MURDERED BRIDE

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 December 1928, Page 4

MURDERED BRIDE

MELODRAMATIC REVELATIONS. (Australian Press Association.) (By Cable—Press Assn.—Copyright.) LONDON, December 8. A. startling story of the Miao bride murder, the motive for which was not revealed at the dramatic trial, is published in the “Daily Express,” from an exceptionally reliable source. The statements were carefully investigated, and have borne out all ascertainable facts. The statement is that the grim tragedy was an incident in the deadly

Tong warfare rife in China. Miao ’ strangled his bride in obedience to 1 Tong’s orders. Two mysterious China- • men were repeatedly mentioned at the trial. Several independent witnesses gave evidence that they saw the men in the district, but there was undoubted evidence that Miao was the perpetrator of the deed. The facts related in the Express show that the girl was of the high class. She had received a Western education, and was the daughter of wealthy parents, and had managed her father’s exhibits at Wembley. She was a frequent visitor to London night clubs. At the conclusion of Wembley she proceeded to China, where she met Miao, the son of a wealthy Chinese Government officer, who had returned from Chicago. His education appealed to the girl, and they were constantly in each other’s company in Hong Kong. Later the girl joined Miao in Chicago. Miao was a member of a powerful Chinese Tong, and was horrrified to learn in Chicago that the girl’s father was an enemy of his Tong. He was summoned before the Chicago members of the Tong, and was instructed that he had been specially selected to carry out vengeance. He was bound to obey. He protested, but the Tong w r ore down his resistance. Miao gave a reluctant consent, and eventually secretly married the girl. They then secretly left Chicago for London, in the hope of avoiding the Tong, but two Tong members were ordered to watch their movements, and traced them to the English Lake District.

The facts strangely square up with the evidence at the trial, where the absence of motive was stressed most strongly. DIED A CHRISTIAN. LONDON, December 7. Chung Yi Miao, convicted of strangling his Chinese bride, was executed at Manchester. No relatives or compatriots were present, probably owing to the fact that Miao professed Christianity before death.