Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-02-18
THE CHINKsR ASSASSINATION
AT VIRGINIA..

W ASN
King by DR.. Hop Lock and Chung
Chow day before yesterday, at Vir.
ginia, Coroner Symons held an In
quest last evening, at which the fol.
lowing testimony was ELECTED. Lee
King, with his wife and another
woman, occupied a house in the Chi.
nese quarter. He and his wife were
In the front room, and the other
woman In the one adjoining, when
Hop Lock and Chung Chow came in
and directly entered into a discussion
relative to the jewelry robbery of a
few nights previous. Itseems the par.
tics belonged to two different compa-
MES, and Hop Lock told Lee King.
who claimed the stolen jewelry as the
property Of his wife, that he must not
do so, as he tHop Lock- was deter
mined to get . certain party con-
yicted Of the robbery, and, In order to
do so, Lee King must not claim the
jewelry. He earnestly persisted in
doing so, however, when Hop Lock
drew a big knife, swearing lie would
kill him, and plunged 1t into his left
side, inticting the terrible wound
which caused his death q few hours
subsequently,. The victim tried to
rush out of the house, but Chung Chow
also attacked him with = knife, giving
him the severe cut received In the
right leg, above the knee, when he
fell, and the assassins ran away. This
is the substance Of the wife's testi-
mony, corroborated BY that Of the
other woman, and also BY one or two
other Chinese residing close by. An
hour or two before Lee King died,
Coroner Symons took his deposition,
which substantiates the above. he
stating positively that Dr.. Hop Lock
was the first assallant and inflicted
tho fatal wound In his side. As We
stated In our item Of yesterday, Hop
Lock was arrested shortly afterward,
and L. now safe In custody. Chung
Chow has not yet been captured, and
the probability Is that be never will be,
unless by the assistance Of some Of his
countrymen at some future time. The
body Of Lee King was taken charge Of
BY his wife and other Chinese residents
aud forwarded to San Francisco yes
terday, whence It will eventually be
shipped to China. This affair looks
like q deliberate assassination, judging
from the present testimony. DIR. Hop
Lock has been q prominent medical
man In the Chinese line at Virginia for
several years, but ne has apparently
got snto a pretty bad scrape at last.
As a sequel to this numbering affair,
we will mention that the trial Of the
robbery case from which It originated
was concluded yesterday afternoon ut
Virginia, and resulted In the stolen
jewelry being found to be the property
Of Lee Kings wife. In accordance
with this decision 1t was delivered to
her last evening. The Chinese popu-
lation are naturally excited over this
assassination, rendered more so from
the fact Of the members Of the rival
companies and friends Of each party
taking different views and sides In the
matter.
SHOOTING ScRArE AT VIRGINIA.
About noon yesterday a little neigh.
borly quarrel occurred between 2 men
residing In the lower suburb Of Vir-
ginia, not far north Of the Gould &
Curry lower tunnel, In which one of
them, Gates, was shot through the
fleshy part of his thigh by John john
son.. Both are devont brethren Of the
Methodist Church at Virginia, but the
green-eyed monster, Jealousy, has for
a time past suggested to Johnson's
mind that Gates, who Ia a single man,
was on too good terms with his John
son'sl wife, so he thought best to dis
regard the scriptural injunction OF
vengeance Is mine. saith the Lord"
and 20 after Gates himself. He saw
him 20 into the house Of ncighbor
Crow, next door, and seizing his big
navy-sized Colts revolver, he directly
went In also. Reckless Of women,
children or anybody else but Gates, he
blazed away, the first shot smashing
up things In a bedroom. The next
shot pumped Gates through the thigh,
cutting the main artery, so that he bled
p~rofussly, yet not inflicting what Is
though. to be a very dangerous wound:
Further shooting was prevented. and
Jolinson went to the statlon-house aud
surrendered to Chief Downey. He
was subsequently released on ball.
johnson and Gates were both employed
In the Gould & Curry mine, and being
both good citizens and dsyout praying
brothers in the same church, the affair
il all the moro lamentable, whether
with or without real cause.
CuAMBERIIN'sC AsE.-Rolativet to the
prisoner Chamberlin, mentioned in the
NEWS of yesterday as sentenced for
life from Elko county, and being taken
back for a new trial by Sheriff Fitch,
of that county, the Carson Register Of
this morning says: 'Chief Justice
Lewis, Associate Justices Whitman
and CARRIER concurring, yesterday filed
an opinion In the case Of the State vs..
william Chamberlin, convicted Of MUIR
der In Elko county. The killing oc-
CuTT6u IlOoE WV AAoAASSAs "bS S'N-
being some doubt as to the county
jurisdiction, the Grand Jury In the III
dictment failed to note the locality
where the murder occurred. The judg-
ment Is reversed. The Court states
that the Indictment was radically de-
fective, and orders the Court below to
submit the case to another Grand
Jury"
MORE Coon CLorHEs.-Barnert, OF
the famous San Francisco Clothing
Store, c street. Virginia, adjoining the
Bank Of California, has just opened
another new and well-selected stock Of
fashionable custom-made clothing, all
Of the best material and latest styles
and patterns. Also constantly on hand,
gents furnishing goods, trunks, carpet
bags, valises, blankets, and a full stock
of fashionable hats, caps etc. Prices
as reasonable as anybody's. Gold Hill
ers, virginians or any other man In
-hAkhAr