The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1871-11-18
Los Angeles
An EyGWitnesses Account Of the Cali.
fornis orror--Wholesale Lynohing.
CFr.m the San Francisco Bulletin.1

the NEST nOfT1Ulc UrdSeuleS JnaC ever
disgraeed any civilized community,
was enacted in this city ON Tuesday
evening. Hades itself could not pre-.
sent a more frightful scene than the
one we were then compelled to wit
ness for about three hours and half.
Law and order were trampled in tie
dust; lnisrule reigned triumphant.
Human forms arrayed themselves
with Ill the supposed attributes of
demons, and perpetrated as foul deeds
as they are presumed to be capable of
performing.
Los Angeles, although boasting of
being the Queen of the Angels, is
cursed with such another hot-bed of
crime and depravity in its Negro
Alley as San Francisco has in its Bar
barry Coast and Chinatown. Negro
Alley is small street connecting with
the very business portion of the city.
1t consists of low, whitewashed, one
storied, old-fashioned, windowless
adobe buildings, and bears striking
contrast to its neighbor Los Angeles
street, with its fine two-stOried brick
warehouses. The denizens are almost
cosmopolitan, and consist of the dregs
of society, among whom are some of
the greatest despeladOes on the Pacific
coast Murderers, horse thieves,
highwaymen, burglars, etc, from all
parts of Southern California and
Arizona make this their rendezvous.
1t is IN this place also that the Chinese
congregate brothels occupy
about two-thirds of an entire block.
Among these Celestials are two nyal
companies, whose jealousy has created
the most bitter animOsity between
them Outbreaks OF minor charace
ter have frequently occurred. Blows
have been often exchanged firearms,
even, have been resorted to by the
parties ON more than one occasion.
And such was the case ON Monday
last, when the prologue of the present
tragedy was performed. The chief
men Of the rival companies then had
high words about a. woman, which it
is alleged, the one party 70 Hing
company-had abducted from the
otheI-the All Choy company--by
having her married - Mclean FASH
ion with one of his own men, SO as to
deprive the rival of any claim to her.
The quarrel finally resulted i'm the
parties drawing pistols and firing
three shots, all escaping lIninjured,
although 70 Kings coat was pierced
by one of the two balls fired at him.
The parties were arrested, and the
case came up before the Justice of the
Peace for preliminary examination.
The prisoners were called on to give
bonds to appear IN court the following
day bail being fixed IN one case i'll
the sum of $500 and in the other
$1,000. Doubts existing III the mind
of the Justice as to their being worth
their bail, he sent an officer with one
of them to take an inventory OF his
effects. 1t seems thai John exhibited
to the officer about $1,000 in gold coin,
besides large amount in greenbacks,
and reported the same in open court.
The bonds were of course accepted,
and the next day the case came up
for examination, and after occupying
the whole day, was continued sntil
the following morning, Returning to
their quarters they renewed theil
quarrel, and pistols were again drawn
and shots fired. Mounted officers
were almost instantly upon the scene
having been stationed in the immedi
ate vicinity, in anticipation of an out.
break. 1t was in fact known that {
number OF Cinnamon had arrived by
the last steamers from San Francisco
for the purpose of taking an active
part in a great fight to come OF
between the parties, The officers a
once endeavored to make arrests bu
one party of the Chinese immediatel.
turned upon the officers, discharged
weapons point blank at them, thel
fled into their dens. The officers pur
sued, but were driven back, one o
them, and citizen who had come t
the rescue, being wounded, the latte
mortally, dying in an hour and and
half afterw;rd Crowds appeared o,
the scene almost simultaneously wit
the commencement of the shooting
and the Chinese discharged the coh
tents of their revolvers promiscuOusl,
among them. The reaction, however
was almost as rapid. Almost ever
. mans hand sought the back pocket Q
his pants, and a pistol was drawn
cooked and discharged at the China
men in less time than it takes to tel
The quiet streets tattled with deaf
ening din from the continued shootin
for several minutes, and the devil
carnival was fairly opened. In
twinkling the entire block was SUI
rounded by an unbroken link {
human devils thirsting for revengt
But no effort was made to storm tn
houses of the Chinese; the receptio
of the officers had intimidated til
most reckless among that naturall
reckless host of what may be calle
& bordermen.1 The inmates of til
adobes at once set 10 work barricat
ing their doors. For a time, no di
position to attack the stronghold W;
made. Curses and loud denunci;
, tions of the whole heathen " ere