The San Francisco call., 1898-10-09
Mir. Foote Turns Two
 Slaves Loose.
CAN ASSIGN NO VALID REASON
THEY SAID THEY WERE MA
 TIVE BORN.
Entered 8 Nolle Pros Without the Request or Knowledge of the Attorney for the
 Women.

There has been considerable adverse comment upon the dismissal by nolle pros of two Chinese women captured ln the re- cent raid by Federal officials.
 Last Friday morning Mir. Foote appear ed in the United States District Court and informed Judge HaWley that ne was convinced from evidence in his possession that Kan Tai Sue and Ho Sue Kam, Chi nese women detained al the Presbyterian Mission by order of Judge de Haven, were entitled to their discharge, and he there fore would enter a none pros. This was done and the women were released rom custody by order of the court. The women were not brought before the court for identification.
 It was taken for granted that the women had produced certificates on which they had been landed But when Miss Cameron, matron of the Presbyte- rian Chinese Mission, visited the Ap- praiser's building yesterday morning to make inquiry about the affair, and stated that the women had no certhcate or other papers entitling them to land, and that they claimed to be native-born Amer jeans. comment became very pronounced.
 The situation was not bettered when shortly after Miss Cameron left the build ing Lawyer A. H. YOrdi, attorney Tor the women visited the office of the united States Attorney and informed the report CTS that he had not requested MT Foote to make the motion, and that the case had been dismissed without ms haVlhS been notified. ,z .o take the witness stand whenever the case should be brought up in court, as She ana every one else expected that 1t would De, and she was prepared to give 1mportant evidence in the matter She had no aouoI tt that the girls had escaped rom the Omaha Exposition. One of them was not more than Is years old. They had not been out of the mission since the morning
 1 day on which day they appeared in court for the purpose of having their names taken down. She regretted she had 19t not been notified that the motion was aOOut to be made for if she had been she would have appeared in court and opposed IL; These two women were the strongest
 "T alone am the responsible party, |" said District Attorney Foote. 'lf there Is anybody to be roasted m the 7 nhafte+ ,Ite ' l am the man. nolle pressed that case on my own motion, and l have a -ight to nolle pros any case see Tt 1 am responsible only to the AttoFhey General of the United States
 II did 1t because I was satisfied from evidence in my possession thai the women are native born; . +bo
 Did you get the evidence Iroh the court records?" was asked
 Did YOU get the evidence from the Chinese Bureau?
 Chief Meredith of the Chinese Bureau said in answer to reportorlal question that he had furnished MT. FOote with the statements of the women taken in the Presbyterian Mission immediately after their arrest by the Federal raiders. That was the only evidence the bureau had taken or given in the matter.
 When Chinese claiming to be native born are brought before United states Commissioner Heacock several wit nesses are required to prove the asser- tons of the applicants, and they are sub iected to the most rigid cross-eXamina- {ion The women should have been brought before Commissioner Heacock, where they would have been required to produce witnesses to prove their state ments.
 Why MT. Foote accepted the uncorrob-- orated statements of the two slaves and why he did not bring the women before Commissioner Heacock instead of turn ing them loose on their bare word would make very interesting reading