San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-22
HOW CHANG WAS SHOT.
PARTICULARS OF THE SHOOTING OF
Ii HUNG CHANG.
The Brave Old Man Was a Stole
as TO Pa n and bore the Probing
Like a Hero.

NEW NORK, April 22.-Ihe shoot
ing Of Ii Hung Chang is thus dcs-
cribed by John J. Henderson, Jr.,
Secretary Of the Chinese envoy,
and American Advi ser Hon. John
W. Foster, in a letter furnished to
the World dated Shimoneseki,
March; a: To-day has been the
most eventiul so far in the history
OF the peace negotiations. At 3
o'clock this afternoon the Japan
csc were to offer their terms and
the Niceroy Lii was going to refuse
unless an armistice is declared.
1t was to be a climax and we were
nervously awaiting the result to
see IL success or failure was TO
perch upon our banners.
GAS Mr.. Foster and | passed in
to the street that leads to the Bud
dhist temple five Cinnamon &C.
cupy, we met an excited crowd Of
people swaying to and fro against
the advance Of military charge.
While we were still wondering at
this unusal scene, we were at once
surrounded by guards, who con-
Quoted US to the temple where we
learned that Lii had been shot.
"The Niceroy who had been
struck (from straight in 'front.' just
below the left eye, said not word
but sat as calm as though nothing
had happened. While every one
knew he had been shot at no one
thought he had been struck, so the
procession moved to the temple.
"When he stepped from his
chair to mount the few steps be-
fore the house, it was first noticed
that blood was gushing from a
hole in his cheek. There was at
once great excitement. His two
physicians were hastily summoned
and he was made as comfortable as
possible on sofa. His French
doctor, who speaks very little
English, desired me to stay with
him to interpret, if necessary.
"The news Of the attempted AS
sassinatiOn spread like wild fire.
Japanese doctors, the French one
and a Chinese one began imme-
diately to discuss his case. For an
hour they probed for the bullet.
1t had entered almost straight
Just to the left of the nose about
an inch below the eye and then APP.
parently detected and buried itself
in the soft bones over the roof Of
the mouth and back Of the nose.
81 stood at his bedside and
watched them insert probes four
inches into the wound until felt
sick. During the time the Niceroy
never murmured.
His first question was about
the man who had shot him, had
they caught him? He desired to
see a similar bullet and a man was
sent to produce the weapon to sat
isfy his curiosity.
"The physicians failed to find
tho bullet and a consultation was
held in which | acted as DR.. De.
passes interpreter, tloundering
around in a swamp OF technical
names of bones, and curiously
enough, the doctors at the consul
tation all spoke different lam
guages. After much talking they
came to an agreement to keep the
Niceroy quiet for the night and in
the morning, with the imperial
surgeons who had been summond
from Hiroshima and are already
en- route by special steamer, to
probe again. The NiCeroy's con-
ditions seem to be good, thanks to
temperate living and a naturally
superb constitution.
"When they asked him if he SUI
fered much pain, he said to the
physicians: "Never mind the
PAIN" and yet it will be a mira Gle
if the old man lives. The bullet is
81 calibre, the pistol evidently
an old one purchased for this pur-
pose, the assassin having only ar
reved from Toxic this morning.
"Mr. Foster has done a grand
work at peace making in assuring
the Cinnamon that the regrets of
Japanese officials are sincere and
they are in no way to blame for
the outrage. He said to the
NiCeroy: "YOu are soldier and |
believe this gunshot wound will
prove of advantage to China"
"Well," said the Niceroy, "if my
blood can serve my country, they
are welcome to it,"
Still in the Dark.