The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-18
RAID IN CHINATOWN.
Forty Policemen swoop Down
Upon Celestial 0pium-sellers.
Nine Of Them Arrested and Placed
Under $500 Bonds.
More than $1,000 Worth of the
Drug Confiscated.

1t was John Chinaman's day In the
Essex Market Police Court to-day. The
courtroom was fairly packed with sons
Of the Flowery 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 q license. The nine Chinese prisoners
were very timid and frightened. They
sucked their thumbs like babies while
they answered the roll-call as follows:
All Kee. thirty-fve 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-fve years old. OF IS Pell
street; Wong Mong Gong. twenty-three
years old, OF % Pell street; Chin Coon,
twenty-eight years old. of IL IL Pell
street; All Chuck, forty years old. Of Is
Doyers street; Haze Wo, fifty years old. of
13 Mott street, and Wong Fong, thirty
four years old, of IS 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 It.
Accordingly Detective-Sergts. Jacobs,
Poon McMapua nh Murphy uora a.
tailed to obtain evidence against China
men who sell opium. The detectives
used Hess Joseph. Of 1852 East Houston
street; William Smith, of 27s 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
his witnesses yesterday afternoon and
obtained a number OF warrants,
Shortly after e'clock last night
in citizens dress and the Central Once
detectives, swooped down on the opium
dealers and arrested the man In charge
eash p psfe %he w eese o. sse opa
which was taken to the station-house.,
The raid caused great excitement In
Chinatown. and the prisoners were es-
corted to the station mouse by large
crowd. which the police found diricult
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
general merchandise establishments and
Wung Wah Chung and Wah Fong are
tailors. They were onl. 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
Chinese Interpreter. The Cinnamon
were represented by Lawyers Edmund y.
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.