The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-08-18
Half Chinese Girl From San
Francisco Attempts Suicide.
SAVED JUST IN THE NICK TINE
Runs Away From Home-Followed to
Honolulu by Her Husbands Cousin.
Beaten Because She Refuses to
Return Arrested Yesterday.

Nothing else could be heard ON the
streets last night, but the story of the
attempted suicide of Lucy the half
Chinese girl who arrived by the Mariposa
some two weeks ago and who was ar
rested yesterday and held in detention
at the police station for the purpose of
having her sent back to San Francisco
on the Australia today.
At about six O'Clock in the evening
the night clerk, ]. Kalakiela. happened
TO go back OF the Deputy Marshal's
Office and past the cells on the upper
floor. AS he did so he looked in through
the bars of the cell which had been
assigned to Lucy" and noticed that
she was sitting on a chair with her
head bent over on one side as if she
had fallen asleep.
Gazing a little longer he noticed that
her breast was heaving spasmodically
and calling the turnkey to his assist
ance. opened the cell and called to the
girl who made no answer, but continued
TO lean in the same position. Without
moments delay Kalakiela grabbed the
woman and started to raise her up on
the chair when he found that silk
handkerchief tightly wound had been
tied about her throat and that she had
become unconscious. Five or ten min
utes longer might have ended in heI
death.
At first it was sought TO unite the
handkerchief, but the knots had beer
tied too well and the four which the
girl had succeeded in putting into the
handkerchief were immovable. A peck
ct knife was produced at once and in
serted between the neck and the hand
kerchief. With a vigorous jerk tht
handkerchief was cleared from the
girls neck who with one long gasp, fel
to the floor.
DR.. Emerson was telephoned for a
once and arriving a little later, set Il
work to bring the young lady AROUND
again. He worked for quite while
and then succeeded in bringing her TO
When she had recovered sufficiently
she told DR.. Emerson the story of hel
life which, if ii be true, should certainl!
claim the immediate attention OF ever!
humane person who reads these lines;
4 am a girl of twenty years and was
born in San Francisco, California. Ny
mother was a white woman and m!
father a Chinaman.
When l was but fourteen years o.
age l was married TO Wong Hee,
Chinaman who did cooking and Other
odd jobs to make a living.
Since that time my life has beer
one chapter of incidents all conducting
to my misery and l have lain awake a
nights and wandered about the streets
during the day, trying to study some
way out of the awful situation, but
was powerless for was 1 not married
to the man who daily gave me kicks
and cuffs and thrashed me until l wa!
black and blue all over.
only a few weeks ago Wong Tuck
a merchant of this city, went up to SaI
Francisco and while there was yer!
often at our house for my husband is ;
cousin of his.
Wong Tuck and my husband Otter
talked together and at last l gathered
that l was to be sold for the consider
alton of three or four thousand dol
lars to whomsoever might see fit t
offer the price. / am convinced tina
my husband would have taken far les
at the time for he was very hard VI
and had no money to buy opium o
which drug he is slave.
! Il shuddered at the thought of bein:
sold to the highest bidder and made u
throw myself upon the mercy of m.
friends of whom 1 have several here
No sooner had 1 made up my mind u
this than l made my preparations am
came to Honolulu on the R. N. S.
Mariposa about two weeks ago.
Since that time have been stayinl
at the home of Chu Soy, manager o
lone of the Chinese theatres
In the meantime my husband ha
? found out where l had gone and Won
Tuck followed me down on the Austria
liza. AS soon as he arrived he locke
me up and, after finding me, said tina
, l should go back to San Francisco
This 1 declined to do, whereupon
thrashed me shamefully.
> To-day a police officer came to tn
, house and told me was wanted by tn
Marshal and then was locked up i
! this CELL
DR.. Emerson stated that the girl ha
: become very much worked up over tn
/ excitement of the past month and ths
the attempted suicide was the outcom
of this
| Lucy was seen by a reporter c
this paper while in the Deputy MAJ
shal's Office yesterday afternoon. Sh
r is very good looking, dresses neatl
! and speaks very good English.
t She is sure that she will be sold upo
e arrival in San Francisco and shrink
/ the ordeal of being made to go back
] lowers Ocean Record