The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06
BULLETS SING
IN CHINATOWN
Low Lock Badly Wounded
by a MurderouS
Highlander.
LEE HOW UNDER ARREST
Both the Injured Man and His
Brother Identify the
Assailant.
WEAPONS IN HoW'S vALIsE
His Certificate of Residence and
See Yup Receipt Valuable
Evidence.

Another man has fallen victim to the
deadly highlander bullet. Low Lock,
who in conjunction with his brother, Low
Kee, conducts a restaurant at 825 Wash
ington street, lies in dark room over the
eating quarters on what may be his DEATH
bed. The bandages around his head and
jaw conceal most painful wound, the
bullet from the assassin's revolver enter
ing just behind the right ear, cutting sew
eral ligaments, fracturing the jawbone and
nnally emerging from the right cheek.
The shooting occurred at a quarter of II
o'clock Friday night. Low LOCK was in
the front part of the restaurant, which is
reached by descending a short flight of
steps. engaged in the act of chopping a
piece of meat with a cleaYer.
Suddenly Chinese appeared in the
stairway and from this position fired two
shots at the meat-chopper. Though the
object of the shot was only few feet from
the assassin the first bullet missed and
entered the floor near a table. The sec
ond, however, was more accurately aimed
and struck the unfortunate man in a man
ner indicated in preceding paragraph.
Lock fell 70 the floor and the assassin fed.
Not only did the wounded man plainly
see and recognize his assailant, but his
brother, who was returning from across
the street, also discerned him as he
stepped into the street and fed. The
highbinder's name is Lee How. At the
corner Of Dupont and Washington streets
he was joined by another man, whose
identity is unknown.
Low Lock was imm ediately taken to
the Receiving Hospital where his wound
was properly dressed by DR.. We'll, and
| yesterday morning was taken back to the
restaurant. DR.. We'll thinks his chances
of recovery are fair.
Early yesterday morning friends of the
wounded man went to the California
street station and told the police they
| could find the man that did the shooting.
Policeman l.. G. Clarke was detailed to in
| vestigate the case, and at once made a
search for the man. The Chinese first
went to a resort on Pacific street and then
to one on Dupont street in search of Lee
How, but How was at neither OF these
| places.
| Finally the party went to 740 and 742
Commercial street, which enjoys the repu-
tation OF being the headquarters OF the 30
] Leong Tong.
! An active search was here made for
How, but resulted the same as the rest.
| Just as the party filed out into the street
one OF the Chinese exclaimed excitedly
that he saw How enter by back d oor.
/ Clarke stepped back and found the high
| U4HueT Suing on DOX. his nat was Oil,
The highlander was at once placed under
arrest. When Clarke told him 10 get his
hat the fellow retired to a back room.
closely followed by his c&ptor. On the
table stood a pistol-case and a valise.
These excited Clarke's suspicious and he
opened them.
The case was empty, but the valise con-
tanned 45 caliber Colts revolver, a So
caliber Smith 81 Wesson's and an 8-inch
bowie-knife. How at once proclaimed that
he owned neither the case nor the valise
Here another Chinese stepped into the
room and tried 10 obtain possession of the
valise, claiming that some of his papers
were in it. The officer, however. con-
timed his search and found papers con-
| clusively proving that the valise and its
contents were the property of Lee How.
One was certificate of residence and on it
was the highbinders picture with his
name at the top.
Another document written in Chinese
was translated by the secretary of the Six
Companies. IL proved to be a receipt
given to Lee How for 81 dues paid into the
See Yup Association.
All these articles are IN the possession of
the police and will be used as evidence.
Taken in connection with both Low
Locks and Low KEGS Identification of
Lee How as the murderous assailant il is
thought this evidence forms very clear
case.
That Lee How had intended to flee is