The Chinese Must Go

Helena, Ark., May 16th.—At Friars Point, about ten days ago, an old Chinaman was beaten severely by two or three citizens and ordered to leave the town, which he started to do, going on the wharf to wait for a boat.

The self authorized vigilantes, not satisfied with this went to the wharf, caught the Chinaman, threw him into the river and on his failing to drown as quickly as they desired, shot him to death.

The perpetrators of the murder claim that the Chinaman assaulted a young white girl, daughter of one of the lynching party, but other citizens say he meant no harm to the girl and did nothing to alarm her.

The parties concerned in the affair are prominent citizens in town.