The evening times., 1900-03-03

Moy Sing. a Chinese laundryman at the
corner Of Tenth and Streets, northwest,
was at o'clock this morning shot in the
left breast by a colored man whore 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 TO be serious.
At a 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. IL
occupies two rooms on the ground floor.
In the rear Thomas Hall and his wife
Mary. aged colorod 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. 4 door
opens from the foot OF the stairway into
the rear room OF the laundry OF MOy Sing.
It was through this doorway that the
colored burglar effected his entrance. He
cut thc putty from e window glass. un-
locked the door. and made his way to
the little alcove in which Moy Sing was
sleeping on a bunk. On table in the pas
sageway Moy Sing had left a lamp dimly
BURNING. The burglar raised the Eight,
and was proceeding TO ranssck the table
drawer. when the Chinaman awakened. He
arose and attempted to grapple with the
intruder. who drew a revolver, and fired
one shot The bullet struck Moy Sing IN
the left breast, encountered a rib, ana ir
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.
I which opens in p Street. she saw a heavily
/ built colored man running by. She called
| for help. but before her cry was answered
/ the fugitive had disappeared il the DARK
! ness.
/ Mrs. Hall then went to the assistance OF
I Moy Sing.
| He exhibited the wound i'm his breast and
/ I'm broken English related his experience
/ and the fear that he was going 10 die.
! Mrs. Hall advised that he go 20 a doctor
| Williams volunteered 70 look out for the
| laundry during the absence Of Moy Sing.
! The police knew nothing OF the shooting
4 until two hours after it occurred. They
made an investigation and found a dark
/ chinchilla overcoat and a penknifc lying
! on the floor near the door froI. which thJ
/ pane OF glass had been cut. The knife was
/ open and the blade was freshly broken
The broken piece was found sticking in the
I window sash The police expect 10 iden-
tiIy the man suspected Of the shooting by
the property he is supposed 20 have les
behind
When Moy Sing left his laundry In
/ ,harge Of Williams he went to the laundry
! OF his cousin Sing Lee at the cOrney OF
{ Eighth and Streets. There he remained
until after O'Clock when the police found
Iim and sent him to the hospital. he wa.
bleeding little externally. but had every
evidence Of suffering from an internal hem
orrhage. When told that he was a serious
condition Moy Sing sent for Chung Lee. 4
| merchant IN Pennsylvania Avenue, neal
-Four -and-a-half Street.
To Ching Lee were related the circum-
stances 81 the shooting AID 10 him Mos
Sing entrusted his business and S45 which
he had concealed about his person. Mos
Sing had taken warning because Of the un-
interrupted wholesale robbinR OF Cinnamon
! during the past three weeks and carried
his wealth with him 10 bed. He informed
/ Chung Lee that the robber secured moth
| ing.
Boy Bow a brother OF Noy Sing was
/ summoned 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 50
frightened and nervous IL was feared b.
would become III. He spoke very little
English but managed to make IL under
stood that so many Cinnamon had beer
robbed and assaulted lately that the race
had come 70 be a common prey for colorei
| burglars.
The presence Of a policeman who stopped
in to see Moy Bow for moment tempo.
rarily allayed his fears. but when the po
lceman departed the fear returned. Chunl
/ Lee in speaking Of the shooting. cOulC
not understand how the police expected &,
/ apprehend the burglar who had shot Mo-
| Sing.
/ Major Sylvester this morning offered
reward Of $50 for any information tha
would lead TO the locating the man VIII,
shot Moy Sing.