The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-15
THE SHOOTING OF Ii.
General Fosters Account of the At
tack on China's VicerOy.

NEW YORK, April 1.-THE Tribune's
Shomonoseki correspondent, under date
of March %, says: The shooting of Viceroy
Ii has created the greatest sensation here,
and SO extreme the police precautions
that press correspondents have much diff
Guilty in landing. The facts of the shooting,
obtained from the police and from Lis at
tendants, contain many interesting particu-
lars not heretofore made public The Vice
roy was within one hundred yards of his
residence, and was being borne in his own
sedan chair, carried by four large Chinese.
He had raised the curtains on each side
and in front, and was looking forward
over the rims of a pair of gold-mounted
spectacles, which had been pulled down an
inch or SO. Suddenly young Japanese
in the crowd, who had evidently been car
Tyng rocaed pey ycont Of the nalanouin
and from distance of about SIX feet rred
directly at the Viceroy's face: The ball
through without touching the rim, lodged
in the Viceroy's cheek. There was mo-
mentary pause of coolie bearers, and then
they hurried on. The would-be assassin
was quickly caught.
Ex-Secretary Foster gave the writer a
graphic account of the scenes which fol-
owed the shooting. He said Il reached
the Viceroy's bed a few minutes after the
shooting. He was lying on a couch on the
porch, attended by his own native doctor.
two Japanese surgeons and DR.. Depasse, a
personai attendants we're terribly Excited
The Viceroy looked up as L entered and
gave me his hand. but did not speak The
surgeons then probed for the bullet, which
appeared to be under the left eye. As they
did SO the patient WINGED, and they desisted
much rou pan never mind the PAIN he re
piled. You go on with your work. The
prsed at the shooting, and asked me if
modern history could show any other ex,
ample of an ambassador being attacked
He said he was touched by the sympathy
of the Emperor and Empress. He was
received The doctors s said the Viceroy
showed enormous vitality, for he slept
taet and needed So oplates The shock
seemed to him far less than it would have
been to European sexentythree years
calibre bullet like that which was lodged
under his eye:. and he examined it with
When the correspondent left Secretary
Fosters house he caught a glimpse of
veranda The envoy recognized the CORE
spondent, who had interviewed him two
days before He was sitting at hn table.
covered his left eye and the whole left side
of his face, yet his movements showed
afternoon he granted the correspondent an
interview. He lay on a lounge covered
caded silk skirt. i, The viceroy conversed
with his usual force, gesticulating freely.
He puts questions ike a sharp lawyer
cross-examining a witness. He wanted to
know what the writer had seen of the Wei
Hai-Wei campaign, and his comment was
that the Chinese were greatly outnumbered.
He also wanted to know what salary
correspondent received. 1t is his hobby to
inquire about incomes, and he continually
asks ex-Secretary Foster how much he is
worth. He seems to think that because
General Foster was once at the head of the
State Department he ought to be enor-
mously rich. When told. that he had many
warm admirers in America he said: I
know / have many friends there, though
my best friend, General Grant, is dead.
Mrs Grant is living. I believe. She was
very kind, while at Tien-Tsin, to my late
wife, Lady liz
Komntsu ON His Way to China.
HIROSHIMA, April 14.--Prince Komatsu,
escorted by three men-of-war, sailed to-
day for ShimonoselSf, whence he will proceed
to take command of the Japanese troops
in China