Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-08
FOOLING THE EVIL ONE.
HOW THE FRIENDS OF LEE HEM
YOU SAVED THE CORPSE.

How n Dead thinamau In Now York T.
Laid ut Eest--rhe Dody Lying In state
Scattering MT. Of Paper Through The
streets Of the Metropolis.
Lee HEM You was dead, and f.ee
Hem You was TO be buried. The body
Of the Chlnese gambler lay where hehHl
0ied, in small, stuify. rather slunlid
room at ! Mott street. next door to the
temple Of joss. Death had not brought
pallor to the face. The skin was Of that
yellow tint It Ind In life, IN common
with the rest o. his race.
Lco Hem had killed himsolf-not by
sudden and violont means. His lungs
had becn eaten away by opiihn smoking.
The face. rs that of u consumptiyc, was
pinched and drawn, aud the high cheek
bones were made still moro prominent
by the deep hollows Of the chook@
For q time tho body was alone Lee
Henns countrymen avoid the dead when
ever possible. They do not neglect the
dead, however. Lee ienn's death had
been anticipated. Before he died other
Cinnamon had gone 10 James Naughton,
an undertaken IN Mott street. aud en-
rnprd his services. BY and by the uu.
dertalcr came TO prepare the body for
burial. A Chlnamnn il never buried Ia
any raruirrt be has worn ia life. Thrr-
fore. n now dark blue blouse. black.
bag.ry trou.ot,. now sandal, aud white
stockings were bought and put upon Leo
Honu
Then his cue was wrapped loosely
around hin neck. from left To- right. and
on Mi, head was placed a tirht fitting
black skull can, having at M ton n knob
OF nd plush. Af,er thebody was placed
In the coffin tho room whcrc Il M was
prcnnfed for tse visits OF the dead innn's
friends. A tin nm filed with earth was
placed Mt The foot Of the coffin, as was
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