Weekly journal-miner., 1909-05-26
ROBBERY BACK OF
 CHINESE MURDER
(From Wednesdays Daly.)

Chinese merchant in Jerome on Sunda,
 night about 9 o'clock, is no longer ;
 question, according to the statement
 of Sheriff J. W. Smith, who arrived
 home last night after a two days in
 vestigation of the atrocious crime
 Sheriff Smith says that all of tht
 trunks and many of the boxes il
 Lungs business place were found seat
 tered on the floor after the fire wa:
 extinguished. Every corner of the
 rooms were ransaeked apparently ir
 search of money. No goods were miss
 ing with the exception of three small
 cans of a morphine preparation. Only
 $34 in money was found by the of feers. This was hidden in a cigar box
 which had been overlooked by the
 footing murderers.
 Lung was still breathing when found
 underneath the pile of bedding on
 which the mattress lay that was on
 fire. He expired a few minutes after
 being uncovered. The deadly weapons used by the murderers were also found.
 They were two pieces of drill steel en- eased in three-quarter inch water hose
 and an old case knife that was thrust through the neck of the victim after he was felled to the floor with his skull
 crushed from the blows of the eneassd pieces of steel.
 The front doors were found barred when the fremen arrived. The pack doors were open. The murderers evi- dently effected their escape from the premises through the back doors that lead to two flights of stairs leading to a landing on the hillside.
 Lung has been engaged in a general merchandising business several years. He also conducted a pawn shop. He has been known to keep large sums of money in his store hidden away in un- suspected places. Only last week he sold lot of empty boxes to a Verde valley rancher, in one of which was snugly hidden $45O in currency. After the rancher left with the boxes Lung suddenly remembered that one of them contained the money. He immediately | left for the Verde valley, and arriving at the purchasers ranch, removed the lid from the box and found the hidden money.
 Lungs establishment enjoyed a large Mexican patronage. Four suspicious characters of this nationality are un- fer arrest suspected of being implicat- d in the murder. Antonio Corea, who lrrived from Jerome on Monday, was lrrested early yesterday morning and edged in the county jail charged with in the murder and robbery. On his person was found a small can ,f morphine preparation purchased at Iung's store. This, however, is not considered an important clue, as Iung's store was the only place in Jer- ,me in which the Chop" could be pur- .hased. Another Mexican, alleged to 1e a companion of Corea, is under ar est in Jerome. No money was found ,n his person when arrested He was llso without morphine, although he is known in Jerome as Chop iend."
 Anastacio Ornelez and Tomas Gey- nan were arrested in Ash Fork Mon lay evening by Deputy Sheriff Mainz, .harged with the murder. They were brought here and lodged in the county ail last night by Sheriff Smith. They eft Jerome on the early Monday morn ng train. Tickets to Fl Paso, Texas, were found on their persons, as well as wo six shooters and $156 and $l03 in ash. After being taken into custody hey denied having even come from Jerome, but later admitted that they ,ame from there and were on their way o Fl Paso. Investigation shows that hey stopped several days in Jerome put did not work there. They came to Jerome from Fossil creek, where they 1 were in the employ of the Arizona Power company.