away
the old bag under whose supervision the
women OF the den are kept ran out
screaming and taking on as if it was her
own daughter that was being torn from
her.
A REcoRD-UNIoN reporter turned 10
an intelligent-looking Chinaman in the
crowd and asked HIM what the old
woman was bowling for Instead of re-
plying, mo shabbee," the Chinaman
said:
"Oh, guess him heap no likee losee
two tlousan' dolla'. That Chinee girl him
heap plitty-cos' bout two tlousan' dol
la; ole 'oman no likee losee s'much."
Quite a mob of Cinnamon ran TO the
depot after the cab, and it is a fact worthy
OF note that nearly every one held his
hand on or in his breeches' pocket, as if
either to prevent his gun" rom falling
out or have it ready for use if opportu-
nifty offered.
The Cinnamon gathered about the
coach in which Miss Houseworth and
her charge took refuge, but they made no
attempt to rescue her. To reporter the
girl said she was very willing to leave
the place where she had done her mas
ter's bidding for two years or more, and
seemed to be quite happy over the oppor-
tunity afforded her of getting TO the
home in San Francisco.
OF course the girl will now be charged
with having stolen something, and the
usual efforts will be made to have her ar
tested and brought back here for trial.
If successful her prosecutors will fail to
appear against her, and she will be dis
charged, only to again fall into the hands
of the parties who had bought and held
her for what money they could make out
of her.