The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-08

Justice In New York there is a branch
which goes by the name of Yee-Hing Oey,
or the society of righteous brethren. All
the brethren are by no means righteous.
The chief object of the society is 10 even
up old scores, and every member takes an
oath never TO rest until the wrongs of the
Triad are avenged.
For a long time the police detectives
aud students of Chinese puzzled over this
Triad. They knew there was some con-
nection between the wars and murders In
California and the Triad but 1t was i'm
possible to ferret 1t out until one day In
making a raid on one of the Tongs or soci-
cites, the police found some books and
papers. one of which proved TO be the Sc
cret ritual, or book of rules, for the guild
ance of members, and gave as well the en-
tire history of the association This was
quickly translated and 1t has been used
against them ever since, You can mag
inc what a sensation was created among
the Chinese when it was known that the
Americans had it. Suppose some one was
TO find the secrets of Masonry and publish
them to the World? Well, it was the same
with the Chinese, though in their case the
exposure was of a series of crimes and not
| the secrets of a benevolent society.
They have so many signs and secret
words that il is difficult TO keep track of
| them. once l was an interpreter In the
courts or San Francisco and ! knew many
of them from studying this secret ritual
As an example, at what appears to be an
innocent tea party the dishes or cups will
be so set that they tell a story to each
member The cups may be placed in a
position to spell the name Hung, or a
member may give signal to another by
the way he holds his cup If you are
drinking tea with a lot of Cinnamon and
see some drink by taking the edge of the
cup between the thumb and two first FIN
! gers, you can wager that they belong 10
| the Chez Kung, that is their secret
sign If in walking through a crowd YOU
feel a thumb and two fingers pressed stead
lily against YOU you may know that it is
a Ratchet boy of the zee Hing throwing
out the three-cornered seal sign If you
return it he thinks you are a member and
II you wanted aid in putting a man out of
the way he Would feel himself obliged to
help you. If there is a fight in the street
you want to go for the men who have their
| queues twisted from left to right and you
Will land Yee Hung man every time.
In the secret ritual discovered was a
long series of words intended to deceive
Thus, II a member was ordered to Kill A
certain policeman he was told to wash the
body of so and 50. A rifle was known as
big dog; a revolver as a puppy; powder
and lead as dog feed The Chinese are
very clever and they seek to give the i'm
preston that their society with its signs
and passwords is like our Masonry; and
when the ritual was discovered they said
that it was an ancient book of ages ago:
notbire IN olp,,,,, ~ nas apsolutely
to,,l. c'l3 ", -i"9"iiS y az any
hond ,lf 0iti,, -, w - YOU uelhg
bIaci,r1oiI I 49, ~ ,t ny murder'
posed in America of outIawe Of ~ en-
tonese province
"How many murders can be laid at the
door of this society no one can tell" the
victin,e have boa, eta1,to3 ~. etIS many
| orders Of tba ~, -. =. VI sn1t az ,he
Americans Who do7,,t unou, ~ Ia ior
understand wbat tbeso r,a,. -, ~. "
are dozens Of eociotios ona aeh ! 'i ri =
| ito ecldiers ,,ndo, 10. ~ I, ~ hf,9
is TO fight and lin s6meti,,,cs ,.,igSs
one Tong falls in love Win tbo ri"ia u
| members Of arotba, ~, 80 ~ VI
! escaning This means yyars 90 49,, a ne =
| hatchet how is ntel,ed ,,,t 70 In ~ '.n ND. d
/ whose Tone takee hie mi, anI5 60 ~ . 'l''l,
untiI sonoetinee several Or, 80 ~. -
| wev In some ,ronos ra,tIS, e,e1 e o. w
| of the memhere are iobting ny, M IT,, ~
| wear chain arn7or and are f,,li,, ar,aai
! In their names these eooiefies sbt,o W.
! do Won saw 10 tho Euyono, Tai, - re
| means The Cbarol,ar Of E7,r paaaI,ts ~ 10
| the. Now some nbtIanthroriets W. -
nothing wrong in the Chinese thini, -, -
| hans that II is an evidence of tbafr -,
! inv "a have such a eoetetv. bt,t 49,, - 800
| HE conedou,n 10 find tbat II NEE "a.
! Tong is devoted entirely 70 the in1nor,.7
| tion Of slave women iuto America tn.
! are oreani1ed &c the Cban,haT. e -
! Reaching Virtues SO that thew car a.
! their rivals and fqht American Ian, rs ~
go
An oPpositIoh SOle'y III the same busi-
hsss III pan rra an ~ - the Leohg long.
"'Iicn itieans ,ne tha'. VI trdhqull