Murder of a Chinaman.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42783, 26 September 1905, Page 3

Murder of a Chinaman.

[By Telegraph—Press, ,Associaton.l v ; Wellington, This Day. A Chinaman was murdered last night under what appears to be. very wantofi" circumstances. ■

: An old fellow, Joe Emin Yung, livUug in Haining Sti, had gone to' another h'-use for some peanuts and on his way back some man 1 fired -two shots at him. Yung was found with a bullet in the back of his head and though medical aid was procured, he died in the hospital at ten o’clock. There were, few persons in the street and apparently only two saw the assailant. One was a Chinaman who saw two shots fired and followed the man, whom he describes as a tall man wearing a three-quarter drabcofiared coat, till he : lost him in the main thoroughfare. The other was a European who was in Taranaki St., and saw the man hurry away.

The police know: of no cause of animosity against deceased. YuDg was nearly seventy and has been in the colony about thirty years, hut in Wellington only six months. He was isemi-invalid, having broken bis leg and suffered other injuries whilst mining in Westland. His fellow countrymen were subscribing- to send him back to China. He was practically penniless and not known to have caused any quarrel. • • Latest. A man named Lionel Terry gaVe himself up to the police yesterday as the person who shot the Chinaman in Haining Street on Sunday night. Accused is a powerfully built man six feet three ins. in height, and has wandered all over the world. He was imthe Royal Garrison Artillery, and Rcyal, Horse Guards, and was in Bulawayo at the tinm of the Jamieson raid, and went through the Matabele raid. Some time ago he published a pamphlet entitled, “ The Shadow,” which is a wild diatribe against aliens, particularly Chinese, Terry returned to his hotel at 9.15 p.m. (after the murder was committed) and conversed with other boarders in perfectly rational manner, making no reference to his favorite anti-Chinese topic. At breakfast yesterday morning be also acted in a perfectly composed manner, and soon afterwards went out and surrendered himself. His friends declare that he is sane on all points excepting as far as Jews and Chinese are concerned.

He had been latterly engaged in survey work in Mongonui district. He wrote to the Governor to the following effect that in order to make a protest against alien immigration he (the writer) deemed it desirable to put to death a Chinaman in Haining St. this evening. It is believed that the letter was written after the '■ mur der.

The following is the text of the letter Terry sent to the Governor : Club Hotel, Wellington, Sept. 24. 'To the Governor of New Zealand.

Sir,—Having spent several years in Various portions of the British Eml pire in inquiring into the subject of results arising from alien immigration, and being’convinced of tbe eviconsequences arising therefrom, I have decided to bring the matter before the public eye in a manner which willicompel the attention it demands. I will not under any consideration whatever allow my rights ttnd those of my brother Britons lto be jeopardised by alien invaders, and to make this decision perfectly plain I have this evening (Sunday) put a Chinaman to death in the Chinese quarter, of this city known as Haming St., I remain, Lionel Terry, British Subject.