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iCOMMLTTKI) FOR TRIAL.lining, the ()iiiiu*8i» Murderer, In the Police Court Dock -He Weakens Too Late, and Appears Anxious to Kacapo the Consequencesof His Crime.wutccai 11 Mt!aidcrtiia\ 'Flic announcement that. lleung, the Chinese murderer, hail heen captured and had made a full confession of his crime, created intense excitement in Chinatown yesterday and on Tuesdaynight. No surprise was on pressed that I In* captured man hud seen tit to assume tin* lull responsibility of the awful act, denying that he. had any assistance; nor did any of the Chinamen believe i hat portion of his statement. The men* fact that Mali Kce ami A/.-to Fat had also disappeared, strengthened the suspicion that they were implicated in the crime. As one of their merchants ex-messed it, everyone thought lleung, hiding himself in the toils, weak from his long fast and desperate in consequence of his heing unable to procure any more opium just after a terrible tie-hunch, gave himself up for lost; and, careless at the time for his own safety, thought that the most.he could do \va ■ to save his friends if possible!. It the terrible nature of his crime could have w; heen for a moment forgotten, it would have been impossible not to pity the poor wretch. Starving for food, having tasted nothing but opium since Sunday night, until he was taken to the police station on Tuesday night, lleung was a picture of wretchedness and misery. His eyes rolled wildly; be was so weak that he could hardly stand; and his hands opened and closed convulsively. After lie had heen supplied with food, his na l oral appearance n turned, and he took hi.-) scat in the dock yesterday morning looking calm and composed.The court room was crowded with pi-ctatoithe Chinese being in tin* nia jority. Kvcry eye was turned upon tin* , j})( solitary occupant, of the prisoner's pen. 1Hcuiig docs not look like a v illain. | sevMis face is pleasant in its expression;while his black eyes sparkle with ame: i v and not unkindly light.« »Hr Moi;ii up in the iluuk, ami coolly... ... • *thInInWihi.thsosii111tilLiai;andofoithmiIII*lieT!onTlwlreipowahe;W.isoealWehe;st n .si n lie*
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Victoria Daily British Colonist
Victoria, British Columbia, CA
Thu, May 16, 1889
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