Connecticut western news., 1883-05-02
A FATAL SAI FEAST. SOMETHING LIKE ~ TIME RO-
 NIAN0 How Chinese Millionaire Hrdered
 On His Wedding


 Kong, has been in a great state of ex- citement for some time, owing to the ter rible butchery of wealthy and inf1uen- tial family of the place by band of dar- ing pirates who for years infested that neighborhood. The occurrence happened in the following romantic manner:- Some few years ago one Chi Wing, 8 rich shipowner of Kai Ping, had in his employ very smart middle-aged man, An Shing, whom he promoted from the position of common laborer gradually to that of chief clerk. After Chi Wing had lost near three thousand taels by continual embezzlements he caused An Shing's removal. The great ship owners affairs prospered. Toward the close of last November he was calculated by competent judges to be worth at least $1 ,5O0,0 ,00O. He owned at the time, aside from his fleet of sailing junks between Kai Ping and this port, 8 line of fishing boats that is worth over one hundred thousand dollars. The discharged en- ployee resolved upon plan to plunder his former employer, but the house was we'll guarded both day and night by a body of we'll chose men.
 An Shing then suddenly remembered that there was one great hobby" of the millionaire, and upon that particular subject the old gentleman has never been known to conquer himself, and that was his particular partiality toward the opposite sex. Not many miles away from Kai Ping was little island, the stronghold of China's most daring rob- bers and pirates. To that place An Shing went. To the pirate chief Chi he made known 8 cruel plot, by which old Wing and his family were to be murdered and his immense wealth stolen. The plot was laid out in this manner, which was as unique as dar- ing:-Chief Chi was to select one very handsome and courageous youth, to be dressed in the height of female fashion, and two more youths of lesser beauty, in the same attire, to act as maids to the former. Accordingly one Won Moo, handsome youth of eighteen, and two l others, whose names were not mentioned, were selected for the expedition. They were accompanied by two genuine old women of the baud. An Shing acted as guard for the entire bevy of false females and safely landed them on the shores of Kai Ping, where he had pre- viously engaged house for the occa- sion.
 ] After having safely quartered his peculiar females he made his way toward the business place of his former en- ployer, where he found him in splendid spirits. An Shing mentioned in a casual way that he had seen @ beautiful maiden that morning, and that she, with her mother and attendants, had just arrived in the city from Soo Chow. Chi Wing offered $1OO to his old clerk if he could arrange for 8 meeting. The ex-clerk finally received $10O cash in hand and further promise of $1OO if he could induce the young ladies and the mother to favor the millionaire with @ visit. The arrangements were success ful. The next day at noon the ''young ladies' came with the mother, and mil lionaire Wing saw them. He offered $1,5 800 to the supposed mother of the eighteen-year-old beauty Won Moo for the hand of her daughter The offer was reluctantly accepted. Nothwith- standing the earnest objection of the old groom the happy marriage was postponed until late in the afternoon of the next day. An Shing, seeing his scheme worked well, hastily signalled to the pirates across the waters to proceed with the balance of the programe. So by sundown the next day there were over three hundred desperate pirates in the city under various forms of disguise, Some were peddlers, others were fortune tellers. At half-past six P. M the bride and her three or four attendants were conveyed into the luxurious mansion of Chi Wing amid great rejoicing. The crowd outside was very great late in the day, and the master of ceremonies ordered the great gates to be closed long before their usual time.
 At about half-past eleven, after the last guests had been sent away, Chi Wing leisurely sauntered into the luxrlri- ous apartments of his new bride, little thinking of the cruel fate that awaited him. Won Moo drew glittering dag ger and thrust it into the heart of Oh Wing, who fell dead on the floor without even 8 groan. In haste each pirate dis robed himself of the female garb, anc the two attendants rushed to open the gates, while Won Moo shot off a sky rocket as signal for his three hundred confederates to rush in from the outside to plunder and murder the inmates of the Wing mansion. The whole thing was conducted so scientifically and suddenly 5 and the guards at the gates were so per plexed, that before they could find ou the cause half of them were already pu to the sword by the daring pirates, ant the balance were so panic-stricken tha l each fled for his own life, and by tn 3 time the imperial garrison came to tn r scene they were only in time to intercep 7 the fleeing pirates. After sharp skir mish on both sides the pirates fled unde cover of darkness, leaving seven dea,
 and ten captured, including Won Moo a the handsome and daring youth. Tn !. Imperial Guard lost two killed and sey eral wounded. Chi Wings family wa
 nearly extinct. A thirteen-year-old boy fortunately visiting relatives in the coun c | ,R klo