Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-10
Death of Fong All Lung, Shot
in the Fray.
Testimony Given Before the
Coroner.
The Causes Which Led to the Bitter
Warfare.
The Story of the Actors Stolen Wardro be
Still Adhered To-Mong Hi Leng
Charged With Murder.

Fong All Lung, the Ventura Chinaman
who was shot in the abdomen during
fight between the rival factions of the
Bing Hong Tong and Hop Sing Hong
companies into which the inhabitants of
Chinatown are divided, died in the
temporary receiving hospital at the city
prison, in spite of the efforts of the ply
sicians who operated upon him ON
Thursday night. The body was removed
to the morgue by order of the coroner,
and at 7 o'clock last night an inquest
was held upon it at the parlors of Orr &
Sutch.
The first witness was Police Officer J.
O'Clock on Thursday night he was stand
ing on the right-hand side of Alameda
street, near new Chinatown, when he
saw a crowd of Cinnamon standing
across the street on the corner of Marches
sault street by the water COM
pany's office. They were all talking
together, but there was nothing
unusual about their gestures. Suddenly
one of their number drew a gun and
shot at another, who turned and ran,
but fell to his knees and then rolled
over. Instantly the others began shoot
ing and ten or twelve shots were fired
in rapid succession. The Chinaman
who fired the first shot ran across from
the water company's Office towards Los
Angeles street, but stumbled as if in
jured. The officer started in pursuit,
but before he had gone many feet three
Cinnamon told him to stand back, and
presented their revolvers at him. He
at once drew his weapon and fired at
them, when the whole crowd scattered
in every direction, and in the meantime
the wounded man had reached Los An
geles street and disappeared. Stewart
then directed his attention to the Chi
naman who had fallen and still lay upon
the ground, and summoning the patrol
wagon sent him to the station. A white
man across the street was struck by a
stray bullet, but he was carried off in a
buggy. The officer subsequently found
the Chinaman whom he supposed to be
the one who fired the first shot in bed
in a room on Los Angeles street. He
was shot through both legs, and was
taken to the city jail.
G. Z. Wallin, OF the detective force,
knew nothing of the shooting; but after
the deceased had been taken to the sta
ton he, through Chan Kin Sing, an in
terpreter, took the wounded mans
statement, which was subsequently sub
scribed to before Justice r. A. Mar
shall. The deceased repeated this state
ment several times. The statement was
then read to the jury.
Chan Kin Sing an interpreter and
merchant, testified to having translated
the statement which appeared in the
columns of the HERALD yesterday morn
ing, as it was given by the deceased.
The witness then repeated the state
ment as it had been given to him at the
time.
A slight delay was caused at this june
ture owing to the absence of some of the
witnesses; but in few minutes three
Cinnamon were brought in handcuffed,
by Constable Fred Smith and Detective
Bowler.
All Jung, cook, said he did not know
anything whatever about the shooting,
as he was smoking opium in the rear of
Chinese restaurant on Alameda street
from 8 80 O'Clock up to the time of his
arrest. He did not know either the
deceased or Mong XII Leng, nor did he
belong to any company. He was dis
tantly related to Ah Nov, their family
name being Lau. Their ancestors were
all united in brotherhood, therefore
there were four families, the members of
which were cousins to each of the other
families.
All Chung, barber, was in his shop
in Niger alley, and knew nothing what
ever about the affair. He was a mem
ber of the Bing Kong Tong Company, the
members of which were Freemasons.
Wong Chez also belonged to the order.
Wong Gun stated that he was Free
mason, as was also Wong Chez. The
company to which All Nov belonged
was known as the Hatchet Society. He
said there had been trouble between the
two companies owing to the fact that a
Freemason actor at the Chinese theater
had lot Of valuable costumes and other
property stolen. The Freemasons
knew that the thieves were mem
bers of All Mow's Hatchet Society,"
and a few days ago two of them were
arrested Their friends got mad and the
shooting was the result of the enmity
between the two factions. The witness
was standing in a store opposite Mar
chessault street at the time and saw
Mong XII Leng pass by. At the corner
by the water company's Office several
Cinnamon were sitting waiting for him.
Among them were Chow Too, Chow
Huoy and Chow Cow, the others he did
not know by name. AS Mong Ki Leng
came up they fred at him and the shoot
ing became general. The witness, fright
ened at the terrible noise, ran away, but
was subsequently sent up to get police
man and have the parties arrested, but
he himself was locked up.
DR.. N. HI. Morrison testified to having
been called to the police station to assist
in an operation upon the deceased, who
was suffering from a gunshot wound in
the abdomen, on line with the elev-
enth rib. The operation was the only
chance for the life of the patient. After
death the witness held an examination
upon the body, at the request of the COR
oner. Death was caused, in his opinion,
by internal hemorrhage.
The jury, after short deliberation,
returned verdict to the effect that
"Fong All Lung, native of China, 35
years OF age, came to his death from a
gunshot wound in the abdomen, in
fiicted with gun in the hands of a per-
son or persons unknown, and we believe
Mong XII Leng to be one of said parties. F"
Chinatown was comparatively quiet
last night, although groups of Cinnamon
stood upon the corners of its streets and