Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-11-12

bullet hole through the heshy part of his
neck, while still another was wounded by q
bullet which lodged in his knee. While the
reporter was at the station house, word was
brought that wounded Chinaman was dying
upstairs in lodging house on l street. be.
tween Second and Third. Upon going to the
location, a Chinaman was found lying in q
back room, shot through the thigh, and fast
bleeding to death. The police procured q
stretcher and took him to the city prison,
where he
DIED IMMEDIATELY AFTER ARRIVAL.
1t is rumered that several others, slightly
wounded, are hidden away in various places
in Chinatown, the Chinese apparently wish.
ing to cover up 90 much of the matter as pos.
sible. 1t was very hard to find out the cause
that led to this wholesale shooting. Every
Chinaman who was Intercepted in regard to
the matter would give the same answer "Me
no sable" and that wss all that could be ex-
torted flom them. Late in the evening q
Chinese merchant went into back room with
some officers, and after barricading the doors
and assuring himself that none outside could
see or hear, he made the following state
ment: If the Cinnamon knew that l would
divulge anything regarding this matter l
would be killed before tomorrow night. I
have q family in China, and don't want to
die in California" He was assured that no
one would ever state that he gave any infor-
nation in the matter, and then he related the
following as the
CAUSE OF THE BLOODY ARRAY.
Several months since the Luen En- Tong
Company instituted what is known as an Odd
Fellows Lodge, on Fourth street, between l
and J. They were very particular as to
those whom they initiated, and the conse-
quence was that many were made angry be-
cause they were refused admittance. Some
among the latter organized a similar Order,
hired hall on I street, between Second and
Third, and styled themselves the Wong Tuck
Tong Company. The oldest organization
seemed to get the most numbers and
also the majority of the best
Cinnamon. This made the new company
jealous, and they determined to crush out the
Fourth.strset Lodge. Several weeks ago the
new Lodge threatened the other, and, appre.
bending trouble, the old Lodge made prepa-
rations to meet any emergency. Charley All
Sing, a well-known interpreter and the leader
of the Wong Tuck Tong Company,
IMPORTED FIFTEEN FIGHTING MEN
From San Francisco, agreeing to pay them
$500 each to come to Sacramento and give
bloody battle to the committee appointed for
that purpose by the old Lodge. They arrived
Saturday evening on the train from San
Francisco. Last night, watching their op,
portunity, they assaulted the fighting forces OF
the old Lodge on the corner of Third and
streets. 4
All of the killed and wounded belong tc
the old company except one, and it is stated
that he shot himself accidentally. This tends
to prove the foregoing statement, as it shows
that one party was taken by surprise.
Another Chinaman interviewed, who DO.
longed to the Wong Tuck Tong Company,
was also very reticent, and would divulge
nothing until he was assured his name should
never be made known. This promised, he
proceeded, but disagreed entirely with the
former statement. He said the lodge on
Fourth street was simply one Of blackmail
that they were nothing more nor less than an
ORGANIZED BAND OF ROBBERS.
Cutthroats and blackm alters. They levy
tribute, he said, on all the merchants, gam
bling dens and houses of ill-fame in China
town. Some good men had joined the order,
he continued, for no other purpose than to
protect themselves from murder and robbery.
The organization had a company of thirty
highbinders, clothed in armor, bullet.proof,
and armed with the most approved weapons,
hired for the sole pdrpose of wsging war,
murder, or to defend, as the occasion may re-
quire, and at the bidding of the Lodge. They
are paid from So 80 to $40 a day for this
criminal and bloody occupation. The more
desperate the character the higher the salsry
he receives. The new company was formed
to protect its members from the tyranny of
the Fourth-street order. They collected no
tribute, but maintained their organiza-
ton by monthly dues. The informant
with the Fourth.street order, who
were chsgrined when they found they were
checkmated by the organization of the new
order" The names Of the two dead men have
not been ascertained, but it is understood that
one belonged to the old and the other to the
new lodge.
THE WOUNDED MEN ARE:
All Die, shot in the groin. and it is thought
fatally; All Sing, shot in the knee Yep
Young, in the leg between the knee and hip,
bone broken and wound very dangerous An
Kan, shot through the fisshy part of the neck.
at the time of the shooting a great many
white people were coming from the depot
and were in the immediate vicinity, but
luckily none were injured. Three Of the
fighters ran across the Third street bridge at
the close of the battle, and were followed by
the police, but two of them escaped in the
darkness the other was captured by officer
Brissell. The following participants were
arrested and locked up in the city prison
Lee Go, An Cow, All Hop, All Sue end
Fong Ching. All of these were heavily
armed with large navy.sizsd cartridge revolv-
ers. One Chinaman had, besides his large
pistol, brace of deringers and very sharp
Ratchet.
SOME REFLECTIONS.
This was not the frat Chinese battle that
has taken place in this city. Melees have
before stained | street with blood. Each
succeeding one has been holder and more de-
FAINT than the preceding ARRAYS. The Chi
nese seem to realize clearly the difficulty that
the Government experiences in Furnishing for
these offenses. The witnesses are mainly
Chinese, who testify with the most reckless
disregard for truth. Last nights battle was
the largest, most deliberate and outrageous OF
any yet recorded. It is perfectly clesr that
it was entered upon with the set purpose OF
extermiDating one or the other OF the light
ing parties, and it is equally clear that the
trouble is not yet over. The hired assassins
among the Chinese in this city number nearly
forty. They will cut throat or shoot the
life out of a human being for comparatively
small sum. They are regularly organized,
and at all times
PATROL THE STREETS
VI the Chinese quarter, armed to the teeth.
No one can tell when an outbreak between
rival gangs Of blackmailers will occur. The
chinese quarter comes to within 160 feet of
the chief business street of Sacramento,
where hundreds Of people pass to and fro by
day and in the early hours Of evening. The
Indignation expressed by citizens last night
over the outrage upon law, order and decency
was deep and universal. There was o
strong disposition manifest to urge the
authorities TO take steps to clear the quarters
of Chinese if it can be done lawfully, and
under the health ordinances, it was said, this
can be done. There are very few Chinese on
/. Third, Fourth or Fifth streets, north of J
street, who are cot connected with, or tribute.
payers to the cliques that fought last evening
1t was suggested that possibly the Chinese
can be made TO give guarantees that order
shall be maintained in Chinatown. and
certainly nothing less than this should be &C..
cepted.
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