Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-09-11
THE MURDRRoUs ASSAULT.

In II issue Of Saturday morning we
announced the fact that two Cinnamon
had been arrested charged with COM
hitting the murderous assault upon Mr..
X. @. Saufiey about a month since.
The Chiuaman who was o servant in Mr..
Saufley's family at the time Of the at
tempted murder was, of course. sus-
pected ofbeing an accomplish, but there
could not then be ascertained q single
fact to justify the officers in arresting
him. He was closely examined, but ms
he stoutly protested his innocence, and
as there was no circumstances to prove
his guilt, he vas not arrested. The OH
GERS sought in many ways to find som
clue to the guilty parties, but met with
no success, and the Ease had been
abandoned. A few days since, Mr..
Saufley's suspicious were aroused
against All Sam, his servant, and officer
Richardson, Of this city, ON Friday af-
ternoon went to San Francisco and
sought the assistance of Detective
Rose, justly famous for bringing Chi
nese criminals to justice. They arrived
in Oakland about 8 P. NJ, and immedi-
ately went to Mr.. Saufley's house and
arrested and put in irons All Sam. At
ter a few hours conversation with him,
and convicting him, as it were, by his
own words, he made a full and frank
confession Of the whole plot, which
came so near terminating in the assas-
sination Of Mr.. Saufley and his wife.
According to the confession, All Hay, a
servent Of DR.. Fonda, u neighbor Of
Mr.. S., attempted the bloody deed.
The fellow was Immediately arrested,
and both Cinnamon made their appear
ance in the Police Court Saturday
morning. Mr.. Saufiey and Mrs. Sauf-
fey were in court and showed scarce
ly any marks to remind those pres
emit of their narrow escape from death.
The testimony Of All Sam, which IN
braces his confession, contains all Of in
terest that was elected during the ex-
animation. After beinginsormed by the
| Court that be need make 40 confessions
that would criminate himself, he pro-
| ceeded 70 testify that at 8 o'clock on the
evening Of the assault, All Hay, DR..
Fonda's servant, called upon him and
asked him if he would assist in stealing
from Mr. Ssufley II large sum of money
| which he knew was in his possession.
1t would be sufficient, he thought, to
take them both to China and enable them
| to. live there in comfort. All Sam re-
piled to him that he was afraid to do it,
AZ he knew that Saufley would discover
and shoot them. All Hay asked which
room Saufley slept in and in which room
his little boy slept iq, both of which
questions were properly answered. He
then took a Ratchet belonging to Sauiiey
having at the same time n large knife
in his possession, and left. The wit
ness here made Il statement of the part
he acted when the alarm was raised and
| which has been published. The next
morning he saw All Hay and threatened
to tell Sauaey all he knew, unless he
would confess to him. All Hay then
told him that he had entered the dining
/ room of Saufey's house, used a false
key to open the door of his sleeping
room, and opened the window to afford
him II ready means of escape. Having
made these preparations he lighted a
match and by its light dealt two blows
at the sleeping man with his Ratchet,
when the cry of murder was raised, and
the Chinamau fed through the open
window, cleaned himself of the blood
which had stained his garments, and re-
turned to the house in which he was a
servant. The whereabouts of II hand
kerchief taken from DR.. Fonds's
by him and used for wiping OF the
blood was told, and examination will be
made to find it. There are other cir
cumstances which make the thread of
the evidence so complete that it seems
impossible for All Hay to escape the
punishment due to him.-Odkidnd News.