The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-07

tion. The railroad lines can be watched
for the appearance Of the girls.
Bound and Helpless.
However, by one way or another, the
slave importers are able to carry on
their traffic and the fact remains that
the number of friendless. helpless Chi
nese girls IN America, bound to the must
unspeakable lives of degradation, is in.
creaslng with the arrival Of every
steamship from the ports Of China The
government officers may have done
everything in their power TO stop the
traffic, but they have failed. II is to
be hoped that the keeuer watchfulness
aroused by Joe Kings confession will
enable them to detect more of the
frauds by which the slave agents man.
age to slip through the loopboles of the
law with their innocent young victims
IT seems incredible that Joe King was
not caught His wife, so.called. was
placed in the detention house at the
dock for few DAYS pending an eX-
animation of her entrance papers, but
he was allowed TO go about his bust
ness for he was, 1t appeared, only
merchant entitled to return from 4 trip
10 China without annoyance or nlolcs-
tation. He never went near his sup
posed rife again. Her interests were
locl-ed after by Chinese known as
Io Him, a notorious go-betwccn for
Chinese gamblers and corrupt police Of
ficials in San Francisco Ho Him took
the girl from the Pacific Mail steam
ship company s dock in carriage and
drove her directly 10 the den into
which she had been sold. Several law
yes If San Francisco were implicated
witt. him The names of all these
men are known 10 the mission work
.rs and will in due time be given TO
the prosecuting officers Of the gov
ernment.
1t is toward the rescue work that
the brave women of the church mis-
sions, who believe that missionary work
as well as charity begins at home. arc
mainly directing their efforts. They
desire TO save rs many rs possible of
the girls who have been already en-
shaved, trusting TO the government of
ficcrs eventually to stop the traffic and
keep other iDnocents from the awful
fate.
What Rescuers Are Doing
In charge of the rescue efforts of the
Presbyterian Mission Home is Miss
Donalinda NJ. Cameron. Beloved by
the girls she has saved and respected
by the officials she has called upon for
assistance at various times, she is per-
forming a noble work. She carries her
charges to n large and comfortable home
maintained by the Woman S Board of
Occidental Missions. and there prcsides
over the household Of former slave
girls with a mother s care and tender
ness.
Miss Cameron speaks interestingly
and enthusiastically of the work 10
which she is devoting her life On sew
cral occasions she has all but been
L. A.. IL, Il
Of the slaves. but her purpose and de-
termination have not been shaken.
One little girl Qui Que. rescued by
Miss Cameron, was taken from a loath-
some den in the town Of Isleton on the
Sacramento river, eighty miles north
of San Francisco. Miss Cameron and
her escort were fred upon by the slave
owner, but, even with bullets humming
about their ears. managed 30 reach
boat on the river bank with the child.
Pretty. rosy Ngun Fab, now one of
the happy inmates of the Mission
home. was the slave Of n wealthy Chi.
nesc who had paid q high price for her,
She was not submissive to her master
and for her refusal to obey him was so
cruelty abused that n ncighbor report
ed the case TO the Presbyterian mis-
sion Miss Cameron resolved upon
rescue and with the assistance Of n po
hceman broke into the girl IS place of
confinement one night when her keeper
was off his guard. The fricndless girl,
worn out by the brutal punishment to
which she had been subjected during
the evening. had fallen asleep ON n
hard wooden shelf which served as
bed There she was captured and
thence carried 10 the mission home
where. upon examination. il was found
that her head had been severely cut
from blows administered with n meat
knife, her hair was matted with blood
and her entire body SCARED from other
punishmeuts she had suffered
And still another frail young girl,
with bound feet, was snatchcd from Il
vile cellar In the heart of the Chinese
quarter. A friend who had visited her
had told her OF the mission home. In
her despair she sent note III Chinese
10 the home, a note stating that unless
rescued without delay she would com
nit suicide. Miss Cameron met her
on the street when she was being
shadowed by the ubiquitous old woman,
hurricdly placed her IN a carriage and
drove away with her.
Rescue of Kun Ping.
or the rescue of n girl named Kun
Ping let Miss Cameron herself tell.
Kun Ping was married i'll the