Multnomah County OR Archives News.....Fall Killed Lee Sing Nom September 10, 1904
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Morning Oregonian September 10, 1904
Coroner's Jury Returns Verdict-Detective Finds a New Clue
The verdict of the jury yesterday conducted an inquest on the body of Dr.Lee 
Sing Nom, the murdered Chinese physician,was in accordance with the statement 
published in yesterday's Oregonian-that the Chinaman came to his death,not 
from the blow struck byhis assailant,but by falling heavily againsta  sharp 
object,presumably a stone,after the blow was struck,and that the only 
charge,therefore,that can be placed against the man who struck the blow is 
manslaughter.
The verdict concluded as follows: Dr.Lee Sing Nom was struck a violent blow by 
some person unkown to the jury,and his death was caused by a fracture of the 
back part of the skull,which was the result of falling heavily on some sharp 
object."
The testimony brought to light at the inquest was the same as has been 
published in interviews with eyewitnesses of the assault.The only new point 
was furnished by Charles Braddock,who testified that after striking the 
Chinaman,the assassin said"Let's get out of this before we kill some more of 
the ..."
New evidence was gained last night in regard to the case,bit it cannot be made 
public at present.The men implicated in the murder are known to another 
individual who came forward yesterday and gave his information to a member of 
the detective force who has not been assigned to the case.The detective is now 
gathering damaging evidence and an arrest may follow.While the true story of 
the assault will compare,when it is made public,in some circumstances with the 
theory entertained by the detectives in the case,which has been published,a 
slight motive has been discovered for the crime through the statement of the 
eyewitness who gave his story to the deective yesterday. The man who struck 
Lee Sing Nom did so because he was angry at the Chinaman for frustrating 
certain plans.He was partially intoxicated at the time.The reason for the 
disappearance of the assassin when he turned west on Ankeny street will also 
be explained when the true state of affairs is made public.

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