Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-09-19

had TO go at once. Four men then
took him and another Chinaman down
the road.
Fong Sing stated that ten men
were in the second crowd. They
came into the house where he was
stopping, put pistols to his head,
kicked him, and one of them finally
led him down the road. When he
was told to go, the men searched his
pockets and extracted S42; $3.50 which
he left in the house was gone when
he returned.
Lung Sing testified about the same
as his partner, the previous witness,
and said when the men left him down
the canyon they took $3.50 from his
pockets. He and his partner both
said they thought they could recog-
nize the men who assaulted them.
Tom Lee said ten men came to his
house at 10 o'clock and ordered him
to go; would know some of the men
If he saw them.
Charley Joe said the men came to
his restaurant about 8 o'clock and
told him to depart. Recognized a
colored man, known as AL Wilson, as
one of the men.
George Sing said several men came
into his house after u o'clock.
Struck him over the head with guns
and led him down the canyon, when
they took Sl45 from him. Thought
he could recognize the men if con
fronted by them.
Charley Fawn testified that three
men came to his house dragged him
out of bed, pulled guns on him and
told him to go; took $500 from him
when they left him down the road.
Three men led Louie Ham and two
others out of town; took him down
the canyon two miles and turned
him loose, hut not until they had
taken $84 from his pockets
Billy Ford, an Americanized China
man, said the crowd visited him at
10 o'clock and told him TO go. He
andghis wife and babies went to the
home of white friends, and when he
returned next day he found his trunk
had been broken into and $50 ex-
tracted.
The last witness was NJ. P. Booth,
night Waterman. He saw the men
in the wash house and recognized Al
Wilson as one of them.
After the inquest three of the
Cinnamon were taken to the Jail,
where All Sam pointed out Al Aran-
dali and Omar Sinks as the men
who had entered the wash house and
had led him and Ping Ling out OF
town George Sing recognized d
M. Bradshaw and Whitley Lang
as the men who assaulted him, and
DR.. Wo On Hi recognized Arandal
as the leader of the crowd that Wis
tied him at 10 o'clock.
Subsequently the coroner's jury
met again, and after three hours
time consumed in reviewing the evi
dence, they returned the following
verdict:
We, the undersigned jurors, sum
moned to appear before j. b. Lind
say, coroner of the town of Tonopah
county of Nye, state of Nevada, OF
the 18th day of September, 1903, tc
make inquiry into the cause of the
death of one Ping Ling, Chinaman
found living dead, face downward
barefooted and badly mutilated, about
100 yards to the right of the Soda
vile road, and about three miles from
Tonopah in Nye county, having beer
duly sworn by the said coroner anc
having heard the testimony adduced
and having carefully Inspected the
body of the deceased, find upon our
oaths that the body is that of China
man named Ping Ling, a resident o.
Tonopah, Nye county, native o.
China, aged &c, and he came to his
death by wound, caused by a blunt
instrument, over the right eye. After
thorough inspection Of the cabin o.
the deceased and from testimony ad
duced, we believe that the blowstrucb
was given while in his cabin.
And we further believe that the
parties A. Arandall and Omar Sinks,
who were pointed out by the witness
All Sam, and who were identified as
being two of the party present at the
time the crime was committed. AL
of which we hereby duly certify by
this inquisition. Given under our
hands, Jurors as aforesaid, this 18th
day of September, A. d. 1903.
Nearly all of the men under arrest
are members OF the Labor Union
Arandall being president and Breus
ing, recording secretary, What evi
dence is in the possession of the Of
ficers to connect most of them with
the outrage has not been made pub
lie, but it is stated that enough has
been secured to convict at least fout
or f;va of thpm Of robbery and al