Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-01

Al o'clock yesterday afternoon Cor
oner Meder commenced his inquest into
the cause Of the death OF the Chlnaman
who was found dead near Chinatown on
last Tuesday night o. P. Willis. Ben,
Winnie, J. Ivancovich, J. H. Marshall,
j Plats and S. c. McLsin were sworn in
as jurors.
Lee Ynng was the first Witness called.
ceased, whose name was Chung Lee, tor
three years; he had known him one year
| III California and two years here; the
deceased was 80 or 40 years old and had
a family in China; witness thought de-
ceased lived with q woman here; deceased
belonged to the Yung Wau Company;
witness didn't know anything about how
| be came to be killed and hadn't heard
any cause suggested for the murder; de-
! ceased was a peaceaole man. shoe
maker by trade, and had no enemies 50
! far as witness knew; knew q Chinsmsn
| OF same name belonging to the See iup
| Company: bad feeling exists between
! the two companies; knew deceased went
| to Virginia the day he WAS murdered and
I thought that the man of the same name
! came down from Virginia ;he same day
! deceased did, but could not say that he
came on the same train. The fact
TRANSFERRED that deceased arrived here on
the night train from Virginia and was
killed before he reached his shop in
Chinatown.
Iuk KEN testified that he had known
tnT faF I'M, "
Grass Valley, Cal lived in the same
house with him here; deceased went to
Virginia in the morning OF the day on
which he was murdered; he took money
with him, but witness didn't know how
much; deceased was 4 good man and
had no enemy that witness ever heard OF;
deceased didn't live with a woman here;
(witpess then described the manner in |
which the corpse was found aud the |
knife sheath and iron bolt found near |
the body; the deceased had a money |
purse which had been taken away from |
him; when found there was hole in |
the pocket Of deceased, but witness did |
not examine il TO see whether it had been |
cut or not.
TIE iron bolt and sheath but no kniis)
found near deceased were Lsgs produced
and Identified.
Officer Cowirg testified that be was
the officer employed in Chinatown; knew
deceased; got acquainted with him last
fall; got him TO repair some children's
shoes; never knew deceased TO have any
quarrel with any one; he was, in fact,
about the quietest Chinsman in China
town ana never irequented their gam
bling game; was not present when the
corpse WAS discovered; Swift. Cheney
and Meder had been called before he
was notified; witness had been to Viz
GINA that day as also had deceased;
thought there might be some cine OBJ
tanned to the murder yet. but thought it
could not be worked up until tine arrival
of an cficer from Virginia; Constable
Smith is the officer alluded to, he aud
witness ara working up the case; this
much was known at present that there
had been dispatch sent from a party
elsewhere to party here TO kill . man
on the arrival OF train; deceased ar
rived and was met at the depot by one
OF more Cinnamon.
All Sam had known deceased for three
or four years; never knew. of his having
& difficulty with any one; heard O! the
1 +,
and notified Sheriff Swift and went with
him to the scene of the murder; had no
idea who did the killing; never heard
any one suggested as being the murder
81: had never heard the matter of the
murder discussed in Chinatown.
Alb Look had known deceased Tor eight
or nine years; never knew him to have ,
any fuss with any one; helped move the |
body down to cabin in Chinatown; had
40 idea who committed the murder aud
never heard the matter talked about in |
Chinatown. II
Sheriff Swift testified to the manner In
which The body lay when found, etc.
saw Chinaman come down the street
hat night after the arrival Of the night
rain who had pack on his back and {
lsd no doubt he was the one murdered.
All Chu. the BOY who discovered the -,
BODY. testified that be works in the wash
house opposite the ST: Charles Hotel;
10 did not know deceased; was going
Town to Chinatown that night Q little
liter 10 o'clock and found the body lying /,
~ the side Of the trail and went down
o Chinatown and gave the alarm.
DIR. Dawson testified that he slightly
the wounds; there was q frac-
ure OF the skull on the back part Of the .
lead and another on the right temple 3
md also a knife wound evidently reach /
ns into the neck from the right side; G
ither one of these wounds was sufficient q
0 cause death.
The jury found that deceased came to
lis death on the night OF the 28th of
IIarch from tho effects of knife vounds