Year: 1879

OF Murders.


Portland (Oregan) Standard, March 13.


As we write this item we know full we'll that
the lovers of the degraded, diseased and disgust
ing Chinese will assert that it is untrue and
merely creation of our own, gotten up to ore
ate more prejudices against the poor down.
trodden and much-abused little brown men with
tails on the back of their heads and disease and
loathsome vapors being thrown off their entire
opium-soaked carcasRes. Before we commence
we will assure such unfOrtunates whose bump
of lunacy has overpowered their good sense that
what we say we can substantiate and is as fol-
lows About six years ago lady in this city
engaged China boy who had just arrived from
the wilds of China to do her housework. He
was naturally bright in comparison to the gen
eral run and seemed to take an interest in his
work. She not only taught him housework, but
to read and write. He grew rather fond of the
lady who had helped him SO much and would
exert himself to please her, being always com
paratively neat and clean. A few days ago he
went to her and told her he was going TO leave.
She. not desiring to lose him, insisted on know
ing reasons. After some time he said that as
| she had been friend to him he would tell her.
| providing she would not repeat it, to which she
agreed, and he proceeded follows: II belong to
the same company that Charley Lee Quong and
All Lee, who are in Jail, do, and ouc com pany
has given orders that if they are executed three
white men must be killed for each one hung
| We are to procure axes or hatchets and when We
| meet white man under favorable circum-
| stances we will kill him, and our company will
| protect US. Some OF our men have three hat
chefs. My company fays 1 must quit work
until this is settled. I would like to stay but
cannot 1t will be remembered that the
company has already spent much money in
trying to save these men. They have tel
| egraphed to China several times, undoubtedly
for orders. II is one tribe against another.
The murdered Chinaman belonged to COM
pany and clan against which the company to
| which the doomed men belong entertain deadly
| hatred, both here and in China, and it is prob
able open warfare will be indulged in both
here and in China on the day of execution, and
1t will be we'll to be on the alert and fully pre-
pared for any emergency. The clans Of China,
which are always at war, have been implanted
| In our MIDST and their numbers becoming so
| great that by rivalry and inherent hatred the
horrible and bloody scenes of China will be en-
acted on this coast unless prompt and active
measures are taken to prevent their Wholesale
| immigration TO these shores. Even now should
this spirit Of hatred break out in open warfare
| the result would be too horrible to relate. We
point to these things warning to our people
and would urge upon them the necessity Of be-
ing prepared for defending themselves at all
| times, should the decree now booked against
Charley Lee Quong and All Lee be carried out
to the letter Some may think this idle warn
ing, yet when we think Of the cowardly, treach-
erous nature of the Chinese and their firm faith
IN the DEGREES and suggestions of their sJoss, -
! given through the scheming Williams called
priests, 1t is we'll to be prepared to meet
them, should they assault you in the dark
or some unfrequented portion of the city.