Sing Ung was born about 1892 and lived in Stockton, CA. He had a 1/2 brother named Chew Wak Chong.
On the 3 or 4th of November 1914 a Japanese man by the name of Y. Iwanaga was murdered on the corner of Center & Washington Streets in Stockton, CA.
Sing was holding the revolver in his hand when he was arrested along with an accomplice Wee Quooey.
I found some newspaper articles on his trial.
The Record
Stockton, California
Thu, Feb 25, 1915 · Page 10
Oakland Tribune
Oakland, California
Fri, Feb 26, 1915 · Page 9
The Record
Mon, Mar 01, 1915 ·Page 10
Below is his Folsom Prison Record, I found the record on Ancestry.com As well as his mugshot above.
He was Prisoner #9487
Crime: Murder 1st Degree
Age: 23
Received: 17 Mar 1915
Executed 18 Feb 1916
He was hung at 10:00am and it took him 12 minutes to die.
His Accomplice Wee Quooey was Prisoner #28577 San Quentin State Prison
He was Received 5 Jun 1915
Age: 24
Sentence: Life in Prison
Here are some newspaper articles.
The Record
Stockton, California
Sat, May 29, 1915 · Page 2
The article below he is asking for a Pardon, he was paroled in 1927.
The Sacramento Bee
Sacramento, California
Thu, May 1, 1941 · Page 8
Oakland Tribune
Tue, Dec 29, 1942 ·Page 17
This is the last article for Wee and the last document I found was his WWII Draft Card below.
I found a death index that might be him as he was known as Harry Wee and the birthdate is darn close as some of his records show it to be 1 Oct 1889 some Oct 1891
Name:
Harry
Exact
Wee
Exact
Social Security #:
557108930
Gender:
Male
Exact
Birth Date:
7 Sep 1891
+ 2 years
Birth Place:
China
Exact
Death Date:
24 Oct 1959
Death Place:
San Francisco
This is all the information I found on these gentlemen. I was hoping Wee had a family, a wife and children, but I guess maybe he preferred to be alone after all those years in prison.
Please leave a comment and I hope you click the follow button. Until next time keep searching for your naughty ancestors.
Comments
Post a Comment