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Show LATIiWMIiS. GENERAL. Murder or Fire Chinttuicii. San Francisco, lo. Last night six Chinamen employed in clearing land near Chico, Butto county, were attacked at-tacked in their cabin by a gang of whites and three were shot dead, and tho fourth died aoon aftor; the fifth is beyond all hope of recovery, and the sixth, who was only slightly wounded, escaped by feigning death. He says after finishins tho work the murderers murder-ers ect tho cabin on fire and fled. Ho extinguished the flames and gave the alarm. The murder was in cold blood and uuprovoked. There is no clue to the assassins. A number of crimes of violence have been recently perpetrated perpe-trated ou Chinamen in the neighborhood, neighbor-hood, and but little exertion ia made to discover the offenders, but this crowning outrage has aroused the citirena and sttips are Wiug tivken to discover and punish tho murderers. |