New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-08
SHOOTING DOWN CHINAMEN.
AN1rNpRovoKED MURDER IN THE BowERY
DAVID ouIxN's BLOODY rURY-klLLrS~ arS0s
cHrSAMAx AND woUNDING TWO oihh"s


oh'NN Sa,,oro was crowded yesterday
ss, ..,,s the class of people usually 10 DC seen
80. Saav afternoons representatives oi heaS
49, ace under the sun josted each other soou'n
tnrcdlv and there signs OF troupie un'i i''
,o,ore {; O'Clock when party consstihRoi iour s"
from the United States snip om"H"' .no
man in civilians Clothes turned h'o 'no
po,rerv from Canal-st and walked down toward ohaF
ham Square, The newcomers were all unoer 'uo -,
Auence OF liquor the man in citizens aress p"i i"oy
an and were bosterous in their behavior' Aho! '0
70 have n special grudge against Cinnamon Every o"o
OF the inofensive Mongoans whom they passea wa. was
greeted with torrent of abuse and whch 'h'S WV ~
,r,n,sh sufficient amusement the Cinnamon wouid DO
beaten for their mildness. The leader III 'no aI
and boisterousness the man In civil uress "n '
got so violent that his companions had 10 RESTRAIN ~
The four reached Chatham Square ana MotVs@ y"
,,a northwest corner in front of the bar room,
,naor the Keumore House All Mon age Twenty-Five Vi
North Thrtave., between One-hundrcu'an"-'n''
fourth and One-hundrcd- and thirty fifth sts anu s
Hook of No las East ehundredanftmr'y-io"i'n VI
at who had come down town TO spend their ounu'S
with friends living in the Chinese quarter III Mo''
s,oo1 I'm conversation with several other Chhahen'
They were just about to start for home woeh 'ho i
ers came up The sight Of so many Chinameh seeneu W
exce the rage of the leader to an unconroapie oeso
and he made an insulting remark about them 10 wheh
no attention was paid The sailors again sought 70 W
strain their companion, but unsuccessful fush
ing them aside he drew from MS MP
pocket self-acting slx-shot puh-uos
yolyer and levelng it began firing indiscrininaey
into the crowd of Cinnamon The hrst puie1 s''a ura
All Mon in the left eye, penetrated to the Dran anu
the unfortunate man fell 10 the sidewalk deau. SEQ
ing the result the shot the sailors ran across ho
square and disappeared down the New Bowery' ino
murderer, however continued his fusilaae ih'o 'n0
assembled Cinnamon. who we're scattering as last as
they could third shot entered the iet breast VI
Yung Hook who fell to the ground.
Policeman John J. Brogan, of the Sixth Precinct VINO
had gone on duty at O'clock was walk
Ing down the Bowery and was standing aoou' MY
feet away from the place when he saw inc
pstol drawn and heard the first shot fired He started
for the murderer on rum but before he reached MIN
fonr shots had been fired blow the wrist dsaImed
the villain and another from the heavy night SUCK
stretched him beside his victim. The blow was not
heavy enough knock the senseless however ana
he iumped TO his feet and for the officer and II
was not without liberal use of the CLUB tnat ne was
brought into submission and taken to the police station
The sounds of the shots attracted an immense crow"
from the thcky tenanted houses in Mottst' hunreus
Of Cinnamon poured and the street was soon crowded
with an excited multitude who utterance TO venge
full cries they heard OF the unprovoked muroer "
their oountryman The alarmraps OF Policeman Brogan
and the prompt response Of number of his comrades
served however to Feep the crowd In order Inc prs
oner was got the station without interference AT
rived there he gave his name as David QUINN age
twenty of No l3O Leonard-st, but would say nothing
of the shooting beyond the statement that the China
men had nsued his friends and that he would not stand
it, The wounds which he had received from the club OF
the policeman dressed and he was locked up Two
ohor officers called into requisition cart such as is
used by street vendors and the body OF All Mon was
taken to the undertakers shop Mt No 81 Motts where
II was prepared for burial Yung Hook was made as
comfortable possible until the ambulance when hd
been summoned arrived when he was taken to the New
York Hospital His chances of recovery are regarded as
slight. After the removal OF the VIC
g., Of ounn,s murderous fury the
crovd gradually dispersed, and hour afterward
Chatham Square had resumed its usual Sunday AFTER
noon appearance and there trace of the Tragedy
left.
All Mon had been in this city only short time. lie
was rather small in stature and his appearance ana
dress were unusually neat Quinn is man OF medium
size but Of strong and powerful physique He is IRE
man in the drygoods establishment OF George T. hich'
ardsor, Smith Co., Of No. 10 "orthsI'
where his father is the engineer He was at one
time a fireman steamship and until now mas
not troubled tho police. After the shooting otto
Ncoa OF No 1914 Secondst went to the Sixth Precinct
police station aud said that he was behind quinn ana
his friends from the Omaha all the way down from
Canal-st He had Quinn insult number OF emma
men and the sailors appeared be trying to restrain
him. They gone into of the numerous nat stores
I'm the lower part Of Bowery and finding Chinaman
In one Of them making purchase Quinn had struck MIN
and kicked him out of the store. The Chnaman made
no resistance. When the party approached
Nicolai was only few feet away.
He certain that the Cinnamon no provocaton for
the attack which made on them, and seemed only
intent ON avoiding fight and getting out Of the way
He certain that Quinn is the man whom he followed
from Canalsi and identifies him positively as the man
who did the shooting. Nicoai was detained as wit
ness The shooting was also witnessed by Henry Lpp-
man. age fifteen who tells almost precisely the same
story about 1t as Brogan and Ncolai tell Patrick Biz
mingham the Fultonst optcian, was passing the place
ut the time OF the shooting, and offered himself as
witness. man giving the name OF John K. Kilduh,
living at the Kenmore Hotel, went to the station and at
tempted to give sergeant detailed statement Of the
whole affair. Before he finished he locked up on
charge ofintoxicaton
shortly after O'Clock All Foo, of No. Is Mott-st.,
called at the police station and told Captain McCulagh
that his cousin All Yon, thitytwo, who lived with
All Mon had also been shot in the general fusade. He
had received bullet In the right shoulder and had at
once Jumped on an elevated train and gone home. He
had called Chinese doctor living in the neighbor
hood and the ball had been extracted.
As soon as Policeman Brogan reported the affair 10
CAPTAIN MeCuagh, the captain with officer Kelly and
Mr. Ncoiai started a hunt for the four sailors who
with Quinn. Thev made thorough search through
the Fourth Sixth Yards but found trace Of them
1t was then determined to TO the Navy Yard Brook
Iyn after the men, On the road they met sailor from
the Omaha who Informed the captain that the ship lay
a the foot Of West Twenty third-st. Stopping at the
station information received that some sailors from
the Omaha we're in the Atlantic Garden, and Captain
NcCullagh, with Mr. Nicola went after them Two men
from the Omaha found at table. but Mr. Nfcola
said that they not the men who had been with
Quinn further search discovered James Fitzpatrick.
an able seaman attached 10 the Omaha. who iden
thed positively Mr.. Nico!a having been OF the
four sailors and having been the one who commenced
the quarrel by pulling All Mons hat of Fitzpatrick
nrs taken to the station where he denied all knowledge