The Archive · 1928

Crazed with Narcotics

San Francisco, Aug. 22, (by Mail).

Leung Ying, a Chinese cook, to-day ran amok on a ranch six miles northwest of Fairfield, lane County, murdered ten fellow Oriesitals, including three children, probably mortally wounded another, and escaped in the automobile of one of his victims.

The killings were accomplished with a rifle and a hatchet. The Chinese is believed to have been crazed by narcotics. The authorities scouted the theory of Tong war trouble.

Leung Ying for sever: days had.|been trying to obtain work on the Wong Gee ranch. Ie appeared there this morning brandishing 1 rifle and a hatchet. Without warning he shot to death two Chinese at_work in the orchards. He went to a bunkhouse where he killed two others.

Then he shot down Wong Gee, owner of the ranch, znd the latter wife in their home. He sent an-fatal shot into the carold daughter. His ammunition exhaust killed three younger chil his hatchet. "One workman escaped and telephoned the office of the Mey. Calif, Aug. 25 (by mail).

Lou Ying, the Chinese slayer of ten peasons at Fairfield yesterday. was captured inn chicken blouse here to-day.—Reuter,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

Your account