The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-28
CHINESE CHILDREN HELD
Objection Made to Their Going TO
the Flowery Kingdom.
A Missionary Demurs to Ir. Ching
Taking His Little Foster DauEh-
tiers With Him-The Case to BE De-
cidcd by New York Justice.


tiers With Him-The Case TO BE De-
cidcd by New York Justice.
NEW YORK, April 27.-Ching Wing
Sam, who is a hea.hen, sat on a chair in
the ante-room of the Court of Special
Sessions today, and pondered upon the
peculiarities of the country in which he is
a sojourner On his knees sat Zip Lily
and Zip Rose, two little girls, whose
mother was a white woman. and whose
father was. and is, a good friend Of Ching
Wing Sam.
missionary from Philadelphia. the
Rev. Frederick IDoole had come over from
that city. and had asked the police to take
Lily and Rose away from the Chinamen
because he was Chinaman. and was go
ing back to China. Ching could not thor
oughIy understand why these things were
so. But as for Zip Lily and Zip Rose,
they sat on his knees and played with
the loops Of his tunic, and giggled content
eddy. lie is the only father about whom
they know anything.
Ching Wing Sam sells merchandise at
43 Mott Street, OF the richest and rarest
sorts, imported from the East. He is
known and respected throughout all the
crooked streets to the west Of Chatham
Square Nothing has caused his fellow
countrymen TO respect him more than the
care and generosity which he has lavish
ed on Zip Lily and Zip Rose. Their father
is not as wealthy as Ching, and three
years ago, when Lily was four years old,
and Rose was six, Ching adopted them.
In order that the adoption might not
be questioned, Ching went to the great
est lawyers he had ever heard of, and
asked them TO see that no kink of some
other lawyers invention could ever take
Zip Lily and Zip Rose from him. Pa
pers were drawn up and Surrogate Ar
mold signed them. They were the abso-
lutte surrender of the children to Ching by
Ching was told that the adoption was
proof against all the wiles of men and
devils.
The Rev. Mr.. Poole, who had made up
his mind to make Christians Of the little
ones, heard the other day that they were
here. He came over and went to Super
intendent jenkins, OF the Gerry Society,
and told him that he thought that Zip
Lily and Zip Rose ought to be taken away
from their adopted father right away. He
heard that Ching was going back to
China, and was going to take the little
girls with him. Three round trip tickets
from New York to China and back had
already been bought
Mr.. Jenkins sent two agents. Agnew and
King. TO Chinatown, and they found Lily
and Rose. They were living in the lap Of
Chinese luxury. 7 he society men took
them away. despite the protest of their
Chinese foster father and all his house.
The agents showed their badges. and
Ching and the rest retired mournfuily
and debated on the reasonablcness Of the
Boxer movement in China.
In the morning Ching went to Howe a.
Hummel's Office and said that all the
wealth OF his business was at the dis
posal OF the firm II il would get back his
babies for him from the Christians. Mr.
Moss went with him to the court, and
Justice Holbrook held special session as
a committing magistrate in the court
chambers.
Lily climbed Up on Ching's right knee
and Rose upon his left. as soon as he
had taken his seat. They had no eyes for
anybody but him, and they looked with
uncoHcealed scorn on the Gerry men
Ching was at no time under arrest. and
Justice Holhrook had not the slightest
reason, so he said. TO prevent Ching from
taking tho little girls on visit TO China
But the society agents said that they were
sure that Ching meant TO sell the little
girls in China as slaves, and the Phila-
dciphia minister was also quite sure OF it,
He said that the departure of the child
rem for China must be prevented at all
hazards. They had no evidence what
ever TO offer in support Of these asser-
tons, except the minister's assertion that
he had heard of half Chinese girls being
sold in China that way. He offered no
surmises as 10 the purpose of Ching in
engaging return passage from China for
himself and the children
The protests of the minister and the
society gent were so strong that Justice
Holbrook said that he would hold the
children in the custody Of the Gerry So
ciety until Monday afternoon. Mr. Zip.
the father of the little girls, viii be askod
10 be present then, and to satisfy the
cour. that "A comparatively poor China
man has the right TO let rich Chinaman
adopt his children and bring them up.