Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-09
The Strange Shooting Of All Sing
Probed by Judge Miller.
MOY CHEW HELD FOR TRIAL
Deep-Laid Conspiracy, Which En-
tailed Murder, Charged.
NJ x ED TIE IS TIM NY

The Chinese laundrymen took holiday to-
day and attended the session of the Police
Court to hear the evidence in the China
| town" Fourth Of July shooting case in
which All Sing was shot through the leg
and Moy Chew. 7th street laundryman,
| was arrested on charge of having done
| the shooting. Almost every Chinaman in
| the city was interested in the case, because
| OF the charges and counter-charges of con-
| Spracy to murder and commit other Of
! lenses. There were also statements made
| by either side that the others were "high-
b!rders,' and proof was offered in the
case today to show that there are two
| Chinese societies here. and that one So
| ciety regulates the prices for laundry
work, and its members agreed to cause
trouble to those who cut the prices. This
| Information was read from a paper which
purported to be a copy of the resolutions
passed at a Elceting of the society.
All Sing. who has a wounded leg, does
not belong to this society. but he washes
shirts for cents being a member Of the
Sam Lee Company, with headquarters at
1O2 AZ street Moy Chew, it is claimed, is
member of the Hop Chung Lung Com
pany.
When the case was called for trial and
Moy Chew was arralgred On a charge of
attempted murder, his counsel, Carroll w.
Smith, entered plea of not guilty, and the
Cinnamon, whs were seated about in the
court moved forward SO that they cslld
hear every word that was said. They
knew that there would be some damaging
statements made by both witnesses and
lawyers, and they did not want to miss a
word.
Here From New York.
Prominent among, the visiting celest,als
was Charlie Ton Sing, who figured in tie
Greeley arctic expedition. and who killed
Private Henry under orders Won Get an
interpreter from New York, who is the Of
fetal interpreter for several Chinese soz
c:e.tses. and who had n letter of recouiuaan-
dat.oH frc.a Recorder cox and others was
also IN court, as were several other res
dents of the Chinese quarter n New York
Each visitor sad he had heard tha:
| there WAS trouble and had come over here to
see what was the matter. When the uueS-
ton of an Interpreter was mentioned
Prosecuting Attorney Mullowny introduced
Won Got and Judge Miller wanted to know
who was going to listen to the Interpreter
Mrs. Collins, who spent several years as a
missionary in China, was present to listen
to the witnesses and interpreter, and she
acknowledged that Won Got was giving
| the court the true statements told by the
witnesses.
Prosecuting Witness.
The first witness was All Sing, and he
managed to limp through the room and
h;b:ted the wound. There was a hole in
his trousers showing where the bullet had
entered. and IN a Straightforward manner
he told the story of the affair from his
standpoint
Can you talk English" Judge Miller
asked him.
"A little Bit he answered.
Where do you Eve?"
Il keep laundry on Al, street"
What was this trouble about?'
All Sing explained that there was diff
Guilty about the cut price of work, and
members of the society had threatened to
make it warm for him. He said he came
here month ago from Hobaken. Nj, and
Went to work to support his wife, father
n-law and child. In half broken English
ne informed the court that he had to cut
the price in order to get work enough to
support his family.
fare you highb!nder?" interrupted the
court
No, SIR
The Shot.
Resuming, All Sing said that the book
keeper of the Chinese Society came ard
spoke to him about raising the price, and
told him if he didn't do it he would have
| trouble. About $50 o'clock at night, ne
said, he was standing at his front steps,
| when Moy Chew shot him.
where was Moy Chew when he fred the
shot?" All Sing was asked
Under the tree"
What tree?"
I'm front of the house"
After Chew fired the shot, according to
| the witness, he ran across the street to the
| park. Witness attempted to follow him,
but his leg panied him and he fell down.
Witness was cross-examined by counsel,
| but nothing new was ELECTED.
| H. NJ. Sterling. partner of Lawyer Augh-
| inbaugh, who represents the Sam Lee Com
| pany, was next sworn. ard he told the
court of his knowledge of Chinese affairs.
ID h.. he.
| Chinese, but had taken friendly interest
| in them. saying several Of them had come
| with good letters of RECOMMENDATION.
| Witness told of the trouble All Sing had
| had, and said he understood that there was
| a conspiracy to kill or make trouble for
| him.
| Lawyer Smith was busy all this time
| making objections, and witness said that
| Lawyer Smith, so he understood, had been
about AZ street trying to frighten and
| threaten All Sing. He knew Ton All Sing
and Moy Foon, and said they both had
| good letters
Lawyer Smith wanted to know of witness
whether he knew that Moy All Foon had
Struggled Cinnamon into this country. and
| he replied that he had not
Don't You know that these Cinnamon
| in the Sam Lee Company are blackmail-
ers?' asked Lawyer Smith.
Il do not answered witness.
WAS the shooting done because All Sing
| is highbindcr?" queried the court.
Possibly So" replied counsel for the de-
| PENDANT.
The Wound.
| DR.. Smith of the Emergency Hospital was
| called, and he explained the nature of All
Sings wound. He dressed the wound the
night it was indicted, and he was satisfied
| that he did not shoot himself.
The wound. he said, is painful, but not
dangerous, although it was in a dangerous
place.
Lawyer AughiDbaugh was put on the
stand and he told of how All Sing had re-
ported to him about his trouble. ard what
he had said about Lawyer Smith coming
about the neighborhood of the laundry with
papers in his hand trying to intmidate
him.
Have you been paid for this matter?"
witness was asked.
NO, SIR" he responded
Different Stories.
500 Cow, who works for All Sing, was
sworn. AMI he told Judge Miller that he
sa, Moy Chew do the shooting.
| 500 cannot speak English, and the inter-
prefer had to asst him. He was ques-
| toned by the defense with a view to show
| ing that All Sing shot himself but this he
denied.