Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-10-08
TEE JuRY's VERDICT.
dapaanse Womln Is Buried rhls
Morning.
INQUEST COMPLETED.

down town with viii Skinner won
TO Gilbert and Psttersou's, left there
''0o ok, went to opera hous,
renlaiued there 10 minutes; went =
Tree show corner High and Stat
stree's. Saw or heard no commo,io,
on Liberty street. Some Stanto,
onys told me that two Cbinamep ha,
murdered japanese woman. Went I,
tue house Of the Japsnese woman
arriving there about $3.50 o'clock, wen
osck 10 tue snow remained until show
was out. Came up towu, met Seth
wade, went home, went to bed. Late
That night Chief Dilley and Recorder
td's came to my house, woke me I'M.
asked me where | was that night a,
1880 o'clock. Told them | was nj nm
entertainment at the opera house -
After another close examination Green
was excused Tor the time being, 10 b.
called to witness stand again later In
the afternoon.
Hoon Kun, proprietor ef Chinese
drug store on Liberty street, was called
to tue witness stand. WAS at On
Lees store that evening, did not see
any strange ChinameD in town that
evening, Been In Gervais several DAYS,
know great many Cbinamen living Ia
country around Salem, do not know
any Chinamen Lying near Chemawa.
Heard OF woman beiug billed that
evening, went around TO house of jap
anese woman. saw her laying on the
noor, Lee Bak Fook was holding her
up. Held lamp while they removed
woman to sitting room, do not know
who killed the woman, do not know
the nicely dressed man who ran AVA, Il
woman was acquainted with Lo Sam, |
Gee, (Steinel's Chinamap) aud n num-
Der OF Others" When pressed TO Tel, |
who did IL he said, III will be honest
and tell nothing but the truth, 1 will
not tell lie."
Geo. Sun, the state street merchant.
was next called: 81 know Maggie
TuOyo o,acquainted with her three weeks
ago when che came TO me TO rent some
Do not know who killed her.
Saw no strange Chlnamen In town
that night, know Sam Hee. He like
Maggie Tuoyo. Hum Coy good friend
10 Maggie Tuoyo. Never heard him
'ay who he thinks killed the woman.
Nobody knows who killed her. Do
lot know who did II. Nobody Ia
own. Maybe some stranger. Saw
lone la town that night" When
'sked by Juryman G. A. Gray "a TO
where he was born the Chinaman an.
after some hesitation: ~
vas born In China, just as sun was
'oming up. No clock In China at that
ime you know" When asked II he
Inew who committed the deed he con-
inued: "If 1 knew who killed that
woman / would tell you. Was home
'etween and 3 o'clock Friday night.U
Willie Stanton, lad residing at the
orner Of Mill and Sixteenth streets,
Gas next called: "Saw Jack Green at
how at o'clock Friday evening. He
'as drunk when saw him. Not dea d
runk but had been drinking. Jack
i'd not tell me anything about the
Apanese woman being killed. knew
bout woman being killed at TAO
clock but did not tell Jack anything ,
bout 1t. After the show / overlook :
i'm and walked up home with him.
assed through China store into the
lpaDese woman's rooms and found
er sitting up. Did not see Jack there
all Saw Jack at the show about 4,
O'Clock, but did not see him aga In =
It'll after the show. Heard no talk as
who did the killing except what the =
lice learned from the murdered
oman before she died. Saw two
iinamen run out from the Japanese
jman's rooms and jump onto pass
z street car. About five minutes |
Ter heard that Japanese woman had
en killed. The men jumped one OF
e cars going to the fair grounds.
d not 90 with Jack to Maggie
Ioyo's house and told him no thing
out the murder Of the woman"
George Sun, the Stale street mer-
ant, here described the two men
At young Stanton saw jump the
eel Car for the fair grounds ~ be
rd working Chinamen and that
" left the building just before the II
irder was committed. II
1t 4 o'clock Monday afternoon all II
J testimony had been received In the IN
luest over the remains Of tha un- II
Iunate japanese woman, and the Y
,e was turned over TO the jury who
N brought IN verdict ~ follows:
That the deceased was Tayo Wat sa sH'
be, female native Of Japan, aged shs
years and that she came TO her death ~
the evening Of the 4lh OF October chi
her throat being cut, also her face tnr
4 hand with some sharp knife or mo
-. IN aonaa paraon or DeraOna IN. aid