The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-14

i vised him it was nat safe, and he deei- ded to return to China.
 When Big Jim'S fled to escape the
 hatehet men he left his affairs in this
 country in the hands of his friends and
 business assaciatesk ..Buek Eye" Kun
 You and Chin Cisow, and his white wife, who, under his skilled etachingr
 had become a shreWd business woman
 was directed to oversee all his enter priseS. These Chinese were associated
 with him in the ownership Of the Tie
 Loy. the Foo Quoy ChOng and the
 American lottery companies, and it is
 to them that he disposed of his inter-
 ests in the big gambling games. His Fresno and Alameda county holdings
 went to white people, and it is said that
 he closed them out at sacrifice that his departure from San Francisco
 would not be delayed any longer than possible. f.~.... .,...-.
 After Big Jim's' hurried flight to
 China word came back that he had ir-
 vested heavily in Chinese enterprises,
 was identified with an oriental line of
 steamers, was engaged in building rail- | roads, and was rapidly adding to his vast fortune accumulated here. These
 stories have been partially verified by his return to his country and his dispo- sal of all his property interests here,
 The prominent Chinese say that all of
 the money he took away with him isst
 be invested in extending his business in
 the Orient. ,. To the few who knew of his return from China, Big Jim'' told of the suc-
 cess of his ventures at hime. There
 was banquet given by him to a select party of intimate friends at the Hang For How Chinese restaurant at Dupont and Commercial streets last Tuesday night, and at that gathering he advised them all who were well enough sup piled with this worlds goods to quit San Francisco and return to China, where they might live without being in constant dread of the highblnder assas- sin and his scheming blackmail. He was questioned, it is said, about the ad- visibility of taking his white wife with him, and he told his friends that she would go wherever he did, for she had saved his life on one occasion, was largely responsible for the success of his business enterprises, and he would certainly not desert her after all she had done for him.
 There is quite romantic story told in Chinatown about how Big Jim won
 his white wife, and his remarks at the banquet recalls the old story of how she saved his life; how the foundation of his vast fortune was laid on the few dollars she gave him, and how he after ward won her. The story may not be true, but It Is vouched for by one of his closest personal Chinese friends, and 1t is worth the telling, even though it be only romance
 Chin Shin, when a boy about fifteen years of age, first met the woman who afterward became his wife in the n1oun- tain mining country lying adjacent to Corinne, Utah. She was only child and lived with her uncle, rough mountaineer mining. man, and his part ner, who were said to have been en- gagged in the manufacture of silver coin that, while it passed muster as a high grade article, did not bear the stamp of approval of the United States gov ernment. The uncle was seeking a playmate for his little niece who would be company for her, and who could be dumb when the oceasion required, and in his search came across Chin Shin at Corinne one day and took him home with him.
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 The Chinese boy and white girl soon became fast friends. One day, about five years later, the uncle found his Isecret-serviee agents of the, govern ment. Chin Shin had given them no information, but the old man became suspicious and decided to put him out sof the way. The. girl heard the uncle and mining partner plotting to kill her Chinese lover. and immediately warned him of his danger. 1p =sr
 Between the two many methods of es- cape were discussed, and the girl insis- ted that while separation would be al most uncomfortable, his only safety lay in flight. He had no money, but she had small amount, and all was turned over to him. At night he made his way over the mountains to Corinne on foot, and took the overland train for San Francisco. Fortune smiled upon him soon after his arrival, and in few years he grew to be a power in China town. He founded the big lottery com panies that are still in existence, and was soon the wealthiest man among San Francisco Chinese.
 One day word came from Corinne that caused him to take a trip to the territory of Utah. The Uncle of the girl he loved and his partner had fallen into the hands of the secret service men who had been on their trail for years, and the girl was alone in the world. When Big Jimn re turned from Utah the white girl accompanied him here,, and soon after their arrival an elabo- rate wedding was celebrated in China town. t
 Mn. and Mrs. Chin Shin alays lived apart from the Chinese during their long residence in this city, and it is a notable fact that he never had many