Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-08-21
CHEZ KIN WAS BAD
Old CHINESE NURSE
TESTlFIES TO SHAME
HABEAs CORPUS PROCEEDINGS
CONTINUE BEFORE JUDGE
GEAR - MARRIAGE
CUSTOMS.

kabeas corpus proceedings, continued
before Judge Gear this morning.
Interpreter Ii Cheung was on the
stand, telling about Chinese marriage
customs. The marriage oil the parties
in China, whether or not there ever
was a marriage, is the important fea.
ture of the case.
Ii Cheung was on the stand yester-
day. Today a blanket.like anu gor-
geous document OF emerald green and !
Carmine, embellished with golden hier. 7
oglyphics, was exhibited and Iii Che.
uEg was asked what 1t was.
Witness testified that the exhibit
was a combination horoscope and mar.
riage certificate used by the well.todo
classes OF China and that It was the
final and clinChing document in con.
nubial contract.
1t dealt with the antecedents OF the
contracting parties and recorded the
pedigree OF bride and groom, detailing
the main facts concerning four genera.
tons on either side.
Papers exhibited previously, pur
porting to be marriage certificates
were OF another nature, the kind used
BY the very poor; besides the papers
shown in the case yesterday were not
complete and final, as was the sample
certificate.
Attorney Douthitt, representing the
mother OF the children In question,
was particular in regard to the facts;
he wanted to bring out. he said, the
fact that, If, as Chu Kin testified. he
was worth some $4,000 when he was
married. his statement that papers al
ready introduced constituted the horo'
scope and marriage certificate was not
consistent with the fact that other
than the very poor In China usEu Ger.
tificates such as Iii Cheung testified
were usual with folks as wealthy as
to possess $4,000.
Interpreter Ii Cheung, In answer to
questions put by the court and counsel
told OF the difference in ceremony
when a wife was married and when
concubines were taken by Celestials.
The main point OF difference seem
ed to be in the candles used on the
different occasions. In the marrying
OF wife, fancy candles were the cor
rect thing; in the taking Of concu
bine or concubines, plain, ordinary un.
decorated candles were the fashion.
A Chinese woman was always in
formed whether she was chosen as a
wife or concubine. A Chinese could
have only one wife; there was no lin
lit to the number of concubines. Pres.
ents" for wives averaged about 5000 {.
They used TO be as cheap as $40 or 500.
Concubines sometimes came as high
as 81 900.
A Chinese could not put away his
wife. but he could dismiss a concu.
bine without cause at any time.
There was some discussion as to the
difference in ceremony when the bride
was a widow. Ii Cheung said about
the only difference was, that when the
bride had had previous matrimonial
experience, an ear was cut of the
roast pig which constituted one of the
wedding presents.
The alleged marriage in China was
extensively investigated, after which
the old Chinese nurse (she gave her
name as Lum All Heel took the stand
with one of the babies on her back,
sitting on the edge OF the chair Ia
: avoid crushing the innocent.
She did not mince matters in telling
about the establishment of CHu Kin
II was dlsorderly house, to r-'t II po
, litely, and events characteristic OF
such an institution were alleged by the
: witness to have transpired <lere on
numerous occasions. Several Chinese
women had their quarters there. Wit
} ness described what she had observed
Chu Kin, in addition to other peculiar
, iues. was addicted to the smoking OF
opium.
When asked as to whom the children
, In court belonged, the old nurse CAV,
r the name OF the Chinese now on his
p way to China. who brought the pro
. ceedings in Federal Court for the wo
mans release from Chu Kin's restrain
r saying he was their father. This wal
. stricken out and witness went on Il
: say that Jung Hing was the mother o
the infants. Witness was present a
the birth OF the babies.
I The old nurse testified that Junl
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