Sunday morning globe., 1901-08-18

Indefinite postponement.' Such
was the disposition Of the case Of Ii
Lee, proprietor Of a Chinese laundry,
TT Ninth street northwest, who was
arrested Saturday evening last, after
having tried his best Boxer efforts to
kill the arresting officer with an iron
bar. The policeman, Charles Murphy
went into the laundry to arrest IL on
a serious charge. which will appear
further along, and Ii, it is said, having
a guest from the Legation in rear
room with a white girl, held the OIL
ficer at bay and even tried to XIII MIN
until his guest and the girl made good
their escape. Here, in substance, Is
the guarded account of the affair taken
from the daily press: ...
THE arrest OF Ii Lee, proprietor OF
the Chinese laundry at ~ NluIh
street northwest Saturday night, aLJei
"A fight between the Chinaman ana 70
Hceman Charles Murphy resulted last
night in Lees re-arresL for an alleseu
criminal assault upon sophia oJeaIns,
aged 10 years, OF 23l First street hOIIh'
west. The police are looking lor Lee
Chung. Iii Lees partner VINO Is az
eyed TO have participated III inc
crime. aud also 10 have received sew
eral other young girls in the room ia
t1e rear OF the laundry. Sophl@
Stearus is held at the House ol Deleh'
tiOn as witness against LII
prom the girls story, told Lhe po'
lice if aupears that she went 10 the
chinese laundry in company WIN
girl who resides Oh Massachusetts ave
me northwest some time ago, Wheh
her companion desired money WIN
which To 10 down the river ana spehu
the evening. Sophia was introduced
10 the Cinnamon, who seemed to treat
her friend very nicely ana prOmpIly
gave her the money she askeu lOi' ohs
went with her companion and uuoJheI
g:rI on a trim down the river ana help'
ed spend the money. ....
wThe girl says she subsequently ElS'
tied the laundry several times. 9he
alleges that when she did SO ON SdC
urday last Lee Chung invited her INTO
n re9l room. where it is Cnar6eu lhe
owsnse WAS committed. The allehIlOA
of tbe police was attracted to the pldce'
and when Policeman Murphy sJaIVeu
IN investigate he was met and assault
ed Inv LII Lee. whom he arrested anu ,'i,
tool, 10 the statiOn-hOuse. WINE
Nnrpby was making the arrest Lee
chung and the girl escaped by rear
exit. Ill.,. ,,,,,as,i
"The police made searching inVesu-
cation of the affair found the Blil
from whom they learned what hau
happened in the laundry, and ii Lee
arrest followed. The case Will DC
Thoroughly aired in the police court
this morning. ..,,i,o
court there was much mystery ana ma
nipulation. The prosecutor, no uouD'
bad heen admonished to go slow or the
Celestial from the legation WOulu De
,,nroosEed or involved. Hence the in
definite postponement Whlch nlo"iiS! l'''',,!!
Of course, that the incident is closou los
and the pig-tailed MOngolian OF Jhe le
.ration ia ON the hunt for a fresh white
girl willing to sell herself to ms en-
braces. 49,. A.. ,,,,.,,
,.vtensive i'm Washington Of certain
Iaundries hiring good-loollng WhlIe
girls paying them good salaltJs' "'tI ~
reouiring no work that any NslJoI w
thesa Iaundries ever see performed
The white girls loll around IN chalIs
a., the front room. If there are two
smnIoved in the same laundry, one OIL
them is sure to be in the rear Iooll
Win tbe Chinaman while the OJhel
girl sits in the front room anu te
ceiyes callers or patrons Inc Glop'
does not wish to be uhueIsIoou a.
charging that in all the lauhuiles L Lol
lowing this practice WhlIe BlIlS ~ 81
dabauched or that they have solu
themselves to Ine Chinese lauhuIy me-, iieli
~ nig.tailed visitors from the legation
~. apvvybere else. But, in the case
Of tbig moon-eyed traiticker IN young
white girls, Iii Lee, IL appears sIralsll,
enough, from the girls own sIaIellloli
to the police, that the lauhuIy ~. l..
simply a pretense, and thaJ IT. ~, III
face an assignation room TOT ViSlLoI .
better able to pay these WnlOe siMiu ~
than the miserable coolies running 'h'
laundry. ,,-... t,,
The Globe respectfully directs Jh'
attention of Minister Wa to TINS maj
ter. with a request that ne call Ih'
roll of his staff and employees eVerl
evening to see who are missing ah'
unaccOunted for.
Coming back to the police court ant
the police, The Globe desires TO know
for the information Of the public Whl
this plain case of assignation mouse
and admitted fornication with a pig
tailed and chop suey eating Chlnamal
has been ignored. Are the Chines'
Iaundries to be licensed for the de
bauchment of young white girls D.!
these Boxers from the Flowery KING
DOM And will the police Judge an'
prosecutor please explain TO Chris
tian community why neither fine no
Imprisonment was inflicted ON emma
man who assaults an officer In the eN
ecution of his duty?
What high influence has smothere'
this whole matter under the gauz.
entry indefinite postponement' VIVA
kind Of Justice, anyway, rs being al
ministered in the police court whei
a white man or a negro guilty OF l.
Les assault would be fined and i'm
prisoned while the pig-tailed Boxer II
discharged scott free even after haV
ing debauched a white girl who, ac
curding to her confession, was takei
INTO n rear room by this lecheroui
moon-eyed rat-eater, assaulted and de
aowered. The thing is outrageous an'
almost unbelievable, that, in the face
\ ~ thls testimony and the assault OI