The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-28
Mrs. Loo Lin Sick In the De-
tantIon Pen at San Francisco.
new AFFIDAvITS GATHERED
Collector Of The Port Takes q Hand and
There May Be a Release Order Issusd
Ina Few Days.

San Francisco, May es.--when the ease
OF Mrs. Loo Lin. the Chinese woman
editor and Christian teacher. imprisoned
In the local detention shed. reaches the
treasury department in Washington Il
will be the most complete presentation OF
law relating TO the landing OF Chinese
ever sent forward from this place.
Former District Attorney Barnes, an
authority on the law regulating the ad'
mission of Chinese, Is preparing an eA-
haustive brief, covering every decision
affecting the points involved in MS Loo
Lin's case. With extreme courtesy the
San Francisco collectors Office hos
placed at Captain Barnes jlsposi al all
necessary data, as II Is inteniad tndt
the ruling in this appeal shall cover the
field so thoroughly that there will be
no excuse for a misunderstanding by i'm
migration officers In the future
I'm all my experience with cases OF this
character" said Captain Barnes, ;nis
evening Il never heard of a decision up
on which an immigration inspector could
base a report that Chinese merchant
could be deprived OF his legal standing
because he also owned "A restaurant, and
In the mass OF treasury department deci-
sions which l have been examining in
the past two days there Is nothing that
would offer the slightest pretext for such
a ruling.
1T is astounding that this little woman
q hould be made TO undergo the humlli-
alton and suffering Of weeks of captivity
in the detention pen. and l can not ia
thom the motive OF IL. 1t is the more
mysterious because the only object to
be gained was TO prevent reunion OF
husband and wife and turn back from
these shores a woman who more than
any other in China has labored for the
Christian advancement Of her sex"
MADE HER COMFORTABLE
The fact cannot be concealed that the
local port officials hold the same view.
Though they were forced TO order Mrs.
Loo Lin's deportation on the fficial report
from New York. IL is known that they did
SO reluctantly. and they have done every
thing In their power 10 render Mrs. Loo
Lin comfortable during her enforced
captivity.
The young woman was visited by a
physician In the detention pen yesterday.
II was found that her illness was due to
the confinement end to despondency over
her plight. the causes OF which she can
not understand Unless there be a rapid
Improvement in her condition 1t is prob
able that she will be released from GUS
tody and removed TO one Of the Chinese
mission houses for medical treatment
1t now appears that an appeal TO the
treasury department in the case OF Mrs.
Loo Lin may not be necessary. Collector
Stranahan took hand in the matter
himself yesterday and caused a re!nves-
tsgation OF the status Of Loo Lin as a
merchant under the law. The matter
was again intrusted TO Mr.. Berkshire.
the inspector who made the original in
vestigation, and a mass Of evidence
throwing light on the subject and which
the inspector had not been able to Sc
cure in the first instance was submitted
to him. He also visited the two stores
OF Loo LIN and spent several hours in
going over the business end OF the mat
ter.