The San Francisco call., 1897-08-01

detained on the steamer China, is peculiar
in that all the statements of the interested
parties 10 the matter are at variance and
there is evidently such mixed condition
as can only come from an attempt 10 de-
ceive the department. The matter was
placed in the hands of Inspector Urauhart
for investigation, and he made report
which contained the following statements {:
Mock Shee Mock All Yue) states that Hong
Woon OF % Waveriy place went to China ski h
year Kwong Sui (l580). (She leaves room for
q few minutes, and returning said he left for
China in lS90) She states that her daughter
lived with distant relatives after the eeath OF
her grandmother, who died July, 1896. 81
am sure of the date of her death, because my
daughter wro te me in July, 1896, saying that
the old lady was dead. Ny husband brought
the letter from his store, 25 Waverly place"
States that her daughter was born al 627 Sac
ramento street, second floor, middle room
(Her daught ter says she was born at T27 Sac
ramento street) II was married to Quan
Hing in China when was 20 years old. In
my twenty third year I came with him 10 San
Francisco, and we Immediately went TO 627
Sacramento street and resided in m ddle room,
second floor. My daughter was born during
my twenty-sixth year. We lived in this place
Ping district. l cannot give the name OF a
single store in the street on either side of the
stairway leading to the room. 1t is two
story house, four rooms in all, occupied by
four families. All these people have returned
TO China. l never knew the names OF any
member of any of the families living in the
house. Since our return We have been living
in house on Dupont street. do not know
the number of the house. Neither my hus-
band nor myself ever wrote to my daughter
while she lived in China. Both my dau hter
and my mother lived in China by sewing"
Statement of HON Woon OF 25 Waverlv,
place:
I was in China in the same village with Kan
Kam 0i in May, 1890. lremained in this viii
lage about two years, living near this gir., and
met her four or five times. Her grandmother
did no work except housework. Kan Kan OF
did sewing, nothing else that l know Of Sae
was born at 727 Sacramento street.
Statement of Quan Hing, father OF Kan
Kan Oh:
Ny wife paid for the rent of rooms at 727
Sacramento street, where my daughter was
born. (The wife stated that she knew nothing
about the rent question and that her husband
attended 10 it, My mother died In January,
1896, and 1 heard OF 1t through a letter writ
ten to me by my daughter, received last Feb
ruary. l used TO hear from my daughter
about once month since she was years old.
Only two families lived at 727 Sacramento
street. second floor, at the time we lived
there. The other family by the name of HON
lived there. 1 do not know how many rooms
were on this floor, Ny mother did not do
and old housework. No pictures of myself or
nv vile have ever been taken,
Note of Inspector UTquhart:
When the reputed father and HON Woon
were asked to point out the house Kan Kan
OF was born in, we first took the mother with
US, and she. pointed out 739 Sacramento street
Then we had the father, Quan Hing, with US,
and he pointed out 727 Sacramento street.
Then we had Kan Woon with US. and he
pointed out 727 Sacramento street. The father
Eesitated g bout fifteen minutes. first looking
ct one side and then the other OF the street be-
fore he finally found the number. The mother
went Immediately to the number 739 and said
she was sure that was the number
Statement of Kan Kan Oh when she was
being taken from the quarantine to the
steamer after her arrival:
= My name is Kan Kan Oh. l am 20 years old
T. was born at 727 Sacramento street, second
floor, middle room. l departed for China
March %, 1880. Went with father and mother
Father is Gong Ting. He is In San Francisco.
at 1877 Sacramento street.. He returned from
China in the month of March or April, 1882.
Ny mother is with him now in San Francisco,
having returned with him in 1892. l am the
only child in the family. l was living with
ny paternal grandmother in Haw Hop Tsan
village, three or four days journey from Can
ton. My grandmother is the only one who lived
in the house with me in China, my grandfather
having died before I went to China. 1 never
saw him. Twas cowherder in China Tor the