The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-09
The Police Spoil An
Interesting Game
Of Fantan.
SIX CELESTIALS GATHERED IN.
Cards, Money and Chem
Benz at a Commercial
Street Store.

Saturday evening Chinaman
dropped into station for minute and
had quiet talk with one of the police
officials, and yesterday afternoon, as a
result of the visit, six of his country
men were nabbed by officers Eaton,
Bulger, Keyes, Nugent and Romance
Thayer while they were Willing away
Quong Hop Lungs Chinese grocery
store at Is Commercial street Two
other Acknowledged Celestials were also
gathered in, simply because they hap
pened to be looking on at the game
when the officers arrived at the tea
house.
At station 1 they gave their names as
Wing Shing, Charles Sing, Taw All
Young, Wong Fong, Lee Coon, Chin
Chong, Quong Lee and Charles Sing.
An are laundrymen in Worcester, with
the exception of Wing Shing, who is a
storekeeper in Boston, on Harrison ave-
nue., and his cup of sorrow was filled to
the hrim yesterday because he dropped
into Worcester simply to collect bill,
and unfortunately happened to be
around when the officers reached
Quongs store.
Early yesterday afternoon the officers
left station 1 with instructions to drop
in suddenly at Quong's store on Com
meroial street. and without even wait
ing to see what was going on inside
they pushed in the door and found in
the rear room, which WAS thick with
smoke. apparently from a dope outfit,
the eight Cinnamon seated around ia
BILE, each with a. handful of cards. A
pile of nickels and dimes was lying in
the middle of the table, and the way in
which it was heaped up meant good
business for the man who raked 1t in.
AS soon as the officers got one look at
the players all was confusion, for they
were not in the room half minute be-
fore cards and money alike were all
over the floor. Charlie Sing however,
refused to give up his hand, when the
officers jumped into the room, and al
though none of the officers knew the
game of fantan they feel certain that
Charlie had "cinch'' on the pot by the
way he held onto his cards. Wing
Shing and Taw All Young were not
playing when the officers got into the
room, but they were gathered in. Chin
Chong seemed to be dispenser of the
patronage and, waving the officers to a
soap box seat in one corner of the
store, proceeded to tell them about it.
A bottle of chem benz, reposing peace
fully on the table, showed signs of hav
ling recently been tempered with, and
everything pointed to the fact that the
officers had intruded on warm time.
After the cards had been picked up
and the money gathered together, the
officers ordered the collar polishers to
fall in, and all did as ordered with the
exception of Wing Shing, who claimed
that he had nothing to do with the
game, and said he elaine here to glet
money" and not to play cards. The Of
ficers couldn't see 1t, and Wing was
pushed into line and ordered to hustle
On second thought the officers decided
to send the Cinnamon to station 1 in
the patrol, and call was sent in from
the signal box at the corner of Com
mercial and Mechanic streets.
At the station, when searched 1924. 55
was gathered in from the pockets of the
eight Chin Chong having $39S5 con-
cealed about his clothes and Lee Coon,
the most sorrowful looking man in the
crowd, only contributing $3.50 Chin
also had a watch and swore that it be-
longed to him before the game started.
They talked among themselves at the
station, and although the officers could
not understand what was said, chances
are from the expressions of the party
that no eulogies were being delivered.
All were led away to cells, and Wing
Shing was the first man out, leaving $40
out of $11.12 as bail.
Later in the evening all were bailed
Lawyer Francis Morrison, attorney for
Indian tribes took the last one out of,
fering some of his real estate as Sc
curity. They will be tried this morn
ing. and chances are that later the lone
visitor to station 1 Saturday evening
will be sought out and be made to feel
the vengeance of the prisoners if his
identity is discovered.