Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-08-23
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
CoRoNER's INQUEST ON THE MURDERED
CHIEAMAE

Coroner A. j. Vermilya last evening held
was murdered in Chinatown Monday even
ing. The examination was conducted by Dis.
triet Attorney II. l.. Buckley and City At
torney w. A. Anderson.
Deputy Sheriff George K. Rider was
sworn, and testified that he saw the deceased
for the first time on the night of the homi.
eide. About 0 O'Clock he was on l street,
between Second and Third, when he heard
pistol shot in the direction of Third street,
and heard some one crying "Pclice :" He
ran up the street to China restaurant, and
found in the doorway, with his body half way
out, lying on his face, the deceased He had
aun.shot wound in the right side of his
abdomen, and his under clothing was on fire.
he was dead at that time. A Chinaman
by the name of All Tong picked
up the pistol, which was lying be.
tween two tables on the opposite side from
where it was said the deceased man had been
sitting. The pistol in the possession of the
Coroner is the same one found at that time.
Officers Green and Ash also soon arrived.
Louis Hanche arrived in advance of the
policemen. There was quite q numbsr around
the tables; dishes were set for two people,
and it looked as though they at the time of
the shooting had been eating. Witness here
illustrated the sitution of the parties by
means of table. In order to shoot person
where deceased was shot it would have to be
done by left-handed man, unless deceased
was sitting sideways towards the party who
did the shooting.
Louis Hanche, Anthony Green and Patrick
Nash testified. corroborating the testimony
given by Mr.. Rider.
Queng Hing sworn-I know the deceased,
Yee All Doom. He is my cousin and belongs
TO the sane company do. He was born in
China, and was about q years old. l knew
of no trouble existing between the deceased
and All Sing, who is accused of his murder.
The deceased, on the evening of the murder,
asked me for dollar. 1 don't know how
much money he had. / think the pistol
shown me here is the pistol of the deceased.
saw him put the pistol in his pants. The
pistol was lying on the bed before he went
down town.
DIR. Baldwin certified that he had made
post norton examination of the body, and
tia the cause of his death was from a gun
shot wound, received in the right breast, four
inches below the nipple, and three and three
quarters from the median line of the body.
The course of the ball was obliquely up
wards, and to the left, passing through the
cartilage Of the sixth rib, inner border of the
right lung, through the sac Of the heart and
aorta at its junction with the heart, through
the upper lobe of the left lung, and had
lodged in the soft tissues above the first and
second ribs, about two inches to the right of
the left shoulder.
After hearing the above testimony the jury
rendered the following verdict AT an in.
quest held on the 22l day of August, 1882,
at the office of the County Coroner, in the
city and county of Sacramento. to inquire
into the cause of the death Of q certain
Chinaman, we, the jury, do find that the de.
ceased was q native of China, aged about q
years, named Yee All Doom, and that his
death resulted from a gunshot wound in
ficted by one unknown TO u.s."