The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06
Fung All Get Commits Sui
eide in the City
Prison.
He Is Found Suspended by His
Queue From the Bars of
His Cell.
Accused of the Murder of Lee All Nee,
Waiter, on October S
Last.

Fung All Get. a Chinese laundrymap,
accused of murder, hanged himself in his
cell in the City Prison early yesterday
morning, which put an effectual stop to
the proceedings against him.
Fung All Get occupied cell q and at 10
minutes past o'clock yesterday morn
ing Sergeant Bidwell in making his
rounds of the cells spoke to him. Twenty
five minutes later the sergeant had oc-
casion to pass cell q and was startled at
seeing the prisoner hanging from the bars
of his cell and in an apparently dying
condition. He had twisted his queue
round one of the bars just above the
crossbar and had then tied it firmly round
his neck. To enable him to do this he
stood upon form, which he kicked from
under him, leaving him suspended by the
neck.
In an instant the sergeant had cut Flung
All Get down and finding that his heart
was beating feebly he teiephoned to he
Receiving Hospital for a doctor. Dr..
Thomp son quickly responded, but found
that life was extinct. Later the Dody
was removed to the Morgue.
Fung All Get was arrested on October
90 by Sergeant Wollweber and Policeman
L. r. Finn for the murder Of Lee All Nee
on October 5 last at the lodging house,
$40 Washington street.
Lee All Nee was a waiter in the Yet
Ting How restaurant, $40 Clay street. He
was in the habit OF taking meal every
night to the occupant of room 80
in the building. He was descending
the stairway, carrying the dishes with
him, when he was shot, as the broken
dishes were lying around him when he
was discovered in pool OF blood on the
second landing.
The bullet struck him in the neck
and had taken an upward course, seyeriug
the jugular. The assassin concealed him.
self in the narrow hallway at the Sec
ond landing, and had fired at Lee All Nee
when at close range.
Sam Lock and his friend, Wong All
Jung, were in the building at the time
looking for work, and saw the assassin
ire the fatal shot. Becoming frightened
they hurriedly left the scene, but later in
the evening reported to the police what
they had Witnessed, giving the name of
the murderer and describing how the deed
had been committed.
No trace of the murderer was found till
October 20, when Wong All Jung pointed
out Fung All Get to Sergeant W ollwe Der
and Policeman Finn, and he was arrested
and charged with the murder. Wong All
and so testified in court.
Fung All Get was member of high
binder society called the Bo Leong Tong.
His society had feud agaidst the Bo Ong
Tong, of which Lee An Nee was a mem Der.
The murderer received $500 to avenge
his society and he picked out Lee All Nee,
a harmless waiter, as his victim.
a ter committing the murder he went
about Chinatown spending his ill-gotten
money in carousing and gambling, and
was captured.
The case was assigned to Judge Camp
BELLS court, aud the friends of the MUIR
dered Chinaman employed Attorney John
E. Richards as special prosecutor, the
prisoner being represented by Attorney
Arthur Mack.
The attorney for the murderer asked
for and received numb of continuances,
the obvious purpose being to allow the
murderer's frienus to put the eye-wit-
nesses out of the way. In this they sue
ceeded, as it was with great trouble that
the prosecution was able to locate the
second eyewitness.
The case came up on Friday last and
the prosecution asked tor bench warrant
to bring the reluctant witness into court
A continuance was then taken until Mon
day.
There is no doubt that the murderer,
seeing that the meshes of the law were
being drawn closer and closer around him
and seeing no escape from the hangman,
became discouraged and committed
suicide.