The evening world., 1908-03-23
AMERICAN WHO
ADVISES TIE JAPS
SHOT IN FRISCO
Street Attack Follows Attempt
Of CoreanS to XIII Stevens
in His Hotel.

BAN FRANCISCO Mar1h ca.--Fol-
lowing an attack upon him by four
/ Coreans al the Fa!rmont Hotel last
night, d. ". S,evons. an American.
who is a nremher of the Japanese Coun-
ell at Seoul. vas shot and perhaps IA
tally wounded to-day at the ferry do
poi, as he WIS about to leave for Wash
inston-
The shooting was done by N. W.
Chun. . CoTean. Steans was shot twtoe.
ono bullet penetrating his right lung
and the other the groin. third
bullet struck a companion OF tho would
BE- slayer, J. w. Ching.
A mob of five hundred men pursued
the assailant, who ran from the scsne,
and he was captured by H. Sexton. q
deputy In the Assessors Office
Mr.. Stevens and the wounded Corean
were taken to The Central Emergency
HOSPITAL. Atr Stevens. accompanied by
the Japanese Consul. had fust stepped
out OF the hotal omnibus when several
Coreans approached them. one OF whom
said few words to Stevens and then
struck him N the face. He rhen drew
cIef. and began shooting al evens.
AT the hospital DR. El. extracted Il
bullet from the Corean. who had been
shot through the lungs. Stevens is a
man OF stroag physique and a. he Is
In 5plend Il 'alth he may recover
Tho attack on Mr. stevens at tho
Fa'ruront Hotel last night was the re-
suit OF a mass meeting Of Coreans' so
oieios of San Francisco which appoint
ed four permanent members Earl Lee.
q. II. Chung. Y. NJ Mom, and B. s.
Choy, all young mon, committee to
interview Stevens 70 uscert ain his views
as Expressed in the press after his ar
rival The opinions expressed by him
wers decidedly favorable 10 the japan
csc in Carea.
The four Cor-nns called on MIR. Ste
vens shortly after o clock last night
Lee. who speaks English nuently. asked
Stevens u he had mads the statement
attributed TO him In the press and the
later replied in he affirmative. TIE
young men wanted to know Is the Jap
anese we're not killing off tn. Coreans.
Stevens said no. The spokesman then
wanted to know If all the Corean Off
~ ~ " '" eit'h N'''leo' .hu Ste-
'ene Asuiii feSfohueu 10 the contrary.
A'''A'As 1'A' 'h7 soui'e man hai proc
"''' oeo' ''o Hoiis AWAY from MS
country 10 hno" e's eAact condition or
N.e '''''ei''
linen tHe httacK began stevens was
Nhocheu uo"h ana beaten with chairs.
ii+s hedo sp"ck the marble nooring,
but he quickly rose and. seizing "A
chair placed his back against the wall
and held his ass,nant, Mt hav until
=
heip rriVeu
After the assault Leo said. "I called |
hin, "a liar u,han was bald b,t ,b.y
nun N'' "4'eH was I'eIu' "ul t.ley
all ara var,, sorry that wa ala no, a,
"' '' o' W.
more to him"
Lee said that stevens is paid by
the Korean government but Is doing
what the Korean paopls do not want
him to do
''i.n III, ~ ,.,
THAT Is, Saic Lee. he Is talking
falsely about Us and the Japanese. In
- ,t,a -, -, ra,,o,
reality. ne IL In inc ser'Se Oh japan.
Since the Japanese began to protect
lea ,bonsands =, INV ,o,,rtr,yn.n
No% 'a, ,,-
WASHINGTON. March 23-Durham
,v,,,,a C,o,,o,s ,,,ho uo. shot to-day nv
W h'e Stevens VINO WAS s''' -""' ~
Coreaus in San francisco. ID well
xuovn American dlplumAtist who has
,, ,,,,',,o,,., ,,or, ~, Ian,no..
'Iayeu co'sp'euous pA'' Nv
official life. Mr. Stevens began MS dip