Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-15
WOMAN SLAVERY CASE
CHINESE WOMAN BEFORE
COMMISSIONER GILL
EVIDENCE FOR THE DEFENSE is
CONTRADICTORY AND iNcoN.
WOMAN REPu.
DATES STATEMENT.

One of the two Chinese women held
by the customs officers for deportation
had her trial before Commissioner Gill
yesterday afternoon. This was An
Sue. whom Lum FOng claims as his
wife. District Attorney Breckons prose-
cuted, while f. NJ. Brooks conducted
the defense.
Ium Fong testified that he had lived
here for sixteen years and was mar
ried to the defendant eighteen years
ago in Canton. He was merchant.
and had sent Al lice to China to bring
his wife and child back. giving him
$3.50 in gold to pay expenses.
Upon cross examination the witness
made contradictory statements as to
his marriage and business here. He
said that Wong 10y had accompanied
his wife and child to Honolulu at his
| request.
Wong 10y testified that he had gone
to China to collect money due him. and
had invested ii in rice plantations. In
| Canton he had met the defendant for
the first time and was requested at
the store of FoOk Sing WO to accom-
pany the two women to Honolulu on
the City of Picking. He testified that
| he had looked after the women on the
trip and took them to his house.
Ii Cheung. official interpreter, testi-
IN. lott rn.ptNnI hU I a M Isnn o.
. from All Sue. in which she said she
! wanted to join him. A portion Of the
letters had been cut away. The wo-
man had told witness that she was
| bought by Wong 10y for $50 in Can
ton. and that she was stranger TO
the other girl She told him further
that Wong 10y had promised to marry
her. and that she had been staying
two months with Wong 10y. and COM
PEELED to he q prostitute.
A statement made by All Sue to j.
| X. Brown was read. being in substance
as follows: My real name Is All
| Sue; don't know what name | came
here under | am thirty-four years of
age; was married in China but hus-
band Is dead. have been in Hawaii
over two months. came from Hong
! kong in the :. 5. Picking; was second
! cabin passenger and went to Quaran-
| tine island. One other Chinese person
was a passenger with me, Wong 10y
! He went to quarantine also. Yes. there
| was also another woman with us. She
| took the name of All FOOu after she
got here. Wong 10y gave me a paper
on the steamer and told me that would
let me land. While at quarantine
heard Wong 10y and another China
man whom | have since seen AT Wong
! Logs house. talking. After that the
strange Chinaman told me | must say
Lum Fong was my husband. This was
before was examined. When | was
examined by the white man, there was
u Chinaman present, the same ! have
seen since at Wong Logs.
Il came ashore in hack: Lum Fong
came for me. | paid $40 Mexican for
passage. Wong 10y told me in China
that | was TO be his wife, when we got
! u'il ~ uldl lt lolN "
say ! was the wife of Lum Fong. Wong
10y told me he paid $50 for me in
China. and that | must now be a pros,
titute to repay him for his expenses in
getting me here. So far as know the
expenses were $50 and my passage
money. but Wong 10y told me that II
had cost over $1,000 TO get the Other
woman and myself here"
The testimony of Deputy Sherif
Chillingworth and Of the man from
whom Wong 10y had rented the house
was admitted and the defendant All
Sue was then put on the stand. She said
that she had been forced to make the
statement by Policeman All On. wh1
had threatened to put her in Jail for
life If she didn't plead guilty.
Mr. Breckons in the closing argu-
ment called attention TO the remark
able coincidence of Wong 10y leaving
for China on the same day that Lum
Fong had been given his merchant
certificate.
When Deputy Marshal Handy started
to take away Lum Fong, the alleged
husband there was scene. The wo,
man, who had been holding Lun
Fong's hat, refused to let 1t go, clnging
desperately to the headgear and to hel
husband, 1t was finally explained tc
the woman that her husband was MOI
being taken to Jail, and she let hin
take the hat.
Commissioner Gill promised a deci
sion on Monday.