The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-18
RAID IN CHINATOWN.
Forty Policemen Swoop Down
Upon Celestial Opium-Sellers.
Nine Of Them Arrested and Placed
Under $500 Bonds.
More than $1,000 Worth of the
Drug Cunliscatcd.

1t was John Chinaman's day in the
Essex Market Police Court to-day. The
courtroom was fairly packed with sons
of the Flswery Kingdom. They were
well dressed and healthy looking China
men, too.
Supt. Byrnes and Capt. Berghold. Of
the Elizabeth street station, were to
blame for their appearance In court.
They came to ascertain what became OF
nine OF their countrymen who were ar
rested last night for selling opium with
out a license. The nine Chinese prisoners
were very timid and frightened. They
sucked their thumbs like babies while
the, answered the roll-call as follows
IN Kee. thirty-five years old. Of 10 Pell
street; Sam Fock. thirty-eight years old,
OF IA Doyers street: Wing Wah Chung.
fifty years old. of "a Pell street; Wing
Suck, forty-five years old, OF IS Pell
street; Wong Mong Gong, twenty-three
years old, of % Pell street; Chin Coon
twenty-eight years old, of II IL Pell
street; All Chuck, forty years old, of Ii
Doyers street: Haze Wo. fifty years old,of
10 Mott street. and Wong Fong, thirty
four years old of 16 Doyers street.
! When Capt Berghold was assigned to
the command of the Elizabeth street
station, soon after the death Of Capt
| Warts, he at once made up his mind TO
| stop opium smoking. He consulted Supt.
Byrnes and Inspector Mclaughlin, and
| they came to the conclusion that the way
to drive out opium smoking was to stop
dealers from selling 1t.
Accordingly Detective-Sergts. Jacobs
| Dam MrNInp,a and NIurphy wara do
tailed to obtain evidence against China
men who sell opium. The detectives
used Hess Joseph. of $50 East Houston
street; William Smith,of 276 East Third
street, and Nathan Rosen, of 1O7 Sheriff
! street. to assist them in collecting the
| evidence. The detectives sent the three
men into the places to purchase opium,
| while they stood on the outside watch
After the detectives had secured
enough evidence to make an arrest they
reported the result to Capt. Berghold.
who went before Justice Feitner with
his witnesses yesterday afternoon and
obtsined IA number Of warrants; ,,u,,
capt Berghoid, with forty patroInen
in citizens dress and the Central Once
detectives, .swooped down on the opium
dealers and arrested the man IN charge
nscated over $1,000 worth of opium,
which was taken to the stationhouse.
| The raid caused great excitement In
| Chinatown, and the prisoners were es-
corted to the station mouse by large
crowd, which the police found difficult
| to drive away.
The Cinnamon arrested keep small
stores. All Kee, Wing Suck, Wong Mong
Gong, Chin Coon and Haze Wo are
grocers. sam FoCk and Chuck carry on
gti eral merchandise establishments and
| Wung Wah Chung and Wah Fong are
tailors They were only locked up for an
hour when friends appeared with bonds
| men.
On being arraigned this morning be-
fore Justice Feitner they each pleaded
not guilty to the charge recorded
against them. through All Flung, the
Chinese interpreter. The Chin amen
were represented by Lawyers Edmund b.
Price, John II. Hoyer and Robert II
| Racey.
The lawyers demanded an examination
for their clients, and the hearing was
set down for next Friday afternoon.
Justice Feitner held the defendants In
bail of $500 each pending the hearing
and the bond in each case was promptly
| Furnished