A Woman’s Plea for Protection
The lawful wife of Gee Lee seeks sanctuary with the police, fearing for her life at the hands of her husband's associates.
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Yip Shing Ngao, who is Gee Lee’s lawful wife, and whose troubles have occupied most of Police Matron Taylor’s time for several days, returned to the protection of the police yesterday. She was afraid that the place where she was staying were Gee Lee’s friends, and that her life was in danger. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Ross settled the matter late in the afternoon by sending her to the Home of the Good Shepherd.
“She was afraid that the place where she was staying were Gee Lee’s friends, and that her life was in danger.”
Domestic violence support systems in 1893 were informal and often intertwined with moral policing, as evidenced by the placement of the victim in a religious institution. Today, this mirrors ongoing civic struggles to provide safe, secular, and effective housing and protection resources for survivors of domestic violence in Seattle.
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