Murder in Wellington.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3577, 26 September 1905, Page 3

Murder in Wellington.

r<" ■tv A CHINAMAN KILLED,

A shooting ease attended with fatal results tor U. Chinese named Joe Kura Tun#, (a'icurred in Main in# street, WedImgtttVi , on Sunday night. At about a quarter to eight the VCsidents of the street were startled by the report of firearms, two shots being heard in quick succession near house No. Id. Doors wore thrown open, and windows were flung up in all directions, and scurrying aliens sped to the place from ■whence tho shots had boon hoard. Here the Chinamen found their followcountryran'j Kura Yung prostrate, on tho payment, bleeding from a wound in toft head, caused by a bullet directed ttfc him from behind.

Sergeant Mackay and several of the police from tho Mount Cook station Were promptly on the scene. They Were speedily ruin forced by detectives Broberg and Quirke, and a little, later, by Inspector Ellison, Sub-Inspector O’Donovan, and Chief-Detective McGrath. Kum Yung was carried into No. 87, where ho lived, ami not far from which ho was found, and Dr Martin was summoned. He found the injured man suftering fern a perforated wound about two inches behind the left ear. Tho doctor rendered first aid, removing som# of tho splintered bono from the wound in tho head. ITo then bandaged the patient, and despatched him to the hospital in a St, John Ambulance Association’s ambulance, holding out, however, little hope of tho man’s recovery. The bullet was left embedded in Kum Yung’s brain, and lie succumbed to his injuries at 10 o’clock. STATEMENT OF A WITNESS. The inquiries instituted by the police reveal that the deceased had gone for ■soma peanuts to another Chinaman’s place, and was on his way back to his lodgings. When Yung was almost beneath tho ekctric lighl, about eighty yards from the end of the street, another man was observed on tho sarno footpath by a second Chinaman on the opposite side of the road. The latter heard tho unknown man fire the first shot, and saw the second one fired and Kum Yung fall on tho footpath as the report rang out. Tho perpetrator of the deed immediately walked off at a smart pace towards Taranaki street, The Chinaman who had witnessed tho affair followed the man, and saw him turn Into Taranaki street and out of that thoroughfare into Ingostre street, where he was lost sight of. Tho witness of the tragedy says ho could not see tho face of the man who fired tho shot, and he could describe him only as “ a tall man wearing a three-quarter drabcoloured coat.” A European who was In Taranaki street also noticed tho assailant hurrying away, but did not see Yung fall. Ho hoard tho crack of tho revolver shots, but did not realise what they portended until he came upon tho wounded man.—N.Z. Times.

THE MURDERER CONFESSES. A MAN OP SUPERIOR EDUCATION. A man who gave his name as Lionel Terry gave himself tin at the Police station at 9.30 yesterday morning, stating that ho was the murderer of the Chinaman, Joe Kum Yung. Terry is a stranger to the colony and is said to hold strong views on the subject of aliens. Terry, the murderer of the Chinaman, has be«n a wide traveller, and during his stay in Wellington has impressed all ho met with his wide acquaintance with men and things. His opinions on aliens wore very strong and he recently issued a pamphlet of protest against “ tho Yellow Peril.” Ho was particularly vehement. 1 Nothing unusual was noted about Terry on Sunday night or yesterday morning at the Club Hotel, where he was staying. After breakfast he wrote some letters, and then went out and handed himself over to the police, giving thorn a revolver, two chambers of which were discharged. He also gave them a copy of his pamphlet, which is entitled “ The Shadow.” He said it would explain things. He is a man of superior educat'on, is about 33 years of age, and of splendid physique. He was on a walking tour through the colony. Terry was brought befor r the Police Court ytverday morning and remanded. TERRY AN EX-GUARDSMAN. UNCONCERNED AT HIS GLUME.

Tasfy was in the Horse Guards at «H« time. Subsequently he joined the Bulawayo Police Force and afterwards

went through the Matabelo war, and I spirit so'dae time in America, where he i iWtfa for some time by doing literary ’ and artistic work. His pamphlet, “ The Shadow,” is a violent appeal to the Empire to rise and throw off tho yellow evil and aliens generally. It also contains an appeal to tho King to save the Empite. He first came (o the colony about two years ago. He is a splendid specimen of a man, and is quite unconcerned I nt the crime. He is said to have written to Lord Flunkct prior to giving himself up.