Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-07-27
FANATIC FACES
DEATH FOR
MURDER
TRIAL OF KOREAN WHAN
CHANG IN SAN FRANCISCO
Slayer of Durham White Stev-
ems Shows No RemorSeS for
Deed; His Countymen Raise
Ample Funds for Defense.
IBy Morning journal Special Leased wireI

IBy Morning journal Special Leased wireI
I San Francisco, July 26.-A murder
trial Of International interest vii
be called in the superior court in this
/ city tomorrow morning before Judge
Carroll Cook, when In Whan Chang,
the Korean, who on March 23 fa-
tally wounded Durham White stew
ems, japanese adviser to the Korean
emperor at Seoul. Mr.. Stevens was
shot as he was about to board a fer
~ boat in this city en- route to Wash
ngton. The bullet passed through
his abdomen and he died on March
26, after the most hopeful reports
of his physicians for his recovery. At
his bedside were the japanese Consul
General Chozo Koike. a number of
prominent physicians and friends.
Chang, the assassin, whose first shot
had seriously wounded M. w. Chun,
one of his associates, who lay in wait
for Mr.. stevens, was captured on the
spot and has since been held in Jail
awaiting trial.
The shooting of Mr. stevens was
carefully planned and carried out in
sensational manner. Accompanied !
by the Japanese consul general, the
diplomat had arrived at the ferry in
an automobile ON his way to take a
train for the east on a vacation from
his long service in the orieut. Chang !
Sung Chun and, it is believed, two |
other Koreans who have never been !
lay in wait for Mr.. Stew
ems and as he alighted from an au-
tomohile at the ferry, one of the ko-
reans walked up and struck him a !
vicious blow in the face Mr.. Stev- |
ems started in pursuit of his assailant, |
when Chang, who held "A revolver in |
his hand, covered by a handkerchief |
began firing His first shot struck |
Chun, his associate, and seriously |
wounded him, TWO other shots were
fired, striking Mr. stevens. one in the
back near the right shoulder, and the
other several inches lower, the bullet t
DETECTING and passing through the alb
iomen. Japanese Consul General
<oikc came to the rescue of Mr.. Stev-
ens, placed him in an automobile and
'ushed him to the Harbor emergency
hospital Subsequently he was taken
o the st. Francis hospital where he
lied three days later.
Chang, who is a dimnutive Korean
20 years old, and who looks like
10Y Of Is, declared he acted from
patriotic motives, believing with a
ertain number Of his countrymen in (
his city that Mr.. Stevens had been
in giving Japan control
# Korea He has never expressed
ny regret for his act, and believes
lie has done his country a great ser
ice. Ample funds for his defense
AVE been provided by Koreans in this
ountry, as well as in Korea, and he
will be represented In court by able I
ounsel
Durham White Stevens had long I
cen prominent in oriental public life 9
Ie was secretary Of the United States
sgation at Toxic in 1873, subsequent I
' becoming counsellor to the Japa-
ese legation at Washington. Thence C
e went to Toxic, where. after ser v
ice in the foreign office. he became $
member of the commission sent by +
apan to Korea to adjust difficulties I
hich threatened to involve Japan ,
nd China in 1887. Afterward he Il
cid various posts under the Japa- a
ese government and enjoyed the con- {
dence of the emperor and the high b
st government officials He was V
snt to Korea by the emperor of Jap n
a after the Russo-Japanese war and &
ecame the confidential adviser of the i
orean emperor, a post which he fill Is
/ to the highest satisfaction of both q
he Korean emperor and the japanese "a
)vemment. He was several times "A
eeorated by the emperor of Japan. r