The morning call., 1892-01-07
THEY'RE AT IT AGAIN
FOng Git the Latest Victim of
Highlander Warfare.
BE Was Shot IN the Back in g Crowded Street
and the Murderer Was Quietly a.
lowed to Escape.

The Chinese New Year is rapidly an
preaching. and the time is coming when all
the Celestials are supposed 10 pay up their
honest debts and square up their murder
accounts. Just at this time, however, the
accounts are unbalanced. and another
Chinaman was ported yesterday morning in
the usual style-frOm behind.
FOng Git was his name, and he was by
OccupatiUn the bill-p0ster Of the Chinese
Thespian Temple, on jackson street lie
was quietly walking along Dupont street
toward Washington, at about o'clock IN
the morning, when, just as he was passing
$40 Dupont street, there was heard the re-
port Of a pistol four times in rapid success
sion. and Git fell to the pavement, while
small stream of blood trick,ed from an ugly
bullet wound in the back Of his mead.
THE STREET WAS CROWDED.
The street was comparatively crowded at
the time, and several MOngOlians saw the
murderer when he started to run. No at
tempt was made TO stop him, however, but
several Of the Cinnamon crowded around
the fallen man, who, when picked Gp, was
found 10 be dead, one Of the bullets having
sped at once to a vital part-the brain.
The murderer was seen 20 dart into an
across the way, aud there all actual trace
Of him was lost, although search OF the
house showed that It was no difficult mat
ter for him 10 escape, rs II was discovered
that any one could easily have gained the
roof and from there make his way across
10 Clay street, and down into the old quar-
tiers of the SUey On Tong, on WaYerly
place.
Such being the case the first thought was
that the murderer must he Suey On Tong,
and then u was Immediately remembered
that Lee Sing, " no was murdered on the
preceding day, was member OF the Suey
On Tong. Following up tins c!eW, II was
next discovered that the murdered man was
a member OF tile Suey Sing Tong, and as
those two factions are known 20 be at war
it vas concluded that FOng Git had been
murdered 10 ayenge the death OF Lee Sing.
ANOTHER PLAUSIBLE THEORY.
There is, however, another theory which
plausibly accounts for the murder i Is TO
the effect that II was ANOTHER species OF re-
yenge Ii appears that for all previous
time the murder0us highbinders, who are
well known by ChinamRn, have had the free
entree TO the tbeateTS, something IN SIM
liar manner to that given TO Ne.l-knOwn
hood.ums and desperadOeS by low dives and
variety theateTs. The hIghbiudeTS, turning
up their callaTS and pulling their hats over
their faces. would stalk into the theaters as
If there were no dOOT-keepers at hand.
Since the murder which was committed 10
the JaCkson-street TheateT some time ago
the managers Of that place of amusement
have aunulrd all such privileges and have
melted the ire Of the h cylinders, As IS
shown by frequent threats on their lives
already received, which have compelled the
managers to ask the protection Of the
Chinatown force.
Il is now thought that possibly the muir
der of F0Ig Git Is an evidence given IN
good faith bv the highbnders of their in
tenti1n TO carry out tie threats already
mentioned, the result OF which is that the
managers are frightened to death al the
present writing.