The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-02-28
KUROPATKN IS HOPELESSlY DEFEATED
BY GENERAL KURON'S ARMY ON THE LEFT

chase of % cans of lye which he tooE
to the store of Chong the night be-.
fore the murder. He told the officer
that it was his purpose to burn up
| and destroy the body of the China
man with this I've. He knew what IL
would do from what he had learned
in San Francisco.
The statement about the I've was
vigorously opposed by Arao's counsel
but was admitted by the court.
1t appeared from the testimony
that the 90 cans of I've were found
just where the Jap said he had left
them.
The trial of Henry Arao, the Jap
who murdered Sam Chong the Chi
nese tailor, is nearing its close and
there can be little doubt of the yer-
dict of the jury.
1t will be murder in the first de-
gree"
The unfortunate Jap can not es-
cape. He is doomed.
That he committed the brutal MUIR
der for which he is on trial there
can be no reasonable doubt. That IL
was premedtated is equally certain.
There is no possible chance for
Arao as the case now stands. He
may be insane, but insanity is not
interposed as a defense.
Conviction of the accused would
have been more difficult had it not
been for his confession.
The Press first published the fact
that. the Jap had confessed. This
was denied by the public officials who
had the Jap in charge but The Press
had the facts and gave them to it's
| readers. Developments at the trial
| today confirmed the story of the con-
fession as published exclusively In
The Press.
/ 1t appears clearly from the evi-
dence presented today that the little
! Jap told Constable Jack" Frodsham,
who arrested him at Waverly, and
the officials who surrounded him here
on his arrival, the full story of his
crime. He gave to the officers a de-
tailed account of all the facts which
led up to the commission of the
shocking and brutal murder last De-
cember.
He told them how his hatred for
the Chinaman increased day by day,
| as he became convinced that he was
not being fairly treated in business
way.
The Jap explained that finally when
Sam Chong had repeatedly to Arao's
customers that he did not know
where the Jap was doing business
the latter determined to kill the
! Chinaman.
| The Jap in his confession omitted
nothing. He told that he intended
at first to shoot the Chinaman, but
concluded the noise of the pistol
shots would arouse the neighborhood
and lead to his immediate capture.
The little man who sits today in
the shadow of the gal1ows brought
certain convictions upon himself by
his own confession.
The true story of the Jap's cap
| ture detracts somewhat from the
glory heretofore awarded by the pub
lie to Jack" Frodsham, the would
| be hero of Waverly.
| Nhch dppCdiC GU opo-
kane with the diminutive Jap he
passed as one of the bravest and
wisest men who ever ran down and
capturned a murderer.
While trying to conceal his pride
and trying to mystify everyone as
to the hardships he endured and the
dangers he faced in capturing Arao
he made it clearly apparent to every
| one that the task was a fearful one,
requiring shrewdness, GOODNESS and
great daring.
The fact now appears that tho
little Jap ran to him like child to
| his mothers arms.
Truly fame is vapor!
The state has rested. i.
The attorneys for the defense are
having the prisoner examined as to
| his sanity.