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Show HIGHUINDCn TAKED HIS HFC. Haling I.ual Ilia M.ll,.rl m.4 Mur-llereil Mur-llereil Ilia Itlial lie Cnreil Nut I. I.I... Having lott hi aweetheart nn murdered mur-dered hit triumphant rival. Set Hoo Seln, allss Ah Sing of Chlnatowi, San Francisco, had nothing more U live for. Therefore, he died, Lovi lost, revenge satisfied, the platn-ctallng Chinaman thought It time to qo't this life. The other morning, at ai early hour, he tied a splendid silk tatksbout hi neck and hung himself frca the bar In tbe door of cell IS at tit city prison. In his last gasps bo wis discovered dis-covered by Sergt. Hldwell on hit round and cut down. Dr. Itlco waa called In a hurry from tho receiving hospital, but arrived only In time to tee the Chinaman expire. Nothing rMld be done except tend for the morgit wagon. wag-on. See Hoo Seln, the dead mis, was a highbinder of Intelligence. Hf dressed dress-ed better than most of his clut and waa known In the quarter as a brsvo of a superior order. This galltit fell In love with a youthful beauty tamed Sling Ooc, who Is said to be tttt chattel chat-tel of Song Len Tol. proprietor of a fan-tan game. Bee Hoo Selnkmade forward lave to the girl and beaded til passion, his yomh. hi gopt'tookat and fine clothe'iowfn1n'einaM," Bhe, however, waa Inclined toward a richer though n plainer man, one You Sheong, a bookkeeper and partner In a merchandise mer-chandise house. Perhsps at tlmea she gave the bravo a hearing and balanced his personal attractions against the sollder qualities and largtr possession of her other ultor. In the end, bow-eter, bow-eter, she listened to the voice of prudence pru-dence and cast See Hoo Seln aside. Vowing revenge, he left her. The other night he got Into tbe chamber of You Sheong, at 32 Clay street Th bookkeeper was sleeping peacefully and dreaming, no doubt, of pretty Sling Cloc, soon to be his bride. The defeated defeat-ed lover atepped to the bedside, laid the mouth of a 44-callber revolrcr against his rival's skull and pulled the trigger. The sleeper was killed at once, and the murderer, flinging away bis weapon, fled. He was captured In the street by a number of white tnia and held until the police came up. In the city prison See Hoo Beln thoutbt over what wa bct to do. The ncit morning, when Sergt. Hldwell peered Into the cell, be found the murderer choking In a allken noose. |