Horrible Tragedy at Kiris Victims Hacked to Death 1 with Chopper From Oun Owx Connsaronnent, Kirin, Jaly 2
'A ghastly tragedy took, place in this ity. yesterday in the early hours of the morning.
In the East Suburb' there isa wood yard near the river bank called Tai Sheng Mu Chang, employing 'a number of men. The manager of the firm and many of the employees live in a brick house un the wood yard, "As is the custom here a good umber of men occupy one room at night. The room occupied by the manager, the cook and six other men was entered stealthily by a man called Chao between one and_ two o'clock yesterday morning. thought that he probably entered the window, which was left open owing to the heat. Without awalcening anyone he killed the manager by few blows from a hatchet, He next attacked the cooking the ner, and had stunned hi the others in the room. awoki third man was struck down, "and fourth was wounded while grapp-Ting with the assassin. The others rushed from the room and summoned police, who fortunately were not away, and they managed secure the murderer.
'The cook and the two other weunded mon wore taken at once to. the Mission Hospital. 'There the cook' died while first aid dressings were being applied, and the third man attacked died before he was attend-to, The fourth man was stitched up and taken to. hospital' and is ikely to. recover with many scars on his head and shoulders.
'The murderer, who is a man of 40 years of age, is well known to the employer of the wood yard, and aauito recently had lodged there for 4 few weeks while employed cartwright next door. He was on good terms with every 0 showed any' sanity. He knew the premises and habits of that no money was ever kept inthe room he entered.
What then was the motive of the crime? The only conjecture that seems at all tenable is that he w hired by some person or porsuns unknown, who, for revenge or other reason, wished to take the life of the manager, and that seeing. some of attacked them also, gad 1 others apparently waking up he The fatal injures were all on the head, The way in which Chinese sleep with their heads on the outer edge of the Kang made it easy for this vulnerable part to be reached, The preliminary examination of the prisoner seems to confirm the ge, and of his being a tool in the employ of others,
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