The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
North Submits Papers to
Show That He Did Not
Assist Lee Toys Case by
Deporting Six Witnesses
ADVISED BY DUNN
AS TO THE FACTS
Commissioner Negleets to
Inform District Attorney
That Evidence Was Here
i'm Time for Use i'm Court

United states Immigrant COn1nlS-
sioner North submitted to the inspec-
ton of the press yesterday certain
letters and kilograms and copies of
others bearing upon the case of the
six Chinese women whom he deported
to China last November, after he had
been informed by Inspector James X.
Dunn at ST. Louis that the women, IN
their confessions, had implicated Lee
Toy and others then awaiting trial In
this city upon an indictment charging
them with having attempted to import
Chinese women for an immoral pur-
pose.
The papers show that the women left
this city by the steamship Coptic on
November &C. 1904 A letter written by
Inspector Dunn to North dated at st.
Louis on November 19, was received and
stamped by North on November %. 1t
contains the following important para
graph:
transmit herewith transcripts of the sworn
confessions of these women above mentioned.
in which will be found very frank admissions
that they were immoral women in China and
were brought TO this country for immoral
purposes. 1 think 1t will be found that these
also implicate Lee Toy and perhaps others
WOODWORTH NOT NOTIFIED.
Three days after the receipt of this
whom Mr.. Dunn believed could testify
against Lee Toy, were shipped to
China from this port. United States
District Attorney Woodwork says he
was not informed of the matter until
December 8. nine days after the women
had left. On December North sent
to Woodworths Office the six tran
scripts of the confessions of the
women. whereupon on the same date
Woodwork wrote to North as follows:
You have just sent me what purports be
confessions of six Chinese women. Your mes
senger stated that these six Chinese women
had already been sent to China. He then
corrected himself and stated that they were
still here in San Francisco. 1 desire to be
informed whether these six Chinese persons
are still in your custody in San Francisco.
and if they not and II deported for China
the date and the steamer by which they were
whose order they were sent n these women
sent to China 1 fail to how the con-
I late date can be of any service in the prosecu-
tion pending in this office against Lee
Toy. H. Eca da Silva and others.
NORTH CALLS TO THE OCEAN.
To this letter North replied on the
same day, December o.
These confessions were received by me this
day from the Chinese Inspector in charge at
St Louis part Of a letter which was also
transmitted to you. The Chinese women in
question deported from this port for
I utimo by order OF the department II there
is anything in these confessions which you
desire to produce evidence in the prosecu-
tions pending in your hands against Lee
Toy ct al l presume these people can be
stopped and sent back. If you Will advise
me of your wishes l will take up the matter
with the department.
On the next day, December 6, North
wired the following to the Commis-
sioner General at Washington:
Received yesterday Inspector Dunn's ST.
Louis confessions six Chinese women deported
this port 26th ultimo. Referred same to Unit
, ed States Attorney. who says testimony said
women very valuable in case against Lee Toy
ct al. He requests said women be returned
, United IL possible