The record-union., 1897-08-17
HON COW NUEYS ASSASSINS
INQUEST HELD ON HIS BODY BY
CORONER CLARK.
The Jury Find His Death Was
Caused by a Pistol in Quong
Sings Hands.

and was killed on l street last Thurs
day night, two Cinnamon known as
Quong Sing and Chin All Cow being
charged with his murder.
Lee Him testified that he was COM
ing down 1 street and HON Cow Nuey
was coming up and saw Long Yin Toy
just behind Ming Cow. He called
Ming, who turned around and asked
him what he wanted and he then shot
| Ming.
The two men were walking toward
Fourth street, but not fast. He heard
Toy say Cow Nuey." but heard no
answer. There was only one shot. He
saw the pistol in the right hand of
Long Yin Toy, the man who fired the
shot. He had known Long long time.
He also knew Chin Cow Nuey, who
was now sitting beside Toy. They
were both behind HON Cow Nuey, the
man who was shot. He saw something
in Chin Cow Nuey'S hand, but did not
know whether or not it was a pistol.
He did not see any pistol in HON Cow
Nuey's hand. After the shooting Cow
Nuey ran down Third street and Yin
Toy ran towards Second. HON Cow
Nuey called out mother three times
| after he was shot. Witness then
walked away towards Third street. He
| lost sight of Yin Toy at Third street
as the latter was running on the side
walk towards Second.
William Davis testified that he had
just gone to bed when he heard a shot
and got up. A window at the Glee-
man House was just over the alley and
he saw a Chinaman run into the alley.
He had on a white straw hat and a
black blouse. He tried to get in a
door, but could not, and ran back. He
went to a pile of lumber and took
something from under his blouse that
looked like a pistol and hid it, He
came from towards Second street when
witness first saw him. He did not
see his face, but in hight and build he
resembled Yin Toy, the prisoner. Officer
Pennish came up soon. The door the
Chinaman tried to enter was on the
month side of the alley. His hat had
a black band on.
Yin Toy put on his hat and stood up,
by direction of the Coroner and wit
ness thought he was the man.
Charles Hansche did not hear of the
shooting till next morning He knew
both the prisoners. Chin Cow worked
for Lehman. the hop buyer and Yin
Toy was a contractor.
Deputy Sheriff Henry Alter knew
both defendants. Yin Toy is known
as Quong Sing by Americans and is a
contractor. The other is known as Chin
All Cow. HON Cow, the man that
was killed, worked in the cannery.
About twenty minutes to eleven he was
sitting in a store and heard a row and
went out The murdered man was
quarreling with Chin All Cow and a
tall man, who struck at the murdered
man twice. Chin All Cow seemed to
be backing him. Witness told the tall
man to quit fighting and the murdered
man said: They owe me money now
a long time" He ordered the two
men away and Chin All Cow went
away. The others kept quarreling, and
he went way. About half an hour af-
terwardS he saw the tall man and
Chin All Cow together, come from tow
ards the Chinese Theater. He noticed
the men because he expected trouble
on account of the quarrel. He saw
QuOng Sing earlier in the evening, but
he was not with Chin All Cow, and
the tall one. Witness wife was sick
and he went home early.
He thought HON Cow Nuey, the dead
man, belonged to the Suey Ons, as he
often saw him around there Chin All
Cow and Quong Sing belonged to the
Fong Duck Tongs.
Captain of Police Fisher arrested both
the prisoners. Officer Pennish had in
formation that Chin All Cow did the
Il
den and found him. He would not
open the door until they threatened to
kick in the door. When they arrested
him and asked why he killed the man,
and said that he had not been out Of
the house that night Witness arrest
ed Quong Sing later in a house. He
went down through a trap door and
found sort of a closet. Some one
held the door, but he showed the door
open and found Quong Sing standing
in there. He, too, denied having been
out of the house.
Officer Pennish was standing at Sec
ond and j when he heard the shot and
ran toward the spot He saw a Chin
aman in the alley that strongly resem-
bled Quong Sing. Some one told him a
man had been shot and he went to
the spot. He found the dead man ly-
ing there and took from his pocket a
pistol, fully loaded. Later he and
Captain Fisher arrested Quong Sing,
who acted nervously. The only trouble
they had in entering any places was
where these men We're arrested The
woman at the place where Quong Sing
was arrested would not open the door
at first and let Quong out of the back
door and locked it. Some Cinnamon
who were watching and helping witness
gave the signal that Quong had come
out into the yard and the officers came
around and finally found him. The
Cinnamon who gave him information
as to who were the murderers swore
him to secrecy as they We're afraid of
being killed if their names were given.
Captain Fisher made the same state
ment relative to his informants
Lee Him was recalled and said he be-
longed to the Fong Duck Tong and had
never been a Suey On
Hong Chung said that HON Cow
Nuey was the right name of the dead
man, who was known as All Kow. He
was Suey On.
DR.. G. A. White described the wound
1t entered the spinal column at the
eleventh dorsal vertebra, ranged up
wards through the liver and passed out
through the breast bone and was nee
essarily fatal.
The jury, after a few minutes delib-
Grafton. returned a verdict that HON
Cow Nuey came to his death by a gun
shot wound from a pistol in the hands
Of Quong Sing. who was aided and
abetted by Chin Cow Nuey