The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-05-22
BAD BLOOD IN CHINATOWN.
A Collision Between Rival Factions
impending.
Some Shooting Was Looked for Last
Nfght-The Vigilance of
the Police.
War Was looked for in Chinatown last

War Was looked for in Chinatown last
night.
During yesterday afternoon several
Chlnese merchants called at the police
station and held consultation with Cap
tain Lee. They said that two of the
mghbinder societies had had difference
and were going to do some shooting.
they (the merchants wanted the Captain
to have detachment of officers on hand
to protect innocent persons from being
harmed, as they feared that should gen.
eral riot take place there would be a good
deal of recklessneSS and the mercantile
houses would suffer.
Captain Lee detailed officers Higgins,
Campbell and Maley into Chinatown last
night, and gave them orders to watch for
developments.
A GAMBLING DEBT.
A REcoRD-UNIoN reporter who had
learned of the impending trouble, went
into the Chinese quarter and had an in
tervlew with a prominent Chinaman
who speaks good English. From this
individual it was learned that the trouble
was over a gambling debt. 1t appears
that several evenings ago a highlander
named Suey Kim played against KEGS
tan game, on Third street, and it is
claimed won large sum of money. The
game-keeper asserted that Suey had been
cheating and refused to pay over the
money. Suey kicked up great row, but
Kee was Obdurate.
Suey then reported the matter to q
number of his friends who belong to the
same highlander organization as he does,
and they all agreed that Kee should be
forced to pay the money.
On Tuesday night Suey and his retain
ers visited the gambling den for the pur-
pose OF covering kee
WITH THEIR REvoLvERs,
And compelling him to disgorge. But
kee, 1t seems, had heard of their coming
and barricaded his place. On Wednesday
evening the Suey gang returned, and to
their Joy found the tan house open. They
entered boldly, but before making any
demands they noticed number Of new
and ominous looking faces in the place.
kee had imported a squad of San Fran
cisco's toughest highbinders to assist his
own soclety's fighters in defending him.
Matters looked rather tickliSh for a while
Neither side seemed disposed to open
hOSdlitieS.
Finally one of the cooler heads sug-
gested that parley be held, and this was
agreed to. Both sides presented their
cases in true court style, and each argued
that they were right. But they could
reach no agreement. The game-keeper
would not pay the money, and Suey and
his adherents insisted that it should be
paid or else there would be trouble. But
the game-keeper and his men were per-
fectly willing that there should be trouble.
and the parley ended by an agreement
that they would settle it, last night with
guns.
TAKING NO CHANCES.
The officers who were on watch ran
several delegations of Cinnamon off of
Third street when they gathered there.
getting ready to fight or not, but the Off
GERS did not propose to take any chances.
Up to late hour this morning, how
ever, everything was quiet, and there
were no signs of an outbreak
1t was rumored that the vigilance of
the police had scared the Cinnamon off,
and that the intended collision had been
postponed until some more favorable
occasion.