The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-08-15
SAID SHE WAS
BOUGHT Fer 500
Chinese Merchant Claims Woman
as his Wile-Statement Made
to Commissioner Brown.

All Sue, the Chinese woman arrested
last week as a slave" was before
! United States Commissioner Gill yester
day on the charge of being illegally
within the country. The matter was
submitted last evening, and a decision
will be given Monday.
/ There was a scene in court in the aft
ernoon when Deputy Marshal Handy
started to take away Lum Fong, the
alleged husband. The woman, who had
been holding Lum Fongs hat, refused
to let it go, clinging desperately TO the
| head gear and to her husband. 1t was
finally explained to the woman that her
husband was not being taken to jail,
and she let him take the hat.
I.um Fong was the first witness put
on the stand by Brooks for the de-
Tense He testified that he had lived
here for sixteen years and was mar
ried to the defendant eighteen years
ago i'm Canton. He further said that he
was a merchant, and had sent All Hee
to China to bring his wife and child
back. giving him $3.50 in gold to pay
/ expenses.
Upon cross-examination by Mr..
Brcckons the witness was rather be-
fuddled and made contradictory state
mcnts as to this marriage and business
here. He said that Wong 10y had ac-
companied his wife and child to Hoo
nolulu at his request
Won.g 10y testified that he had gone
to China to collect money due him. and
had invested 1t 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.
. Adjournment was taken at five
, O'Clock to seven o'clock when Ii
Cheung, official interpreter, testified as
to letters received by Lam Fong from
All Sue, in which she said she wanted
to join him. a portion of the letters
had been cut away. Ii Cheung testi-
fed that the woman had told him that
= she was bought by Wong 10y fan $50
/, i'm Canton. and that she was "A 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
4 PEELED to be a prostitute
e 4 statement made by All Sue to j. Is.
, Brown was then read. This was In
, substance as follows: MY real name
Is An Sue; don't know what name
came here under. l am thirty-four
5 years OF age; was married in China
I but husband is dead.
II have been in Hawaii over two
d months | came from Hong Kong on
q the :. S. Picking; was a second cabin
- passenger and went to Quarantine ISL
y and. one other Chinese person was a
i passenger with me, Wong 10y. He
h went to quarantine also. Yes there
e was also another woman with us. she
y took the name of All Foon after she
g got here, Wong 10y gave me a paper
q on the steamer and told me that would
. let me land. While at quarantine
q heard Wong 10y and another China
r. man whom | have since seen at WonG
:. Logs house talking. After that IN,
n strange Chinaman told me l must say
+, Lum Fong was my husband. This was
4 before | was examined. When | was
II examined by the white man, there was
% a Chinaman present, the same | have
! seen since at Wong Logs.
Il came ashore in a hack; Lum Foni
n came for me. | paid $40 Mexican fol
: passage. Wong 10y told me In China
" that / was to be his wife, when we go
o here, but at quarantine he told me Il
s. say | was the wife of Lum Fong. Wont
l. 10y told me he paid SEQ for me II
n China, and that | must now be pros
lie titute to repay him for his expenses II
10 getting me here. So far as | know tn
re expenses were $50 and my passag
a money, but Wong 10y told me that
M had cost over $1,000 to get the othe
. woman and myself here"
"a The testimony of Sheriff Chilling
e. worth and of the man from whor
rn Wong 10y had rented the house wa
lie admitted and the defendant All SUI
in was then put on the stand. She sal
he that she had been forced to make III
ID statement by Policeman All on VIII
10 had threatened to put her In jail 10
life n she didn't plead guilty.
~, i. NJ. Brooks opened for defense, Nj
w Brpckons arguing on the remarkabl
mn coincidence OF Wong 10y leaving Il
he China on the same day that Lum Fon
50 had been given his merchants certit