The San Francisco call., 1896-12-30
That Same Old Ugly Feud
Caused the Recent
Murders.
Sergeant Wollweber Raids One
of the Highbinder
Tongs.
Chew Lee Kong, Ging's Brother, Tells
of the Shooting-Finding of
the Knife.

See Yup against Sam Yup. That is
succinct statement of the cause OF the two
recent murders in Chinatown which have
thrown the whole Chinese quarter into
state of intense exciment and called for
the presence of the police in force.
Sergeant Wollweber and squad of five
picked men did nothing at all yesterday
but wander among the haunts of the
criminal class of the Chinese and keep
their eyes open for trouble. They were
assisted by the two regular officers always
kept in that quarter.
Sergeant Wollweber orked tirelessly
on the case of Chew Cling, shot on Jackson
street, and his vigilance was rewarded by
learning enough to put him on the track
of the assassin, whom he hopes to capture
in short time.
First. he learned that the assassin was
young man and a member of the Wah
Hing San Fong Tong, Sam Yup high
binder society, located at SIG jackson
str eet. a raid was at once made on this
place.
The police were forced to break the doors
down to gain entrance, and this gave the
occupants time to scatter and disappear.
Most of them made their escape through
a trapdoor in the rear. When WolIweber
and his men entered the only sign of life
visible was solitary heathen lying on the
floor very i'll.
In their hesty fight the hatchetmen
dropped a large knife, which the police
secured. 1t has a blade twelve inches
long and was whetted as sharp as razor.
On an inner door was posted a small
script in Chinese hieroglyphics, giving in
disputabIe evidence of the character of the
meeting. IG was also taken.
Seroeont WOllweher also discovered that
Chew Cling had a brother at 724 CONNER
cial street, and in company with CALL
representative and artist he called upon
him. His name is Chew Lee Kong.
Though badly frightened by what has
occurred, Kong related very clearly the
manner in which Cling was murdered and
what he believed was the cause. Accord
ing to his story the assassination was
direct result of a gambling fracas.
Several nights ago." said Kong, "my
brother was engared in gambling at the
Oriental-Pacific Club on Jackson street,
right across from where he was shot. Day
before yesterday one OF the participants
met him on the street and jostled him,
but he avoided trouble by walking away.
"Then about 1870 o'clock yesterday
morning he was passing that little fruit
store kept by an aged friend at the en-
trance to ST. Louis place. The old man
asked him to help pull down an awning,
and while he was doing this three men
came across TO where he was engaged.
sThey said not a word, but one sud-
denly drew large revolver from beneath
his blouse and handed it to one of the
others, at the same time pointing out
Cling. The man took the revolver and
shot nv brother. As he fell be stepped up
close to him and shot him three more
times.
'"Tbe old fruit and several others
saw the man that did the shooting and
knew him. He is in hiding, but he can
not escape US. The Chew family is COM
posed of four powerful branches, and
when once they get an eye on man he
is marked"
The friends of the murdered man then
promised WolIweber that they would point
the murderer out to the police on sight
AS has been mentioned, he is known to
be member of the Wah Hing San Fong
Tong, Sam Yup high binder organiza-
ton. The murdered man himself is said
to have been a mem ber of the Bo Leong
Tong, one of the cieties that has lately
stirred up so much trouble in the Kung
Chow Asylum.
Though the police believe that the gam
bling episode may have had something to
do with Chew Ging's selection for the
assassin's bullet they are convinced that
the cause of his being killed lay in
the fact he was a See Yup. The Chinese
found hanging in the stable at the rear of
80S Stockton street was a Sam Yup. 1t
was merely tit for tat.
Sergeant Helms has been working on