Furbush Found Guilty of Murder in the Second Degree and Life Sentence Imposed Henry B. Furbush, accused of the murder, by shooting, of his fellow countryman, Richard Hazelton, in the Eldorado Cafe, was sentenced to imprisonment for life by his Honour Judge C. 8. Lobingier in the U. S. Court for China, on Saturday.
The last and most painful stage in the proceedings of a trial in which a man is indicted on a capital charge took place at a few minutes beora half past twelve, before a large number of onlookers. Looking paler, his face plainly showing the effects of last week's ordeal, Furbush rose, and in silence, with head bowed, received his sentence of imprisonment for life. He will be sent to Bilibid Prison, Manila, from whence he will ultimately be transported to serve the remainder of his sentence in the United States. The maximum penalty for the crime of murder in the second degree has been imposed by the Court.
The following is, in part, the text of the judgement delivered by his Honour On the evening of December 13, 1920, the accused left his ship in company with the second assistant engineer. Together the pair. visited three bars and a Chinese brothel, taking one or more alcoholic drinks at each place, and finally reached at about eleven o'clock a cabaret and dance hall known as the "Eldorado." There more drinks were ordered but whether consumed by the accused is a subject of dispute. At any tate the accused soon showed that he was under the influence of liquor. With a revolver in his pocket he and his companion left the table where they were first seated in the cabaret and went to another table' where the accused sat down and seized the right hand of one of ths occupants. and afterward the latter's fingers, which he, twisted forcibly. A scuffle ensued, and when attention was called to Furbush's gun he said: "Yes, and I know how to use it-While the struggle was in progress Hazelton, who had been seated at a table some distance away, came and intervened. finally induce ing Furbush to go with-him to his own table, where the accused sat down for a short time The deceased then led him from the hall into the cloakroom, where, according to the dying declaration of the deceased and also the testimony of the three Chinese cloakroom boys, the accused, who had preceded the deceased. suddenly drew the revolver from his pocket, wheeled around and shot the deceased in the stomach, from the effects of which he died a few days later.
The accused was first seen standing over the body of the deceased with the revolver in his bane Later he left the cloakroom, gain first into a lavatory from which
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