Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-12-05
A WICKED MONGOl|AN
Whose Flight Is MOurned
by Boston Creditors.
ONE OF SIXTY PARTNERS"
uyI n. T,,.n -.
Who Were at One Time Interested in
an Underground Railway.

Boston, Dec. 8 Oh natown is consid-
era l. di.turhrd nyer the suiien depart
ure Of Chin Ching, otherwise known as
"Old Sport"
"O'd Sport" Isa much-wanted individual
by his countrymen, while his presence will
never be missed by local and United States
officials. to VIII m he has given cousidera-
ble trouble & past three years. For the
past five years he has occupied store at
ID HHrrison avenue, and during that time
has given the imp "ession to people that he
carried on y lucra'ive business.
In rooms behind thu store "Old Sport"
made his liv ny by running an opium
and gambling jrnt, besid conducting
oth"r III gal busint s. outside OF the estab-
lishment
lie used the store for another purpose.
At one tin>' he clpimed To have 80 MEM
bers In his firm. which gave ga n ore the
privilege of returning 10 his native lind
and back again, On the ground that they
were merchants. The en- VINO claimed 20
be the p'rtnes were laund' 'ymen, a"d
were rated in the firm as represen,ing So
each. The contents of the store were val
ned Mt ab0u' 500
Certificate Business Checked
About year ago the special agents he
came awarp that large Numbers OF the
Chinese certificates were bring urnduced
ut the p rt II entry on the border, all Civ
ing the same address, aid they were or
de~ed TO investig t.. Suspicion WAS at
once directed b. Chin Ching, and after An
Investigate N il was confirmed. The issu.
ing Of rtificaes e. any c inaman pur.
porting to he member Of the firm was
imme Ia ely suppressed, and no further
complaints were heard.
About the mid lie Of last summer th-
ag MS were a0ai1 informed that the
illegal transportation OF Cinnamon WIS
bling carried on near the border After
weeks OF Investigation they came TO the
conc usion that Chin CHI ng kew cons d.
er'ble about the Underground railway
scheme They were unable % secure suffi
cient evidencr against him to convict,
but succt eded IN running down the
others, and all have come To grief and are
now lapguishinR jail Among them
was brothorof 80 d Sport" who, after
his arrest, furnished bonds To the amount
OF $500. He is also among he missing.
Owes Many BilIs.
II is AZ q 4 he has left many unre.
ceipte bills sf er him, among them being
his rent 70 some mon h., and various
amounts OF money VIII ch he b rrowed
from his countrvmcn, aud about 1910
from "A Boston bank. A keeper W s pl5 ced
In his store last Wednrsday by one Il his
creditors. who suppo,ed hat the tea and
other boxes on TIL sh I've. We're HE'D wi h
the choicest tea aud other valuable
Chi ese ari ! =. but such cont ined dust
A story wh = Is tod bv c,rrail China
men and Unit a States official, and which
has never been denie by in Ching, is
that the G ir~e woman he h lived With
the past four y ars is one that eloped with
him from Ch'rsg while he was on "A visit
to that city, where she | we'd wi h her hus-
band. She WAS one of the few Chinese
women In BoSl IN, aud has taken her de
parture with Chlng.
He was also charged w tn mu d re IN.
mitted In San Franc sc, five years ago.
IL Is "a q that the cause that ed up to the
murder was Young Chi iese girl, with
whom he was keeping company, and who
was caught 10y him with another China
man on the street. He shot him and tn n
left the city. A reward was offered hy tn.
authorities, but h. was never located by
them.