Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-06
A HIGHLANDER CHIEF
CHINATOWN RlDS ITSELF OF AN
ARTIST IN ASSASSINATION

Shot to Death-Proscribcu Mong"liam
Cam Now breathe Easier.
With the death of Loo Fook Yueng,
IN San Francisco, the other day, there
passed away the king of the High
binders. He had regned for less
than year. but previous to his cleo
ton as successor to Little Pete" he
had long been regarded in Chinatown
as 4 leader in all the crimes of the
Hishbinders. Fung Ching. or as he
was more commonly known, Little
Pete. was probably the most infam-
Gus Chinaman in America Loo Fook
lueng was his pupil, and when Lit
tie Pete was murdered by rival
llghbinders last January. ii was ma
tural that he should succeed his mas
ter. Little Pete was assassinated in
cold blood while seated in a BARRIERS
chair, having his queue plated Loo
Fook Yueng met his death at the
hands of man whom he had attempt
ed to kill
Cinnamon are not given to talking
about their affairs. Although the
shooting occurred on Friday, it was
not until Sunday that the rumnrs
reached police headquarters 1t was
said that Loo Fook Yueng had enter
ed the house OF q merchant named
Charley Ngow, at No. s 1-2 Prospect
place, bent upon murder BY some
mlschance he only succeeded in
wounding his victim. who turned and
shot him In the breast. Loo Fook
vi i;
garnet, concealed from the police
Morgue officials and police made a
thorough search of all the undertake
ing houses in Chinatown. and close
watch was kept on all cemeteries
The building of the Tsuey Sing tong
at No. 1905 Dupont street. was among
the first places searched by the police.
but all knowledge OF the Whereabouts
OF Loo Fook Yueng was denied. For
three days the officials were kept busy
running out false clews
Policemen T. f. Burke and J. CAL
loway returned to the Headquarters of
the Tsuey Sing tong" and there. in
an upper room, they found The BODY OF
the dead chief. He was lying on a
bed, fully dressed. with his hand over
a gaping wound in his right breast.
The liighbinders, fearing detection.
had moved the cadayer as often as
they dared. and their cunning transfer
of the body to the first building
searched had batlied the police for
three days.
Loo Fook Yueng was a Canton
Chinaman, about thrtyfive years old.
he came to America at the age Of Gf-
teen, and grew up in the slums of
Chinatown. He was under tutalape of
Hlghbinders as a lad. and did credit
10 his murderOus training all his life
from the rank of hatchetmen he made
his way through the possession of
subtle cunning. to the position of head
man in his tong" and about five
years ago he became chief of the Tsuev
sing tong" This is the PRINCIPAL and
the worst OF the Highbinders' So
cieties
For twenty years past the police and
detectives have Swallowed Loo Fook
but have been unable to get him where
they wanted him. lie was at the bot
tom of every Highlander war in Chin
atown. Loo FOuk's hand was seen in
every murder committed in the quar-
ter. lie was known to have planned
nearly every robbery Of note that tool,
| place there. In addition to this he
was an importer of bodies and dealer
In souls OF Chinese slave girls.
One of mis- principal sources of in
come was to levy blackmail on the re-
spectacle element and the merchants
of Chinatown. But he worked ALWAYS
through agents, and these agents were
always true to him. He seemed to de-
llght IN outWitting the police. The
best detectives of San Francisco tried
again and again to fasten some crime
upon him.
lie mad been repeatedly arrested up
ON most serious charges. but has al
ways escaped conviction The mer
chants did not dare betray him
through fear OF their lives. and the
Ilghbnders stand together for their
own preservation. Now he lies dead
1t the Morgue. Chinese merchants
are rejoicing. and Highbinders do not
1are go near the place and proclaim
themselves his friends for fear of ar
And already, it is said, the High
binders have chosen successor IN
Loo Fook Yueng, just as Loo Fook
fueng was chosen to succeed Little
Pete. the King is dead. Long live
he KING"
Elephants Revenge on a naI,cr
"hlie circus was parading on Tot
! :enham road in the outskirts OF Lon
ION baker gave one of the elephants
4 couple OF loaves of stale bread. A
lew nights after the elephant broke
from its fastenings in the town where
ne circus then was, got away from it's
keepers and made its way back to tho
! bakers shop, where it broke in tho
| plate glass windows and ate nm tho
bread exposed for sale. 1t then al
owed itself to be led quietly back IN
IS stable ....
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