Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-10-22
WAS IT MURDER {?
THE CORONER INVESTIGATES A MYs
FERROUS DEATH IN CHINATOWN.
Linn All Yock. a Colusa Ranch Man
Suspected to Have Net With
Foul Play.

Linn All Yock is the name of q Chinaman
who for several years past has with one
Kim Suey conducted fruit ranch in Co.
lusa county.
Early last week Linn shipped large
cargo of dried fruit to San Francisco for
sale. He accompanied the consignment to
the metropolis, and attended in person to
the disposition of it.
He realized from the sale between $500
and 5000.
He spent several days in San Francisco,
visiting his friends and acquaintance. On
Thursday he took the train for this city,
arriving here in the afternoon. That even
ing he visited some of his cousins in the
Chinese quarter, and later on dropped into
Quong Sun Chung's store on Third and
streets. A sociable domino game was in
progress there, and Linn was invited to take
hand. He did so, and it is said by his
friends lost about $40. 1t was well known
to those who were in the store with him
that he had considerable money, and they
tried to persuade him to continue after he
had gambled enough, and being tired
wanted to go to bed. A professional gam
bier named All Foy suggested that Linn re-
main at the store and join the party in a
sociable pipe" Linn finally consented,
and also consented to partake of some gin
which was proffered him.
EFFECT OF THE DRAUGHr.
Shortly after drinking the gin Linn be-
came unconscious and remained in that
condition all night in the back room of the
store. The next day, Friday, he was de-
lirious, and was attacked with terrible fits
of vomiting. On Saturday the occupants
of the store became alarmed at Inns con-
dition and had him removed to the Chinese
hospital across the street from the store.
Here the sick man had another relapse
and all the efforts of the resident Mongol
physicians to revive him were in vain.
On Sunday morning Linn died and after
considerable delay the matter was reported
to the Coroner, with the explanation that
the deceased had INDUCED in TOO muchee
opium" There was no money TO be found
upon the remains.
No particular attention was paid to the
case until yesterday, when Linn Koy,
relative of the deceased, arrived from San
Francisco and called upon the Coroner.
He stated that he had no doubt but that
his relative
HAD BEEN MURDERED
For his money. Koy, who, by the way,
speaks English fluently, stated that he had
investigated the matter and had learned
that Lin had only lost $40 at the gambling
table and had over $500 on bis person when
he drank that fatal draught of gin. The
members of our society are enraged over
this foul murder" said Koy, land they
will assist me in every possible way in
having the murdereIs arrested. They
have the names of men now who know
something about the affair and whom you
may examine if you desire to hold an in.
quest"
Deputy Coroner George n. Clark in
formed the Chinaman that he would hold
an investigation by all means, and was
ready to proceed at once. The witnesses
named by the deceased's friends were sum-
moned and their testimony taken in the
afternoon.
All Let, cousin of the deceased, stated
that he had seen Linn All Yock on ThuIs-
day. He was then in the best of health
and spirits. He was not man who gam
bled much; neither was ne an inveterate
opium-smoker.
DID NOT GAMBLE HEAVILY.
Le9ng S G6HgP65n 9s6 u RS night when the
deceased was there, and was positive that
the latter ceased playing dominoss after
losing $40. The witness left the store when
gambler Foy was making oyertures to Linn
regarding joining him in friendly pipe"
and glass of gin.
Several other Cinnamon who had seen
the deceased on Thursday were positive
that they never knew him to be enjoying
better health than be was then
Now. said Linn Koy, after the last wit
ness had been examined, there's one man
that ought to be questioned. He is the
head man of the Quong Sun Chung store.
They call him Fat Boy, but his right name
is All Pang"
Deputy Clark sent for the mau, and he
arrived half an hour later. In answer to
questions by the Deputy Coroner, be
made the following statement; II know
the dead man. He is a rancher at Colusa.
l went to San Francisco on Tuesday last
and returned on Friday. The man was
then SICK in the back of my store. One of
my men told me that he had lost all his
money the night before in domino game.
He was very sick all day Friday and that
night, and the next day had him taken to
the hospital. If he was robbed in my place
don't know anything about it. l don't
think he was, though. think he gambled
all his monty eff, and then, being afraid to
go home and face his partner, committed
suicide"
THE INQUEST.
An inquest was held by the Coroner last
evening in the matter and the testimony
given by the Cinnamon was read to the
jury. After about five minutes deliber-
alton the jury found that Linn came 10 his
death from an overdose of opium or other
poison in manner unknown to them.