The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-08
MR F00k KEGS WIFE
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS DENY HER
RIGHT TO LIVE HERE.
her husband IL n seattle Merchant
and Brought sze Lin From China
Last May. but she Had No Certsa-
cate from the Chinese Government

h2s Chinese Somaz- re We CO q
tnl1ese merchant doing business n the
taltec States The legal rfxht 70 srtar
his country sor re 1vsr tire fro-u har
home II China without 4 csx-iacate
EFoEa he Chs1ess government. attaches
70 whteh is tie Enforcement % re
tinted States consul al sAe port from
whien sae czmsg
FEDERAL Judge Asneord sook thst t-n-
poFlant legai question under coassserA-
-+e& " re AderA4 court yesterday Nora
l1g and VII as sccn as convenient rea-
Ger ceclstcn- II ire meantime 4fstle
MS Cue Kin, with rings II her ears.
BEaeeists On Ter arms q bunch Ct -s4
movers or her breast ard n smart tongue
IN her head, VIII stay II ire county fasl.
Were she has beer confined since a few
nASnls ago, when several government o.
nesTs tore her away from her husband
ard her home ard locked her I'D. These
officers say that Mrs Csue liz hax 70 -
ga right 70 be in the United States. ara IL
Judge HSnf0rd agrees w1fh them she zlgl
Dc shl1ped hack 10 the Orient. aud her
husband. Mr.. Fook Kee. viii cease .
nave a wife in the United States. unless
e Guys enc from one Of the ether big
cinnamon, who have several wives
There are some things about Mrs.. Cue
=
Judge HaHford has passed on all sorts
OF Chinese questions. hat be never be-
fcre had a ease Ike hers 70 worry him.
Fo0k kee Is a Chinese merchant Even
government officers. who never admit
much, say that Is true. He claims 20
have been II the United States for slEh-
teen years. He has made several trips
back 10 China Many years ago ne had
a Wife n China. She died, fust Ike
American wives sometimes do. SIX years
ago according 70 Fook Kee he went
back 70 China and married his present
wife. Mrs. Cue Lin Then he returned
and continued his business leaving her
IN the Orient In April ISL. he con-
ciudsd 20 go back TO China and bring
bis wife 20 the United States. He had
a merchants certificate prepared. which
stated that he was a Chinese merchant
and entitled 20 re-enter the United
States j. P. Gleason who IS deputy
collector OF internal revenue, and 8 d.
ktngsbury witnessed T. They had
known Fook kee for years. The certl-
fcate stated. among other things. that
rock kee vas going back 10 China to
get married. Fook Kee says the white
men misunderstood him. as ne told them
he was going back 20 get the wife that
he had married years before. That lit
tie mistake. however. IS not the cause
of Fook KEGS present troubles With
his wife he came back TO the United
States in May last, and Mr.. Saunders
then collector OF customs, admitted
them Mrs. Cue Lin had no certificate.
The collector admitted her on the
strength Of her husbands certificate
Fook Kee and his wife never had the
government officers bother them until a
few nights ago. Then they told her that
she should have A certificate and as she
did not have il they arrested her. Yes
terday Judge Hanford ordered a hearing in
the case 10 nnd OUT II the government Off
GERS were right or wrong. The court room
was crowded with lawyers ard Cinnamon
ana other people wao had no particular
reason for being there.
Fook kee went or the stand and told
about the same facts given in the fore
going. Mrs. Cue Lin gave some testi-
mony. She VAS scared and did not know
much. Chinese women are not very
large. Mrs Cue Lin Is larger than a good
sized don but she would not make two.
But the testimony In the case was not
the important part OF the hearing. What
Judge Hanford wanted was the law
United States District Attorney Brinker.
who defended the action of the govern
ment officers In arresting Mrs. Cue Lin,
coptended that the collector erred IN al
lowing her 10 enter without a certificate
from her own government, Endorsed by the
United States consul or some other dip!o-
fQALlc representative OF me LnlLeI
States certifying that she Is legally en-
titled to enter the United States. being the
wife OF a Chinese merchant doing business
In the United States. Judge Brtnker cited
a decision rendered by the circuit court for
the southern district - New York, where
in il was held that the son OF a Chinese
merchant coming TO the United States for
the first time. must have such certih-
cate II he wished 70 enter this country.
The government, Judge Brnker said, con-
tended that the decision would apply
where wife Of Chinese merchant sought
admission.
George Bush. who represented Mrs. Cue
Lin. admitted that there are cases where 4
person coming from China would have
70 have the certificate referred 20 by
Judge Brinker. Mrs Cue LAS case was
not in point. Mr.. Bush read a decision
rendered By Chief Justice Fuller IN 4
Chinese case In which the court held that
there are times when Il was impractfcabis
ard sometimes impossible for the Chinese
govern reut % issue a certificate certify
ing that one OF It's subjects had q LEGAL
right 70 enter the United States. u was
40 NJ Bush said. n the present case II
the Chinese government wished 70 give
Mrs Cue Lin a certificate X would have
been compelled 10 testify that she was the
wife If q Chinese merchant doing busl-
ness In the United states. How was the
Chinese government e certify 20 such
statement when IL did not know OF It's
own knowledge that Fook Kee was doing
business in the United states2 L; would
nave been impossible.
Mr. Bush supported his position with
another decision II vas rendered by Judge
Beatty. down in Oregon. Il $ Chinese
case The court said in that case: 1t
Is impossible 70 believe that parties 20
TIE treaty between China and the United
states which permits servants OF = Chin
Asa merchant 20 re-enter the United States
with him ever contemplated the excia-
sion OF his wife ard children. and the
reason why they are nof expressly nen-
Toned as entitled 70 ssIcA admission e
found IN the fact that the domicile q the
wife and children Is that 0f the husband
sna father ard that the concession 70 a
merchant Of the right 20 enter the Juttet
states and owen therein AZ pleasure. fairy
construed does Include hts wife and
children: particularly when K - remern-
barsd that such concession Is acc0ua-
~R-fas Win q declaration % the effect
snat n such entry and soiouru in this
oourfrv Ne SHAH be entitled 20 all ne
rights and privileges o. subject az Great
p-fta1, Or a citizen - Frame.
Judge Hartford said he would consider
ere case ard render eecis50n later IN
ne Meantime Mrs Cue Liu occupies lit
~ s7a-e in the big building on IRE hal
qvn4rs Won snE ali sorts and conditions q /