The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-09
for any equal number of white men and as

for any equal number of white men and as
deep IN cunning as the bottomless pit.
detective Cox once said that Kwan All
him, whose alias is Charley All Him, was
the most polite and, at the same time, the
smartesL man in all California. That was
when he was brought by Cox from Los
Angeles to answer charge of bigamy.
Not the least lucrative business in which
Charley Hung and Charley All Him have
been engaged until the Federal laws made
1T too hazardous was the importation and
fostering of Chinese girls for a life of awful
slavery. Little Pete was counted on to do
whatever bribery was found necessary.
Since the vigilance with which the landing
OF Chinese has been watched by the Gus
toms authorities, Charley Hung has busted
himself with tie buying and selling of
girls already here, many of whom have
been born in this country.
Charley All Him has managed to keep
himself pretty quiet OF late, but at the
various missions he is said to be as deep as
ever in this traffic all over the State He
was formerly court interpreter at Los
Angeles, and hence is the handy man for
the management of law cases. 1t is be-
lieved by the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Children that he is behind
Charley lungs habeas corpus proceed
lngs, but, II so, he has not yet shown his
hand in any way.
A little daughter of his, Ada, is now at
the Presbyterian Mission Home. on Sacra-
mento street. His first wife, who is ma
tive born Chinese woman, left him when
he stole girl from Los Angeles den to
make her Mrs. Kwan No. 9. This girl he
brought to the Methodist Mission in this
City and by his representations and polite
manners he succeeded in getting himself
married to her by the Rev. DR.. F. J.
Masters.
Then began a most remarkable Chinese
legal romance, in which Judge Alfred E.
L. Morley, now deceased who was at one
time editorial writer OF the Evening Bulle-
tin, played heroic part, with the enthusi-
astic assistance of his two daughters, Miss
Minnie and Miss Florence Worley, who
are still engaged in active missionary work
Kwan wanted to retain his first wife, and
resorted to the trick of having her arrested
for Los Angeles for grand larceny. A
counter-charge of bigamy was brought
against him, and to escape conviction on
this he disowned his first wife in Judge
Joachimsen's court. The upshot of it all
was that Judge Morley and his daughters
secured possession of Kwan's first wife and
little girl after much difficulty, and also
by strange coincidence, of Mrs Kwan's
two little sisters, Ruth and Esther. The
last-named girl had been sold when she
was two years old, and was about to be
w
her. She and her sister Ruth, who was
the first one to be snatched from the burn
ing, had not seen each other for years, and
Esther had been given up as having been
sent to China.
The three girls, Esther, Ruth and Ada,
are ell very bright children and great
favorites among the missionary workers of
Chinatown. They talk, read and write
English with astonishing facility. 1t is to
give All 500 an opportunity to become like
them that makes Miss Williams so anxious
for victory when the legal battle begins
to-day.
The woman, Dab Pa Tsin, will endeavor
to prove that she is the child mother, and
another woman, All Wow. is claiming the
same relationship.
1t is believed that the pistol bullet was
sent through the window of Mrs. Rev.
Chan Hon Tan's room at the Methodist
mission on the night of July 3 because of
All Soo's rescue. The girl is valued at
$1,000.
Charley Hung is a member of the Ping
Kuen Tong, the Hip Yeng Tong and the
Chew Lun Tong-highbinder societies.
He acts as interpreter for the Ping kungs
From the Six Companies it was ascer-
tanned yesterday evening that he is COM
monty known as 'kwei chan; that is,
lone who undertakes to manage dirty
work" The officials said he is "a very bad
man, capable of any villainy," ana that he
has an interest in the Church ALLEY den,
his brother, All Yuen-now in China-be-
ing the principal owner. Hung is also
known as Tom Hung, being mem Der of
the numerous Tom family. He is the
real manager of the place.