Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-07-24
(Erom Sundays Daily.)

,, 'chct man." or highbindcr. .Nng way with himself, Yong c..t fr many years n leading figure r. .iuc.c colony here, and sue. ...fI merchant, chose the latter .s.I. and at an early hour yesterday ..rfr took an overdose of raw ..r mixed with some dccoction re. .-t... .rn. from the effects of which ]. ..rI at 1920 o'clock in the Stcr. at
 Tho unfortunate Chinaman was ..I v,.tcrday morning in the vicin. .rof f.. Citizens cemetery, lying un. lfa tr,r. unconscious. By his side was tomato can, partially filled with r,r. and cup containing mixture r..nb.Ins tea. The sheriff g office was r anr. notified by Robert K. Porter, s.a learned of the suicide through one .tr. street ear conductors. and Shor. H Lowry drove to the scene at once, Inkrs 'bc suffering Chinaman to the l N,r.y hospital, where Drs. McNally r Youni cndcavorcd to revive him, ir ac ,uccumbcd half an hour after bin. brought to the hospital.
 An inquest was held in the after. ,ar. 1nl verdict returned to the ,a,.' that Qucn committed suicide. | 1tg body was then removed to RuiT. tr'. urlortaking establishment, to be wiard for shipment to the flowcry Kingdom
 For TWO weeks past the dead China. nan ha- known that Death was stalk. fg him. az nc had been informed by local Tong that the death sentence bad been passed upon him, and that n aatrhc' man" was even then cn route rom S1n Francisco to carry out the . n'h scntcncc, unless hc saw fit to hll himsclf Terror stricken, and daily scing the death trap closing upon him, | Qi,n Iccidcd to end his earthly career himself. rather than let the importc ]
 shliudcr carry out the death sen 'fncc. Accordingly, about 9 o'clock Friday night, he announced to his inti mates m the Chinese district that nc aal made up his mind to die, and was ! preparing for it even then. After ar unsiug a number of details concern rg his business and his earthly possess sons Omen left the store, and was mol again seen until found unconscious un der the tree near the cemetery.
 The trouble which led to the pnisint N inc death sentence upon Quca b, Zoe Tong dates back to the early par N April, when a meeting of the loca Chinese was held in the Joss hou.e oI Granite street for the purpose O. dis 'u'sng the deportation of some mem oer of their race n short time before The dead Chinaman, who had alway been leader in the colony, was pres th, a, the meeting, which finally de 'ded upon raising . fund with whie' to bribc American officials to alloy their countrymen to remain in tn country contrary to law. Quen took n active part in the proceedings afte be realized the trend of the sentimen Of ,ho meeting. Noticing this, he wa called upon by others at the meetin ior his opinion.
 Quen was 6l years old, many which hc had spent in this countr! ahd was familiar with the ways Of th American law. Wise in his generat'o' 'he old man counselled against such
 move, declaring that bribery America was not what it was in Chln and that the bribe.givers, as well onbe takers, usually were caught an punished.
 This declaration was taken by v 0'hers as being against their interest and he was roundly abused by diherei Tong speakers. The old man onl bowed his mead to this volley of yerb abuse, and made no reply, further 'h' 70 assert his firm belief that 1T sue policy was pursued it would result 'ne deportation of many more 'h'"
 men, The meeting finally broke '" "I'h Quen ranked as n deserter ITO 'he faith"
 shortly after this a meeting or u
 'ohg was called in secret, at "h'' VOen was not allowed to be preseh and plans for the removal from U
 And of the living of the old man WI
 had counsellsd an observance or U
 law, were discussed. The Tong looh'
 "kance upon any man who was II
 neart and soul with the majority ih'