San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-09
A RAID IN CHINATOWN.
Guam Yick Nam Helps New York
Police Ferret Out Gambling Dens.
One Nights Experience Which illustrates
the Active Crusade Being Made on Az
mond-Eyed Proprietors of Lottery
Games and Policy Shops.

I0pT6 WAS uO usOA N-AShNSAhNhO IL
New York's Chinatown the other night. 1
The police, aided by Guam Yick Nam,
an Americanized Chinaman, raided a
number of gambling houses, and incl +,
dentally Nam shot countryman in the 4,
leg.
The raiders, who left the station !
house at $3.50 o'clock, were headed by
Capt. Young, and besides Guam Nam
there were dozen policemen in citi
zen's clothes. AT No. IL Motifs street
Nam struck lottery game and the po-
lice succeeded in capturing ten men.
The raiders next visited II Mott street,
where there was another lottery in full
blast, but the police only succeeded in
capturing All Louis, the alleged pro-
prfetor, and one Chinaman.
The next place on the programme
was the policy shop on the upper floor
at % Mott street. Nam went ahead to
get the evidence, but by mistake he en-
tered the tenement at No. IS, and going
to a rear room on the right side of the
first floor, he found about 20 men gath
cred about q lottery game. After he
had bought ticket, which he was 60
| ing to keep for evidence, he seized the
| layout, and shouted: stop the game!'
'What's that?" asked All Chung, the
| proprietor.
| 1.-THE police are here" said Nam, but
| when he opened the door and shouted,
| no one answered the call. All Chung
seized a carving knife, and, jumping
| over the counter behindwhich he stood,
he made drive at Nam. The blow
grazed the spy's shoulder, and before
he had time to move a step another
Chinaman struck him heavy blow over
the right eye with STOOL. The infuri-
ated Cinnamon then crowded about
Nam and kicked him and punched him
until he nearly tainted. AT last he man
LACED to draw his pistol, and, aiming low
at the circle of legs about him, he fired
shot. There was a wild yell and n
scampering of many feet, and when
4 Nam wiped the blood from bis eyes
he found no one in the room with him
except one Chinaman, who was shot
in the thigh. Nam seized the carving
knife and stood guard over him.
In the meantime Capt Young and his
men had gone to 2s Mott street, where
they captured ten men, When they did
not find Nam on the top floor the raid
ers returned to the street.
The noise of the row and sound of the
pistol shot in No. Is aroused the whole
neighborhood, and the raiders charged
down the street double quick time. They
found Nam with his face battered and
scratched and his Chipeseclothes hang
ing in tatters about him, still guard
ing the wounded man Then the re-
serves and the patrol wagon came, and
the work of gathering up the prison
ers began. Several stones'were thrown
at the raiders, but none was injured.
The prisoners were all locked up in the
station house.
i Guam Yick Nam came Ito this city
from San Francisco, where he had given
valuable aid to the chief of police in
cleaning out the gambling dens of the
western Chinatown.
Finally the gamblers made it so hot
for him that he was obliged to leave
the Pacific slope, and two years ago
he came to New York. He volunteered
his assistance to the police, and they
have all but killed the gambling in Mott
and Pell streets. On several occasions
Nam has been assaulted while WALL.
ing Through the streets of Chinatown,
1 and once, not long ago, he was,severe-
grudge against him.