The sun., 1889-12-29
WHERE is CHU FONG'S PILEi
OWE BTs cEBTIFIEb CHECE POUND ON
THE CELRsTTIL SCAMP.

An the Rest OF his StealinEs AGIssIne-Hs
yvasin Hiding n n Young white Wonan's
Houss sn the West Side VIXEN Caught.
Chu FonR, the smart young Chlnaman who
disappeared mysieriously few days ago and
who 10 said TO have sWindled his Chinese
brethren and various conndinR Americans out
OF sums of money agCreRatinR $4,000. was ar
raigned at the Tombs yesterday morning and
accused By Wong Lee OF 10 Mott street and
Chu Poy OF OK Mott street both merchants, Of
forging their names to promissory notes for
1l,50N and $3.50 respectively. in favor Of Sing
Yuen,a fictitious secretary Of the Chinese Re-
lief Soeiety.
II an the stories told about Chu FonR are
true hS can give lessons In sharp practice to
many ~ American crook. He came to this
city about Elk years ago as the interpreter and
Cashier q the KwonR Hong Long Company at
Mott atioet. Of which company his uncle was
chief owner and manager. Chu FonR speedily
adopted the American dress. His linen was
always Immaculate and the At OF his clothes
was perfect He wore his black hair trimmed
with feather edge and nicely banged over his
forehead. He is now ~ years old His brother
Cinnamon called him dude. but they had
great admiration OF his shreWdness and busi-
ness ability.
The Chu family. for moro than half the
time. runs things In Chinatown. Chu Fong
attnined great Influence. and branched out
into various business schemes. He became
manager OF the biz Chinese firm OF Mansing-
son 4 Co.. at 813 Broadway He was Sunday
school Chinaman. aad is said to have belonged
to Brooklyn churcl couple of years ago
he was sued by several Chinese merchants,
who said he had swin1led them by q sort OF
opium ssEdpsti S go game i Is not possible to tell
but Detective .HeidelbeiS said yesterday that
ana AZ Mss oreeS
Soaes so aWysr useS Of res M JoS6son
declares that he is rerIecly innocent in the
with and for Chu Fons for Vars va % and rGie had az
upright He said that he had NEGOTIATED
don which we're absolutely undsputed.
1t is said that woman betraIed TO the de-
% % ohq o M EonS sna hfas Mra Basc, whh hy was @
West Fifteenth street. Mr.. HarleY 10 an actor.
Eor over a year. aud up to the timSof his flight,
2fs Carlton avenue. Brooklyn. the residence of
MIR. stuart Shields. to whom h. was reoom-
aSdHTd ny %ones en SSeh
gave his own unendorsed notes. Mr.. Shields
Knew Of the young mans Relations With the
nSftSs' 70 The decssctl7es Game from Brookly%n. roo M
At any rate the detectives found outS few days
sFed thMt he was maans to
Newark. where he has relatives and business
friends. Before THE, while the detectives were
his friends told the officers CONFIDENTLY that
Chu Fong was In Poughkeepsie Thy pro-
dused in proof q letter from Chu FonR. barring
the PouGbkeepB:e postmark. But the Setec-
tivcs were not fooled. and traced Chu FcQg to
Newark and thence to the house in WeSSF SFif-
teenth street.
The officers did not intend to, arreet ehu
Fong at once, thinking It better to keep him,in
stolen money 1t was found, however. tho
Chu Fong was about to leave town for good.
submitted without murmur A mail sum OF
money in cash was lound upon him. toRether
with certified check on the Bowery Bank for
S2.700. dated Feb. 4. 1889, and drawn and en-
dorsed by the Kwong Hong Long Company.
yer William @. Beeoher appeared for Chu Fong
and Lawyer Henry Heym for Chm FonR's ac-
cusers. Chu Fong pleaded not guilty. and his
examination was set down by Justice O'Reily
for Tuesday morning. Then Chu Fong was
sent to cell in the Tomos.