Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-19
LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.
CHINESE HAD COMMITTED MURDER


oakland. cal. July is.-The works
Of thu Western Fuse Eyp.t.
company w.rc blown up by OBJ mur-
deruuH Gilmore at b.g0 this morning.
Five deputy shouns who WI. ,5H.
60 urt,a. Coz, murderer. were hU.I
The dead ARE Deputy SHERIFF. Charles
Whit, son of sheriff white. G,Hrs.
WuOlsum, u. g.. Cameron, Constable
Gus Koch. J.. j. Lerr. MI. uM aud
Coon NE chung. Tho chinese had
fortified hims'lf In the mlsaz.ue and
blew it up when the attempt 90 arrest
HIM was made.
The celestial who was employed loo
the works ana who caused ths awful
explosion, had killed fellow country
man yesterday afternoon lu quarrel
over Chinese lottery tickets.
llo then d.nyd Tho officers Uf 90. law
who went Co arrest him tho mur-
dgrrr rud into the magaz.u., which
contained i've toms Of SAINT powder.
barrIcldvi the door and threatened 90
blow up ,he magazine II any ono came
to arrest him. Deputy Sheriff charles
white. BON ct Shrrm white. boz ,hHrsfu
uf e. posse consisting Of Consiubi, Gus
Koch. Deputy sheriff George Wood
sum. Deputy shcrln D. e. Cameron.
Deputy Constable j. J. Lerr and
Deputy Constable Harry Cramcr
were on ihe scene OF thc shooting
shortly after the murd,r and kept
guard over tho Chmelo within hls
stronghold An ne omccn were armed
with r.hgh Af,cr repeated demands 10
surrender had been made TO all OF
which the same reply came. m you
come In here ! wn bi6a-tp The maya
zine"
The officers retired Tor the nigh,
within tho private UIuUe % tho COM
pauy about twenty yards away
This morning az o o'clock Deputy
sheriff Charles Whit after a consul
tatiuu with the others determined 90
break down the blrrigilH not believing
the Chinese would k..p hia darug
promise.
survivors, Accordingly the entire
posse headed FOR the door. n was 5.iS
O'Clock exactly when the assault was
made. True 90 his word the Chinese
iircd the giant powder md Ia uu in-
slant terrific yNU.H ION occurred
killing an the officers lul blowing the
Chinese tn atoms Fu small that not one
piece has boon found. Whites body was
fUarfully mnurlrl. n WIS found near
~ 800 yards away, Koch was badly
dlHnEufCd bur lived I.rg enough 90 ho
taken 60 the hospital Zoe the patrol
wagon where h. dIUI Mrs HIli was
visiting u Mrs. prIl who lived across
the way She was Killed In the fllllng
debris N tho house.
Al tho buildings took IRE. Engines
were soon lighting Che flames, but Co
no avail The works are completely
wrecked.
-Four houses also are blown down and
about 90 partially wrecked. - uuIy
sheriff Fred sheriff and Deputy sheriff
ia white escaped but are painfully
wounded.
Deputy sherltrs story Is to the a..
feet that 80 Q O'Clock this morning
the Chinese called t1 Deputy sheriff
white that h. would surrender. white.
WOodHum aud Koch IWm dlntely pros
cr0ded 10 the door while the others
followed. Just 900 fhn door was
reached the sound ns OFF I failing plank
was heard and then 90 explosion ac-
CURED Tho name ~ 'hs Chinese was
Coon Ng Chunfg mn. man hc muir.
dcrcd was Ham 81 Sing Coroners'
wagons and corps NJ deputies are
searching through the surrounding
fields flr the remains Ia some lu.
stances these had tl 20" picked mp with
.hovols Fourteen n sht cars were
blown 10 spllniora AND several were
burned.
Windows were blown In oakland.
Alameda and no flr HH HrrkClCy.
ono ~ tho most thrilling stories ~
the fatality ~ that told by Fred sher-
rift ~ West Oakland whose escape was
simply marvellous H. said;
with the other deputy sherln's We
Kept aH close o. the powder house ms
we thought advisable. OCCASIONALLY ono |
Of us would toward 'hH door and as.
sure tho Chinese that we would not |
hurt him II he came OUT
The fellow would lUyllsahly roplS |
that he would blow ur tho place n We /
attempted 90 take him. Late last night /
he repeated his threat s1 often that tho /
people around there believed ne would /
do II and many Of Thorn moved out of I
their homes n tho. had not done Hl /
they would now De- a ", FOR their homes |
are scattered over m#uF acres We huns |
around 1i night ana lHHf az dnybr,uk /
Charley white sent chinese 10 toll |
the fellow % come nNi llf would not ]
do &c., but shortly Hn.r five o'clock hc /
told us Do would walk out ana slye Us /
no moro trouble.
AS soon uB the follow made his np- /
palrancc NJ the door Of the place .
charley White and Koch walked co.
wards him tu mako the arrest El |
white and / followed ih0m about elrh. /
Is feet behind. They were almost at
the door when Coon NE Chung closed
u with a bang
"Less than a second Htar.I was being
carried with cloud OF debris ana earth /
swiftly over the ground. Ny face WINS
rut and my clothes torn ana / cannot
how 10 happened that IA
white and myself wHrH not killed. M
some Of those Killed were farther away
than we We're.
II have no doubt that as soon as the
door was closed Coon fred his pistol
Into the powder.
Five minutes after the explosion
everything was nn IRE, including
train OF box ears"
Sheriff and Ed white are complete