Lynch Law

JUSTICE METED OUT TO A CHINAMAN.

LOS ANGELES, June 30.—In addition to the brief account of the murder of little Bessie Eldridge, the seven-year-old daughter of the boss of a harvesting camp near Pomona, sent to the EXAMINER last night, the following particulars have been obtained, though the stories of the crime are rather confused: It seems that the child’s parents were in an adjoining field when the little girl and her brother were with the Chinaman. Soon after the boy came running to his parents, saying that the Chinaman had abused them and had thrown his sister into the water. The parents hurried to where the girl had been last seen, and found her dead, lying in the creek, face downward. An ugly knife cut in the left breast showed her death wound. It is believed that the Chinaman attempted to outrage her, and then killed her, on failing in his purpose, to prevent her making known his fiendishness. The Chinaman was seen making for the mountains. Mr. Eldridge, the father of the child, organized a party of citizens, who were greatly excited, as was also the entire neighborhood, when the foul crime was discovered, and started in pursuit. They returned soon after and reported that the Chinaman could be found hanging to a tree in a canyon, half a mile off. No admission was made of the murderer having been given the benefit of summary justice, and the act seemed to be just what ought to be expected under the circumstances. No questions were asked as to whether the Chinaman was strung up or whether it was a case of suicide.