The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-04-16
LITTLE HA OIL
Taken From Her One
Time Happy Homein
Chinatown.
NEVER WAS A CHiNK

| NeW YORK, April l1-GOne from
Chinatown forever, has little Ha OIL
and from those who loved her as II
she we're one OF their own. and never
again will she be seen in the celestial
quarter dressed In silk pantaloons and
| blouse and her golden hair done up In
pigtails, prancing through the narrow
streets and prattling in Chinese. No
more will she wish the Cinnamon
"Hor 81 gi," (Gool luck), as they
shuttle into the gambling houses on
Doyers street and no more will the
gloomy, deserted building that used to
be her home, hear her laughter, And
while there were many sad celestials
| In Chinatown tonight, none took on
as did Mock Duck and Tai Yu. They
were in daze from the moment Jus
tice Zeller decreed in the childrens'
court today that Ha OF should not be
restored to the notorious Mock and his
WIFE, II was hard for them to believe
their ears, for long had they waited
and prayed for the day she would be
returned to them. True, II was sac
rllegious but Mock couldn't help ours.
ing the Joss who had failed him In
this hour of need. Many prayers had
been offered up, many sticks of In
cense had been burned before the idol
and many sacrifices had been made,
and all for naught. Mock, the motor
ious Mock who so often set the Tongs
at war, knew that he was to blame.
He went 70 court TO plead for his lit
tie Ha OF, and they up and unearthed
his black past and told his murders
and depredations and virtually put him
on trial. Often had he been in general
sessions twice for killing his men,
swindling. assault. bribery. gambling
and what not but never did he get
such a gruelling as he got today when
no went 10 beg that they give him
back the child. And when II was all
over and the court announced that
Mock was not Gt person to have Ha
OF he cursed the day he was born, for
well he knew that because he was the !
bad Mock, Ha OF would never come |
back. Even though there isn't a drop |
Of Chinese blood in Ho oi's body, the
chlldrens' society couldn't prove II
The records OF her birth were de.
stroyed in the earthquake in San Fran.
cisco, where she was born, and there
was no way to determine whether Ha
OF was part Chinese. But the court
decreed that Mock was no At custodian
for child. be she Caucasian or Mon.
golian. So It was no wonder today
that he was sad OF heart and hated
He told himself that II he
had known Ha OF would have come
Into his life he would have been a
different Mock and the police would
never have heard OF him Yes. he
would have been good, but he couldn't
see ahead and he was the bad Mock
long before Ha oi came into the world
With an indictment for bribery hang.
ing over his head. Mock has been good.
and he will remain so until he gets
out fthe trouble. But Il didn't deter
him from making a brave fight for the
restoration Of the child. and he left no
stone unturned 10 get her back. II
has been some weeks since agents
Plsarra and Butts invaded his home at
10 Doyers street to investigate an
complaint that Ha OF was
not being III treated but was q white
child. Dressed in her oriental robes
and with her hair done up In pigtail
the child at first sight might
have been taken for a Chinese girl
But few days In the childrens' socie.
~ worked a transformation Her
hair, which had been dyed black. came
out golden. her blue eyes lost their
slant, and constant association with
white children brought back the
tongue she had once known. She
ipurned the pantaloons and blouse and
wanted none bat American clothes
md while she didn't forget Mock Duck
II Doyers street Ha OF who has
leen named Helen by the society off,
,lals. will be placed in some institu-
ion and educated unless some respon
iible persons wish TO adopt her. II
he is not adopted, she will be christ.
med Helen Francis. the surname 20
De given her In honor OF San Francis
%. where she was born. Ha 0Ps
mother was a Chinatown girl OF San
Lizzie Smith by name, who
married Chin Mung, a wealthy mer.
,hant Ha Oi was born six years
Igo. and although she bore not the
lightest Chinese characteristic she
vas always taught to believe that her
ather was a Chinaman. She lived In
chinatown here and In Frisco since
Ter birth and the only English she
new was what she learned from her
Mother who died four Years ago.