The San Francisco call., 1897-01-03
SUSPENSE IN chinatown
The Chinese Will Now Take
Vengeance into Their
Own Hands.
Little Pete" Accused Of a Shrewd
Scheme to Nonplus the Efforts
of the Police.

There is going to be trouble in China
town at no very distant date if the proph-
ecy of the police counts for anything, and
in this instance it would seem to be forti-
fed with cumulative evidence of pretty
strong character. The See Iups, the Chi
nese say, killed Lo How, Sam Yup man,
On Stockton street, the Sam Yups retall-
ated by numbering Chew Cling, See Yup,
and now the See Yups have the hatchet
out TO carry on the feud.
1t will be remembered that when Ser
geant Wollweber interviewed Chew Lee
Keong, the brother of Chew GIng, he said
he would do all in his power to aid the
police in discovering the murderer. But
when the police arrested Do Ming and two
others for the murder no one appeared to
identity them as the men wanted.
So Sergeant Wollweber went to 724
Commercial street, where Chew Keong
lives to get him to come down and see If
the right man had been secured. Keong
was not there. But a Chinaman in the
house gave Wollweber to understand that
Keong would not appear to identify any
body who might be arrested, but would
get satisfaction in a different way. This
clearly that the Chinese do not intend to
all in bringing the murderers to justice,
but will be revenged with bullet or steel.
The sergeant went again the next day to
the same place in quest OF his man, tut he
was again abseni. This time, however,
there were several Chinese in the house,
and they told him in so many words that
they would take the law into their own
hands.
There is another reason why the Chinese
do not care to carry cases into court
because they claim the cost is too great In
proportion to the amount OF satisfaction
received. The Chinese are pretty shrewd
in criminal matters and their heads are
crammed with resources for every emer-
gency.
In this affair, from the testimony of
Chinese on the inside of the case, the po-
lice have been badly fooled. They have
worked hard and displayed forethought.
so these Chinese say, but they were duped
just the same.
The manner in which the Chinese ex-
plain the character of the game shows its
ingenuity. Little Pete, Chinese run
ming .ambiing-house on Jackson street.
above Dupont, is said to be the ring
leader. He is also said TO be interpreter
for the Wah Ting San Tong, the society
responsible for Glng's death, and itself
composed of three bodies-the Gi Sin
Seer, the Bo Sin Seer and the Bing On.
In order to throw the police of the
track, Little Pete" is accused of hiring
Do Ming and the other heather to go to
jail long enough to give the real criminals
a chance to escape, with the promise that
they would be proved innocent and re-
leased as soon as the coast was clear. The
fact is that the police had to release the
men for lack of evidence. These charges
are made by the Suey Sing, OF which
Chew Cling was prominent member.
Chew Cling was also member of the Bo
Leong and the Hip Sing tongs. The mem
bers OF these societies held meeting last
Friday, but decided TO do nothing in the
way of retaliation for Ging's death, as he
was regarded as a renegade for having
joined the Suey Sing. Ging's relatives snd
the Suey Sing may be depended upon to
see that somebody immortalizes the Mosaic