New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-03
cuoNG oNG CUT TO PIECES.
HORRIBLE MURDER OF A CHINAMAN.
.o.asp STABBED THROUGH AND THROUGH AND
MS HEAD CRUSHED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.
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&C HEAD CRUSHED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.
,r,a basement of the old brick building on
INV corner OF Spring and Wooster SITS was
tm g. In,v by n ild.iooking Chnaman' who htten II
hhe- ros,aurant He had four tables, with room Tor
MP s,ns IN the front part of the basement room.
twe". Nv birds hung In brass wire cages from the
- On the walls were several Chinese prints anu
ese photograph Of tho proprietor In the rear OF
rp we're thin partitions forming kitchen and a
shoI The Chinaman called him self Antonio soias'
go, original name was Chong OnS His customers
oo y" "s,n.men who worked in cigar factories at Nos
W. al 16I South Fifth-ave. He had been cigar
80 a, Cnba ten years ago, and most OF his customers
.o,e to this city by way OF Cuba Also Ihey a'e
hs sro,kfasts In the restaurant every morning ana
fhe' again uutl evening. Ong usually closed
ea IN the middle OF the day aud
DE a., for walk lie slept In the
"e"s At night. A young. sickly looking Chinamah
ps.r,oved ms waiter every day for time, but nc
.,ueared from the place about three weeks ago IN"
TIA everything about the place without any heip
Drs,os DAILY n licensed ycuder, went down ihto lno
.,.aot at $50 p yesterday carrying some eau
hces which he wanted to SELL nc ho'oou 'u,'' pam
hrokeu out Of the glass door and that the pieces
nsu sco,tcred over the floor. The door was half
o's I,,r ontered He shouted. - DO You want any
oPea anu 49, word "cabbages" died
-. Nm. "a he looked in the direction OF
A., obinamans bedroom and saw ohS \ oouy lying IN
-, ., blooa ON the floor. He did not walt 10 examine
10 hut ran to the street aud told Policeman fIz-
hhou of the Eighth Precinct, what he h"a seen. Inc
.oIod for assistance and went to inform Captain
,,D,,raII and Detective Moran. An examination or
,s.s showed that an atrocous murder had been
,,,oa md that the motive for the crime was rob-
- The body OF the murdered man lay on the hoor
,..s inward, presenting shocking appearance
Nh. head had been crushed by blows
9TH some heavy weight In the breast
- nine hideous wounds, several extending almost
".o,h inc body evidently Inflicted with largo cary
ntn,Ie which lay the floor. pool of clotted blood
nad collected around the body and blood had been spat
-. hou. ON the walls and furniture at q distance Of
r.I yards Captain Mcdonnell, which he looked ut the
budy said the murder must have been committed by n
chinamau because white man would have inflicted so
many horrible and needless wounds.
Tn Ougs bedroom the bed found Uttered with
sup,r boxes and other articles. trunk In the
room had been broken open aud rfed On some OF the
,biprs in the room marks made by bloody hands
The money drawer under a small counter la the restau
,,nt had been torn loose from Its supports and was
empty ON the floor Some small change had rolled on
the aer and remained there half hidden by some cards
and communication tickets which the name "Antonio
Sofas was printed Some of the cards were smcared
with blood. Ongs pockets had been ried by the same
bloody fingers, and his empty wallet lay
On a table, Near the door was . wash
towel with stains It, showing that the murderer had
hastily removed the traces of his crime from his hands
before he left the place.
On the first floor OF tho building is grocery and
Numbers shop j. II. Borges. the grocer said that he
was driving along Csntre-st. about p. and saw Ong
and another Chinaman walking together on the side
salk Ong wore ordinary American clothes, and had
his hair cut short AS 0ng In the habit OF buying
things in the grocery Mr.. Bortges said he could
not have been mistaken in the man. Mr..
Bogess brother who IN the store yesterday after
noon said that he heard no suspicious sounds aud saw
no one enter or leave the ba7ensnt He busy wait
ing on customers were coming In or going out of
tho store almost constantly Patrick Ryder the pnmber
told the police hear the sound OF breakug glass
about 2:15 p. M while he writing in tho shop. He
cent his Grand boy the street and afterward
went out also to see what the matter They both
looked up and down Sprlngst aud No0stcrs. but saw
nothing suspicious and they returned to the shop No
unusual sounds attracted their attention afterward
until the murder discovered
Captain Mcdonnell said that the murderer evidently
was man who knew Ongs habits. After watching until
Ong well ont sof the way yesterday afternoon the
had broken the pane of the glass door and had
entered the with the purpose of robbing the
money drawer. Ong came back unexpectedly
and fonnd the thief there Mt work Probably
tbs r0bber was In the bedroom aud
was warned by Ongs footsteps in time to himself
would have killed Ong instantly and prevented an out
cry. The murdor0us weapon had bsen used until as
Coroner MESSENGER afterward asccraned by autopsy
Ong,s heart and lungs had heen cut to pieces Then
Aatiron had been used to batter the dead mans head
Aftefwari the murderer had hastily completed the Work
Of robbery and had escaped just IN time 10 evade to
notice OF tho cabbage yender.
The Cinnamon who had taken their meals In Ongs
restaurant were called to tho place and questioned
ong thirty five years old Eight years ne went
from Cnba to New-Oreans and then this city.
He worked in cigar factory for time ana theL under
took the feeding Of his countrymen who were working
in TIE factories. He occupied places IN ca;harinsst
at No. Is Thompson-st He aferward was
SO 81 Wooster-s before lie moved the place
how killed. He had relatives in this city aud had
moi been married, hts friends sad, The detectives
Thought they mad q clew the murderer last evening.
On January q. 1885, Loo Slug. Chinese laundryman,
was murdered in bis laundry at NO. II Clinton-st
Fifteen stab wounds found IN his back and there
abundant proof that his murderer had also robbed
the place. The police were not able to iastcn the
crime upon any ono. although they arrested
several Cinnamon suspicion. In December. 1884.
Hung Chang, Newark lauudryman hacked with
knives in rightu manner and hung up by The meek III
his laundry by Two Cinnamon who robbed his till
capped. Chang discovered and cut down alive. lie
also recovered although he had received wounds enough
TO kill than one white man. and able 10 assist
the police in tracking the robbers. Tom Sing.
Detectiye-sers Haley and after coniessing his
guilt sent prison for seven years. IL ascer
tanned that Tom Sing vino had accompanied the Jean
Expedition 10 the Polar as cook belonged to
band OF desperate Cinnamon. The band had commit
TED many outrageous assaults and had levied blaokma
upon the iupfensve Chiuanen In the city. Tom Sings
companions were believed to have committed the Gin
tohst murder but the police not able to catch
Of them II IL considered probabie that
the same ruans killed Ong in his restaurant yesterday
HIS HEART PIERCED BY AN INK-ERASER.
FATAL RESULT OF scUrFLR BETWEEN TWO
OFFICE BoYs-PROBABLY AN ACCIDENT.
jeremiah p. Cunningham, age sixteen, of No
e45 East Fif,y-hfih-st. and Samuel Chase age seven
teen Of No. 307 Esst Ons-hundred ty- fourth