The New York herald., 1877-02-04
A CHINESE FUNERAL.

oBsEQUrTs OF THE VICTIM OF THE RATCHET
Tho funeral OF Ah Fung the victim Of tho Forsyth
street tragedy, took place yesterday afternoon al
three O'Clock from tho undertaken establish
ment Of William H. Kennedy, No. 40 Pearl street.
where the body had been lying spce its
removal from Bellevue Hospital During the
morning several Cinnamon called to view the
remains, but displayed emotion al the sight
OF their butchered counsrymen than they would have
exhibited over fresh invoice OF soiled linen
"Kaiic," the quondnm wife. was present, and until
the hour OF the funeral hovcfed over the coffin and
refused TO allow the morbid curiosity OF disnercsed
callers TO be gratined by Wow Of tho maugled
corpse She was surrounded much OF the time
by sympathzing coterie Of halt dozen women. be-
tween whom existed the sympathetic tie OF being like
wise mated with Cinnamon Several reporters
present, and artist OF illustrated paper skelched
the scene and the group around the coffin.
proceeding against which Katie made only
mild protest. her first violent opposition
TO newspaper inquiry. being apparently wearicd out
by tho persistent and ingenious efforts Of the reporters
al elicting information. "You gave me nco racket
In tho HERALD" she said TO the reporter; "but 1
don't care, Pm getting used to It," Ono OF Katies
friends who stood by her throughout the ceremony Is
the young English girl who slept in the adjoining
to Tuckahas and All Fungs the night the latter
was murdered.
AN INGENIOUS STORY
She declared that she had heard nothing OF the ad.
mission Of the assassin into the room by bis confed-
erate the murderous attack upon the sleeping ma IN
The next room, nor the escape OF the perpetrators
Tho hrst sho knew OF the affair the gashed
and bleeding All Fung calling upon the other
occupants OF the room TO 90 after a police
been numbering him. Two little girls, who might easily
have passed Tor fuboodcd Chinese, were with their
m saoa ap
pumped by the reporters, who could give up tho
idea tha. something had bceu or to be done in the
way OF the Chinese "wake." which they had been
sured Dy Tho friends OF the dead would be held
over the remains The operation was, however, most
As an evador OF undesirable nerrogatory the
"heathcn Chinee'' is most ''pecnIiar." Ling Sing,
Chi Lung and Hap Lee gave their names but would
give NO more These proesscd TO be the dead mans
kinsolk. Another. who, apparently, had taken the
porter was assured that no An Fongs brother,
was not even aware that anybody had been murdered
man." Whom asked what might have been the
honorable cognomen he had borne In tho Celestial
country he he replied ~ iogo.oeen 50 long time
tho arrival OF All Sng the President Of the Chinese
Association and tho master of ceremonies OF the
sion. All Sing Of large frame and robust appearance
tor Chinaman looks to be about fy years OF age and
Is possessed OF much intelligence and knowledge
OF 'Mclican" ways than the mass OF his countrymon
with whom hc is evidently man Of Importance. He
Is married to an irish woman, is doing prosperous
business as keeper Of Chinese boarding house and
BY his two little sons sombrc urchins OF unmistaka
bio honsoan descent. who looked as II the delights Of
or like cnoyments Of the purely American youth wcre
NJ unknown 10 them the intricacies OF the Louis
lana Returning Board TO their sire.
CHINESE RELATIONSHIP.
Tho reporter had been told that Ah Sing was first
cousin 10 All Fong. but this relationship dts
claimed by tho former. They were OF one blood. he
explained, the kinshp dating back about thousand
years. NO very great period In such country
his aud though by this time pretty we'll diluted as
n ta tfpaw
fully acknowledged by All Sing. ~ no can mally
no no sister, no ,,. no can an INA msly my sister"
porter regarded as entirely ndisputable undor the
circumstances Ho further explained that tho dead
mans iull name was Laah- F0ng, and his La-ah-
Sing, the "La" being tho generic name OF his clan
aud tho appendices beng according TO the fancy OF
sheir sponsors From this II appears that Cinnamon
lady ID quite character.
Az AMERICAN cnxAwoxAx.
Although born Of n Caucasian mother on tho banks
Of tho Hudson, and never away from New York with
the exception Of periodical sojourns on Backwels
Island, no moro typical specimen Of Chinese woman
hood blooms by tho picturesque Hoang -Ho tho yc-
low Yang e.Kiang Had sho only had the advantage
OF proper parental care IN carly youth by having hcr
toes firmly compressed under her nstep might to-
day hrss class in the wife market IN the Fowery
Land.
In this, which IL seems really incongruous 10 call
her own country, most un-Chinese iondpess Tor stim
uatne nu'ds, clearly an nheritance from the Mcslan
Instead o the Mongoan side OF her house, has stood
In the way OF her reception in arisocratic circles
has bccn the cause OF the above alluded TO visits tho
municipal retreat on BlackweIls Island. She Is of
quite petite and delicate nguro, and in her blue cloak
and Rembrandt hat, would DO considered rather
pretty even from q Caucasian point except for tho
setting OF her eyes, lines drawn parallel with which
would meet each other IN very acute anglo speedily
amor starting. Tho young lady has an opinion and
tongue OF hcr own, which Is ready with the
uur as that Of any native Irish born sister In tho
Irish Amcr,can-Chincsc colony which she Is mem.
ber Her opiuon OF the murder is that cOvetoLsness
of Ah Fong's wife had as much to do
With his taking OIL as any other cause.
Apd as "Liz' is probably better acquainted
With Chinese than her associates her OPINION is
cnt,led 10 consideration the more as was evident
at the ceremonies that mo comely katie' Is warmly
admired by Ah Fong's couptrymcn. without form OF
any sort the coffin closed, the lid bearing plate
with tho inscription: :''AL Fong, dica January 81,
for New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey CITY, Several
reporters determined 10 tho thing through, cuded
the carriages with the drivers, tho HERALD as usual
In shc lead of the procession.
WHY An PONG osrRAcsED.
The Chinese Company, OF which All Sing Is Presi-
dent; own picce oi ground In tho cemetery Tor the
cd purpose Of burial ground tor their mcm bers
and destitute Cinnamon All Fongs grave was not dug
4. among strangers Thts circumstances, ana
tho fact OF tho usual Chinese ceremonies
by his countrymen. whether because OF his having
shaved his qucuc and further turned 'Mclcan" by
taking out nasuraIixaton papers, as Katie Declares 1t
II difficult TO determine Certainly tho Cinnamon arc
unwilling To throw any light upon u.
After the body had been lowered into the grave All
Sing. standing beside ", CALCULATED few sentences
which might have been DE morfuis In troduc-
tion OF An fong 10 tho Chinese Charon. Katie she'd
. few really honest looking tears, tho rest OF tho
guests standing ankle deep In the Jersey mud looked
around ndtncrently and shivercd the air un-
comfortably and Ling sing. the other knsman poured
vut without taxing breath. string OF fcariully jun.
bed vowcls and consonants which was probably
clods rsttlcd dismaly tho colin Of the murdered