Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-09-09
CHINESE EXECUTION.
DESCRIPTION BY CORRESPOND
EMIT IN PHILIPPINES.


HAahA
Capt. Selby OF the American steam
ship Coptie, Just returned from a yoy-
age across the Pacific, brings the story
OF the capture and execution Of crazy
Chinaman who ran amuck In the Town
OF Kowloon just across the river from
Hongkong. Capt, selby tells the story
as follows:
Have you ever seen a mad Asiatie
running amuek? A mad dog as
harmless as house kitten compared
with one of these chaps. The proper
cure, Of course, is to shoot him as you
would mad dog; but the police al
ways prefer to capture them alive II
possible. 1t saves all the trouble OF
an investigation afterward as TO the
cause OF death. etc. This crazy China
man. a powerfully built fellow, got OUT
into the street with a knife In each
hand. and began slashing right ana
left. He had not gone far until be ran
plump into the arms Of two police otl'
GERS. who had come up side street
TO head him off. There was swish
OF the maniac's arm and knife went
straight through the heart OF one OF
the policeman. lie dropped dead In
his tracks. The other officer graaped
the manlac's throat with one hand and
defended himself with the other. The
maniac was disarmed and subdued and
was lugged away 10 the loek-up, Next
day he was turned over to mandarin.
The mandarin explained that the prls-
oner was very bad man; that he vas
a charcoal burner by trade, aud tina,
he had murdered one OF his mates
about a year before. He Informed all
who were interested that the man was
Of no consequence anyway. az he was
only Hah Kah man, and that these
fellows come OF a small tribe which
has fought everything with hands and
feet for the last hundred years Next
came the trial of the prisoner FOR the
murder OF a police officer. II was a
very simple affair. Witnesses for the
defense. there were none; neither wert
they asked for One or two OF tbs
police who had witnessed the SHOOTING
were called TO give their testimony
which they did In a very honest and
straightforward manner: then the
court was cleared. Not a word about
the decision. for everybody knew ~ha
II was to be- That night Ii was wits
pered about the clubs that there wouie
be some fun across the bay next day
and you may depend upon II every
man about town was ready bright anc
early to see the fun, as they termed Il
At 10 o'clock next morning It va
publicly given out that the prisoner
was to be executed on the beach a
kowloon at noon About 1890 o'cioct
the prisoner was brought down to ID.
water side In bamboo crate with 8
long pole dashed over It's top. fore ant
aft, With the two ends extending tive
or three feet beyond the length Of III,
cage, so that IL conlI be carried b,
two men. This Internal torture ho,
was an affair that had been used il
carry couple OF big apes up from
Borneo by one OF those collectors oil
animals who are alwavs securing TN
Orient for rare specimens In this line
1t was too small for the man to ever
sit upright. so he was obliged 10 saua
on the floor OF the cage doubled M
like a iackknife. His head was he
tween his knees. and they had lashee
those awful thongs around his ankles
thus keeping the wretch In about n,
uncomfortable an attitude as il wer.
possible for a fiend inearnate to de.
wise. Actually those thongs were cut.
ting into his flesh before the crate
was put aboard the lighter which wa,
to carry him to his long rest. As soon
as the cage had been put aboard the
lighter she was taken In tow by a
small steamboat and started across ths
bay. In order to make things real
comfortable and pleasant for the man
about to meet his death. the exeeu.