The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-08-02
HER TRIALS
NOW OVER

When the steamer Peru weighed an
Choir and sailed from this port last
night a great weight was also lifted
from the mind of Thomas Fitch.
Kan You, the pretty Chinese girl who
came to Honolulu as a maiden, depart
ed as matron through the instrument
tality Of Mr.. Fitch and in spite of the
order Of Judge Estee, who ruled that
she was unmarried and consequently
not a citizen Of the Territory or OF the
United States. Kan You has had
varied career since the day she was
placed under arrest by Deputy Marshal
Hendry, as a Chinese laborer illegally
within the limits of the United States,
and every step has been strangely in
terwoven with the history of Mr.. Fitch,
though much to his sorrow. 1t was his
first Chinese case since coming TO Ho-
nolulu and his experiences We're such
that ne will hardly attempt to get an
other client OF the same race until the
memory of Kan You is dead.
Yong Hang. the reputed husband OF
the woman, did not forsake her in her
hour of need, and when the Peru sailed
it carried not only the deported Chinese
woman, but also her husband, who
gave up his home and property here,
insorder that ne might accompany her
TO China. This Is but another instance
of the cruel workings of the exclusion
law, which Is alleviated in this instance
by the devotion of husband. However
lust the exclusion act in the abstract,
it'has already been the cause of untold
misery among the Chinese of Honolulu.
KAN You claimed residence here not
only as the wife of Yong Hang, a Chi
resel MERCHANT, but also because of her
alleged birth In the Island. Her mar
riage, It was claimed by Fitch, occur
red while she was in China and Yong
Hang was in Honolulu. the rites being
celebrated legally, according to his
statement, while the girl was In Gus
tody. The Territorial prison being ov-
ercrowded, she was allowed to re-
main at the house of Y. Ahin, a mer-
chant, and II was at this time that
Fitch took part in a transaction that
called forth a reprimand from the
court that has produced in him
strange reluctance to appear befor'
Judge Estee again, Fitch, presumably
in order to still further clinch his cas-
Che explains II as in the interest o
public morality, secured marriage II
cense and had her marriage to Yoni
Hang legalzed according to American
law. This too when the whole conten
ton of the defense had been that sh
had already been married in China.
Judge Estee inspite of the wiles an
Iepfehensible action of her attorney
did not let It affect his judgment, an
ordered the woman deported, rulin
ti.at the so-called Chinese marriag
was incomplete, and that the woma
was not born in the Islands. Her at
torney came in for a stern rebuke 10
attempting TO defeat the ends of jus
tice by an irregular marriage. He WA
scored by the court and in no gent
terms. All along the girl has been hi
evil genius and he was no doubt niue
happier to see her leave the Island
than she was to go.
All Quot, the l3-year-old Chinese gil
who was ordered deported this weel
was also put aboard the Peru, as wa
Lam Chow, who claimed to have bee
born in Honolulu. All Quot, who al
pears to be but six or seven years oil,
was placed in the care Of the stewart