The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-14

the miseIies Of Imprisonment this society under
takes 10 send 500 every year 10 your family,
during the term Of your incarceration"
The letter bears the scal NJ The Victoria Branch
Of the [ nee kung Tong.
"how many murders can be laid AZ The door VI
this society no one can tell" the speaker wrnt on,
"bu, undoubtedly many victims have been s,abbrd
or shot at the orders OF the Tong. II In very hard
for Americans who don't know thu Chinese ~ un
derstand what these wars mean. There are dof"iis
Of societies, and each one has It's soldiers under
salary whose business ~ is 10 fight and Kill. some
times u man Of one Tong falls In love with the
slave Of u mcmbrr Of another Tong, and aids her
in escaping This means war al once, ana n
Ratchet boy IL picked out 10 Kill the man whose
Tong takes his part ani W II goes, until some
times several are put out Of the way In some
longs nearly onc-iouTih III the members are night
Ing men. lhey wear chain hrmor and al illlN
armed. In their names these societies shine.
W hat do You say 10 the kwung TAX Tong, TINS
means the thamber Of Far Reaching \ir,u"
Now some phllanthropists Who 81" nothing wrong
IN The chinese think perhaps that 1t Is an evidence
vi their morality ~ have such n society; bulit sa
terrible come down TO find that II means this Tong
il devoted entirely 10 the importation Of slave
women into America, They are organized rs the
chamber oi Tar reaching virtues, ~ that they can
light thcir rivals, and fight American Law.
An opposition society in the sam. business
IN San Francisco Is the leOng Tong. which means
the Chamber Of, Tranquil Conscicniiousncss yet
they say the Chinese have no sense " humOr
Other names used for their secret societies are the
Hip .Shins Tong, Hall Of Victorious Union;
the Hop shing Tong, The Hall Of Associated
lonqutTofs, inc oul on long, ur nan ol lNenl
lied .Rrpose. Now II a man should tell you
he belonged 10 the Wa Ting Shan Fong, or Flow
cry .Arbor Mountain Booth, you might think he
was a poet, or an artist yet this society obtains
It's revenue from houses VI III fame. Perhaps
one OF the most famous for the scoundr-ls who
constitute its membership, In the Pc Shin She,
or the Guild for the Protection Of Virtue, aud the
way Il protects virtue is we'll illustrated by the
case OF Lee Chuck. He was one OF its paid muir
derers.. and when he was arrested the Tong raised
S3o,oW al one meeting 10 protect him. doubt
II " in the world are SO many we'll organ,
lied societies for the perpetuauon II crime and
the evening up OF accounts as there are in san
FrauclscO, and the new war that has broken out
this week shows them ~ be- still working. though
II must be said that the police keep them low
The police have bagged some Of the leading
Ratchet men, and there is a fin. collection Of them
at San Quentin. They have We. Lock, he was
a captain IN the Sui On Tong but he did a little
private garrottng on the outside and was caught
and got fifteen years. Lee Chuck is in fur nifty
years. he is OF was a leader in the kai Shin She,
and MAS a bodyguard 10 the famous Little Pete,
who was killed. Lee was a professional muir
dcrcr and black mailer The VIVA Ting Shan
fong, the Wong Fun Him, the Chce kung Tong,
the Sui On Tons, theTak kung Tong. Ping kung
Tong and others are all represented in San Uuen-
un and, many other iails by criminals who for
% would undertake 10 remove a man, woman
VI child with quirkness and certainly"