The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25
die in expiation of the murder OF Fong

die in expiation of the murder OF Fong
Ching, or Little Pete"
Nor is a fear of arrest and punishment
likely 10 cause these high binders OF the
sam Yup Society to go slow. Their blood
is no. and revenge is the prominent idea
in their minds.
The regular Chinatown squad was on
duty as usual Yesterday. 1t consists OF
five men, E. c. Robinson, j. r. Myler,
Peer A. Gillin, P. OConnel ana James
Regan, all under the command oI per-
geant Mooney.
special detail of nine officers, under Ser
geant Wollweper. Their names are W. u.
Scott, R. Connor, Nj. Calhnsn, ). d.
OConnor, P. Butler, James McGgverh'
John Gro wiley, P. Walsh and T. }. y bTleh.
Late yesterday afternoon Captain Lees
ordered six additional officers to be aooed
to the squad. All of them are Kept ousily
engaged palrolling the alleys ana peepihg
into the dens of iniquity, with which the
Chinese quarter abounds.
Officer Butter was stationed yesterday
before the door OF the barber-shop al Oh
Washington street, where Little Fele
was killed. The shop is closet, but But
ler was constantly obliged TO keep the
crowds of morbidIy curious moving on;
The sight OF the blood-stained floor ana
| straining on til toe, was more than Gu
riosity could Withstand.
| An examination of the premises sEoweu
| that the assassIns narrowly missed Killing
| two other men at the time they shot al
| Pete. One of the bullets passed through
| the partition into an adjo ming barber
| shop at 8151I, and another was found i'm
| bedded in the same partition few lncnes
| from the hole made by the first
| A Chinese well known in local court cir
cles as merchant ard interpreter was in
| Sing tbs merchandise establishment next
door 10 the scene OF the shooting. he
states that Immediately before Little
Pete" entered the barber shop he told him
that he had lately made good business
deal and closed up $1,000 on it, at the same
time exhibiting with sly winks a handful
of gold coin.
1his person is inclined to the belief that
the Sue Sing is responsible for Little
Pete's" death, as Chew Jing, the man
lately murdered by the Wan Ting san
Fong tong, of which Pete was the recog-
nized head, was a mem Der of that hatchet-
welding society.
1t will be remem bered Also as reported
exclusively in THE CALL OF former date,
that 1t was the Sue Sing highDinder soci-
ely which accused the dead Chinese OF
putting up the job on the police to give
the murderers of Jing time to leave tue
country. The Sue Sing stated that Lit
tie Pete had hired certain men, whom on
occasion could be easily proved innocent,
to rest under the suspicion OF the police
and 60 to prison until after the affair had
blown over.
The men did so, at least, whether vol
unfairly or not, and in due time were re.
leased for lack OF evidence. the scheme
worked like a charm.
officer Robinson desires to correct some
misstatements made regarding The arrest
of Wong Sing and Chin Poy made ID a
morning paper. He also contributes the
very valuable statement that the revolver
with four chambers emptied) picked up
by Special Officer George WEIGH on the
corner of jackson street and Waverly
place is known to belong to one of the
men that fed into 123 Waverly place.
Welch saw one of the men drop it, al
though he cannot tell which one did so.
"rhe public would get a conception
from certain published statements" said
Robinson, that the squad had been de-
coyed into raiding tan games to give the
murderers better chance OF escape. This
is not true.
1.-TWO OF the squad had raided one game,
and my partner. Myler, and l contem-
plated raiding another. We were stand
ing at the time at ule corner OF Jackson
street and Fish alley.
w clly lC4b IuyA AOA tAOIC anu WSnI " y
to Ross alley 10 get an ak. While I was
on my way there l saw Chinese running
and TOOK after them.
when L came to Waverly place I met
Welch. He told me two men just ran
into No. 123 We went up there and ar.
rested Sing and Poy. Both were taken to
the barber shop where the muroer oc-
Cured and l turned one man over to
Officer Callinan, who had been along with
loaded that ii it had been discharged it
US.
s'As the crowd was increasing 1 went
after Myler and then we both returned 10
the shop. You see by this that the squad
was on the scene as quick as any body
1t is stated by the police that the old
fashioned pocket howitzer picked up by
Robinson on Waverly place was so heavily
would have blown the man that held it tc
atoms.
In the room where the two men were
arrested the officers found chest contain
ing a box of loose cartridges, a three
cornered dagger and two pairs of "solder
knuckIes. The solder used in their manu-
facture was doubtless purloined at some
cannery, as more of the loose material lay
in the chest