The herald., 1898-11-29
HUNG YET SUEY
Appeal of a Chinese Woman From
Sentence of Deportation

Hung Yet Suey is only diminutive,
brown. almond-eyed Chinese woman, at
tired in the loose, flowing silk garments and
black trousers that are a la mode among
the women of her country, but she has con-
trived to absorb considerable time and at
tention in the United States courts in the
past six months.
Hung was arraigned before United States
Commissioner Van Dyke on June 25, last,
with two other Chinese females, all charged
with being in the country in violation OF
the exclusion act. The examination was
held July % and the evidence was such. in
Hung case, that the commissioner took the
matter under advisement. 1t was reopened
by request of Inspector j. ID. Putnam in
July, set for October l5 and continued till
the 18th and again taken under advisement
| till October 2S. at which time she was or
dered deported November 5. Notice OF ap-
peal was filed and trial set for the 2Sth be-
fore Judge Wellborn.
Among the witnesses yesterday for Hung
were Wong Fong. DR.. Fung Tip Sam, Mrs.
Long Chung and Mrs. Fung Sin. The de-
fense claims that Hung was born9in San
Francisco and was taken to China when
young. Mrs. Fung testified through the in
terpreter that she was the bearer of money
and a letter from Hung's father in San
Francisco to her in 81 Sing village in China,
where she was staying. The chain OF evi-
dence woven by the defense was quite in
genious and cleverly contrived and may be
difficult to break.
DR.. J. Z. Gardner of San Francisco, in
structor of the Chinese language in the
state university, who was born in China
OF American parents, was put on the stand
as an expert on Chinese characters in sig
natures placed in evidene.
Hung Yet Suey is 30 years old. so small
of stature and infantile of face she appears
much younger than the years she testified
to on the stand. She is one of the hun
dreds OF Chinese slave girls imported by her
countrymen to America to fill brothels and
lead lives a thousandfo fold worse than other
HUNDRED evils under the American flag, bad
as they may be. When Hung arrived at San
Francisco Chinaman appeared and claimed
to be her father, presenting the customary
affidavit. The different parts of his story
corresponded and she was allowed land
ing The girl was taken to what is called
family house." which is a house kept by
a woman with children to give it a reputa
bic appearance, but is merely a halfway
place between the ship and the brothel
From there she was sold by the procuress
and her purchaser, fearing exposure in San
Francisco, sent her TO Los Angeles. wher,
she was discovered by Inspector Putnam
and arrested in June last.
A Chinaman claiming to be her father
and to be the one who presented the aft
davit when she landed, is now seeking to get
the girl. The officials suspected he was moi
the same man who claimed her in the first
place, questioned him closely and found
that he could not relate any of the circum
stances occurring at that time, nor account
for himself in the meantime. The charac
, tiers in evidence were two of his signature
and one of the first claimants, which DR.
Gardner pointed out were not the same.
Dr. Gardner has been so persevering anc
earnest in his efforts to break the importa
ton of Chinese slave girls at San Francisco
that he received warning from the high
binders recently that he had better dessI
| if he wanted to save his life.