The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
Il HUNG KWAUN MUST
GO BACK TO CHINA
Celestial Got Too Busy and
Violated immigration Laws
of Two Countries.

Ii Hung KWaun, alias Lee Wong, a
Chinaman now in the custody Of United
States Marshal Grimshaw, is a man
without a country. He cannot remain
in the United States, and the Canadian
authorities, who at one time accepted
Lee as citizen of the Canadian gov
ernment, decline to permit him to enter
that country again.
The Chinaman Is now under sentence
to be deported back to China, but he
does not want to return to his mother
country, and his attorney, Herbert p.
Keller, is preparing to sue out writ
Of habeas corpus in the United States
courts to prevent Ii Hung being sent
back to China.
The Chinaman's case is a most pc
culiar one. He left his native country
several years ago, and upon locating in
Canada in the town of Rainy River, a
picturesque village upon the banks of
the Rainy river, he followed the in
stincts of his race and opened laun-
dry. The Rainy river Is the dividing
line between Canada and the United
States at the point where LII Hung To-
Gated, and on this side of the river is
the American town of Baudette.
Soliciting business for his laundry in
Baudette is what got Ii Hung into the
trouble which robbed him of a country
For some time past he has been in the
habit of crossing the river and gath
ering up laundry in the American
town.
John Was Warned.
Deputy immigration Commissioners
Shirley Smith, who is stationed at Bau-
dette, warned the Chinaman several
times to keep out of the United States
but there was much business to be had
and the enterprising Celestial continued
to cross the river and gather up bundles
| of Soiled linen.
Like the traditional pitcher. and its
| trips to the well, Lii Hung came over to
| the American side once too often
Deputy Smith arrested him upon a
| charge of violating the United States
| immigration laws.
| After taking the Chinaman into GUS
| tody the deputy was in a quandary as
| to how to get him to an American court
| A trip through United States territory
meant an overland ride of a hundred
| miles, so the deputy decided to take his
man to Winnipeg and thence back into
| the United States by rail. Being ignor
ant of his rights, the Chinaman did not
| demand his release when taken over in
| to Canada by the officer, but submitted
| to the arrest, and was brought before a
United States judge in North Dakota
The. North Dakota judge held that
the Chinaman should be taken before a
| Minnesota judge, since the offense
| against the immigration laws had been
| committed In this state, so Ii Hung
was brought before Special Commits
sioner Howard S. Abbott, who ordered
| him sent back to Canada, of which
| country he was a citizen.
Glad to get back to Rainy River and
| his neglected laundry business the
| Chinaman started for Canada, but upon
reaching the border was refused admit
tance into the country because he had
violated the irnmigra ton laws of that
country by leaving 1t illegally. Ii
| Hung was told by the Canadian officials
| that he would have to look elsewhere
| for a place to light, SO he came back to
| st. Paul. It was two weeks ago that
| he reached ST. Paul on his last trip
and he was Immediately placed under
arrest again.
| Another examination was held, al
| which Ii Hung explained that he could
| not go back to Canada, and IT was de-
! cided to deport him to China. Ii
| lungs protests that his laundry bust
ness would suffer were of no avail and
| he was ordered taken back to his native
/ land.
| Attorney Keller yesterday prepared
| to sue out a writ of habeas corpus to
prevent the Chinaman being deported
| and in the meantime Ii Hung is in
the Minneapolis jail, wondering what
! will become of him next.