The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-01
KILLED HIS WIFE.
Lee Mon Wing Slabs Fung Gin
Through the Heart.
he coolly Confesses His Murder, But Pleads
That She Stole His Money and Ran
Away With Another.

Lee Mon Wing, a Chinese cook, stabbed
and almost instantly killed his recreant
wife. Fung Gin, at the northeast corner o.
Dupont and Jackson streets few minutes
before 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. She
was rather good looking for Celestial and
was aged about % years. Mrs. Fnng Gin wa
of too gay disposition to suit the steady
going cook and judging from his story,
made his life miserable for many years.
Three months ago she ran away with q
handsomer Mongol and took up her abode
in house of bad repute on jackson street
near Dupont.
Her enraged husband bought a large
bowie knife month ago and started forth
with the intention of killing her on sight.
His opportunity for deadly revenge pre-
scented itself yesterday afternoon, when ht
saw her passing along Jackson street, near
Dupont. With bound. he sprang upon
her and plunged the long steel blade into
her left breast
WITNESSED BY A DETECTIVE.
The point penetrated her heart and
she sank to the sidewalk without a moan.
The murder was witnessed by Detective
Cox, WHO stood only few feet away Wing
dropped the blood-stained knife and fed as
though pursued by troop OF demons.
Cox followed him closely and the race
down Dupont street was most exciting.
The fleeing assassin turned into Washing
ton street and then into Waverly place. In
the pursuit of the fugitive were also Officers
Magee and Coleman, who were attracted
by the shouts OF those who had Joined In
the chase.
They easily captured Wing and escorted
him to the City Prison. while crowd Of
excited Chinese surrounded the body OF
Flung Gin. The police patrol wagon was
summoned aD1 conveyed the wounded
woman to the Receiving Hospital, as it was
then thought by the officers that life had
not become extinct.
LIFE WAS EXTINCT.
When placed on the operating-table an
examination by the Police Surgeon showed
that she had breathed her last before arriv-
ing at the hospital. Her remains were sent
to the Morgue. Wing Was booked on tue
City Prison register for murder, and the
blood-staiued knife was retained as part
of the evidence against him.
Wing was not at all discomp0sed over
the crime. Eyes, l killed her." he said
ia plain English, 'and Pm glad she is dead"
why? | stabbed her to the heart, all
the same white man when his wife is not
good and runs away. We were married
seven years ago, and she said she would
always be good, true wife. L worked
hard as cook and saved money. Two or
three years ago first noticed she was run
ming around too much. She fooled me
long time before / was sure she was run
ming with other men. Three months ago
she stole all my money-about 5000 had
saved up to take back to China and ran off
with Chinaman VINO worked for Hi Hop.
don't know his name.
SHE WAS IN A BAD HOUSE.
"a month ago found out that she was
in bad house. Then l bought big knife
to kill her, and have been looking for her
ever since. was bound to take her life,
and I'm glad she is dead. 1t served her
right. Any woman who steals her husbands
money and runs away with another man
deserves what she got"
Wing is about 30 years old, and those who
know him say he was iusanely jealous of
his wife, and not without cause. He was
known to be Woodworking man, and was
never in any serious trouble before.