Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-16
GALLONS CHEATED.
Cunning Trick Of a Chinaman
Sentenced to Death.
A POTION SUSPENDED LIFE.
A cOFonsfs Jury Pronounced Him Dead and
the Body Was Termed Over 10 His Friends.
There Was a Funeral and a Sham
Barsl-senilo China Disguised.

published. but which deserves 70 be put
ia print. for IL shows how the cunning
chinese ontwitted the most yigilaul
wAtchfuluesa Of law officers, and saved
from the gallOws condemned criminal
The story reads ike a romance, but tts
truthfulness can be vouched FOR by many
persons
The facfs were not known 10 a white
man until last night when Chinese de-
tecliyc dvulged them 10 a lawyer.
ON the morning of Nov. q. lSS8, n
brutal murder was committed In the
Chinese quarter of Fresno. The victim
was Chinese woman.
'fhc murderer. All Gee Nung was
cnnght rpd.handed aud covered with the
blood OF the dead woman. Tue knife
was still in his hand, and after he had
made the first dash to escape. when thc
officers appeared. be resisted nU more
and did not deny that he had committed
the deed His only excuse was that the
w0mnu had deserted him.
The casc was plain. the jury fonnd
him guilty. aud the penalty Of death WH1
pronounced The usual appeals 10 the
supreme court were taken, but they
awaited nothing
Powerful Chinese companies hnd stool
BY An Gee Nung through al his troubles.
and showed no intention Of deserving
him as long as there was any hope. aud,
with him, SO long as there was life there
WAS hope.
First Al Gee Iuug attempted 10 CO.
cape BY what means he secured the
Keys or whore hc concealed them FROM
the frequent search Of the jailcr Is not
stated Yet one day he unlocked his
cell door aud was passing across Tho
corridor when he was discovered and
taken back.
4 few days afterwards, at dusk, while
the inilprs back was turned Tor q mo-
mont. All Gee Nung unhulted TWO doors
ANA cscnped FROM the Jail Although hc
had not thirty seconds the start Of the
iuiler. yet be- had successfully di5up-
pparpd ANA Tor some time nothing Was
heard OF him Bu, az length he was dis
covered in % closet near the jail. cling
ing like u hat 10 the vail back OF tue
door.
He was returned Co his cell 4 search
more rigid than ever was made for the
key with which he unlocked the doors
of the jail The wardcns and The of.
hcers about the building assisted, and
not space within the cell 49, large as
a grain OF wheat was left unsearched
His clothes were taken of and his queue
was unbranded, but nothing at all was
discovered
The second attempt TO escape by I'M
locking the prison doors was on Oct. -,
$500 The day of execution was near 90
hnnd. The death watch. john Dennis.
was placed over him Just outside the
door, whore every movement could be
secn nt once.
The condemned man lay on his bed.
and seemed to fall asleep. About II $50
That night the death watch observed a
prolonged silence In the cell, aud becom-
ing suspicious unlocked the door and
went iu. An Gee iuug was apparently
dead. The frOih on lL' mouth showed
that he had taken poison. Dennis, the
Ruurd, shook him, but the Chiuamnu
gave. no sigu Of life. Tho guard called
In the prison nliciuls. aud q messenger
was sent Cor DR. Lewis Leach. the piis-
ON physician
D. Leach soon arrived, aud with the
assistance of Sheriff Hcnsley, lanitur
Suurt, John Dennis, the death watch,
ind Charles Bond. the ChinQmau was
treated to revive him. for the doctor said
that life was not extinct IL was pro-
uomcod q ease Of opium poisoning and
ag further proof Of this q horn vial
WAS found hetwcau the blankets OF the
bed. " would cjutnin about an ounce
OF opium, but was empty when found.
'l'ha od9r showed that it had contained
that drug.
an tho known autidotes for opium
poisoning were used. Three times the
doctor pumped thc Chiuaman's stomach
fan of water and pumped IL empty again.
Coffee was given also AZ 3 o'clock no
thc morning life was not extinct and
The doctor left him, and thought IL pus-
Nhle thar The poison had been overcome
aud that nix lifc would nc saved for the
gullowH But in an hour the Chinuman
was pronounced dead.
soon after daylight that morning tho
body was put In box and sent 10 the
coroncrs oilicc The Chinese were early
at the Jail with Oilers to bury the hody
Us -OOn as 10 Should be turned over 10
tham. As the burial would be an ey-
penae to the county ii done by the under
tallrr, and as the Chinese offered Co do
Il for nothing. there was no objection,
aud they were told the body would be
turned over "a them as soon as the coro-
ners jury had brought IN a verdict of
the cause of death.
The inquest was held that morning.
Dr. Leach said death was due to opium
poisoning The jury viewed The body
and sgurd verdict that All Gee iuug
came 10 his death from opium admluis-
teWd 10y himself.
This done the body was placed in a
rough box and turned over To- the Chi
nose who We're waiting az the door. The
hoN was placed Ia a Wagon ana the long
procession of the Chinese funeral moved
ont of town TO tho MOugullan graveyard,
Two miles distant M white man ac.
eompauied the funeral, for no one had
any interest in tho dead murderer The
graveyard was reached, a huX was bur
led, and the ceremonies and usual cXer-
cises were gone through with food and
papers were left at the grave as is the
custom, and that evening The delegation
of uRmps who had heard of the burial
wandered oM Co the graveyard 40 eat
the food lc(, there, aud that was the end
of All Gee Aung, the murderer, it was
thought
But il was not SO. Fifty people can
be fnund lu Fresno who win luke an
oath That thpy saw An GeeNwug after the
coroners jury pronounced him dead,
Finding that che lNst hope was gone
q Chinese DRUGGIST prepared potion
which would stlpety, and M q measure
suspend lifc. This was placed In the pose
session of An Gee Nung, to BE- used as
d last resort After lila second failure 90
escape no drank the drug, and 10 stlll
further SimuWt0 death he hlOtChCd his
skin with paint PREPARED Tor the pur-
pose, SO Na 10 give bis face and neck
dark purple Ike That observed ia dead
person hy The blood settling near the sul-
face. As still further deception an
artificial frOth was prepared for the
mouth like that produced by poison. Al
worked perfectly according to design.
The rough aud poorly Joined box Ia
which the Chinamau was hauled 10 the
grave admitted enough air 10 keep him
from smothering no time was lost In
reaching the graveyard. No white pep
son followed, bus Ia case they had fol-
lowed trick was prepared for the Vmer-
gcnCy In the long funeral train there
was concealed second box in general
appearance Ike the FIRST Il was hidden
IN the bottom az wagon resembling the
wagon IN which All Gee Nung was ear
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