The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-10-28
FAN TAN IN A JOSS HOUSE
Police BROKE UP IN INTERESTING
GAME LAST NIGHT.
Raid Made on the Chinese Joss House in
Fair street-Thirty-one Mongolians Cap
tured-Four Caught in Coal Bin-other
Hiding Places.

Hiding Places.
The sacred confines of the Chinese
Joss house at 76 Fair street, which is
apparently more used for gambling
than for religious purposes, were again
rudely invaded by the irreligious local
police early last evening and as a re-
suit Of the invasion thirty-one dusky
Mongolians We're sent to police head
quarters in the patrol wagon and locked
up, charged with gaming. All were
subsequently released on bonds, but will
have to appear in the city court this
morning
Shortly after Z o'clock last evening
Patrolmen Grant SesSler, Gilligan, H.
j. Donnelly, Klaiber, Coonan and j. Nc
Queeney We're dispatched from police
headquarters armed with warrants.
They went at once to the Joss house,
where they found their further progress
impeded by a huge door fastened with
six massive locks. 1t was the work OF
several minutes to break down this door
and secure entrance to the sanctum
sanctorum. Inside they discovered a
huge altar on the center of which was
a massive idol fianked ON both sides
with smaller idols. In front were sew
eral candles burning,
When the officers secured admittance
none of the Mongolians were engaged
in devotional exercises but on the con-
trary were huddled together in corners
and in every way endeavoring to make
their escape. Everywhere around, how
ever, were unmstakable evidences of
the manner in which they had been
amusing themselves in the shape of
playing cards Chinese money, chips,
tables stools, etc. all of which proved
that the Mongolians had been engaged
in their favorite pastime of playing
fan-tan.
The officers Immediately notified all
present that they We're under arrest and
then began a general scamper. The
officers had in the meantime been
placed around the building so as to
prevent any of the Chinese from es-
Gaping. Finally after considerable de-
lay and no end of work all We're cap
tured and sent to the police lookup.
Four of the Cinnamon succeeded in
getting out of rear window and ran
across a bridge to a house in the rear
occupied by Italians and were captured
in a coal bin in the cellar by Patrol
men Fl. j. Donnelly and McQueeney.
Two more of the Mongolians were
caught in the hallway attempting to
escape and one of them struck PATROL
man Donnelly, but could not be distin-
guished from the other Cinnamon and
consequently a charge of breach of the
peace or resistance could not be lodged
against him. Two others were subse-
quently discovered in a closet nearly
suffocated from their confinement and
lack of air, but they were finally hud-
died out and arrested with the rest.
Another Chinaman was caught on a
window sill in the act of jumping to
shed below, a distance of about twenty
feet.
There We're exactly thirty-two China
men in the place when the officers ar
rived and of this number thirty-one
were taken to the lookup. The other
was sick and unable to be moved and
consequently it was decided to leave
him at the place The police also cap
tured a quantity of Chinese money,
chips, playing cards and other gambling
implements.
The raid was not without its humor-
Gus side either. When the officers en-
tered one Chinaman was being shaved
by another and these two were ap-
parently the only ones in the crowd
that were unconcerned as to what was
going on around them. The Chinese
barber calmly continued his work and
when he had finished with the man he
was shaving coolly called out in the
Chinese dialect next"
Several of the Cinnamon also made
overtures to the officers to let them off
One of them said to Officer Klaiber,
who was on guard at the door: 'You
goode fellalh, me a. goode Chinee, me
give you five dollars and you lettee
me off. Me never tellee nobody He
also pulled out a brand new S. note with
which to make his promise good, but
the sturdy and faithful officer was in
exorable and the would-be briber was
sent to police headquarters with the
rest.
Ile lOIlOWIHB 10 Lue llSl ul IHOSe az
rested, the majority of whom run laun-
dries in this city, but there are also
among the number residents of New
York, Hartford, Norwich and other
cities: Hang Won, Yep Foun, Chin
Wah All Tung, Lee Coin, Charlie Sing,
Charlie Bow, Chin 10y, Sam Chow
Charlie Chin, Sing Lee, Chin jim All
Foo Ley Yee, All Sin, Son Loin, Lee
Chung, Mark Sam, Lee Uum, Wing
Chung, All Song. Ah Moy, Won Sing,
Wong Sing, Charlie Chong, Lee Hong,
All Wing, Chin Ii, Zip Sam, All Thung
Ell Ying and Hem You.
OF this number the first two are
charged with keeping a gaming house
and the balance with frequenting a
gaming house. All were released on
bonds, the figures for Hang Won and
Yep Foun being fixed at $50 each and
for all the rest at $40 each.
The last raid upon the establishment
was made March %, 1895, and at that
time the city treasury was enriched to
the amount of $266 by fines imposed in
the city court.