The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-23
Advisor of the COncil of State
at Seoul.
BEAT HIM LAST NIGHT
And Shoot Him Twice This
Morning, on the Street.
He Shoots One of His AssaiIants
Through the Lungs.

AH~AA Il ai1SAoSO, IhdlSIi Oiio"~
ing an attack by four Koreans at the
Paramount hotel last night, D. W.
Stevens, a member of the japanese
council at Seoul. was shot and per-
haps fatally wounded this morning at
the Ferry depot as he was about to
leave for Washington. The shooting
was done by N. w. Chun, a Korean.
Stevens was shot twice, one bullet
penetrating his right lung and the
second the groin. A third bullet
struck a companion of the shooter,
I. w. Chong. A mob of 500 men pur-
sued the shooter, who ran from the
scene and he was captured by H. S.
Exeton, deputy in the assessors Of
flee. Mr. Stevens and the wounded
Korean, were taken 10 the Central
emergency hospital.
Mr.. Stevens, accompanied by the
japanese consul, had just stepped out
of the hotel omnibus when several
Koreans approached them, one Of
and then struck him in the face.
He then drew a revolver, covered
with a handkerchief and began shoot
ing, at Stevens. At the hospital, DR..
Hill extracted a bullet from the
wounded Korean, who had been shot
I'LL OoSi lifO ldL5S- oIStCllS lS d luctIl
of strong physique and is in splendid
health and may recover.
Last Nights Attack
The attack on Mr.. Stevens at the
Paramount hotel last night was the re-
suit Of a mass meeting of Korean So
cieties of San Francisco, which ap-
pointed four permanent members, Eal
Lee, c. K. Chung, Y. M. Moon and
U. s. Choy. all young men, a commit
tee to interview Stevens to ascertain
his view as expressed insthe press after
his arrival The opinions expressed by
him were decidedly favorable to the
Japanese in Korea The four Koreans
called on Mr.. Stevens shortly after 9
o'clock last night. Lee who speaks
English fiuently, asked Stevens if he
had made the statement attributed to
him in the press, and the latter re-
piled in the affirmative. The young
men wanted to know if the Japanese
were not killing off the Koreans Stew
ems said no. The spokesmen then
wanted to know if all the Korean Off
cials had not been eliminated and
Stevens again responded to the con-
trary, adding that the young man had
probably been too long away from his
country to know the exact condition
of the government. Then the attack
began. Stevens was knocked down and
beaten with hotel chairs. His head
struck the marble flooring but he
quickly rose and seizing a chair, placed
his back against the wall and held his
assailants at bay until help arrived.
After the assault Eal Lee said: Il
called him liar when I was held. but
they would not let us fight. So we left.
We are all very sorry that we did not
do more to him.
Lee said that Stevens is paid by the
Korean government, but is doing what
the Korean people do not want him to
do.
THAT is'' said Lee, she is talking
falsely about us and the japanese. In
reality he is in the service of Japan.
Since the japanese began to protect
Korea, thousands of my countrymen
have been killed. The japanese SOL
diers held up peasants for their prop
erty and killed them, if refused.
About 500 villages in my country
have been destroyed by the japanese
troops in a little more than a year
since the trouble began. The Japan
ese want to open schools in Korea to
teach their own language.
'~rhey disbanded the Korean troops
because they were loyal and so long
as the Koreans had 1o1dfers Japan
could not do much in my country.
"They are sending into Korea thou
sands of japanese every month and
putting them in the place of our
countrymen. If Japan controls my
country two or three years then
Korea will be Japan or a part of it.
It is false when Stevens states the
japanese will withdraw from Korea.
People who are trying to do what is
right for Korea are arrested by the
japanese and taken away to starve.
Japan has planned to send six million
emigrants into Korea in the next
eight years to supplant Koreans. The
great work has been placed under the
direction of Former Prime Minister
Katura.
"It has been stated in q Korean
paper that Stevens came to the United
States to spy all over the country for
the Japanese army. We want 1t un-
derstood that Stevens is really en-
,ployed by the japanese government to
spread a false impression about the
conditions Of my country