Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-03-21
One Chinaman Chops Another to
Pieces With a Hatchet
AND THEN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
First Stabbed His Victim TO the Heart
With a Big Knife Cause of
the Tragedy.
Spokane, Wash, March IS.

spokane, WASH, Mafch 10,
One of the most horrible murders
ever committed in Spokane occurred at
$50 last evening in ii Gees big Chi
nese Joint" on First avenue, opposite
No. l fire station.
Chin Pong, a large Chinaman whom
the other Cinnamon all despise and
fear, literally chopped Lee Tung, a
small Chlnaman against whom he had
a grudge, to pieces with a Ratchet,
or two hatchets. rather, as he used two
at once, one in each hand. Before chop
ping his victim to pieces with the
hatchets he had stabbed him to the
heart two or three times with q large
butcher knife.
After killing Lee Tung, Chin Pong
went back to his room and cut his
throat with a smaller knife. He only
gave his throat one slash and did not
sever the jugular, and it is thought he
will recover. 1t is believed he did not
intend to kill himself, but inflicted the
wound on his throat in order to make
the authorities believe Lee Tung did 1t,
and that he was compelled to Kill him
in Self-defenSe. He told officer Hern-
don, who was the first to arrive on the
scene, that Lee Tung cut him, but this
was disproved by several Cinnamon
who were present, who said that Lee
Tung was unarmed.
The first news Of the tragedy was
telephoned to police Headquarters from
the fire station across the street. Of
ficer HerndOn jumped on his wheel and
was the first officer to arrive. lie was
shown up stairs into what proved 10 be
veritable slaughter pen. There was
no light in the hall, where the murder
occurred, and the officer struck a
match when he reached the head Of the
stairs.
There lay Lee Tung, breathing his
last, amid IL scene of carnage that was
awful. The murdered mans head was
literally hacked to pieces, the skull be
ing split wide open in several places,
on the top and on the left side, which
was the side exposed to the murderer
after his victim had fallen over on his
right side from the force of the blows
on the top of his head, being then par
TALLY dead.
Lee Tung was covered with blood
from head to foot, and his left hand
was almost cut in two across the palm.
The blood was standing in pools on the
to the room occupied by Chin Pong.
He was lying on his bunk, the blood
streaming from the cash across his
throat. He at once informed the Of
ticer that Lee Tung had inflicted the
injury.
A physician was summoned and Chin
Pong was sent to the hospital. BY this
time Lee Tung was dead. Both the
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released from the county Jail Friday
night. They had served a term of 90
days for fighting on the same identical
spot where the tragedy of last night oc-
Cured. On that occasion Chin Pong
had gone into Lee lungs room and as
saulted him with a club. Lee seized a
case knife and made pass at his as
sailant, cutting a deep cash in his head.
Both We're arrested and sent 10 the
county Jail.
Several Cinnamon witnessed last
nights tragedy, in the dimly lighted
hail, and the following is the account
of the murder as gathered from them
Lee Tung and Chin Pong occupied ad-
joining rooms. Lee went down stairs TO
get pail of water Chin was watching
for him from his own door.
When Lee came back with the water
and started to pass Chin's door the lat
ter stepped out and confronted him with
a large butcher knife. Lee dropped the
bucket and started to run back toward
the head of the stairs. Chin ran after
him and caught him, and plunged the
knife two or three times into his breast
Lee sank down on the floor, with his
back against the wall. Chin left him
and ran back to his room, where he