Mohave County miner., 1886-01-17
Doomed to Death.

Doomed ~ Death.
The following from tho San Fran,
cisco Chronicle Is illustrative Of how
q Highhnder' Society furnishes 4
seceder:
"T'he murder Of; Lucy All Sing by
another Chinaman about 'ionr weeks
ago now proves'to be a csss., illusira
tive OF ths Chronicles exposure
shortly before the murder, Of open
and advertised plans OF murder
formed by Chinese Lighb,nders.
1T was only recsntly'that it va,
discovered that Luey Alb Sing WIS
identical with the Mongol'wbose he
was threatened by the highbinders'
guild and whose critical position was
detailed at'iength none Of tho srti.
cles referred TO. 1t was then stated
that this company consisted Of .
number. of subordinate societies. and
that from one Of these Lucy All Sing
aud another bighbinder. seeded and
established an independent club OF,
q more peaceful basis. This they, did
atsl0O9. Stockton street.. the domiciIe
Of the Chinese doctor, 'Lee Ping Nom.
They obtained the use Of. ,suey On
Tong the former society's regatta,
and employed. them ass well Sas ths
secret passes, grips. etc. : The new
society was called the Wing Shing
kung Sbooe. The members of the
psreptso,e. however. finding that IL
wss TO have no connection vito it, OF
shoot, berame. extremely indignant.
the chef bone of contention being
the use Of it's parapbernplia, sacriti.
ciai vases, pass words and cabalistic
characters. ah Shing sndhis com
psnion were consequently straek off
Tie roils OF Suey On Tong, and il
YVES resolved TO take the life OF the
former. A domieiliary visit YRS &C
cordiDgly paid To the headquarters
Of the baIs club by some twenty OF
the Sney On Tong, and gandily
painted s.2Hboard was torn down.
4 few days a'terward, the unfortun-
ate Lucy An Sing noticed, on passing
the door Of the Susy On Tong head
quarters. G red strip posted up stat
ing that he was doomed to death.
through Chinese interpreter named
Sutton. he cenfided the story of his
woes toa reporter. While impIoring
aid to escape his enemies, be seemed
inpelled by the fatalism of his race
TO regard his fate as certain, aud to
look upon all precautions as Useless.
The next day he went to Stockton.
He remained there three days to al
low tho affair to blow over, and then
returned 10 the city. A fortnigb,
later he was a corpse. The article in
the Chronicle, 10 which Luey's dan
ger was explained, concluded with
the somewhat orniuoas assertion:
'Celsstiais suddenly disappear and
are beard OF no more. Their bodies
are net even found aud no one is one
whit the WISER II was fully justified
by poor Luey's end.
ITO give the remainder OF the
story in the words OF the interpreter:
For over week Lney Alb Sing came
TO my room every day. stating each
time that bio knew he was going to |
be killed. He told me he had been
mobbed several times on the street. |
and that he had several of his perse-
cutors arrested for carrying conceal
ed weapons. But this, instead Of
frightening them, still further in |
censed them. Al last, on the day OF
his murder, he came to me and said |
that he knew be was going ~ be
killed on that day. A few hours
later he was shot in the base OF the
spine in Gum Cook alley. Strange
to say. from the time he was wound
ed the members Of the now society, |
OF which be was the originator, ard |
for which he suffered death, steadily |
kept aloof. Tney forsook him and
left him alone TO die. The result |
vas that no arrests were made, al |
though it is said that the murderer
is known to be rusticating in Oak
land"