, 1889-01-15
TORTURED TO DEATH.
I've IEncrsnt Cinnamon Lose Their LlEsS
but Their Acou.srz a.uut Die.

Tvs IEncrsnt Cinnamon Lose Their LvsS
but Their Acouss-z l.uEt Die.
The Trl,r< Gazstte says: The fol
lowing cs%e, which is reported by the
highest authorities OF the HUI KuanR
provinces has been under, judicial in
resignation for some time past and its
final settlement is now reported. The
principal parties to II were She Yum
shsn, = nan who kept a drapery es-
adjustment ct e plaoo called Jen-ho,
in The kumJ-an district. and two Q
sons named Chang Tsu-mRo and Chang
Ain6-ln. father and son, who carried
on = tfado in fircwood.
About the middle Of last year the
l'tter purchased the trees Of small
wood in the Changing district, and
wont With 4 number OF their servants
to cut them down and convert them
into tirewoOd. They then hired a boat
belonging 10 a ChVng-king man TO con
veg the products to the Kung-an dis
trict. where tLcy heard there was a
prospect If high market for it. One
night shortly after their arrival at
hat place, the drapery establishment
OF She Eun-shan was attacked by rob
bcrs and completely riilcd, the pro
PrietoT himself and his wife being
wounded IN the struggle with the as
saIlnnts. The robbers We're pursued by
the village police, but contrived to
make their escape under cover of night.
Next morning She Yun-shan in
stitutcd u search for the property and
found five bales Of cloth, part Of the
plumber, ut "A place not far from where
Chang Tsu-mao's boat was anchored.
and his suspicion having fallen on its
six occupants, he called in the aid OF
the police and had them at once ar
rested. When he brought them before
the magistrate no charged them with
piracy and falsely alleged hat he found
the stolen goods on board the boat.
The accused, having refused to CON
Tess, wcro beaten and tortured. and in
tho end N or two OF them, dreadinu
further torture, said that they had
agreed with Chang Tsu-mao and his
son to rob the house, but were not
present at the commission of the deed.
Chang Tsu-mao and his son wore
again brought before the magistrate
cod usre exposed onoe more TO tor
trre, but they still firmly adhered to
the declaration Of their innocence.
Both me died under the ordeal, and
the wife OF the former instituted pro-
ceediugs against all the parties respon-
sible for tho death of her husband and
zon.
The magistrate was at once removed
from office and degraded, and a full
investigation Of the whole oircuna-
stances waS hold in the provincial
capital, with the result that the limo
cefnco OF the SIX mon was completely
established The blows, il was proved,
were administered on the usual places.
the buttoclls and legs, and no Illegal
torture wns used.
Tho law Is that any one who falsely
accuses an innocent person, and
thereby GAUGES his death. is TO suf-
for sLangulaton after the usua,
period Of confinement. In the pres
ent i%nntancc, although the Immediate
csuso OF death was torture, still, as the
torture waa the consequence OF false
accusation, She Yum shan has been
convicted under the above provision
q tic law. The magistrate Is 10 be
banIshed for his careless management
of the case; the policemen who made
the arrest and tho Yameu underlinps,
who only carried out the law in the
usual way, ars ~cHonernted from all
blame, and a fresh seerch il TO be
made for tho actual robbers.-North
China Daily News.