Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-06
shE FaCTs IN TIE seCg sPR.xes
AFFAIR.

GEEEs RIVE Wyo.. Oct. Soma
.estlnoHy Of . starting character siysn
to tie grand iary TO-DAY. il calcul.,s.i
10 throw nex light On the ;rspsSesion.
at Hock Springs DARING the recent
rioi there, Rev. Timothy Thirlovay. a
S2nsreSstioDsI minister, Who resided AZ
Rock Springs With bis family du1no
Tue not, made sworn Statement, show
ing that the Chinese Set fire 70 their own
coGsss u order to prevent white men
from Iobbius them OF tAeir money
Shlca YES buried IN the groan5 under
meath their dwellings. Subsequent
eveots have shown that this vas the
case, tof. I'd soon IS the Chinarnen re
turned to Rock Springs. thew CON
heoced e1esvsslne under the runs and
IN sne instance over f6U0 was f.uud.
Timothy lhiriowsy being duly sworn
made tue follosing statement: II am
minister OF the Gospe. Sod Vas resic-
ing a. Rock Springs on the % of
September last on which iay the not
occurr7d, and II the vicinity Of China-
town. On that day heard that there
Sas .arce lumber of men moving
around the north end Of Chinatown
vita guns, clubs and other weapons. I
e,
saw the FIRST two houses that we're Sc,
on ire While ve were stsuding there
could see a number of white men on
the norto side of Chinatown and at the
same time four Cinnamon came out Of
house on the s0uthsast part of the
town only short distance from Us.
They were some txo hundred yards
from the white men. The fosr China
haA
yards from the house With their bun
dies when some one called them back
and they remained in the house two or
three minutes before coming out again.
Ia the meantime a volley was heard on
the north side of Chinatown, and in
stantiy the Cinnamon rushed out Of the
building. They had hardly left when
we saw that the building was on are.
No vhitemen were to be seen near the
house and IL vas apparent that the
house was fired by the Cinnamon them
selves. Ny daughter, who talked With
some of the Ohinamen afterwards, can
tell you more about that and the object
Of the Cinnamon In setting their houses
on fire. Tne two houses that were first
harmed belonged to the railroad compa-
NJ and were kno sn as Numbers Is and
IL. Among the Cinnamon that came out
Of No. 10. the first house set on fire,
recognized Alb Qnong."
Statement of Miss Eleanor Thirlovay:
l came to Rock Springs last December
and have given instruction to the Chi
nese at my fathers house in the even
lag. / think We had the confidence Of
the Chisese, who regarded Us as their
friends. Just es soon as they returned
sGne came TO see us and they talked
about their troubles. All QuoRg. who
lived in the cellar Of gangsouse No. l6,
which was the first hoase set on fire,
ted me that China boy was scared for
fear American boy would get things,
ans China boy set fire to the houses
Lew Ack Sen, a nephew of All Say, q
China interpreter, also told the the same
fact about setting fire to the house, as
did the other Cinnamon that they we're
afraid the white men would find their
money and for that reason the Chinese
SET fire to the hoase. Alb Qaong said
China boy ne like American boy catch
him things, and China boy set fire to
houses
Mrs. Eleanor Thirloway testified sub
stantially as her husband, and also that
Cinnamon were seen running from the
houses, which Immediately burst forth
in flames. as if tsuchsd off With gun
powder.