The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-18

Member of a Gang of Hiehbinders and
His Possessions Go to Prove 1.-THE
Other Cinnamon Were Afraid of Him.l
Charlie Chung's opium den on South
Lawrence avenue looks like a cyclone
had struck il. Its master and mistress
10 Wellington. where, doubtless. they
VIII resume business.
Charlie Chung. after Daisy licked
him, grew very rath and swore all kinds
Of oaths that he would have the life of
the famous street sprinkler. Daisy fel,
no alarm. although he had a kind OF a
creeping feeling that Charlie Chung
was a highlander. Night before last.
when 3Ir. Daisy was passing the laun-
dry OF the Cinnamon on East Douglas
avenue, two OF them rushed out with
their pigtails swinging in the air like
blacksnakes whips and yelling at the
top of their voice for him 10 come into
their shop. Mr.. Daisey thought they
had a trap laid 10 assassinate him. bu.
everybody knows that Mr.. Daisey Is no
craven. and he accepted thier invita-
ton, at the same time picking out a
spot on which 10 hit them with his good
right arm If they attempted to play any
other way than absolutely square with
him. Instead OF ASA ssinating him they
fairly Rugged and kissed him and with
fearful gratitude thanked him for
smashing their fellow-countryman
The fact Is. Charlie Chung had all the
other Cinnamon in town buffalped. He
had the reputation OF being a highbind-
er and they were afraid as death OF him.
One OF the two wanted Daisey to kill
Charlie Chung, at the same time prom
Using 10 pay his fine for doing so. This
talk Of the Cinnamon, with other hints
dropped, made Chief Burt believe that
Charlie Chung was not the Chinaman
he ought TO be, Just about this time a
very fortunate event occurred, IL such
a thing could. with propriety. be so call
ed. Mrs. Charlie Chung Is white wo-
man, and a little beauty. Monday night
she and some other woman got drunk
and fell into the arms OF a policeman.
who gave them lodings IN the city jail.
Chief Burt began to examine them, Is
Is the custom with chiefs, and Mrs
Charlie Chung promised that II he
would let her out OF Jail she would tell
him a whole lot of things. 1t Is said
that she told Chief Burt enough TO war
rant him in the belief that Charlie
Chung was not only a terror in his
sphere. but that he even threatened 70
Kill Frank Burt the first chance he got
Cor robbing him Of his opium pipe.
This aroused Chief Burt and he went
to make thorough investigation Of the
opium den, where found about twenty
Instruments OF death hidden away.
There were four sharp knives, pistol,
three dirk-knvesS, two stillettos, one
slung-shots, one billy, one gag for the
mouth, a Chinese cleaver, several toys
filled with opium, four opium pipes and
a number of other things that go with
an opium den and highbinding outfit
All ahese things were captured by the
chief and taken TO police headquarters,
where they adora the curiosity case in
the chiefs room. Mrs. Charlie Chung
was at once ordered TO pull out after her
husband with a perpetual injunction
preventing either her or Charlie from
coming back at the risk of having the
head Of the family strung from the
cross beam Of a telegraph pole. She
obeyed. Both are now in Wellington.
but it is doubtful if the good people Of
that town will allow them TO stay there.
1t is probably that they will finally
wind up in Topeka, where they can do
business unnOticed while the capital
city is busy looking after the morals OF
the other cities of the state.