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.
sIsTENT-W 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.
Lum FOng testified that he had lived
here for sixteen years and was mar
ried to the defendant eighteen years
ago in Canton lie 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 the witness
made contradictory statements as to
his marriage and business here. lie
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. lie testified that
he had looked after the women on the
trip and took them to his house.
Ii Cheung. official interpreter, testi-
fed 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. 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 be a 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 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
heard Wong 10y and another China
man whom | have since seen al 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
Chinaman present. the same ! have
seen since at Wong Logs.
II came ashore in a 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
| here, but at quarantine he told me tn
| say ! was the wife OF Lum Fong. Wong
| 10y told me he paid $50 for me in
China, and that must now he pros
| titute to repay him for his expenses in
| getting me here. So far as ! know the
expenses were $50 and nv passage
money, but Wong 10y told me that 1t
had cost over $1,000 10 get the other
woman and myself here"
The testimony Of Deputy Sheriff
| 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. who
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 n scene. The wo-
man, who had been holding Lum
Fong's hat, refused to let it go. cinging
desperately to the headgear and to her
/ husband. II was finally explained to
the woman that her husband was not
being taken to jail, and she let him
take the hat.
Commissioner Gill promised a decl-
sion on Monday.