The herald., 1898-03-30
SUE YINo HELD TO ANSWER FOR
BIGAMY
STORY WITH A T0RRID PLOT
Tricks and Traits Of the Mongolian
Race Sufficient for Sensational
Melodrama

| after long interval. On the former occas-
sion. when Sue Wings marital ventures
were ventila ed in the township court there
were present only lot OF Chinese coolies
who stood up against the walls or lounged
| on the court room steps smoking cigarettes.
These same heathens were there again
yesterday. but every seat in the larger
court room was occupied by ladies-women
| with q mission, black cotton gloves and
large well-filled reticules. who had come
to see fair play and give Mrs. Sue Ying
Tom Woe their moral support.
1t will be recollected that the prosecu-
ton pretended that Sue Wing had married
one All Wing in December, 1892, and that
she had left him several years later to
marry one Tom Wo In October, 1897, both
marriages being performed by magistrates
in the court house after proper licenses
had been secured.
The defense has all along maintained
that the man who claims to be All Wing is
not this party at all because the true All
Wing died in China several years ago, bu;
that the alleged first husband of Sue Yine
is in reality her uncle, who has himself a
fashion of Chinese ''padrones" and pro-
curers bartered her away for money. That
Sue Wing having enfranchised herself from
the yoke of the alleged All Wing, whose
true name is said to be Yam Kee, he en-
tered into conspiracy with other Chinese
one of them named Ho Gee, for the purpose
of extorting money from her and her Sec
ond husband, Tom Wo, the cook at the Red
defense positively asserts that All Wing.
the first husband of Sue Wing, died in
China several years ago and that when the
woman married Tom Wo she was widow
and had perfect right to wed again.
In order to prove that money was the I'M
derlying motive which impeled the bogus
All Wing to work The bigamy black-mail-
ing racket" on Tom Wo and Sue Yiug,
and that he was doing it in the interest of
Ho Gee, the defense introduced one Tom
Wee Ling, who was at Acton when the
constable and the man Ho Gee came
through there for the purpose of arresting
the woman. Tom Wee Ling stated that
Ho Gee at that time told him that what ne
was after was the sum of $500 or he would
get the woman back. Another Chinaman
was placed on the stand who testified that
he had known Sue Ying while she was an
inmate of a house of prostitution al 321
Apablasa street He was frequent visitor
at the brothel, where there were two other
women beside the defendant These women
have since returned TO their native coun-
try. The witness said that Yam Kee, the
alleged bogus All Wing did 6ot reside in
that house but that the man who was Sue
Ying's lover or boss was Ho Gee.
The aim of the defense throughout was
an endeavor to show up Ho Gee as the mo-
tive power of the whole Matchmaking con-
spiracy, and for that purpose three letters
written in Chinese were introduced in evil
dence by Mr.. Appel. One of these, translated
by the learned Mr.. Chan Kin Sing, Chinese
interpreter of the police court, directed to
Tom Wo the present husband of Sue Yng,
reads as follows:
without any controversy we wouldn't
dare to say much but we write these few
words In regard to Ho Gees woman" QIt
Gee is the alleged slave mastery Now,
respected sir, you will see that Ho Gee,
being in these Golden Hills Estate of Cali
formal for over twenty years. has re-
deemed Sue Wing. 1t will require sl7OO for
you to have her. Ho Gees present condi-
ZION Is very Sdus Ills IcStdul ant W d. w.
tally destroyed by fire and the woman was
led away Bystanders seeing these condi-
tions cannot help but pity, and you will
have a better feeling in the future If this
could be settled in peace In this case. Ho
Gees only gratitude is to you, respected
sir, and also We will have shared your
Kindness forever"
An Wing, the complaining witness, was
then recalled for cross-examinauon. At
to-ney Appel, for the defense, explained
trat It Is the Chinese custom for man to
change his name when he marries, and he
would ask the witness a few questions on
that line OF inquiry. After several queries
had been propounded 1t transpired that be-
fore An Wing had married he had enjoyed
me maiden cognomen Of Yam Kee. He was
asked why he gave the name of All Wing
when he procured the marriage license
since he was not yet married? The fat
old fellow replied that he used it at the
time because he had already selected It,
and it might as well begin to do duty at
once. He was also required to say why he
had given his age to the deputy county
clerk as less than what It was really, and
ne said very glibly that he was aware that
young women are not dead stuck on old
fellows, and so he had made himself young
CT than he was to deceive his bride.
Justice Young in holding the defendant
to answer in the sum of $1,000 said that there
was but one point to consider in the prem
ises and that was the question of the iden-
tity of All Wing. From the positiveness of
certain witnesses for the prosecution, nota-
bly, that of Attorney Hugh Crawford, who
was present at the time the license was
procured and the wedding performed that
All Wing, the complaining witness, was
the same All Wing who was the bride
groom. that identity had been fully made
out to his satisfaction and there was am
Pile probable cause to let jury wrestle
with the facts.
AnAmIIER TIED HYHYm