Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-08
LOU SOUE In TROUBLE.
4 Fort Worth Celestial in the Dallas Jail
Charged with RObbing His COuntrymen.

4 Fort Worth Celestial in the Dallas Jail
Charged with RObbing His COuntrymen.
Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX. June Lou Soue is q
pg-tailed and Acknowledged celestial as
bis name implies. Lou is engaged in
business at Fort Worth. He knocks the
dirt out Of soiled garments for the heath
en- CaHcasians, hits the pipe at his leisure
and is as meek and as lowly as any celes-
tal who ever took passage from Hong
Kong, Lou is in the county jail in this
county to-day, and is a detected looking
barbarian, to say the least. He was ar
rested in the city of Fort Worth last
night by Deputy Sheriff Frank Darby
and brought TO this city on two charges
exhibiting games and swindling.
The facts in the case as near as a re-
porter could get at them are as follows:
Two or three days ago several Cinnamon,
who shall be called for the want of bet
fer names, One Lung, Two Lung, No
Lung, Sing Hi, Lo Sing, Tun Wa and
Wung he, called on the prosecuting at
torney. They had an interpreter with
them, sleek, well-fed Monaghan, who
proceeded to unfold tale that was not a
pg-tal. In August last, as the story
goes, sad-eyed celestial, without guile
and as meek as q mouse, dropped into
Dallas and made himself known to his
countrymen. He was given q grand re-
cepton, and was wined and Toasted
during his stay. The visitor
vas not averSe TO game
and, as is well known, Chinese are in
Veterate gamesters. He exhibited roll
and the suppositiOn is that the Dallas
crowd thought they had caught sucker
and they determined TO "shake him
Gown. Deluded mortalsl The visitor
would not play, but he was willing to be
minated into the mysteries of the game.
ne lost small! sum of money, and then
suggested that away back in the Flowery
Alnsdom he had played fantan in his
UOyhood. Did they play the game? Oh,
yes They were delighted at the start
a Tue close, however, they were dis
susteu. Tie stranger caught one heather
Vl s-l2J and others for less amounts,
luu when be departed the victims swore
NaI they were broke and he carried
sway their hard earnings in a fat grip
IaVk' According to the interpreter the
DaIlas gamesters never located the win
leE until few days ago, when they
made the discovery that he lived in Fort
uofIh and his name it was Lou Soue.
ne mad robbed them, they said, ''alle
,ahee as Mclean man. He heap belly
s.4u Chinaman. The prosecuting at
O'ney sent the celestials to the grand
.ul! and that body returned two indint-
-ou's against Lou Soue. Last night,
. a,nel with the warrants and accom-
sau'el by three Chinese, Frank Darby
'Neu Fort Worth and made the arrest,
- 'ne great delight of the other pig-tails,
~, saO sWore that Lou Soue was the man
IO uad ''rolled them.
r. Den Ayres, prosecuting attorney of
-, ant county, returned with the officer
:. ~ Tue prisoner. Lou Soue is prctege
a Den 5, and the good natured attorney
o,.aaEs that the prisoner has not been
issue Of the city limits of Fort Worth
" TWO years until to-day. He gives
ia splendid reputation, and says that
me "squarest' Chinaman he has /
on,'. Alo|n. According to Ayres Lou is
p ppOsea TO the high binders and has
or.- eu the bitter emnity of that |
Izahon, which has adherents |
-, DaLas and Fort Worth. They |
W. ne sworn to drive Lou Soue out of The |
cr .usry aud have harrassed and perse-
w, MN for several years. The Fort |
ssn. gang made poor Roadway in their
Al ~ - however, and called upon several
hs. er organization in Dallas to aid !
b,,.l II removing the object of heir
IN Ayres says he knows this 10 be
IN use and that he does net propose
o5' ''auo by and see an honest, irdustri-
binalu an 'jobbed - by band of high /
'-1sfs If be can help it.