The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-09

245 put his club in the corner; and the
maglstrate, with the remark that it was
an unpleasant job We'll done, sentenced
the men to three months imprisonment
as an additional punishment. While he
was waiting for the next prisoner he
said:
THAT looks brutal, but it is the only
way that these people can be rea ched
All That appeals to them is physical pain
In the meantime the three men were
being assisted to their feet by the pig
tail and they went out of the court room
bent almost double and looking venge-
ance at the complainant who was tTemb-
ing and evidently frightened
They won't trouble you for three
months at any rate, said the magistrate
TO him in Chinese, and he left the court
room.
PENALTY OF LYING.
The next case that was called fur
nlshed no stirring incident. The prisoner
had been a clerk in a pawnshop before
the siege and had run away After the
city was taken by the allies he had come
pack and had tried to take possession of
the shop from clerk who had not run
away. AS it was impossible to tell who
was in the right the magistrate adjourn
ed the case until the owner of the shop
who had also fled returned.
The next case was that of vi.lainous
looking youth who with four others had
held up and assaulted a woman. He de-
MED that he had had anything TO do
with the assault or that he knew his
companions who had escaped.
He is lying said the magistrate af-
ter few minutes, questioning and then
he demanded again the names ef the
other three. The prisoner gesticulated
and talked in Chinese. "Give him two
or three truth inducers, said the magis-
trate.
In moment the prisoner was stretch
ed on the floor, his queue drawn taut
over his mouth. and 245 stood at at
ton with his cub.
''WiH he tell the truth? demanded
the magistrate.
He says he don know" said the in
terpreter.
blows and the CLUB whistled through the
air and came down on the prisoner who
let out a blood-cudiing Shrek. Again
the club came down.
will he tell TIE truth?' asked the
magistrate.
..He says he viii go and point out the
other three" said the interpreter.
That will co., said the magistrate,
and the prisoner was pulled up by the
pigtail and went limping away With
policeman.
Can you trust evidence extracted in
that fashion," asked the correspondent.
You can with these fellows, said the
magistrate, but then we wouldn't CEN
vict these men he picks out because he
brings them here. The punishment IS net
so much to get the evidence as it is to
stop the lying. If he had told us the
names OF the men we probably would not
nave been able to get them and he might
won't count in the punishment that is
finally imposed on him. He was punished
simply for lying. Here's another case
now
As the magistrate spoke a big C,-na-
man came in On his knees with every sign
of physical pain on his face.
RMS man is accused of abduction"
said the magistrate. He keeps a brotael
across the river where he had this girl.
He denied that he kept the place We
know that he did keep it. He persisted
IN his denial! Our proof was positive and
so had him punished. He got fifteen
blows That was five days ago, and he
hasn't been able to stand straight since
But after he got them he was anxious
to tell the truth, and ! think that he did
He admitted that he had purchased the
girl from her father who is now dead
She was to serve him four years. Re-
Gently tie mother las been around max
ing trouble and demanding money. [
sent him yesterday to get the contract
which he and the ia Their signed, and I
guess that he has got it here
me Cillnaman passed up paper, which
1t said in subs lance: This docun1 ant
is evidence that [ have this day rented
~ daughter, Lu Wan Fai, to Lee Su,
Secause my family is so poor that it
needs her services. She is to be used in
his house for the tenn of four years, and
am to receive $780, which is here ac-
knoWledged If the girl dies during the
Tour years there is no redress
AJHA11L VI ~ Sl1lIl b HEN Al(DJt1 DHE(.
Now followed in court a scene that
probably could not be matched anywhere
in the world before Christian magis-
trate.
Send for the girl and her mother, .
said the magistrate.
The interpreter called out to the
guards and presently woman bent with
age and followed by a young woman in
four inches long appeared. They dropped
on their knees and kGWtowed to the
magistrate as they c"ept forward toward
him.
Don't get on your knees" he said. but
they did not heed him
The girl was not bad looking: neither
was she good looking. Her face lacked
refinement, but it was not coarse. She
the elder woman until she was dir city
beside the man
Nov, said the magistrate tc the
man. to whom did you pay this mon
Il paid it to her father" said the pris-
oner
How long ago did you pay it?" asked
the magistr2 tie.
II paid i two years ago. said the
prisoner She has been in my house
since them.
What was your fathers name?" asked
the magistrate of the girl
She replied in Chinese that she did rot
understand. The question was repeated
to her several times, and finally she
was my fathers name?''
The mother told her and the girl re-
peated it to the magistrate, who said
Its funny that you don't know your
fathers name
The girl kowtowed three or four times
DO you want to go back to this man S
house?" asked the magistrate
She says she would not want To go
! back if her mother was not very poor. -
said the interpreter, but her mother is
/ ve'y poor and She wants to help her all
she can
Does she want to go back?" asked the
magistrate again.
| Yes, she says that she does" replied
J the interpreter after a moments CONVEX
sation with the girl, who kept up
| continual koWtowing.
"Dou you want your daughter TO g,
! back to this mans house?" asked the
magistrate of the mother, who replied il
| Chinese:
81 am very poor and have no food"
do you want her to go back to til
! house?' asked the magistrate again.
She says that she does if the ma
! will pay" said the interpreter.
DO you want to take the girl back tt
| your house" asked the magistrate of the
| prisoner, and that individual nodded.
| ''Will you pay her MOTH S. a montl
for the remaining two years that you
| contract calls for?" asked the nagis-
| trate.
! The prisoner nodded that he woul6s
"If he pays your mother S. a month
| for the next two years do you want to
go back to him?" asked the magistrate
| of the girl.