The Morning herald., 1877-09-18
stated that two Chinamen had called at his
house shortly after noon and desired 70 pur-

tbaAe 1 SsftaiR .ihiKing claim from him.
He accompanied them to the tlatm. and
while returning they shot him five timesin
the tody and head and left him Tor dead
He said the assassiRs were from Penryn, a
|netghboriug village, one of them being
cook at Grants boarding house, near the
Penryn -quarsies-- Hs- had receiHed-S12Q
from another Cinnamon few days before
for mining claim, which was 10 trunk at
the house, and presumed that the object Of
the murderers was 20 obtaid The money. ~
The par y followed the tfacks Of the muir
derers to a Chinese cabin near ut hand,
where they capture three Chinamen Sew
eral other Cinnamon living near by were ar
rested. and one of them volunte cred the in
form mation that All Sam and All Jim had
murdered Sargent, but would say no, more.
FURTHER DETAILs--CHINEsE, WARNED TO
Tnis morning meeting Of citizens was
held al Rooklin, abdcall the Chinese notified
to leave the place by O'Clock.
Bfore four o'clock The last squad of Chi
nalnen filed out Of the towp, ipcludiugthose
employed by the railroad company. the prit
soners being the only Chinese remaining
They were in no way molested by the ex-
cited crowd. At o'clock the citizens went
TO the Chinese quarter .apd demolished all
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the buildings, twenty-five in number. A
fire broke out during the work of demolition
from a. soye left 10 one of the houses, but
The fam. were extinguished by the rail-
road employees.
At the inquest orr he hodiss Of the muir
dered pcrs6ussta AsyiActssG&rs developed
" bich I'D the Sheriff to believe that four OF
the China men in custody are implicated in
the murders. and he ordered them removed
to the County Jail.
| ;" AN ATrBMpr AT LYNCHINa., /,
| AT Auburn a crowd collected when tht
officers with their prisoners boarded th'
train, aud the mutterings of the throns
broke out into exclamations such as ."Hav
them outl""H aug hemr'
A rush was then made for the doors 0
the car, and the Sheriff and his depuie
seized upon, End but for show Of pistol
by the officers and conductor of the train
the purpose Of tie mob would have been az
complisbcd.
The moderation displayed by the citizens
with the exception of the above incident
was parfly due to the fact that throughou
the day AID by common consent all the "a
loon keepers closed their places. @ her"ist
serious cops, quenees would undoubtedly
+ have ensued.
The Coroner's jury found that the murder
of Sargent was committed by Ah Sam, AL
Jim and another Chinaman unknown, Sar
gent having mentioned a third assaian
I subsequent to his first statement.
: The jury failed to Indicate the murderer
! OF Oder 81 d bis wife, and the other prison
ers " ere liberated for want of eVilelc
against tbepY ,Hle h,a iJst! it,9#
I 1.-THE WAHLEN TR7AL-THIs MORNING.
.rva,e PRooEED1NGs.s =. NJ
MORRIS TOWN, ssept. 17s--Ths trial 20
Heinrich Wahlen for the murder of Ma
D Hugo Hoehne was resumed this mornin
= before Judg ge'RJM q ia q h q i
: Henry F.echer was the first witEess, an
he testified that he was with the prisoner !
!. New York when he was enleavoring TO, st
y the pawn ticket, and advised him to go t
o No. GO Elm street. Fischer was tollowe
by Detective Abrams, who, in narrati7
e form, reci ed the interviews he had wit
Wahen 10 Kings County PeIitentiary an
'' the Nerristown jail. ,.,n ,.g'"
i Local Affairs.