Evening star., 1898-10-22

ing the police doing anything. At the same
time they are levying backmail on the
CFlnamen of all descriptions, and in a few
years retire from this work rich Some
of them make as much $500 and 500 Il
week Living in mansions in the best parts
of San Francisco are men who have made
thousands by protecting Chinese thieves
and thugs. Their business was to ascer-
tam the time for raids and to notify the
Cinnamon. They also aided in handicap
pig the police by appearing just after a
Cfinaman had been murdered and declar-
ing that they saw some other Chinaman
commit the murder and run away
Dr. Gardner was once notified that a
Chinaman had been selected to kill him.
Accompanied by a police sergeant he went
to the home of the highbinder. who was to
carry out the decree and found him with
the commission authorizing him to do the
deed. In the mans rooms were found dirk
knives, iron bars and other weapons
In his wanderings through Chinatown DR..
Gardner frequently sees offers of reward for
the murder of tabooed Cinnamon. These
placards. however, would deceive the ma
1ority of those who could read Chinese A
short time ago he saw of these pro-
mulgated by the Bing Kung Tong Society,
saying that 1t would not be responsible for
what happened to Lau TAX Ying.
The Slave Trade.
DR.. Gardner says that respectable Chi
nese are afraid of giving any information
against Siolators of the law about Chinese
slaves. The highbinders have watchmen
to act as spies on those suspected of Civ
ing information about the slave traffic
The respectable merchants are forced to
contribute to the highbinders OF the slave
traff1c he says: Chinese women and even
young girls are bought and kidnapped IN
China and brought over here ostensibly
as the wives of merchants or as children
who have been born in the United States
but went back to China on visit. They
are resold after landing here to proprie-
tors and proprietresses OF houses of i'll
fame, and held in this kind of slavery, be-
ing sold and resold as long as they live"
DR.. Gardner has submitted with his state
ment copy of bill of sale of Chinese
girl.
DR.. Gardner rescued at different times
thlrty-six girls, many of them bearing
marks of violence After these girls are
rescued the highbinders trump up charges
of larceny against them. When the girls
are placed in Jail they are visited by the
agents of the highbinders and threatened
with death if they do not return. When
the girls are first placed in the mission
homes the Cinnamon are unable to get to
them and resort to warrants of arrest. The
missions allow the girls in their power to
marry respectable Cinnamon who want
wives. The highhinders have frequently
resorted to the practice of having some al
legged respectable Chinaman marry a girl
and then return her to the houses of pros
titutiOn.
Procuring Victims.
The agents OF the procurers go to China
and tell beautiful stories of how Chinese
girls can live as the wives of Chinese mer-
chants. If they don't kidnap the girls they
pay the aged mothers several hundred dol
lars to secure their consent to parting with
their daughters. As many as eight and
ten are often brought over on one steamer.
On the way over they are coached as to
what they must say to the immigration
officials. The story is instlled into them,
and they are told that If they do not tell
these stories they will be put in jail for
six months The most likely story they are
made to tell is that they were born in
this country and are coming back to their
father, who lives at certain place in
Chinatown. When the ship arrives the al
legged father "a highbinder) is on hand and
joyfully meets his daughter or wife what
ever the story may he. When trouble IS
found about landing at San Francisco with
these stories the girls are taken to Van
couver, i. c., and then get over the bor-
ders by the same kind of stories.
Chun Ho, of the rescued girls was
bought from her mother in China for $3.50
Mexican money. She was then nineteen
but had to represent herself as twenty
four. She was told 10 claim that she was
a married woman and that her husband
was a merchant named Tsoy. She was
admitted on that claim, the alleged Tsoy
appearing end swearing that Chun Ho was
his beloved wife. The girl was first taken
TO a private house and then sold into slav-
cry. \ Christian friend took pity on her
and reported her desire to get to the mis-
sion. On pretense of going to store a
short distance from her prison a police
sergeant met her and took her to the mis-
sion. Neac the mission is a Chinese wo-
| man, who is her aunt. She has visited her
aunt several times, but the aunt has been
| threatened and does not know what to do.
Saw Several Murders.
Chun Ho was surrounded by guards and
| an old hag all the time she was confined In
| slavery. She witnessed several murders
| One morning she saw a Chinaman murder
| another. When the police arrived she heard
| other Cinnamon tell tn" officer that q GER
| tain Chinaman had committed the deed
| The accused Chinaman was innocent The
| man who owned Chun Ho when she was
| rescued has demanded that her uncle ,)ay
! him $1,000 which Chun Ho owed him when
| she got away.
| Several girls tried to escape from the
| same houses Chm Ho lived In. The police
| made {. raid once, and one little girl tried
| to get out of her house to go to them The
! old keeper put pistol to her head ard
made her hide herself.
| Lee Chow Chun, a pretty little girl who
was placed in the Presbyterian mission
| until she could be returned to China, saved
| herself IN a remarkable manner. She was
| euticed from China in the usual way being
| told hat a wealthy Chinese merchant in
| San Francisco wanted a wife. Her poor
| old mother had been suspicious and eau
| toned her to be careful She had her
| stories rehearsed every day on the steam
| er. When she reached San Francisco an
| ugly Chinaman appeared one day and told
| her to look at him good, as he was to pass
| as her father She then became frightened
and told the inspector that she did not
| want 10 be landed. The importers of the
| girl found out that she did not want ia
| land ald sen; agents to frighten her She
| was found CRYING on the steamer by immi-
| grafton officials and they had her taken 10
| the home. She was later returned to China
Beaten and MaItreated
| Miss Cameron has had much experience