New-York tribune., 1884-12-30

,o,rsr or THE JEANNETTE's STEWARD.
cu,xAMAN ACCUSED or ROBBERY AND lo"' u"
his ACCoMPLICEs.

A
his ACCoMPLICEs.
H. c;,g alias Charles Tong Sing, the Chi-
oaman who was officers steward on ,ne oceamna
during it's voyage to polar seas, ana !" similar ca
h'ou VI, q nr,soncr at Police Headquarters yes
t.rJav lie is accused of being the Leader & III ,hc
robbery and at emp'sd mH."SI Ia % Newark
l"o '"tt t,riday evening. The information 90
timed by the police was that three % ,%n,,,i','n" ,n
who were dressed III American clothes el,o'vu t'r'
laundry aud demanded the proprietor inIuV
'rhev made no attempt to disguise thenscl'rs, =:
probably Intending to XIII ths thsY6 Y6oct% Atnr they
IA torturcd him into telling where MS Tooo M"s @
ihev hacked him with a kulfe ana al asG ;ag
and Then they hanged him to rafter Tue Chncst
CONSUL has been uiirlng III ms e,or,S 10
the police IN brlnHng ,hI ,hot thew belonged in
tis civ The oiicr of n reward of 5000 for their
,,u,ur, helped the police, III some way hot Nct w
ynged, to hnd L9m ,Ie slIg si5 ID p,lmeeyst' "c v,,
with young German woman WHO sha y
tint she is his wife. DetecuNc-sefsran,'s Is
u"iev and Ruand went 10 his room on Suhd"l
rt',Lt and unding the door locked they broke ~
omen The Chlnaman lsoi unusual inusculai al'nE - y,
and asiy. Seeing he officers pnar' ti," r ;s h,r
inmped out of front window nnd ran ilr hh I'VE,
ti,Irv aud Rulnnd pursued aud ovofiook hni II,
Norfok ,st. lie made stout fcsiNlihc" hhd 'li@ou @
20 bc bis ca'ols' '' "ons"l had hro@h
a. lila civ WAS tnkcn 10 Police llradInaiteie ~ u
c,rria,c. lie identified tho prisoner ~ one o' 'h'
s,.t fpru ~ p
LINN lc Sina declared that hc WAS nnot guilty OF
,Lc t,hbory and snid that hc was ~ this ctF 81 Inc
,ine of tho robbery, ls legged wlie WINS tak'n ~
Tonce llca iauartcrs ycsteId1v and dctaluou aH y
,yitncss rLs police thiuls that shc has not been
legally married to him and therefore may be n%.ro %
asa witness against him Sh' Slid cue Io'i ",r ,u
money 10 90 10 Newark on Friday ana that nc re-
tnned at night with torn clothes. Before MS hI-
,c.t he ;old her somcthug about the robbery Nltiu-
ay wa, Sri W ycsterJSy s tie prisoner
was rcmandcd until rcquisition papers tor ms
transfer 70 New Jersey could he obtalncd. inspect
or Bvrpcs SAID that the proof ol ms eolnpicty III
the Newark robbery was complete. II is believed
also that the prisoner was connected WIN Tue
murder and robbery Of Loo sing, Chinese laundry
mau at No II Chnton-st., on January O lie was
found dead in his laundry with fifteen dagger
wounds in his back. Atrqnk ~ the place na9 M 3ecl
broken open and rie 10" n mng All" ho ad hc"n
seen about the laundry some time before the mui-
der were arrested on suspicion ana sen, 10 W Wtuc
House oi Detention for Witnesses Dut inc cilmc
has remniuel nn unsolycd mystery,
Insp,. tog l}yrncs SAID Yesterday that the pol,e
had oltiinrd some fac which iniieateI suntE
iW,. f.. nf fin, liuton-sf. murder on the pafl ol
Ii,m lie ding but il would hc impossible probably
~ &C., ptnpf of the prisoners participation IN thai
crime The prisoners readiness to 20 un second
rpnt expedition hot lohg aiier thH ,iims Wa. .",,
,nitird IA regarded ga ~ incdonlnl bit ot evidence
ss,'1 sssH,' R" hy oey and nd" Rniand Yesterday They
found the aralshn cap and l"h'lachct Whi'h ,ho
piis,nrf Woio IN Newark In one of the i9cbot
rrokrtA wac return ticket hum NpWMk 10 NNN,
io,L issucd on iiidHy, The detectives hlho i"un'l
4, tbr ,onm il now pAn ot handouts made
Nv "A Newark htn, Probably they we've pulthn,'u
ou tho duy at tuo robbery, aud were intended i"'
th, IniudrynAn, ihcy we've not needed, however
lecause the robbers found II conNcnehl rope ~ tue
laundry. The police expect 10 have the a'h"rinios
In thc crlme undoa arrest before the end OF the
week. r, 90. e.. l.
Inn He Sing received over $4,000 cash from hl'
n .lar VOYAGES bat spent ii all IN rotols HNlug'
tiuc. thai time hc has gained an unenVlable holo,
,lety IN Chinatown through his fel0city ana
physcal powers, and has been suspected oi num-
Der ol bold and adrJit roEbcrcS, which began tWo
wears ago and were characte terlzed by TcmaThan ne
Shl as we'll as great cruelty 10 the
or three men, aud generally occurred late
in the evening After a tIme suspicion pointed
at two gamblers, of whoa Lam lie sing was one,
and bot a were pat under surveillance by the Chi-
ncSe AT authorities. The rObhericS almost ceased
IN Ncw-Y0rk and Brooklyn, and the two suSpecteI
men became less and less frequent III thclr Vlss 10
hottest During their absence from tho Guy ,I0PP-
lercs occurred IN ueIghbOriug towns, ana Llm ne
Sing was generally regarded as the aulhIr Oh ule
crimes The of her member of the gaUg have been
idenfiicd and rewards offered for their capture.
They are~<h Lum and 10 QuOn ana a spotler
named Lee The two former are believed 70 nave
gone TO Chicago, and the latter 10 be Lldlng III
some laundry Ia tins city. The news ot Lum lie
Sings arrest was Enthusiastically received IN
Chinatown Yesterday. aud a vOtc oi thanks laosed
Il the Chinese committee VINO had lhc Mdttcl III
Hong Wing appeared before Police Justice Ilocd
az Nr,y3r, last evening and made formal charges OF
f,louious assault and battery and robbery ana al
tcmptcd murder against his three assaiaH'S'