The Lamar register., 1899-08-09
CHINESE EXECUTION.
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Capt Selby OF the American steam
ship cop,sc, Just returned from a vow
age across the Paeiic, brings the story
o. the capture and execution OF crazy
Chtnainan who ran amuck in the town
OF kosioon Just across the river from
aorskonE, Capt. seIhy tells the story
as follows:
Have you ever seen mad Asgatie
running amuckr A mad dog as a
harmless as house kitten compared
with one Of these chaps The proper
cure, of course. is to shoe, him as you
would mad dog; bnt the police al
NAys prefer to capture them alive IL
aoshthie, II saves all the trouble Of
an Investigation afterward as TO the
cause Of death. etc. This crazy China
maH. a powerfully bull; fellow, got out
sato ths street Wiki a kaiis In each
hand. and began slashing right and
left He had NOT gone far until he ran
plump Into the arms OF two police on
GERS, who had come up a side ktrees
10 had him on There was swish
Of ias mAnIac's arm and knife went
straight through the heart OF one Of
The policeman. He dropped dead IN
ais tracks. The other oraceE grasped
the manlaets throat With one hand snd
defended himself with the other The
maniac was aisafmed and su5dusd and
vas iasEcd away 10 the lookup. Next
say he vas turned over to mandarin.
The mandarin explained that the pris-
cncr WIS a very bad man that he was
q caaTeoSl burner BY trade, and that
he had murdered one Of his mates
asoas a year before. He informed all
1ho ScEe interested tha, the man was
Of no consequence anyway. as be WIS
aaiy Hah Rah ran. and that these
fellows come Of a small tribe which
has fought everything vita hands and
tees for the last hundred years Next
came the trial ot the prisoner for the
murder 0f police oifscrr II was a
ssry staple anair. wiszas~es for the
setsase. there Rsre uonSs neither were
they asked for. One or two OF the
police Hho had witnessed the shooting
Ssrs called TO give thsis testimony,
which they did Ia very honest and
straightforward manner. then the
rusrs was cleared Not word about
the decision. for everybody knew what
It wsa 10 be. That nIght q, Was whis-
psF~a about the clubs that there would
be snme fna across The bay next day,
and yoa may depead upon II every
EAR about towu WAS ready bright and
early 10 see the fun. as they termed IL
AZ 10 o'clock next morning II was
publicly given on. that the prisoner
vas 30 be executed on the beach AZ
Kozfoon At ucon. About 1880 o'clock
she prisoner VAS brought down TO the
water side IN a bamboo crate with a
long pole lazhea over Its top. fore and
Aft. with the two ends extending two
or three feet heyond the length OF the
cage, SO that II could be carried by
two snsa. This Internal torture box
was an affair that had been used to
carry = couple Of big apes up from
Borneo by one Of those collectors of
animals who are always securing the
Orient for rare specimens ia this line
IL waA too small tor the man to even
Sit upright. 80 be was obliged 10 squat
oa shs ncar OF the cage doubled up
like 4 taekknlfe. HIS head was be-
tween his knees. and they had iashed
those awful thongs around his ankles.
thus keeping the wretch In about as
uncomfortable an attitude as u were
possible for a aend iucarnats TO de-
ylsr. Actually those thongs we're cut