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A MAD CHINESE.
A MAD CHINESE.
ATTEMPT TO MURDER ACOUNTRYMAN. A DESPERATE STRUGGLE. A Chinese named Soon Ho, at East Brighton, Victoria, on January 6, made a desperate attempt to murder a fellow-country man, named Ah Foon. Soon Ho, who is a cabinet-maker by trade, and who earned on business some little time back in Little Bourke-street, Melbourne, exhibited signs ol insanity in the city, and in order to give him a change of air Ah invited I m out to his market, garden in East Brighton. Ah Foon had with him another Unnese,who assisted in the garden. The Visitor did little light work, the understanding bemg that he should receive no wages but be found in food and lodging. Tins arrangement eontinned for some months, but on Monday, January 2, Soon Ho demanded payment for his services. Ah Foon, bem afraid of him, deemed it advisable to comply with the leanest On Wednesday he demanded a Her sum, and upon a few shillings being offered lie insisted on being paid a large sum, threatening that otherwise he would shoot Ah Foon. He followed up the threat by a significant, iluurish of a revolver, which he held in his hand, and Ah Foon deemed it judicious to leave. He afterwards obtained a warrant for the arrest of boon Ho, and Constables Holland and Kane accompanied him to his residence. The constables and interpreter remained in the back-ground, and Ah Foon was sent forward to prepare the way, because it was known that the madman possessed firearms in the house and it was thought that on the approach of strangers he would open fire. As soon as All Foon stepped inside the door the madman renewed his demand for money. All loon attempted to tempo! when the madman clutched him by the throat, tie two rolling on to some bags of chaff. The sound of scuffling caused the otuer Chinese gardener to rush in, and the screaming the pair set up hastened the movements of the constables. When Constable Kane burst into the room, Soon Ho's grip upon me throat of Ah Foon was rapidly squeezing the life out of him his tongue" was protruding, and he was black in the face. The constable lifted the assailant bodily off his intended victim, but go. tenacious was his hold that the other man was also raised up, still gripped by the throat. Whilst this was being done, the would-be murderer was fumbling in one of his pockets with his disengaged hand for a knife but before he could do anything he was overpowered. During the struggle he fought like a madman, and injured Constable Holland's hand by biting it, It took the combined efforts of the two constables and two civilians, to get him into the cab ind on the wav to the lock-up he fought with uie ferocity of a tiger, smashing the cab windows. tin being searched a murderous-looking spring bowie knife, with a blade Sin long, and an edge as keen as a razor, was found upon him. A further search of the House disclosed that he had prepared himself for a siege. In the room adjoining where the struggle took place there were laid out upon a table a six-chambered revolver, and a box of cartridges, several carpenters' chisels, with their handle-., placed in a convenient position for rapid use, a long-handled fork and a tomahawk. From this room he could watch through the window anyone approaching the house, and would have bad ample time to prepare a warm reception, as the house' is about 200 yds from the road.. Outside the house, at a spot where the man was struggling, when being arrested, another large knife, with a spring which prevented it from closing, was found. The blade was 4in long, and had been sharpened until the edge was keen enough to split a hair. The accused was brought before Mr. Mason, J.P., and remanded to the Melbourne gaol for medical examination.;
New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10964, 19 January 1899, Page 5 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH18990119.2.43&srpos=4&e=-------100--1----0ah+foon+--
A MAD CHINESE.
ATTEMPT TO MURDER ACOUNTRYMAN. A DESPERATE STRUGGLE. A Chinese named Soon Ho, at East Brighton, Victoria, on January 6, made a desperate attempt to murder a fellow-country man, named Ah Foon. Soon Ho, who is a cabinet-maker by trade, and who earned on business some little time back in Little Bourke-street, Melbourne, exhibited signs ol insanity in the city, and in order to give him a change of air Ah invited I m out to his market, garden in East Brighton. Ah Foon had with him another Unnese,who assisted in the garden. The Visitor did little light work, the understanding bemg that he should receive no wages but be found in food and lodging. Tins arrangement eontinned for some months, but on Monday, January 2, Soon Ho demanded payment for his services. Ah Foon, bem afraid of him, deemed it advisable to comply with the leanest On Wednesday he demanded a Her sum, and upon a few shillings being offered lie insisted on being paid a large sum, threatening that otherwise he would shoot Ah Foon. He followed up the threat by a significant, iluurish of a revolver, which he held in his hand, and Ah Foon deemed it judicious to leave. He afterwards obtained a warrant for the arrest of boon Ho, and Constables Holland and Kane accompanied him to his residence. The constables and interpreter remained in the back-ground, and Ah Foon was sent forward to prepare the way, because it was known that the madman possessed firearms in the house and it was thought that on the approach of strangers he would open fire. As soon as All Foon stepped inside the door the madman renewed his demand for money. All loon attempted to tempo! when the madman clutched him by the throat, tie two rolling on to some bags of chaff. The sound of scuffling caused the otuer Chinese gardener to rush in, and the screaming the pair set up hastened the movements of the constables. When Constable Kane burst into the room, Soon Ho's grip upon me throat of Ah Foon was rapidly squeezing the life out of him his tongue" was protruding, and he was black in the face. The constable lifted the assailant bodily off his intended victim, but go. tenacious was his hold that the other man was also raised up, still gripped by the throat. Whilst this was being done, the would-be murderer was fumbling in one of his pockets with his disengaged hand for a knife but before he could do anything he was overpowered. During the struggle he fought like a madman, and injured Constable Holland's hand by biting it, It took the combined efforts of the two constables and two civilians, to get him into the cab ind on the wav to the lock-up he fought with uie ferocity of a tiger, smashing the cab windows. tin being searched a murderous-looking spring bowie knife, with a blade Sin long, and an edge as keen as a razor, was found upon him. A further search of the House disclosed that he had prepared himself for a siege. In the room adjoining where the struggle took place there were laid out upon a table a six-chambered revolver, and a box of cartridges, several carpenters' chisels, with their handle-., placed in a convenient position for rapid use, a long-handled fork and a tomahawk. From this room he could watch through the window anyone approaching the house, and would have bad ample time to prepare a warm reception, as the house' is about 200 yds from the road.. Outside the house, at a spot where the man was struggling, when being arrested, another large knife, with a spring which prevented it from closing, was found. The blade was 4in long, and had been sharpened until the edge was keen enough to split a hair. The accused was brought before Mr. Mason, J.P., and remanded to the Melbourne gaol for medical examination.;
New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10964, 19 January 1899, Page 5 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH18990119.2.43&srpos=4&e=-------100--1----0ah+foon+--