The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-24
DIPLOMAT WOUNDED
Koreans Attack American Off cial in Frisco for Favor
 ing Japan.
D. w. STEVENS THE VICTIM
Knocked Down in Hotel Lobby and Later Shot at Ferry-Expected
 to Recover.

San Francisco, March o3- Following an attack upon him by four Koreans at the Fairmont hotel last, night. D. w. Stevens, member of the Japanese council at Seoul. was shot and serious ly 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, l. W, Ching. A mob of 800 men pursued the shooter, who ran from the scene and he was captured by H. Sexton. deputy in the assessors off, flee.
 The attack on MT. Stevens was the result of a mass meeting of Korean societies of San Francisco which ap- pointed four permanent members, Earl Lee, c. M. Chung, Y. M. Moon and B. s Choy, all young men, committee to interview Stevens to ascertain his views as expressed in the press after his arrival. The opinions expressed by him were decidedly favorable tc the Japanese in Korea. The four Kor- cans called or Mir Stevens shortly af. ter o'clock last night. T. Lee, who speaks English f1uently. asked Stevens l ha he dn etc att trte ed to him in the press, and the latter replied in the affirmative. The youns men wanted to know if the Japanese were not killing off the Koreans. Stev. ems said no. The spokesman ther wanted to know if all the Korean off ems again responded to the contrary adding that the young man probabl, had been too long away from his coun try to know the exact condition of tn, 1 government
 I Then the attack began. Stevens wa. knocked down and beaten with chairs His head struck the marble flooring but he quickly rose and seizing a chai1 { placed his back against the wall ant held his asslilants at bay until hell arrived.
 After the assault Lee said: "I called him a liar when I was held, but the, would not let us fight. So we left. w, all are very sorry that. we did not d, more to him.
 Lee said that Stevens is paid by tn
 Korean government but is doing wha the Korean people do not want hin to do.
 That is,'' said Lee. The Is talkn, falsely about us and the Japanese. II reality he Is in the service of Japan Since the Japanese began to protect
 Korea thousands of my countrymel
 have been killed. The Japanese sol
 diers held up peasants for their prop erty and kill if refused. About 800 vii
 lages in my country have been de
 stroyed by the Japanese troops in
 little more than year since the trou
 ble began. The Japanese want to opel schools in Korea to teach their owl
 language and letters, but no schoc
 unless it be Japanese"
 JAS soon as he was removed from tn operating table, MT. Stevens called fo an Associated Press reporter, to yhor : he gave the following version of in ! shooting:
 "As I got out of the Fairmount he tel omnibus several Koreans approach
 ed me. One of them struck me in tn face. lacerating my cheek. As star, ed to pursue him. another Korean bt gan to shoot at me. The first sh, I missed me and struck the Korean was pursuing. The next two shot 2 took effect in my back.
 This evidently is the work of f small band of student aeitators in an
 about San Francisco, who resent n
 fact that the Japanese have a protet
 torate over Korea. and believe that
 am to some extent responsible for tn , condition of affairs in their country |"
 Mir. Stevens was very anxious that
 hopeful statement regarding his reeo- Q cry be sent out in order not to aIar { his sisters who have a cottage at A { lantic City, where he was about to wis b them on his vacation after a long & y journ abroad.
 e Dr. Lumwal and the other Emeree- Q cy hospital surgeons are of the onir |, ion that he will recover if no untnwa- O complications develop.