Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-19
LUN SISTERS SENT TO JAIL
Judge Scott Caps the Climax Of the Chienes
Village Case.
INNOCENT VICTIMS MADE TO SUFFER
MeddIers who Precipitnte n ROW
Abandon Theft Alleged object
nnd Leave Them 20 Bear
the Courts wrath.

the Courts Wrntn.
The Lrm sisters, Yup, Tue and Kim,
three young Chinese girls who came to the
city to appear upon the stage Of the theater
of the Nee Lee Wah village at the exposi-
ton grounds, were sent to jail yesterday by
Judge Scott because they refused to ac-
company and place themselves In the GUS
tody Of a Miss Wykof, who lays claims 10
being a missionary who recently returned
from China. Later they were released by
order Of the United States court and are
now under protection OF the United states
marshal.
Several weeks ago the proprietors OF the
Nee Lee Wah village brought some zoo
Chinese men, women and children TO omaha
for the purpose of representing the Gus
toms and methods OF life in China. they
came in under a special act OF congress-
providing for their admission. They we're
received by the customs officers at San
Francisco and were sent on to this city.
IJpon reaching here, they were checked up
nv Customs Oficer Miller, and their Ger
ti6cates were xamine and found correct
in every particular.
A couple OF weeks ago. Wah Lee, a
Chinese laundryman from Lincoln, arrl'eu
on the scene and at once interested hinseli
in the affairs at the Chinese quarters, whico
were under the control of Hong Sling,
Chinese agent for the Union Pacific Rail
road company. Not long after this, Lee
applied to Judge Scott for a writ OF habeas
corpus, alleging that In his opinion the
three Lun sisters had been brought mere LOT
immoral purposes and that IL was the
purpose of the proprietors OF the Nee Lee
Wab Village company to sell them at the
q RIM o,ol, 10 hn Ialivnrpd In SAn
Francisco. Upon this showing, the writ
was issued and the girls were arrested by
Deputy Sheriff Striker and conducted into
court. The trial proceeded and evidence was
taken. Miss Wykoff pushing the prosecution.
ANY number of witnesses were called ana
examined for the defense, but nothing was
brought out to indicate that there was any
attempt upon the part of Sling or his as
~sociates to sell the girls, aside from the
testimony of Wah Lee, who swore that he
visited the Chinese quarters and that while
there, some person who was not in
authority, told him that the girls were for
sale.
Scores Everybody i'm sight.
On the showing made at the hearing Judge
Scott held that in his judgment the Chinese
girls V ere in an atmosphere that was dan
gerous to their morals. He delivered one of
MS CnaTaCteTlStlC lectures diu II Sdiiel i'o
applauded. He took up the Chinese question
at a point where it was first touched upon
by %profano history, following it down to the
. present date, He roasted the Chinese gov
ernment, the United States government and
all of its officials, intimating that men in
authority at Washington were in league with
the Chinese companies, and that it was never
the purpose to return any of the Chinese
brought to this city under the provisions of
exclusion act of congress. Departing from
this subject he turned his batteries of wrath
upon the city officials and turned them over
and abused them on account of the fact that
prostitution exists in Omaha and because
prostitutes are arrested and fined.
The final climax was reached by Judge
Scott turning the three Chinese girls over TO
Missionary Wykoff and directing Deputy
Sheriff Stryker to conduct them to her
place Of abode, the third floor OF
a fiat at 2211 Douglas street. Friday
night in order to carry out the instruc-
lions of the court, the deputy took the girls
to the place indicated and asked the mis-
sionary to take them and relieve him of fur
Their responsibility in the matter.
Right at this time Miss Wykoff discovered
for the first time that she had bought more
than she had bargainod for. Notwithstand
ing this, she directed the officer to take the
girls to the room she had provided. Obeying
these instructions, Stryker took his charges
up two flights of dark stairs and landed
them to a dark, dirty dismal chamber, alb
~solutely devoid of furniture, with the eX
ception of a couple of wood chairs. a cot ant
a bed. The girls rebelled and refused TO re
main as prisoners in this place, which lacked
a great deal OF being as comfortable ant
commodious as the Chinese quarters o
tuhirh NNah aa and Mic NNuEnff pnpnnlainnf
and which are located at Thirteenth and Chi,
cago streets.
Miss wykoT Wenkens.
Understanding that they we, o he i'm,
prisoned in this upper story Of the fiat, tbs
girls became violent and pleaded by sign!
for the deputy sheriff to take them away. II,
make matters worse, the missionary arrived
at this time and gave the girls to under
stand that they were to remain there AM
that the court had directed her to become
their custodian. This explanation beini
made, they revolted and the missionar.
threw up her hands and begged Stryker t
take them away. He informed the woman
that he could do nothing of the kind, as h
was acting under an order of the court. Mis-
Wykoff continued her appeals, but as the
, had no effect she went out on a search 70
Judge Scott and finally found him and sc
cured another order, directing Stryker to re
turn the girls to their Chicago street quar-
tiers for the night. The order directed tina
the girls be in court at 10 o'clock yesterda
morning.
Once out Of the presence Of the missionar
the Lun sisters quoted down and spent tn
night peacefully at the place which they ha
occupied since their arrival in Omaha.
Yesterday morning Miss Wykoff was n
early arrival at Judge SCOTS court, wher
she poured her troubles into the judicif
ear. Later Deputy Stryker arrived, bring
ing the girls with him. He explained the pre-
c~eedings OF Friday night and the manner 1