Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-09
SHOT In THE BACK.
THE CSINEsE QUARTER ONCE MORE
THE SCENE OF A MURDER.
As Usual Nothing Definite Can BE
Learned of the Matter-The
Murderers Escape.

Another one of those mysterious high
binder shooting affairs occurred in China
town last night about 10 o'clock. As usual
little could be learned of the facts of the
case
Suey Kay, who is an ironer in q laundry
on Third street, near J, was set upon by
two other Chinese at the corner of l and
Third, and during the scuffie both of them
took shot at him.
Wong All Chow and Gee Jeon were his
assailants.
A large crowd of jabbering Mongols
gathered around the PROSTATE man i'm
mediately after the shooting, but none OF
them offered him any assistance, or made
any effort to stop the fleeing murderers.
When the police arrived they stood by and
continued to jabber among themselves,
but not word of information would they
give the officers. mo sabe," was the reply
each one gave when questioned about the
matter.
The wounded man was taken to the Re-
ceiving Hospital, followed by the noisy
crowd. They crowded into the operating
room with most exasperating persistency,
and it took the officers some time to run
them out.
When DIR. Nichols arrived the wounded
Chinaman was resting easily on one OF the
cots, chatting with several of his Celestial
friends who had been permitted to remain
in the room on the plea of being cousins :"
The doctor examined the patient care
fully. A large hole was found in the alb
domen, about two inches to the right of
the navel another in the back directly hor-
izontal to and on the same side as the
other, where the bullet passed through, and
third wound in the right shoulder. The
doctor was at a loss to reconcile the story
told by the wounded man about only being
shot twice, with the state of affairs as he
found them. 1t looked like three shots
the pulse being too strong for the
shock that must necessarily have been
the result, and the appearance of the
wounds did not indicate one shot. Still,
when the probe was applied, it indicated
that the Chinaman's statement was true
The bullet which entered the shoulder,
went in so far that it could not be reached
with the probe.
The wound n the abdomen was pro-
nounced by the doctor to be fatal.
The victim of the assault stated that he
was walking up l street wholly unsuspect-
ing OF any danger, when Chow and Jeow
approached him and demanded that he
give them money. He had Just received
$50 short time previous, it appeared, and
the two highbinders knew that he had it
with him. He refused to give it to them
and walked away. A second later, how
ever, he heard the report of revolver be-
hind him and felt the sting of bullet as it
pierced his back. He turned around just
in timeto receive another shot in the shoul-
der. He does not know which of the two
men fired first, but is confident that each
fired shot
Another version to the affair is that the
wounded man tried to win the affections of
an L-street Acknowledged belle, who had
sworn eternal fidelity to Wong All Chow.
The latter heard of Rays aspirations, and,
securing the assistance of Jeon, sought out
the woulG-b lover and shot him.
Police officers searched high and low for
the shooters last night, but up to late
hour they had not been apprehended.