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i rr uini/ inn [lEE i millTCharged With- Killing1, Fresno Tong Members I25 Witnesses Returned From Seclusion In HillsTin- :iI iifvjirtraIm C-e tora «.)! nnir'li'm he.-- oil .1nn»- 7. .nhi.-h : ;suited In the of K!•lt;■■ nml-1the wounding ff 1 wo others «il’» s'”.- | sequent murders in several statf-s. will ; he put on trial today before n jury in : Judge S. L. Strothers department of; the superior n»url. Tin- il.-.fendiinr C i Lee Yick. wiltl *«» be vif.;-pros!rtont and; military chtcfclan of th* Huey On lone-. Tick was Indicted ly the Fresno: county grand jury together with Leei LIm, Tom Ham anil Yen Lee, all of; whom wo said to have participated in j this murders, and Wong Tong, who war; recently convlrted for the direct mur- j rier of Foolt Kee ami sentenced to linns. Toy was the first Chinese to he convicted of tntinier in ronnc'timi with along war.District Attorney ft. W. Gearhart. he will personally copdtiri the prosecution Of the cure, last night returned nun-than i (*hinef,lt;! w itnesses fmm the fust Range mountains, where they were being held for their own protection and at. their awn request. They were afraid of violence from rernilu-ra of a. Uv.il totiK, It was Wild.Following the. stabbing of Wong N'w in China alley by Wong Bln, Gearhart mated that Tick, together with the hnl-BLneo of the indlcte.l Chinese, nncrrtnined who did the killing' and of what tons he was n member. T'pnn Ir-artilni: that Sin was a Bing Kong, man, Genrhnvt Stated. Yick. using his offlrlnl position, ordered the Chinese to gel their guns; ami “get even.” jIt is claimed that llw men enteredthe store nf Keo nt Chinn Alley and ,twenty shm:'. Cpnn the arrival of the police and after otd-'l' bed been restored. Kcc was found fatally wounded his -l-sth occurring less than- half an hour later In Use emergency hospital-iind two ether men hartly but not. fatally wounded. These men. L-ce Nam findWong Jung. 1» .appear as witnessesagainst the perused, it is snld.A venire* of seventy-seven was dra-ayj iR'tt- week by- Judge Strother lo try the cnee They will b« examined. this morning before brine accepted a*jurota. It. In believed that a jury will n0, *,,, f-clerterl iind finally accepted to trv the chs.* belorc Tuesday.111 sudd Att-rney c-m-hart stated ■ 1,^1 i... u-i: lick tin- death penalty for Vi'-t; n't he d»-l lt;» *''■ cure ofWong Toy. Vn one ..'in I i a.-.--pied to try the enee he r-t-H-l. V tv- Is '■*•- -er:iplen arm in at ‘nfh.-tiue: I”.- 1 •lt; !l !'ai,v-
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Fresno Morning Republican
Fresno, California, US
Mon, Sep 12, 1921
Page 6
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Clipped by
Gregory K.
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