Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-06 | Page 1 | Chinese Slayer Hangs in Britain

CHINESE SlA SLAYER UR HAN S IN URn BRITAIN AI N. N Y Law Student Pays Penalty for Murder of Bride I MANCHESTER England Deo 6 C AP AP Chung Yi Vi Miao Chinese law student from New York was executed ex cx- at jail today for forthe forthe forthe the murder of his bride Wai She- She ung The young woman was found strangled to death in a wood near Keswick England last June shortly after their arrival on a honeymoon tour The couple had b been en married In New York York where both had been students at Columbia university After Af f. ter their wedding they visited Buffalo Buffalo tab falo where the bride had relatives and then came cam to England The night after the arrival al of the couple couple-at couple at a hotel th the young woman was found round dead In a wood Her Her expensive jewels were missing Chung was placed on trial in Oct October ber and nd found guilty of the murder although he declared that he was at a hotel at the time his wife was killed When the conviction came up In Inthe inthe the tho court of appeals on November 19 la Chung adopted the unusual dramatic dramatic dra dra- matic course of conducting his own appeal He asked permission to call several new witnesses who on the day of the crime saw mysterious orientals about a mile mUe from the spot where Vat Val Sheung Sheung-Miao was mur mur- dered This request was granted and the two witnesses were called They gave evidence as the convicted man had outlined The next day however the appeal appeal appeal ap ap- ap- ap peal was dismissed and Lord Hewart Hewart Hew- Hew art after atter reviewing the chief evidence evi e dence said that the Chinese was truly guilty guilt of a diabolical calculated calculated I crime