New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-11
HOW II HUNG CHANG WAS SHOT.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES RELATED ~ COURT At TIE
TRIAL or HIS AssAILANT-A CHOLERA
EPIDEMIC FEARED.

TRIAL Or HIS AssAILANT-A CHOLERA
EPIDEMIC FEARED.
Yokohama March 80. Via Vancouver T. G. Apri'
m-The attempt Oh the life of Ii Hung Chang IS
deeply and generally regretted in Japan, ana seems
10 have been tho one thing needed TO strengthen
Chnas cause by winning from the side OF the NOT
booded war party A large proportion Of its most
renresentativ. adherents Mr Dun, th' United
States Minister Is quoted having said AS la'e
as March % that ne believes that peace VIII be de-
clared before the end OF April
Ii Hung Chang despite his years and the nervous
exhaus,on which increasing dangers and difficulties
have brought 10 him IT the last few months. has
rallied well and e"an before the departure Of the
Steamer Empress Of Japan was believed 10 be on;
OF danger The gates Of the conference hall the
shupa- Me Hotel at Smonosek- which nave peeh
closed since the attempted assassination were
opened on March .. The precautions taken aIter
the shooting 10 prevent any imitator of the homl-
cida crank from reaching the presence OF the wee
roy are however continued in full force by the
police The high officials held technically respon-
sible for the shooting. and who at once reported
themselves for punishment have not yet oeen deait
with, though others have replaced tnem IN 'he
Offices which they had filed.
Koyama Toyotaeo. otherwise called Keyama
Rokumosuke the would-be assassin of Ii Hung
Chang was arraigned in the Yamaguchi District
Court o. March 2G His crime was classiheh d.
'unconsummated premeditated murder IN iie
progress Of the hearing the circumstances 81 'he
shooting were related in detail as follows
The street along which the Chinese Envoy haI -
pass from the conference hall was lined WIN spec
getors, while small road leading of 10 tnc Ieit
vas crowded with people waiting 10 see me fNof
hung Chang. the prisoner, ark.0ro"e9, aDp.O
twenty-five years of apparently HoSh} a. az,
tired In Unlocking garments, was seen WA, Walh'n6 TX
about In front Of the crowd The police Iad no
particular attention 20 him. When the, F.hVoy :
chair was oppOslte the house Of an umbrella IndK'
next door 10 the police station the fhot "dS I%fci %
The police al once closed IN on the prlsohHr ~ ~peiDl
he could fire a second shot from the small sihsi.-
action weapon which he carried. ana aTfeSteu n.It @
without diftjcultv II was fortunate for ii hung
Caang that his assallant was the merest @ dt ~
the use Of firearms. and That the weapon Was "''
a1oube-actlng one. -, -. ctronoseki
IN conversation with those about MN fdhkA du-
mlttei the weakness displayed by 'hIha' an 80 ~
pressed regre, for for her sake. Dul al m ~
time he thought that the defeat OF emma N"N "a
vance tho cause Of civilization IN tht H"7'' ''''
was therefore not altogether regrettanpIt cic,od
There Is much fear that Japan VIII .S ~ 1in'so
with an epidemic Of cholera this year ~, ne ,bo on.
has already appeared at Moi. town AZ a,v
trance 10 The finland Sea, whence arg aisn in
OF coal are exported II has SHOWN ItSii ISL, troons
some of the transports. although h2t Gn,Iv rom
were on board and it is reported hhdHy i'''''
Talien- Wan