Show I Old j Devil Appo Long Insane Dies At Appo Chinese killer died Inthe inthe In the tho state Hato hospital hot for the criminal In Insane Insane insane In- In sane at N. N Y 1 recently recently- at ninety years cars No 0 Chinese who ever eyer came to this country had ball such a record for crime as That name mime means I devil de L LI Devil Do Appo passed more than thirty thirty- I seven Sc of the ninety years ears of ot his life lICo In prison lie He was sentenced to bo be hung once and escaped from time the consequences consequences conse conse- of or another crime by enlisting enlisting- on a United States warship as cook One son was born to and his lils first wife This son Ron was waa Geor George e whose criminal career began at the tho age abe of often ten w when whon lien ho became becam an export pick pick- pocket He served otI six or seven prison terms and stabbed several men lie Ho too died In an us asylum lum for tor time tho crIminal criminal criminal crim crIm- inal Insane huane a n man of stron strong intellect cultivated and well educated was brought to this country in 1814 ISH when he ho mo wa was wati 1 t two twenty wont wont-t wo years ears old b by tho the retiring retiring- American Americium minister to China Chinn Ho lie wont went to California In the gold old cr craze ze of HI 19 Hi lit and a Mexican staked out a n plain claim and started work worle He lie killed his partner who WIIO ho said had attempted to rob him hum escaped and for tor three years yeal's cooked on a Next ho lie was heard of ot In New York He Ho made a success as a tea merchant Sober ho he was a a. charming companion but drunk a dc desire for tor blood seemed to be bo predominant Ho lie mauled married a white woman of ot tho rho slums murdered her shortly after tho rho birth of their son and andwan WL way wan sentenced to be hung hun lie claimed defenso In an appeal for a a part par par-J l t don and his sentence was commuted to life Imprisonment Finally ho confessed confessed con religion and md after five lve years was pardoned In all his murders or 01 attempted ones he pleaded self defense and so shrewdly shrewd shrewd- ly Jy were his pleas pIcas made matIe that with tho time ono one exception he was never nc convicted of murder in the tho first degree In 1876 1875 he killed a prizefighter named d dI I Kelley Kelloy and was sentenced to seven years years' imprisonment His health was rapidly breaking down The excitement of his hilS life lite and tho the heavy drinking ha ho had done In later years had wrecked his nervous s system stem was sent to the hospital Appo Apo had hind read much about Harry Thaw Tha and when the sla slayer er of Stanford White was admitted to the asylum tho the Chinese took a u great gleat fancy to him Much to Thaws Thaw's disgust In Insisted Insisted insisted In- In upon sleeping in an adjoining cot Ho lie promptly made Thaw commander- commander In chief of all my um my powerful armies m with which you will I sweep the world Thaw had to to appeal to the the hospital aUthorities authorities authorities au aU- for relief relief Appo was the leader of ot Chinatown n in Its early days dars He was waR high in Chinese Masonry and only a n short timo ago the leading Masonic organization appealed fo for his release offering to raise a a. sum of money monc If it th time petition was granted to furnish surety that he lie would be sent hack to China with enough mone money to tok k keep 11 him in comfort the re rest t of his life liCe New New York World Tho The regular ad Id reader leader learns to de detect detect detect de- de real buying chances unfailingly |