The morning call., 1894-06-26
FONGS MURDER.
Wong Sing Charged With
the Crime.
A MYSTERY OF CHINATOWN.
The Confession of an Opium
Smoker.
THE ACCUSED is UNDER ARREST.
Betrayed to the Police by a Man
Who, He Says, Tried to Black
mail Him Yesterday.
THE.ACCUsED IS UNDER ARREST.

The mysterious murder OF DR.. Fnng
Sing Sue, a wealthy and gracious Chinese
physician, on the 7tb of OctObe last,
made a profound sensation at the time.
The secrecy with which the crime was
perpetrated andt apparent absence of
motive on the part of the murderer or
murderers, puzzled the detectives. who
long ago abandoned all hope Of ever find
ing a c!ew to the mystery.
DIR. Fong lived at S37 Dupont street in
apartments that were furnished in orien-
tai style. He had a companion. a bright
young man whoawas said to be related to
him, and who it was we'll known enjoyed
his confidence. One day early in October
the young man went away, telling his as
sociates that he was going to visit friend
in the country.
Four days later the owner of The apart
ments occupied by the doctor was almost
overpO wered by a horrible odor as he
passed through the hall 1t seemed to
come from the physicians bedroom. and
the landlord then remembered that he had
not seen his tenant for two or three days;
and he also remembers that when he last
saw him Fong complained OF illness. The
door was locked and bolted, and the M n
golian, who, like all his race, is terrified
by the presence OF death, ran 10 the head
quarters of Detectives Cox and GlennOn
and told them that his tenant was dead.
The detectives effected an entrance into
the room by smashing the door and un-
daunted by the empowering stencil made
their way to the bed on which The decOm-
posing body of the physician lay half
covered by blanket. They thought that
Fong had succum bed TO the illness of which
Il, B, .1aT., .,a1 lV,k
The disorder OF the room. The body was
taken to the Morgue, and the surgeon who
made the autopsy found that the doctor
had been murdered. He had been stabbed
in three places and deep knife wound in
the abdomen had caused his death.
The detectives then believing that the
doctor had been murdered for his money,
made a thorough search of his apartment,
and to their surprise found large sum of
money on shelf above the bed. 1t was
evident to them that robbery was not the
murderer's motive, but they knew that the
doctor had a curious Opium-pipe made of
rare root and valued by him at $50. They
could not find the pipe, nor could they find
the bright young man who had been the
doctors companion.
The Chinese, after the police had taken
up and abandoned clew after clew and
theory after theory, went to work on the
case, ana after months of patient toll
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missing young man as the murderer
They learned that the young man was
the DOCTORS nephew. They also learned
that years before the physician, then
residing in Chiua. had killed
his brother. who was the young
mans father, and they believed that
the nephew came to America for the
purpose of killing his uncle. the Chinese
believed this until last night. when their
very plausible theory was upset by the
confession of Lee Fooh, an opium-dealer,
at Ross alley. Fook went to the old City
Hall last night and informed ParOlman
Young that he knew and could lay his
hand on the murderer of the doctor.
He is Wong Sing." said the informer,
'and he is now in an opium JOINT in Ross
alley."
"How do you know this?' the startled
policeman inquired.
''Three nights ago." Lee Fooh answered,
''he and l were smoking opium together in
my place and he began to tell me of all the
brave deeds he had done. Among other
things he told me that be and two CON-
panions stabbed the doctor and stole his
money. He would not tell me his COM
pani0Ds' names.
Lead by Lee Fooh. who is a Chinese of
more than ordinary intelligence, Patrol
man Young went to the den in Ross alley
and found Wong Sing. He. too. is an in
telligent man. and stoutly denied that he
knew ANYTHING about the murder. This
man." said he. pointing his finger to the
informer, sis a highbinder, and has told
this story about me because l would not
give him money to-day"
While the accused was talking the ac-
cuser stood behind the officer with his
right hand raised toward the ceiling. The
patrOlman turned sharply around and
asked what he meant by that.
II did it" was his answer, ito make
him think that God was listening. He
knows that there is God. and that he
will be punished if he lIes."
Wong Sing laughed scornfully and draw
ing his certificate OF registration from his
| breast, cast it down before the officer as
proof that he was a respectable man. The
proof was not convincing and the accused
was taken TO the old City Prison, where he
will be held until the charge against him
has been investigated