The sun., 1896-10-25
CHINESE WIFE ELOPES.
TWO POLICEMEN HELD HER NUS.
DIND AND HELPED HER LOVER.

Wong Hang Sues Two ChInnweu for Dam.
ages for Alternating Ah IEeuns's Amec.
hons from Him-One of Them, Lonie CIT,
| Lodged in Ludlow street JaiI Yesterday.
| In the first action ever brought here to recover
| damages for the alienation OF the affections Of
Chinese woman, Louie Git. a Chlnaman, was
| arrested YESTERDAY by Deputy Sheriff Wal.
| Eerinv and put into Ludlow street jail, ON or.
| der of Justice MacLean of the Supreme Court
| in default Of $1,000 bail. Louie is only one
OF the defendants sued by Wong Hang the
| husband OF the woman, the other defendant,
| Lung Gee Pom, being nt largo. Wong doesnt
know whether Louie or Lung is hnrborinR his
| wife. but he believes she is In Chicago
The woman is All Heung. and Wong mnr-
ried her on Aug. 10, 1903, before Justice of
| the Peace T. b McDevitt, in the North Port
| land district of Oregon. They lived In Port
| land year, and then came to this city. Wong
has q laundry at 131 East Seventh street, and
| lives ut II Mott street. whero hs has fiat,
before the front door Of which, in the hall,
hang fsh heads, fins. and other things that
| keep away the bad srrits. His wife had
seemed quite domestic to him. and he had beon
going Off on.ltt!e trips to other cities. suppos-
ing that she attending to her domestic
| duties at homo.
Wong went to Boston on Sept. 90 to collect
some money, and he did not return until Oct.5.
His wife was in the fat when he got back but
he noticed that her former look of happiness
was gone. and she seemed to hold aloof from
terms He also noticed that some of her Of.
fections had been aienatcd while he was away
and that an incident had occurred of which
Wan and Wong Wing. distant 's rs,asives at @o9 of
sGa: wE Rs WdnE WnE
tang Was IN Boston. He went to the house OF
o Wnh ,h.a aIh het was Md on tn night
visit Wong Hang and mis- wife; The two men
about to Knock they hcrd % sounds 90 Of ev
elry within. They Thought they had mistaken
the hat. but on listening heard the voice OF
Wah looked through the keyhoie, ] and says sht; he
Louie Git. They heard Louie coaxinE kin r her to
nee with him to Chicago. lie said they would
to go that night. but she said she was afraid
that she would be seen by her husbands
friends, and that her husband would bring
Lung Gee Pom in:erposed at this stage that
the husband could not do such things in this
Il asked a lawyer, and he eaid Wong could not
stop you so long as you did not take anything
AS they talked about the matter the three
persons within kept eating and drinking. The
man told the woman that she could get her
things toee .her and dress as an American girl.
and they would take her off in carriage. She
her husband first. 1t was then arranged that
she should do up part of her clothes. and they
would send them ahead to Chicago;
door, and Mrs. Wong Hang, muci. confused at
seeing two.frt nds and relatives Of her husband,
told them that Wong Hang was In Boston.
Louie and Lung departed abruptly.
wns 0Ss Hhns hm st tho sA s sG sna Ss
1 missing. IN gs says II At a number Of Ssr srti,
laid trap for his wife. He told her that he was
bs Sok 1Ss
house early on tho evening Of Oct 13. and weat
to Wong Wah's house. .remaining until half-past
her VENT to his
and hid in The hallway. He waited until about
half past in tho morning. when he saw Lung
had had gone one" up to bis apartmonts % before pre- he % had
begun tho vigil. Pretty soon Lung came back
with two detectives He told the detectivea
and feared that some Chinamen would try to
prevent her going While Mrs, Wong Hang
done up in o bundle. and Lung, Louie. and tho
two detectives wore in the room. Wong Hang
went up to his nat, and in his broken language
s9d the a at thu ane ms
Of the detectives asked tho woman If Wong
Hang was her husband, and she-returned:
Wong Hang set out to remove tho other
Cinnamon by main strength, whereupoh Lung
explained to the detectives that Wong Hang
detectives hustled the husband out on tho
street. Lung. Louie and the woman then droye >
ing for an interpreter. Tho husband has not
seen his wife eince.
At the Office of La Fetra d Glaze. his Attor-
neys. 1t was said Yesterday that they had been
unable to trace tho woman. They refused to give
tho names of the detectives who had assisted
In tho elopement.