Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1902 — Prevent a Human Sacrifice. [ARTICLE]

Prevent a Human Sacrifice.

The slaughter of a human being as a propitiatory sacrifice to the gods of the Chinese was prevented at Baker City, Ore., by the timely arrival of some sisters of charity. Hy Wong, a paralytic Chinaman who has been a county charge, was returned to the care of his countrymen in Chinatown. While ne was an inmate of the county hospital his queue had been cut off. On this account the Chinese made preparations to offer him as a sacrifice to Joss. Hy Wong managed to get a message to the sisters at the hospital and they rescued him before his life, like his queue, was cut short. is asserted that all the preparations for Hy Wong’s execution >*d been completed.