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not to come again.(I til- left, threatening, ami the story oflaim; his subsequent actions is the story of one l*vlt- °f the most fiendish crimes ever perpe-wh(», tinted in JJritish Columbia. A Olilnn-: his man who lives on the opposite side of dug, the road relates the particulars us fol-cally lows ; At about 10:30 o’clock, Keung very returned, accompanied by a boon 00111-I the panion named Tsee Tsoa Fat, who form vnod U'\V played the drum in tl e orchestra of to. the Chinese theatre. You Kuiti was sit-tlie ting by the w indow of her home, and as the the pair approached she leaned out of *ther the window and looked up the street in Me- the direction of the two murderers. Tsee oug- Tsoa Fat at once sprang forward and I tlu* seized her by the head, while ITcvng X 0f struck her on the back of the neck with *uf,” a small hatchet. Only once did the vie-ins,” tim ca^ wildly for help, then the keen lia,” blade of tint hatchet ended her life, i all, Three blows were struck with the instru-liese ment of death. rThe terrible deed was the witnessed by a cowardly Chinaman and across the road, and by the hag who rests claimed to he the mother of the victim, liese ,l,ul who was too terrified even to shout c of for help.rties Regaining the power to think andact, the woman finally came to the door,, 100 and the murderer, Heung, ran down 1101 ride, tlio street with tlio bloody hatchet still wa limy ill his hand. pelhieh Neighbors ran in, and the entire com- *lular. munity was soon in an uproar. The U1 las body of the victim, stiftcning, rested to or against the window; the head, almost to , the severed from the body, hanging on the ail( ton. outside. So it remained until two Jei1 iced police officers arrivod and took posses- “til to sion of the house, The corpse was laid upon the floor, and a piece of carpet was the thrown over it. An officer was placed bre j a in charge of the premises, and nothing the 0f was disturbed until yesterday afternoon, the • in- when the coroner’s jury visited the )v,i unie scene. They then returned to the city j^e 01. hall for the purpose of receiving evi- lns I, Gf deuce. theand 'Tim jury sworn in by Oroner Jack Ulnnin- son was composed of Messrs. (losnell, Htl‘i rcry iVnwill, Maynard, Munsie, Koss and feswho ^llier. ‘ infithe lb1. Milne and Officer Lindsay gave ‘‘rerork evidence, the former of the cause of uei11 . t t 1« ii . I l 11 1 ii l 4 lt;. • .. f 1 . .. I .. ....It .1 a 1'ciTI
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Victoria Daily British Colonist
Victoria, British Columbia, CA
Tue, May 14, 1889
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