The San Francisco call., 1899-02-26
One Man Killed and
One Wounded.
FIGHT ON THE SIDEWALK
LIVES OF MANY ENDANGERED
BY THE SHOOTING.
ST On Scar and Bing On Tongs at
War Over Small Amount of
Money Owed to
Woman.

Trouble between the ST On Scar and the
Bing On tongs, which started over week
ago, resulted last night in a pistol duel
in which seven or eight men from the
two tongs took a hand Pom Hung, a tai
lor belonging to the 81 On Sears, was
killed, and Way Yum Hung was severely
wounded in both hands. The latter was
arrested by Lieutenant Price and charged
with the murder of Pom Hung.
The shooting was one of the cruel and
apparently unprovoked episodes that rem
der the Chinese quarter place of dan
ger and creates wonder that the .inno-
cent tourist and the passer-by should es-
cape the pistol of the highbinder
AT half-past 8 last night, or within
few moments of that time, five shots were
heard on jackson street, near Dupont
Both thoroughfareS were crowded with
the usual Saturday night throng, mostly
Chinese, with sprnkling of sightseers.
A block below a mission band was beat
ing warning drum, and the members
were stepping to the front in rotation to
say I'm glad tonight" etc.
When the shots rang out everybody start
ed toward the corner excepting the Chi
nese themselves. They stood about. stolid
o the 0l TRe1 hase and
the curious spectators. Move on" they
said. It's nothing but dead China
was prone upon the sidewalk, iifeless.
There is a steep incline at the spot where
he had fallen, and from his body, trick
llllS QOWA the pavement OI JdCkSOH street,
was stream of red.
Move on. gentlemen" said the police,
accentuating the counsel by divers. shoves
and punches. Of the tragedy which had
occurred the average spectator knew only
that which he saw Soon the Morgue
wagon rolled up and the body was taken
shuff1ing feet of the Chinese quickly OBJ
liberated the visible signs of crime. Still,
block below, the drum beat at intervals,
and the voice of the mission worker was
heard TO reDe2t glad Tonight -
There were several white witnesses to
the shooting, and all of these agree that
more men were implicated in the duel than
the dead man and the one under arrest.
Way Yum Hung denied that he shot Pom
Hung, and states that the bullet which
killed the Chinaman came from the pistol
of some one else. 1t is certain that there
were two shots fired other than those
fired by Way and Pom. The pistol of the
had been discharged. while from that of
the former but one shot had peen fired.
While Way protests his innocence, Lieu
entv maG AfeT the 'sh Shooting Is way
threw away his pistol and ran down
Jackson street to Dupont. where he was
Mclaughlin, who pluckily ran to the as
sistance of the police.
Trouble over a small amount of money
owed to a woman was the original cause
of the shooting. Some time ago a men,
Der Of the Bing On Tong was detained at
the house of All You on account of "a he
OWED one OF the llILldleS. OHt VI HIS
friends finally paid the amount due. and
several days later other members of the
Bing Ons entered the house and stole
some clothing belonging to a son of All
You, who is member of the 81 On Sears.
All You notified the latter tong of the out
rage, and yesterday delegation from the
tong visited the Bing Ons and demanded
satisfaction. The Bing Ons agreed to
pay for the stolen clothes. but asked for
time The ST On Scar men said that they
must have the money Immediately and
declared that if it was not forthcoming
by o'clock last night they would send
out their fighting men and begin to shoot.
The money was not paid, and at half-past
the highbinders met in front of the
store at 708 Jackson street and the duel
took place.
Pom Hung was shot in the right eye
and died almost instantly. Way Yum
Hung received two bullet wounds. One
ball entered his left hand near the wrist,
plowed through the palm of the hand, cut
off the third finger and lodged in the
knuckle of the second finger. The other
bullet struck him in the left hand, in
ficting a slight wound. From the nature
of the wounds the doctors are Of the