Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-26
A CONSPIRATOR'S BODY,
II is Horribly Mutilaltd by CoTell
0mCtrS
The Consptrator's Assassin 90 he
Loaded Win iIonors II" Lives
IN Dread OF EviL

Correspondence from Seoul Coren,
under date OF April 2lst published 10
the columns Of Japnucso metropolitan
p,psrs. contains a minute account OF
the circumstances attending tue
muulatIon Of Kim Ok.Kums corpse
It's alleged that tho C5rean govern.
mcnt was originally divided into two
unequal parties with ro'ofoucs 20 the
treatment u the body the more
powerful, namely, the Ming section,
insisting on the iutlIcligu OF the most
signal indiguitiea 70 which the re-
mains Of traitor could be subjected,
while tho other, healed by Kim
Koshu, aud sympatized with ny
Mir. Gfuathuu5u aud the foreign em'
ployes generally, strongly objected 10
sucn a course. All foreign repr .senta'
tiyes opposed the muiilatlun Of the
corpse aud an appeal was sent to the
Coreau government, but u WIS TOO
late, the mutilhtion had been effected
the preceding evening.
The following details are gviun ns 90
the way In which the body wa
ditsucteu.
Ths corpse was laid Dat On the
ground, face downward, the head aud
the four limbs being supported on
blocks Of wool TO facilitate toe process
OF cutting them OIL. The head was
nrst severed from the trunk by saving.
The right baud was theu cut Oh at the
wrlst. while the left arm was severed
midway between the wrist aud the
elbow. Tho feet were chopped of at
the ankles. Last Of all The back OF the
trunk was hacked nj regular Intervals
with three lateral cuts seven luulos
long and one inch deep. The head
was suHpcudUd from a tripod made Of
old bamboo sticks tied together with
rough straw ropes, and the hands anu
feet, Jolned In n bundle, were hung by
the eide Of the head, the trunk with
the three lateral cuts being luit ON the
ground juat ~ II had been placed for
mutilation.
The body was displayed In public
two days anu was then thrown Into
the river. The head, hands aud feet
were then sailed anu sent 10 different
parts OF thc country for exhibition.
After having teen shown In all Iatls
Of tho little peninsula tho CHASTITY ffng'
menls Of Kim will be fed TO the vul.
lures.
AT the time Of writing Hong Tjy5ng
Gu, the aasnasin, IL said 10 be atill stay.
ing at the house Of his patron, Che.
lie bad not yet been received In
audience by the king because, having
made the voyage 10 Corea In the com
pany OF a dead body, his person must
undergo certain rites Of publication
before he appears In tho royal pre-.
sence. Butitis confidently stated that
his attendance ut tho palace viii be
ordered by the king as soon as the
question u his official appointment
shall have been settled.
Just what his reward win be- II not
known, but tits certain that no will
receive some government place. The
assassin 10 taid 10 be the most popular
person la Seoul. He Ia sutfou nded
continually by y crowd OfndmlreTs. IL
spite Of all this Hong Ia unhappy. II
l. reported that the spirit OF his victim
troubles his mind. lie cannot endure
solitude aud nj night several persons
sleep In his room.
Ii Il more than possible that this
iearfnlness Is due rather ~ a belief that
his own life may be In danger from
friends OF the man ho w cruelty Killed
In Shanghai.
Tho Corean official paper Of April
iith contAids memorial 10 his mall
esty advising the speedy death OF nil
Tetels Of 1854. In the same paper
appears an answer by tho king Ia
which no approves tue advice, Ihli
H taken 10 mean that the world Will
soon hear Of more horrible executions,
The popular disturbances Nc k1fu,
Coroa, are becoming ficfoer. Ihous'
VI men from kofu and other pla oes TO-
Gently went about with their face
covered and armed with swords aud
spears. They had yellow Il we. la
one night they killed three officials Oi
koiu. They took out thousands o.
koku Of fice from the grnnaries, aud
providing themselves with arms, Pre-
pared 10 march 10 Seoul. Their ring
leader 10 SaiJik0.