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Assault in the Evening Journal, 1900 & 1920

Torture of Corean Murderers

Item

Title
Torture of Corean Murderers
Source
The sun (NY)
Date
1900-06-20
page
5
Identifier
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1900-06-08/ed-1/?sp=1&q=murder&r=0.131,0.421,0.223,0.107,0
Crime
Murder
Subject
murder; international
Race of alleged offender
Asian alleged offender
Gender of alleged offender
male alleged offender
Race of alleged victim
Asian alleged victim
Gender of alleged victim
Female alleged victim
Stage of the Legal System
tortured and killed
Location
Out-Of-State; Korea
Length of story
515
Description
TORTUR8 01 I CORIAN COREAN JURlBllns JURlBllnsKIID IIVRDEUEJ1S IIVRDEUEJ1SICIllIng KIID ICIllIng or the Two lie Iten Implrattd implicated la the Ihelarder thetnrder larder tnrder of the Qaen QaenSA Queen QueenSMe SA SMe FRANCISCO June toTho Japanp5 Japanp5papr Japanese Japanesepapers papr papers rrhrd received by the steamer I amr DorIc 10la 10laa today todayare a are rul foil or detllb detaIls or le the tortUfl tortures Infite Inflicted I ii iithe the COfl Coresn Goenmlnt Government on the two men who whower whoacre wer acre Implcnlt implicated In the murdfr murder or le the Qln Queen In in1S9 180 1S9 and who rnty recend rllurnl returned Ilr after havln havln11V1 havimue havimuereeelvedmwurancesofsafety 11V1 reeelvedmwurancesofsafety Mracs or nty Bol Both Wr werekilled werekilledTwo kie Two brothpr brothers An nl and Kwon Ewong hld hind Ie lied to toJapl toJapan Japl Japan aler after the murdlr murder or the QUln Queen An rp re returned tured turned and 11 was sentenced ntlnc to nominal banlh banlhment baniahmont mont Against the advlC advice or hil his Japa Japarlnds Japanese Japanesefriend friend Kwon rcnlly recently rturtd returned nd and In eplus eplusof pit pitor or promll promises mad to the JnpMee Japanese Goverment Govermenthe aovernment aovernmentlie he WM sl seized d and plt put to horrible torUl tortures torturesIll H Ill Ith tleeh WM lor torn by hot Iron Irons Md hil his bonls bonlscrhld bones bonescrushed crhld crushed Under thl this tortm torture he conrpl1 confessed his hisown hisown own share har In the QIn Qumeons murdlr murder and Implall ImplallAn implicated implicatedAn An The hA latpr latter was M IrrAW arrested Md also gIven rhnh h t the torhlfl torturers IhOUlh though It I Is sad said thlt that no th the Inl Inluntse inpuneseMinister untse uneseMinister had obtained a distnct distinct proll prollIrom promise promiseIroni lnlstfr Irom th tmDror nlperOr or Corla Corea thlt that An Ihould t tnplhrr to toneither neither torlufd tortured nor ox executed executedThe nplhrr Thl The torture of te the two utl vlctml victims Is ruly fully dl di discribod scribod crlht In Ih the Japanl Japanese papers blt bitt thl the tnUh tnUhpnpr Eaglihpapers papers say ay th dlllls details cnnnut paJf b be prlnlJ printed lnd Indr Indrthese r rtbt pnpr tbt these tortures Kwoli Kvong dl died Tbel Then tl lie order ordrrWRA orderwas was given to dttplllo decapitate both bolhThe bothThe The Ihen Japanese PMM Oorrfnt loveratnent hM ha demand demand10tonhlmpstlatolhlt demanded demandednot 10tonhlmpstlatolhlt not only mm investigatloti hut the speedy punish punlhmnt punishmint mint ur alcommtdlhe all COflPtflcd Time Implllon Implications rdy mndl mndlaB made madeart art so eirioils rloul that the Japaneso Minister lnltr lt ltSoll mit mitSiotil aB Soll Siotil cannot let get a an Ildlenr audience I wih with thl th Emp Emperor EmperorThe ror rorThe The papers la sal It look as Ir unlt68 unless ome ad adjutment adjuetnient jutment Is speedll madl made the lonlooked lonlookedror longlooked longlookedfor for opportunl opportlmflit sJly for Jnpl Japan to Inlrrere interfere In the thoontrol thecontrol control of Corenn aIalr affairs Is at hand handLAD handLOAfl