The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-27

TIC revenge Of the highlander society. Thus
human aid as completely as though he were a
s sssn fsa as s Sa ns the ns 9fn ss his
The hatchetman asfertains his victims
whereabouts md sh99ts or stabs him as ne
Il committed, at night and the police simply
lind the bleeding body SOMETHING'S the en- work q
tEs society 0 tha anH has hnSted Ss
society always denies all share in the crime.
cured The fact that ths shsinders keep
last Jew few years '.i several '' letters have
been found by the police whiieh when hSn
men Who refused Y to obey y1i societys demand
awnrnng to the rhisi Of Tolice 81 this Fly
i lodging on the edge. Of Chinatown, and was
furnished with guard IN plain an, clothes Is, when
man caught him one day when he never
dreamed Of attack and shot him through the
in shspis q Sas VIZ VI ths
largest lodging houses IN Chinatown at noon.
When tho poSe the spot ens could
tell who was the murderer. and the victim was
t Es far gone to sneas; In another case cas- san
but while he was on the way u st. Louis
siW oasrod for ' tie Victims head r SSchescd
him. II. dld his work in such q raw
ht The snsfst nna Ssws sE
pressed deep disgust when he Icurned OF the
crude method in. which the crime had been
He retured to this city and soon aftcrward
was sent 7" San Quentin for 6nrEtatry ,,
binder IS sf ;0 sSaS erS the hS sn
Chinatown. Most Of these poor creatures are
old country that binds them to three or four
years service until their passage money Is
aaa very Closely guarded ons
escapes to the Chinese Missions. but in such
cases the highbnder appears and makes every
means OF a. habcns corpus writ One OF these
worthless always sTears that the fugitive II
and comfort, The poor women in these
brothels stand IN great fear Of the hghbind-
ers and failure to pay regular toll to tho So:
generally attended with disaster. Tho high
Under shoots tho ,contumacions woman, or
face. She has no redress. rs in most cases sho
cannot even tell who is her assailant: nll she
knows Is th4t he belongs to the society that
Until within u twelvemonth tho Highlander
hc4d1uartcrs were among the show places in
crusade against the hiGhbinders by striking at
the society rooms. Their theory was that If
were sasss bs @ SH s G
have great difficulty in maintaining their pr.
Ganization. So they starteI in on the chief
thrce-story building Tho main assembly
room Of this fraternity Was beautifully fur
te @a am aSa
chairs and tables that would make any dealer
in Oriental +. goods green with envy Above this
tuously as the, leading temple; Two great
bronze pots held the sacred punk sticks. and
Dss s sGdh the se the
society with solemn and impressive rites. The
other societies. which were not so rich and
more mod crate quarters, but all were provided
with loss temples and all served as nests for
criminals
lice against the highbinders was, last winter.
when combined raids were made on all the
society This was due ito to
came to blows in the public streets. in broad
general war was averted only by the prompt
action Of the police. Strong forces OF men were
Tey te ese to cea oat
the furniture in tho various ,head1uarters Of
the. highbinder societies. and when the Mon
costly furniture. the highly priced josses. and
the beautiful decorations werc all converted
Chinatown never before Witnessed SO great a
hubbub, but the men with axes were strongly
mot
word was received that any attempt had been
made TO reiurnish the rooms. second clean
Or course, this broke. up the meeting places
the ghb d put an end to al the
weeks the Chinese QUARTER was comparatively
lied it. These fellows Ned 10 ali parts Il the
state and coast and they remained away for
six months.
Now these assassins are beginning to return
in full force. and their advent has been marked
the result Of a feud which broke out in the
nerles are run almost entirely with Chinese
help, and many hi ghbinders go to the far
by the police. and because tho work affords
good opportunity for proving on their weaker
M Of saey Sing fH sr
was reported here the Suey Ongs were il a
nitv to til" relatives oithe murdered man. They
didn't w wait Gns Ihs war on Of
The police did not learn OF his murder until
nntown was, mortified to find tho head Of q
Crese stekng oI 2, askef OF
basket s until the knees met The chin The man
had been shot through the body from behind,
and he was recognized by several Chinese as
q Suey Sing highlander who had q reputation
rs gun man. Meanwhile the police knowing
Of TIC fend in Alaska; were very watchfnl. bit
on Oct. 81 four highbinders made IN onslaught
upon Low Sing Wo Just as ho was stepping
Into his store on stockton street Low received
Ave and he iell - his tracks Low was suety
avonge him. About, the time the hospital sur;
geon had finished his examipation OF
Lows wounds and pronounced them very
dangerous. with the strong chances of
shootippg: This time ,,+ YHns Hex ~ Hi; v, a
Xaylaid IN an alley and was shot many times.
He occupied Il cot n short DISTANCE from his |
deadly cnonIy of the rival society. II Is chances |
Tor life were. also declared to be slender
hey seemed to do no good. for after fey days
break shots were heard in spoirord alley. q
AZ tragedy had vanished ey mi tn. yy:.In.
, pool q blood, Hs vas wei drss srl and lad
showed he had orkcd,, .tr ST. :. ears
,Ifu poIInr n this city II