The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-11-28
CASHMERE RECORDS
VIEW OF BRUTAL
MURDER LAST WEEK
ENG HING YEE CLuBBED AND
SHOT BY FIVE ROBBERS
SEVERAL CASHMERE PEOPLE
UNDER ARREST.

surrounds the robbery and murder
carly last Wednesday morning Of Eng
HING Yee, Chinese proprietor Of the
City Cafe in Cashmere. AS yet no
convincing or tangible motive or clues
have been arrived at, and while a Wig
orous effort is being made by authori-
/ ties TO unravel the affair and find the
perpetrators of the foul crime, until
Thursday night the guilty were still
at large.
News of the crime spread rapidly
and the story and facts as given out
by young Chimaman, Hong Cong,
and Bertha Stephens, q waitress in the
cafe. and Barney Brogan a roomer, in
dicate that following the usual Gus
tom. Gong went down stairs at 5 a.
m. to build the fire; that in the din
ing room he was attacked by five
masked men and badly beaten up, and
that the disturbance walked up Eng
Hing Yee, Miss Stephens and Brogan.
Yee went downstairs and i'm the hall
way was attacked, clubbed with a
gun and shot through the head and
breast Gong made his escape after
being robbed, running upstairs to his
room where he was locked in by one
Of the murderers. Miss Stephens by
opening her door, Witnessed for an in
slant the struggle between Yee and
masked man at the foot of the stairs.
and Brogan when he attsnpted to
leave his room was ordered at the
point of gun to return. According
to these witnesses the murderers then
made their escape.
Shortly afterwards, attracted by
rroans and heavy breathing, Miss
x phens and Brogan ventured from
their rooms and at the foot of the
stairs found Yee lying unconscious in
pool of blood Alarm was given by
them and Drs Paner and Hayden
were summoned. The wounded man
was put on a stretcher and taken to
the depot to be removed to the hos
pital at Wenatchee but died before the
arrival of the train at a. m.
Sheriff McManus and his deputies
were on the scene almost. immediate
Iy and worked on the case all day. Al
ter young Gomg's wounds were dres-
sed, he was closely watched and thru
an Interpreter, Lee Man, of Monitor,
was questioned. He was badly scared
however, so that no intelligent infor-
nation was obtained. Later in the
morning the sum of $265 was taken
from him by Sheriff McNauus. This
money, the young Chinaman claimed
he took from the clothes of the muir
dered man after he returned to the
building.
At 7 p. m. at Kuelb's new uudertak-
ing parlors Coroner A. Jay Temple
ton held an inquest County A Attorney
W. F. Whitney was present and sever
al witnesses We're examined and a
mass of evidence taken, The stories
and versions Of the affair as given by
all the witnesses was substantially the
same, only varying in a few minor
details. A coroner's jury comprising
w. B.. Patson, Earl Dotson, s. H. An
drews, f. c. Long VIM Doelle and
w. w. Jones returned a verdict that
Yee met his death by blows and gun
wounds inflicted by persons unknown.
Witnesses examined were Bertha
Stevens, Barney Brogan, Dir. Parker
Hong Cong, Dr. Hayden, Tom
Grant and Sheriff McManus.
Sheriff McManus felt the circum-
stances implicated the young China
man and held him for further exam
nation. He was released today on
$4,000 bond Late last night in con-
nection with the murder Elmer Fry
and George Coleman, Of Cashmere,
and Ethel Layton, Of Wenatchee
were placed under arrest charged
with having knowledge Of the crime
that was being withheld. This after
noon just as the Record was going to
press, Vernon Cloud and Charlie Pet
tit, two other Casmere boys, were al
so placed under arrest on the same
charge as that against Fry and Cole
man. Other developments in the case
are expected tomorrow.
The murdered man came to Cash
mere three years ago with All Fong
and started the cafe. Later he pur-
chased his partners interest Bv hard
work his business proved a success
and he accumulated considerable
money that was on deposit in the
Cashmere banks That the murder
ers, if robbery was their motive. were
unsuccessful, is evidenced by the fact
that money Yee had in his possession
amounting to over $500 was later oh