The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-11-23

dren before they can be brought up to
a life of prostitution.
1T is not visionary things, but
something that will appeal to the
practical mind. that counts for some
thing in matter of this kind. If
you take up something that appeals
even to base men they will recognize
the force Of it. l would recommend to
make it a penal offense for anyone to
hold child as slave.
Il believe We could find many cases
of children being held as slaves. 1t
is a subject upon which l will preach
soon.
There is no hope under the present
system of laws to get hold of slave
children. L have seen wonderful
change effected by law in regard to
the saving Of children. / was in San
Francisco when legislation was effect
ed in regard to children was there
in 1890 when they had practically
nothing in the way of laws to protect
lchildren, and have seen the whole
thing grow gradually to it's present
grand proportions.
! The laws were such that a judge
could suspend sentence upon a child
and allow 1t to be taken away by the
ichildren's protective societies. The So
ciety had the custody of the child at
all times, and this prevented many of
them from being sent to the reform
schools. We used to have representa- l.
ltives In the police courts every day
and the judge would very gladly sus-
pend sentence and give them to the
society"
Mrs. Margaret West, who resides
next door to the house OF Ng Mon War
told reporter last evening of the
linhumanity manifested toward the lit
tie slave girl which had at times al.
most frozen her heart She had pro
tested time and time again against tn,
childs harsh treatment, but only re-
Iceived foul abuse from the woman wh'
administered the brutal blows.
For months she had witnessed thi
brutality, and once called in a mounted
police officer. The officer was met b,
, Ng Mon War and wife, who said the.
had been quarreling and that the chill.
cried because of 1t.
3 Said Mrs. West: Il saw her take
stick of algeroba wood and fiendishl,
strike the child's toes with the end O
lit. She compelled the girl to stand wit
both feet together while she bange
2 the club upon her tender toes. The
\ She held her so that she could raj
8 down blows upon her soles. Anothe
t time / heard the blows while was in
r side my house / ran out and Gale
e to the woman to stop. She called m
: foul names. The girl showed her hea
$ to me one day in the Chinese store
1t was badly bruised, and so were he
g arms and neck.
: II asked her one day, Why don
x you leave ana go to your own people
3 She said her mother was in China
:, i asked her how she came here. Sh
3 answered that her mother had sol
# her and she was brought to Hawai-
and six months ago had been sold I
n Mon War. This is the stick whic
Il the girl gave me last Monday whic
a she said was used by the woman
r beat, her. s sa--ss.
h The club is shocking instrumer
r. Iof torture. Heavy. long, thick, rougl
with Jagged edges, it is an implemer
e the judges of the Spanish inquisitio
l. would gladly have welcomed anon
r. their paraphernalia High Sheri
Brown said last evening that a wa
y rant for the arrest Of the wife of n
# Mon War would be issued today char,
e ing her with assault and battery c
% All Ho.
= There is another charge upon whic
l. the high sheriff has been asked to a
8. rest the woman. This Is prostitutio
ls Mon War has been at the office of Il
,e high sheriff many times requesting hi
n to take some action to curb his wife
lie actions. But the only charge whit
N will be laid against her for the prese
er ts the assault and battery already me
\, toned