Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-20
WEsT OF THE ROeKIES
Chinese Murderer Hanged
in \ Chinese way.
Disd fFOn the Assidsus-Dslaa CAarg.d
win cOla-Blsoa.a Murd.r ~ sAs
cOroasr's Jasy-Foals Galnr
ia the wrsux way.

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Sine. who vas csndsmned for the nur-
der Of Chinese woman about -four years
aeo. vas hanged af l2sce ,. n. to-daT.
Ihis Chinaman has twioe BEEN andeF
sentence Of death for q cold bloodsd
murder attempted On the 18th Of Octo-
oer, 1881. He shot q Chinese prostiiute
named Choy Cam. Ia Sullivan's alley,
but she did not die until the S7th 81
November. Choy Cum vas unahina har
feet, and accidentally upset the dish pan
81 threw she conksnts ouf of a window.
At any rate, the drippinQs fell on Sine.
Who was on the door below. According
= tbs Chineae, this Is considered an m
omen, aud 70 break the spall SING quar-.
reisd With the uoman and squared his
aocoanis with The gods By shooting her
IN the neck.
About an hour before tie time set for
TIE execution. be aecame very much AZ
cited, and FAFidly lost bis sslf -oontrol.
As the time Of execution grew nearer
snd nearer, be finally Tell on his knees
befsre Mr.. AokeEman, attorney for
sheriff Hopkias, wAo was present II his
cell, and begged him 70 save his life.
4 did not commit she crime,e cried be
wildly, -and yoa must not let them hang
ne" he at last became hystorioal,
oFying and wrlnRing his hands, and 90
casionally lifting them toward heaven
tn most pitteoas manner. He would
not listen 20 the advice and comforting
words Of the priest, and paid ne atssn-
tion TO any 0 his SURROUNDINGS, when
the time came fer him 10 ascend the
scaffoia, be maBagad to regain his ooua- |
pOsare and walked steadily onto the |
death trap. A feS miuutes before u |
dispatch vas read from Governor
Stoneman, which read Il viii not inter. |
fere.n
The final preparations were then made |
and the trap sprung. When the rope /
bad stretched 20 lie full length, Il vas !
noticed that it had caught under the /
doomed man'a left arm, 90 that his |
body hang at an acute angle. There /
Wers loud ordinations OF horror and /
considerable excitement. An attempt /
20 pull tue body onte the platform 81 /
the soadod proved unsuocessfuI, Finally /
step ladder was procured and she rope /
was loosened. bat life vas already ex. /
finot, death having been apparently in 1
stantaneoas.
Died 9rem the Accident.
SAN FRANcEsoo. Nov. 19.-SamueI NJ.
Redingt0n, q grain merchant Of this
city, Who was Fua over last night By q
Satter street dummy and had both legs
broken, died at late hour last night Il
from the effects Of bis injuries.
Charged with CeId- BleOaed Murder.
The Coroner held an inquest TO- day
IN the ease OF Df. HeFRaFien, Who was
killed by William DOlan yesterday. De.
tective Hogan testified that Dolan said
10 him when arrested, II shot al the -.
l shot 10 kill him, and 10 he AMT dead.
hope be will die" Dolan was under
the intiaence Of LIQUOR at the time. The
witnesses testified that no knife or
weapon Of any kind was found on the
deceased. The Jury returned a verdict
charging Dolan With the crime Of "cold
bs0S5ed marder."
Feels Going in she Wrong Direction,
Some days AGO, two gentlemen made
a wager OF $500 side that one Of them,
named Bisncnheld, dared not make 4
balloon ascension withoQf an aerouAut.
BlAnchGeld this afternoon obtained
from Prof. Van Tasael his ballosn
Eclipse" and Ia company with a 70.
porter named W. H. Hart. entered the
basket Of the balloon and turned the air
ship loose. Nothing had been heard OF
them up 10 late hour this afternoon.
Neither Of the bail0ouists are aeFonAuts.
After rising TO q height Of about q
mile, the balloon sailed toward the
south and descended near Millbrae
about 4 2. 10. without accident 20 the
occupants. They collapsed Il aud 70
turned By train from Milibrae 70 this
city this evening.
Decided In Faver Of the Postal TeIe.
graph Company.
tween the Postal Telegraph Company
and the Northern Pacific Railroad i
Company vas decided today 10 favor
Of the Postal TeleQraph Oompanv
Judge Hoye delivered an exhaustive
and able opinion, In which be sus-
tanned the position OF the TaleQraph
10. He held IN substance that the
railroad company had not suc1 an IN
terest IN the right OF way as would /
preclude Congress from granting the
use OF the same for teiagFaphio or
other public purposes. He held that Il
Congress granted she Northern Pacific i
q charter not Tor the beneht Of its
stockholders, bat 90 pFomote the inter.
est and welfare Of the people Of the /
United States, and that Congress re-
served the right TO use the road aHd is /
right Of way as q military road, and /
for any ether public or Government /
use. and that the railroad company, by /
its acceptance Of the charter, agreed 20 |
and was bound By these provisions,
made for the public haneiit. The
Postal Telegraph Company, having |
complied With the act Of Congress, and !
having aosepted ita conditions and
restrictions. was therefore entitled 10
the ase OF The railroads rigbt Of uay for
she construction Of lee telegraph line.
An Injunction vas aooordinely granted,
restraining TIE railFoad company frOm
Interfering n any manner vito the
construction Of the telegraph line, and
the application Of the railrsad company
70 eBtoin the eonstructioa Of the tale |
graph, was refasea.
cemiRG weather.
Indications for ths succeeding twenty
four hours from I 7. %. Of the 10sh, |
are for Warrington Territory. cloudy
weather ana Eain.