The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-06
His Body, Horribly MutiIated, Found
in His Laundry at 2O7 Indiana Ave-
nue., by His Friends.
HAD WON HEAVILY AT FAN-TAN
HIS ASSOCIATES KNEW HE HAD A
WALLET FULL OF MONEY.
Attended n Masonic Banquet on sun
day Night-A Negro Did 1t, the
Chinese Believe.

willie Moy, who goes about town sell
ing tea and Chinese confections for the
Quong Lee Company, was riding up Indi-
ana avenue on his bicycle at 10:40 o'clock
yesterday morning. and when he came to
his friend Doc Lungs laundry, No. 207. he
saw several bundles lying on the doorsill.
Knowing it to be impossible for a Chinaman
to oversleep. Willie dismounted from his
wheel and looked in at Doc Lungs door.
which was locked. He saw that the cur
tain separating the rear Of the laundry
from the Int was drawn and that Doc
Lungs hat was on a table.
willie" was alarmed and hurried of to
find a friend that works at an Hlinois-street
laundry. On the way back the two China
men met Patrolman Musgrove and asked
him to come with them. They went around
to the rear of the shop and found that a
window opening on an alley was open. The
three men crawled through the window.
and, after cropping between machinery n
tubs, they came to Doc Lungs body lying
on a board. Doc Lung was dead, and his
head was almost severed from his body.
The clothing of his rude bed was soaked
with blood, and there were pools of blood
on the floor. He had been murdered during
the night while he was sleeping. and his
death came so quickly that he did not
move. One end of the board on which he
slept rested on a chair, the other end on
the floor. A slight shift and the man
would nave rolled off his board.
Patrolman Musgrove notified the Police
Station of the murder, and Captains Kru-
ro- o-I GorHo- or1 ,roo~;ptaDJan To ffa
went TO the. place. They found everything
in disorder, and searched every corner. Ly-
ing on some dishes was a bloody cleaver.
This had been used in the murder. In the
rear Of the laundry, near the alley win
dow. was a basin with some bloody water
in it. At the side of the basin was a piece
OF soap with blood on 1t. on the door be-
tween the basin and where the body lay
were two blood spots, presumably made
by blood dripping from the hands of the
murderers. Doc Lungs trousers and coat
could not be found. The cash drawer under
the counter had been opened, but forty
pennies IN 1t had not been taken. While
the police were searching the place a crowd
pushed in after them. The rooms were
filthy and fOul-smelling. Doc Lungs body
was in a horrible condition. Besides the
cash through his neck there were cuts on
his face and head, and blood had flown
from these, too. The City Dispensary am
buIanoe carried the body TO the city
morgde. Later it was taken 20 hregelo's
hAI0C III ACOAAAS IN - 49, 49,
by Coroner Brayton.
MURDER FOLLOWED FESTIVAL.
Doc Lungs murder followed a festival.
On Sunday all the Chinese of the city
and a number from n~eighbOring towns as
sembled to install E. Lung as master of
fam of the local Chinese Masonic lodge.
E. Lung gave a banquet to his friends at
Quong Lees, on North Delaware street.
The han1rtaf haCan at : nfalOok in tho aft
ernoon and the Chinese remained together
until II o'clock at night. Doc Lung was
present. and so were his uncle. Dong Yok
Hong, of Cicero, and his brother, Don Gum
Hong, of Arcadia. Doc Lungs real name
was Dong Gong Tshun. He came from
Sen-Ning, in the province of Canton. He
was naturalized i'm Greenfield in 1894 under
the name of Gong Lee. He was a Jovial
fellow, fond of playing fantan and lucky
at the game. He had lately won a great
deal of money from his friends and at the
banquet he showed a bullying wallet. When
the meeting broke up Doc Lungs uncle and
brother went 10 the Union Station and took
trains for their homes. Doc Lung went
10 his shop. Yesterday morning the brother
and uncle were notified and came to take
charge of the body. They were greatly
excited and could give the police no profit
able information. They said Doc Lung had
a wife and son in China.
The opinion of the Chinese colony in re-
gard TO the murder was expressed by Mrs.
MOy hee, who sat In her husband : store
on East Washington street. last evening.
Doc Lung was a good fellow" she said,
"and he always had a lot of negroes around
his laundry. He did not play fantan Wit
them, but he bought beer for them. He
was very careless. When We lived near
him 1 told him he had better keep his win
dow shut, but he said it was all right-it
was cooler that way"
THINKS NEGRO DID IT.
d you think a Chinaman or a negro
killed him." Mrs. Moy was asked.
Oh, a negro she answered; mot a
Chinaman. All the Chinese were his friends.
They were all Masons. 1t would be i'm
possible that a Chinaman would kill him.
No, the negroes knew he had a lot of
money and they crawled through his win
dow and murdered him and robbed him.
Moy and Mrs. MOy translated a letter
that had been found in Doc Lungs room.
He wrote II a week ago. IL was adj
dressed to a relative in Hong-kong. Doc
Lungs uncle had been urging him to send
some of his money home, and in this letter
Doc Lung said it would be followed by a
draft. For some reason he did not mail the
letter.
"He was a Woodworking man" said MOy,
but he was careless and liked to show his
money. He was murdered by a robber.
So far as l know, he did not have an en-
no H~ighbinders in this city or any where
near it," Moy Kee and his wife are the
leading Chinese of the city. Both are very
intelligent and well educated.
The police last night declined to say
whether they thought the murder was
done by a negro, a white man or a Chi
naman. They were satisfied that Doc Lung
had been robbed. He had an account with
the Indiana National Bank and his pass
book showed that he had $50 on deposit.
He had, besides. 5000 or 800, which he car
ried in his wallet, and this was taken
away with his coat and trousers by his
murderer.
Doc Lungs funeral will be held next Sun
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