Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-17
KEE, LEE AND CHUNG
And An Other Frisco High
binders Must Go.
ETHICS OF CUTTHR0ATlSM,
The COnsul'6enera Takes a Hand and Wants
the Axe
To Be Sci 10 Work In China Cutting Oh lha
Heads Of Relatives There Who Have
Hlahbinder Connections In This
County Police Method.
ETHICS OF CUTTHRoATlsm.

San Francisco. Cad. March 10 Never
since the Chinese first came 90 She fN-
cihc coast has SAN Francisco been SO Ca.
ergeuc Ia its Efforts 90 suppress high.
binders and their methods az now, This
action was brought about hy the fact
that within the luet ton days ihrec Chi
ncsc have been Killed on The slr'ets vi
Chinatown. aud one fatally wouudcd
The Highlander societies arc composed
of disreputuhlu aud criminal Chinese,
who band together and levy hlackmail
ON their more respectable country men.
The ability of highlander TO levy black
nail depends upon his reputation for
bravery, 20 they do not murder 10 sercrct
but openly on the streets. If they are
caught and punished hy law, they are
regarded us martyrs. If they escape as
they generally 10, they are heroes
The present mghhindcrs war was cans
eel 10y one society pucronehing ON au-
others preserves, and accordingly one
OF The ponchers WAS shot as warning
Go others lie was not killed, bat 40 se-
riously wounded hia society had to have
Q life from thc'othcr side, According TO
highlander ethics, when q member Oi thc
society Is killed. his death must boz nycng
ed by the killing of some one else. The
society whose man had been wounded
therefore KILLED one Of tlicir rivals aud
Thought they had avenged matters. hut
the others thought differently They had
merely wounded one man, while one Of
their members had been killed, 80 thcy
Killed one of their opponents md rctulat-
cd iu kind There was a fair prospect Of
hoth societies becoming vXtcrmlnntod,
hut danger TO innocent people from fly
ing bullets Ina Chinatown became 80
great the police took a hand One Of
the highbndcrs
WAS CAUGHT RED-HANDED
after committing the last murder, and
nine others have been arrested on sUs-
pUlOn aud have been Indicted By the
grand jury for murder
launliy it is extremely difficult 90 con-
Wet "a Chinese of crime wllvW he Ia
caught 10 the act or the crime IL Wit
messed 10y whites. This time the police
have adopted new tactics. They realize
that II The hghhindcrs are 20 be- pulled
down from their pcdcstals ns bad men
ln the eyes OF their countrymon their
! power will Doe gone. Accordingly the pO-
! lice have been constantly rnidng China
| town the past Jews days. and every
| known highlander and those whose looks
| proclaim them such is searched for arms
aud II none are found they are Kicked
aud Culed and dubbed until thry dsnp-
pear from sight Their meeting places
are invaded
THEIR IDOLS DESTR0NED
and everything danu 20 humiliate them.
| As a result of this policy Chinese labor
| crs nuh merchants. who al hrst looked
| with horror nt The police during 90 treat
! the warriors Ia such a manner now
| boot aud ieer the discomGttcd high.
! binder as he rs propelled from the Wig.
| Orous toe Of u policeman.
The cOnsul.geucrul has united with tht
| chief of police IN efforts TO crush tht
| highbinders. The Chinese consulsenera
| Is much In favor of the Chinese method
! of dealing with thcse wrrtches La China
| q highlander b. dpcnpituted when caught
| aud NJ he escapes aud refuses 90 sur
| render MI OF his nearest relatives have
/ their heads cut of The rOnsul-rcnorn
! rs so much In earnest about the recent
| killing ho is about to recommend 10 iii
| government that the relatives in China
| of all known San Francisco mghbndori
/ be treated in the manner above stated
| An proclnmations in Chinatown, unless
| they beur the cuusuls stamp, arr 10 ht
! taken down. aud thus The highhindei
method of torrorizi1g viii be cut or
Many Chinese thugs have been arrest
/ ed rs Migrants and the police court,
! will hot accept Chinese hondsmcn ana
! less the bonds are approved By the con
| su-gonornl The highbinders are now
| very meek and the police Intend 10 keel
! them so 10y maintaining a constant a.
| piOnnge on the Chmcre quarter, keeping
| IL cleared Of the highlander element