A Man Killed.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 2 October 1890, Page 2

A Man Killed.

The usualy peaceful district of ; ower Hutt was oisturbed on Monday night by a shocking fatality. It seems j that the tradgedy ocured under the following circunastanc s : — For some time past a number of sportive youths residing at the Hutt hate been in the habit of aunoyinp a party of Chinese gardeners who have settled alongside the main road, nearly opposite Dr Wilfoid's residence, by paying them nocturnal vi>its acd baiting them in no amal. degree. That tbie has been the practice is proved by the testimony of neighbours, and a visit was paid to the Chinamen's house as recently fla Sunday night. Monday night again, another party of lada were in attendance, but whether wth any malicious intent is not ablolutely cortaiu. The repetitiou of the arinflyanSe had aroused even the submissive C'uiieS'e 1 bltfddj and the occupants of the house turned Out in force to res«nt what they expected to be another attempt at intrusion. Among the viaitbta was a young man named Thomas James Siiiith, _ 22 years of age a labourer, who lived with his widowed mother at Alicetown. Bmltii itda Considerably weakened by a recent illness, and when Iris companions turned to run away he was left in the rear. He wad overtaken by the party of Chinamen, and ndbqdy seems to have any certain knowledge of What occured ne*t. Constable Cruickdiank, who had only taken charge of the Hutt station yesterday, was informed that a disturbance wns going on at the Chinamen's h use On going *j the spot he found Smith lying on the ground, with a Chinaman named Sam Koy on top of him. Young Smith was then 1 alive, but Mood was pouring fredy | from wounds on his leg and arm, and lie died a few minutes afterwards. His body was seen by Dr. Wilford, and was then removed to his mother's residence at A'icetowu. Sam Kov, who also had. some injuries was brought into town, and taken into custody to the Hospital Later on, two of Koy's fellow householders, named Tom Hung and Yung Bin, were arrested on suspicion of complicity in the affair. Ferg.-Major Ramsay went out to the Hutt by this morning's early train, and brought the two prisoners to the city police station, where they are still de« tamed. Tom Hung and Young Bin, two of the Chinese arrested for comp'icifcy in the affair, were brought up at half-past 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning. The third man, SamKoy, who is in the Hospital, was included in the charge, and owing to the injured man being unable to appear, were remanded for a week, bail being refused — Post.