El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-13
JUiREZ HAS CASE
Of HIGHBINDER
PERSECUTION
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party are believed to have been Chinese.
The door of the house in which the zee
had taken refuge had been pried open
with a professional burglars Jimmy"
The Mexican arrested is not known.
He declares that he went 10 FOngs
house to get some opium, and not with
intent TO kill anybody. However. the
presence of the zee in that dwelling
throws a glazing susDSciOn on the affair.
According to zee Mon Lai, the murder
OF Deung was the result of his refusal 70
pay 10 the FL PasO highlander society
necessary $25, not for his protection,
but for that of a friend struggled IN his
house.
Juarez Watching Cinnamon
As a result of the FL Paso murder
and the supposed attempt on the life Of
the Juarez merchant. the Mexican police
have declared stringent quarantine on
suspicious Orisntals. COmmandant OF
police Ponce de Leon says he IS going
TO protect every Juarez Chinaman
against violence, and that every sus-
picious or armed Oriental who comes
from FL Paso does so at great risk OF
immediate arrest. Zee Mon Lai Is being
carefully guarded. since his statement
regarding the reward for his life Is taken
quite seriously and in good faith.
Dead Body Held.
Arrangements for the burial of Deung
Mon Don have not been perfected, and
in the meantime Leung Bong. a close
friend of the dead man, has been APP
pointed administrator of his estate. The
murdered Chinaman owned the New
England restaurant on North Stanton
street and other property The reStau-
rant has not been closed.
Most Brutal Murder
That Leung Mon Don was victim of an
assault of unusual brutality. Is evident
by a careful examination of his body.
HcWever. marks OF mutilatiOn only con-
fuse any theory of sequence of event in
the killing itself.
DeItn prCo.toly was caused by knife
blow in the pit of the abdomen. The
cash Is almost vertical, having been
made from left TO right. The external
cut is just four inches IN length, and the
knife touched the backbone, so fOrceful
was the blow.
Aside from this, there Is slight
touch of the knife on the right side
slightly lower than the fatal wound
The blade there did not penetrate a
quarter inch. Cuts and bruises on the
face denote anther terrible blow made by
some blunt object. The lips are split.
the nose gashed open and the forehead
bruised. This blow. if made at one time,
was delivered by an object held horizon
tally. Natural curve of the face leaves
little ground for the theory that the
wounds were received by fall Such Il
flexible object as a black Jack slug
cOuld cause the three wounds at VARYING
horizontal location, with one blow, the
weapon so tracing the form of the face.
Room for Speculation.
Which came first, blow or cut. IS
speculative for two reasons. The slight
prick on the abdomen denotes either i
short falling thrust of the knife, or an
effort to TORTURE the victim into de-
livery of information or material Also
thetrail of blood shows that the China
man walked some distance before falling.
From two sources comes Indication
that the Chinsman was murdered early
in the night. When found the rigOr
norris had taken firm grip on the body,
ard a meal Of rice found in the stomach
was quite undigested.
Leurg Mon Don was killed by an
assault which IN force Is quite UNI
and in manner markedly occi
dental. The man or men who delivered
the blows We're surely of remarkable
physical strength. ana were positive as
to. the result of their attempt.