The evening times., 1900-03-03

Moy Sing. a Chinese laundryman at the
corner of Tenth and p Streets, northwest,
was at o'clock this morning shot in the
left breast by colored man whose identi-
ty is not known. The shooting was the re-
suit Of the failure OF an attempt by the
colored man to rob the Chinaman. Moy
Sing is now at the Homeopathic Hospital
with a bullet lodged near his left lung.
His condition is said 10 be serious.
AT late hour his assailant had not been
apprehended. The fact that the colored
man suspected of the shooting can not be
located, strengthens the police theory of
his guilt.
The laundry of Moy Sing is located on
the southwest corner of the street. 1t
occupies two rooms on the ground floor.
In the rear Thomas Hall ard his wife,
Mary. aged colored people, occupy two
rooms Two colored men named Williams
and Mason, respectively, live on the second
or top floor. A stairway which partially
divides the rooms of Moy Sing, leads from
the street to the rooms above. door
opens from the foot OF the stairway into
the rear room of the laundry of MOy Sing.
1t Was through this doorway that the
colored burglar effected his entrance. He
cut the putty from a window glass, un-
locked the door, and made his way to
the little alcove in which Moy Sing was
sleeping on a bunk On a table in the pas
sageway Moy Sing had left a lamp dimly
burning. The burglar raised the light,
and was proceeding TO ransack the table
drawer, when the Chinaman awakened. He
arose and attempted to grspple with the
intruder, who drew a revolver, and fired
one shot. The bullet struck Moy Sing In
the left breast, encountered rib, and II
is thought embedded itself in the muscles
under the LEFT arm. The lung is not
thought to have been injured, although
the bullet has not been located. TIE
physicians will probably probe for the ball
tonight.
The report OF the revolver and the cries
Of Moy Sing awakened Thomas and Mary
Hall and Williams All heard haSty foot
steps, and as Mrs. Hall rushed to her door.
which opens in p Street. she saw heavily
built colored man running by. She called
for help. but before her cry was answered
the fugitive had disappeared in the dark
ness.
Moy Sing.
He exhibited the wound in his breast and
in broken English related his experience
and the fear that he was going TO die.
Mrs. Hall advised that he 90 to a doctor
williams volunteered TO look out for the
laundry during the absence of Moy Sing.
Tie police knew nothing of the shooting
until two hours after ii occurred. They
made an investigation and found a dark
chinchilla oyereCat and a penknife lying
on the floor near the door from which the
pane Of glass had been cut. The knife was
open and the blade was freshly broken.
The broken piece was found sticking in the
window sash. The police expect 10 iden-
tify the man suspected Of the shooting by
the property he is supposed TO have leit
behind.
When Moy Sing left his laundry in
charge Of Williams he went to the laundry
of his cousin Sing Lee at the corney of
Eighth and o Streets. There he remained
until after O'Clock when the police found
him and sent him to the hospital. He was
bleeding little externally, hut had every
evidence Of suffering from an internal hem
orrhage. When told that he was a serious
condition Moy Sing sent for Chung Lee. a
merchant in Pennsylvania Avenue. near
Four -and-a- half Street.
To Ching Lee were related the eircum-
stances of the shooting and to him Moy
Sing entrusted his business and s45 which
he had concealed about his person. Moy
Sing had taken warning because of the un-
interrupted wholesale robbing Of Cinnamon
during the past three weeks and carried
his wealth with him TO bed. He informed
Chung Lee that the robber secured moth
ing. ,..
Boy Bow. a brother of Moy Sing was
by Chung Lee after the wound
ed man had been sent TO the hospital and
was put in temporary charge Of the laun-
dry He did not remain long as he was so |
frightened and nervous it was feared be |
would become i'll. He spoke very little |
English but managed TO make it under |
stood that so many Cinnamon had been |
robbed and assaulted lately that the race |
had come to be a common prey for colored |
burglars.
The presence Of a policeman who stopped |
in to see Moy Bow for moment tempo |
rarily allayed his fears. but when the po- |
liceman departed the fear returned. Chung |
Lee in speaking of the shooting could |
not understand how the police expected to |
apprehend the burglar who had shot Moy |
Sing.
Major Sylvester this morning offered a |
reward of $50 for any information that |
would lead to the locating the man who |
shot Moy Sing.