Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1909 — FIVE HIGHBINDERS DOOMED [ARTICLE]

FIVE HIGHBINDERS DOOMED

Supreme Court Rules Against Five Chinamen Convicted of Murder. Boston, May 21. —A decision by the full bench of the supreme court overruled exceptions taken In the case of five Chinamen convicted of murder. After a fight In Chinatown four members of the On Leong tong were killed by members of a rival society. The decision means that the five will be executed unless Governor Draper commutes their sentences.