The herald., 1895-06-19
THE H|GHB|NDERS revenge
The Wong Tong Takes the
Aggressive
SHOOTING A WHITE WITNESS
Alexander Burmese ProvidentiaIIy Saved
by Book
Fired at From Ambush for Testifying Against
Wong Chez and Wong Chuey.
Chinese Hurderers.

Alexander Burmese, young man, was
shot last night at II o'clock just beyond
the Also street bridge, and that he is not
a corpse now is due to the fact that he
had in his pocket lurd novel entitled
The Shadow of q Sin. Burmese was
witness against Wong Chuey, the man
who was found guilty some time ago of
the murder of Lucy Suey,a Chinese inter-
prefer belonging to a rival tong. The
Wong faction killed him because he had
been material in causing the arrest of
eighteen Chinese prostitutes of Apablasa
street, and also for the reason, not gen.
orally known, that he had gwen certain
information TO the federal authorities
which led to the confiscation of large
amount of opium in San Francisco three
days before he was shot down in cold
blood by three high binders, led by Wong
Chez. at the corner OF Ferguson alley and
Alan da street.
Alter Wong Chuey's conviction for
murder in the second degree, the Wong
tong was so incensed against the wit
nesses who had testified against him that
its membrs lost all sense of prudence
Intimidation with witnesses of Chinese
ton is paid to it, but when the high
binders commenced to threaten white
people who mad been connected with the
trial. the matter assumed unpleasant pro-
portions.
The Herald reported exclusively on
Sunday morning that. several parties who
gave testimony in the case against Wong
Chuey hao received threatening Letters
consisting of skulls and crossbones, dag
gers and guns, in which the names of
the murdered Lucy Suey and those OF
Burmese and Reddck were given, warn
ing them to beware.
That this warning was not made for
young men is shown by the audacious
attempt to kill the first named of these
two last night. Alexander Burmese had
been to the Orpheum with his brother
Bill, and Sam Reddick. They were re-
turning home by the way of Also street
and had reached the east side of the
bridge when they heard a rustic in the
castor bean bushes which border the road
Alexander Burmese was moved instinct
lively to turn around, and as he did SO, a
bulleG struck his right breast and knocked
him down. When he managed to pick
himself up and began to investigate the
damage he had received he found that
bullet of decent size had passed through
his coat, pierced a dime novel entitled
The Shadow of Sin and spent itself
against the buckle of his suspender,
dropping harmlessly to the ground.
The scared party lost no time in rush.
ing to Burmese fathers house. at 1920
Bridge street. and waking him up. He
brought his son to the police office. where
an examination was had, and it was found
by DR.. Bryant that if the impetus of the
bullet had not been stopped by the book
it would have killed the boy outright.
After the shot had been fired there WAS
no movement of any description in the
castor bushes and as the young men were
afraid to investigate the spot it is abso-
lutely unknown who did the shooting, but
none but hired high binder could posi-.
bly, have had a hand in this murderous
assault.