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Show AN AMU 1TH0MT. It Seems About Tims foi Us to Quit Talking of tb. Bloodthirsty Eiotars in China. WEEN UCH BASBER0U3 DEEDS A Are Toll iu t'ae Following Licpatc'a Are Dona iu Tree aworict by Intelligent Intel-ligent American Chine, Sax Francisco, Sept. ;'!). Vice-consul lice of tlu Clnne-e legation here, has just received from Walla Walla the statement of Hugh McMilluu, w hieh throws light on tint murder of thirty-lour thirty-lour Chiuese luiuers on thil Snake river iu April l-7. MeMillau makes a ftatemeut which was given him by his sou Kobert, hi years of age, just before the lad's death. Young McMillan, iiruce Kvans, Hiram Maynard. Carl Hughes, "Lide" Caufield, Mas Larue and Frank Vaughan were in a cattle camp near the Snake river w hen some one suggested sugges-ted that they clean out a neighboring camp of ( bluest) miner. Armed with revolvers and Winchesters Win-chesters they surpr.sed the camp and kilied twelve Chinese. Ail the bodies wi re thrown into the river. They obtained ob-tained over i.'iUOO in gold dust. Then they discovered eight Chinese coining down the river. Thase they ambushed and murdered and threw the bodies into the river. Not content "vita this they started up tin) rner to another Chinese camp where thirteen men were working and the same bloody work was repeated. 'I'h i unarmed Chit.es.) could o.'Ter no residence. All v. ero shot and tho bodies cast into tho river. Here they found about "(), 0(10 which they divided. Tho scene of tint murder was in Wallowa con rdy, tre. Vice. Coi .nl liee will do all in his power to track down the :nur leers and secure indent uity for this at rooky. |