Sheng, Assistant Military Governor of Féngtien, wake a joint memorial of the case of a Corean stealing across the borders into Chinese territory for the purpose of finding work, and then murdering a Chinese. It) appears, according to the report of the district magistrate of Tunghua who conducted the inquest, that the Coreans Chin Jon-siu and others, having stolen across the borders for the purpose of finding work, joned together in beating a Chinese named nid Yang died, Ae this was a case between any, in consequence of which beating the
Chinese and people belonging to an outer State, thememorinlistsimmediately ordered that the murderers and documents referring to the case should be sent to the Intendant of the Eastern Marches for trial. The following is the report of this ofticinl, which was afterwards verified by the memorialists. Chin Jen-siu is a Corean belonging to the city of Tszch'én in the province of P'ing-an, In February 1890 he stole across the border into the Chinese frontier d trict of 'T'unghua, belonging to the province of Féngti'en, and joined his adopted father, " Corean named ''s'ao Chi-ying, who lived at a place called Santankou, "with whom the said Chin Jen-siu stayed as a servant or assistant. Another Corean named Ts'ui An-thou, who has so far escaped, was at the time also in the employ of Chin's adopted father. This Corean was dim acquaintance of the murdered Chinese Yang) Kuan, a native of Téunghua, and to all appearance they were quite friendly with each other. In the month of December of the sam Corean, Ts'"o Hao-chun, having occasion for some grain, got 'l's'ao Chi-ying to act as security for him, by which the former succeeded in obtaining on credit nine posals of grain from the deceased, Yang oan, valued at 200,00 Féngt'ien cash, (about $30), the terms of the loan being that it should be returned in the middle of the autumn of the next year (1891). When the time for repayment of the loan arrived, Yang K'uan only received back three piculs of grain, with promise of the said Ts'so Hao-chun to return the balance as soon as possible. 'The promise, however, was never made good, although the deceased, Yang K'uan, made innumerable applications to the' bondsman, Ts'ao Ghi-ying, for the return of the balance of the grain still owing him by Ts'ao Hao-chin, On the 3rd of October, 1892, the aecensed, Yang Kuan again appealed to the bondsman, Ts'ao Chi-ying, demanding from that a his grain. Ts'ao Chi-ying refused, and so Yang Kuan in rotaliation led away the former's cow and calf. Upon this Ts'o Chi-ying, the Corean, threatened to sue the deceased at the police magistrate's yamen at Maoerhshan. When Yang K'uan heard of this, he was making preparations for also suing the Corean when by means of some peacemakers, Yang K'nan returned the cow and calf to Ts'20 Chi-ying and so neither side appealed to the authorities. On the 8th of the same month (October), Yang K'uan having occasion to go to' Maoerhshan on business of another nature, passed the farm of the Corean Ts'o Chi-ying, at whose front door the former met' the murderer, the Corean Chin Jen-sui and his escaped confederate Tsui An-tou. These two, learning from Yang K'uan that he was bound for Maoerhshau hill and suspecting that he was going there for the purpose of suing Ts'ao Chi-yang, took Yang to task for his supposed errand. Bot YangK''uan resented their interference and commenced to swear at them. The two men replied in the same kind of language, whereupon Yang K'uan rushed at Chin Jen-sui in order to deal him a blow. At this Ts'ui An-thou make a side blow at Yang striking him first about the back and sides. These blows, however, do not appear to have hurt Yang, whereupon Chin drew a sharp knife he had with him for protection, with which he made a movement ostensibly to frighten off Yang but the impetus of Yang brought him in contact with Chin's knife which cut Yang in the breast and stomach. Thereupon Yang fell down shouting out that he was being murdered. Chin and Ts'ui being scare' ran away at once. At this moment, Ts'o Chi-ying's landlord ''sao Ta-li arrived on the scene, and learning the details of the fight from the lips of Yang K'unu sent word to Y named Yang Fu, who then carried his father into sao Ta-li's house and then reported the case to the village constable (tipao) Chang Yung-fang and the headman of the Corean community Han Ming-kuo who set about to arrest the perpetmtors of the deed, Tsui An-thou had disappeared entirely, but Chin Jen-sui was subsequently arrested and taken to Tsao Ta-li's house to be identified by Yang Kuan. Yang K'uan, however, died the same night he had received his wounds, and the case was reported to the district magistrate of T-lunghua, Hsien Ping, who made the inquest, and reported accordingly to the memorialists. According to Chinese Jaw in such eases Chin Jen-sui and Ts'uj Autou should be strangled to death for being the means, although accidentally, of the death of Yang Kuan. But both being Coreans and Ts'ui An-thou being still at large, memorialists have followed the rules of international usages and have ordered the Moukden Boaril of Rites to turn over under escort the principal murderer Chin Jen-sui to his own authorities to be dealt with according to Corean law, at the same time giving orders to the district magistrate of T'unghuato use every means for arresting the runaway confederate Ts'ui An-thou in order that he may be dealt with accordingly.—-Rescript: Let the Board of Rites take note.
18th July.
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