The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-03
YONG SINGS KNIFE.
Used It with Probable Deadly
Effect on Charlie Chu.
Surprised Him with Pretty Mamie
Magic, His Alleged Wife.
Tragic Event That Excited China
town Early This Morning.

Mamie Magic. a pretty girl OF nineteen
was the cause of a row between two
young Cinnamon in the tenement-houss
at 16 Doyers street at o'clock this morn
ing, which may result in the death oil
one Of them.
Mamie, in the parlance of Chinatowni is
known as a Chinaman's girl. She oc.
cupies apartments on the top floor of 1,
Doyers street. Until Saturday last Yong
Sing. thirty-four years old. "a partner In
the grocery and clothing firm of China.
men at the corner Of Pell and Doyers
streets. lived with her and passed as her
husband. He introduced her to his
friends as his wife, and she wore a
heavy band of gold. which she said was
her wedding ring.
She was of a gay disposition, while he
was surly, reticent and intensely Jealous
OF her. Quarrels between them were of
frequent occurrence. The final one &C.
Cured on Saturday. when Yong Sing
packed up his clothes and left the
house. declaring he would never return.
He did. however. about s. 80 this MORN
Ing, but could not get into Mamie $
room. He heard voices within. and
when she refused to open the door he
broke 1t down.
There he found Charlie Chu, twenty
eishI YET rs old. laundryman, who lives
Yong Sing, Mamie rushed out Of the
room screaming. The Cinnamon in
stantly clinched and a desperate struggle
ensued. They overturned or broke a
and men fought out into the hallway
and struggled down to the third floor
landing, each man endeavoring to draw
Yong, Sing was the first to succeed. and
ne stabbed Chu twice IN the region or
the heart with q sherp-pointed Chinese
cMir sl, six inches long. ....-..
chinatown, and the narrow. foul-smell-
Ing little street was thronged in the
early dawn by crowd of chatterlng,
excited Cinnamon. when Policemen, Far.
the Elizabeth street station, arrived on
the scene. BY that time both Yong
Sing and his victim had disappeared; =,
the hallway on the third floor. and then
followed a crimson trail down the stairs
and across the street to 9 Doyers street,
where he found the wounded Monaghan
the third floor; with his lise,s blood
summoned an ambulance and had him
Meanwhile 'liceman Perkins had sue
ceeded In tracing Yong Sing to room
on the second floor of IS Doyers street,
where he MN COllttdlcu uIlutT al
pile of old mating and rags.
Yong is one Of the biggest Cinnamon
In town. and he gave Perkins hard
night before he finally succeeded in sub.
positively that he had done the stab
bling. No knife was found upon him.
but 10 ter the dirk was picked up in the
yard OF 16 Doyers street, by Chu Ling,
Gnu Noey. of q pen street. and Char
lie You. both declared that Yong Sing
Tas 1 was sane Tn With boea the
hit. The police do not believe that the
wounded man gave his right name. In
fact. they say that Mamie .Nagle said
name, but she would not te., what his
real name was. saying that II 1t became
known 1t would ruin his business in the
annexed district.
Before sending Chu to the hospital, Far
rngton. asked him who had stabbed him.
He said he did not know. but though, it
was. robbers. He had plenty of money
on his person, but not a cent had been
DR.. Cutler, the ambulance surgeon VINO
first attended Chu, said his injuries were
very serious. and that he would proba-
bly, die. When an Evening World' re-
porter called at the hospital at 10 4. Nj.
the gentlemanly clerk OH duty said that
the house surgeon was at breakfast, and
that he really did not know Just how
seriously the Chinaman was wounded:
nor would he make any attempt to find
out.
Policeman Perkins who had been there
Tor two hours trying to get a certificate
IN court, could not get any better salts
: faction. He was told he would have to
wait until the surgeon was ready to see
him.
Justice Grady, at the Tombs Police
Court, held Yong Sing TO await the re-
suit OF his victims injuries.