The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-14

His FelloW-C ountrymen Are.
Prosecuting Him Now.
WANT CHINESE MINISTER
Effort to Prove That the Said Wing Is
Selling Intoxicating Liquors, and
Is Also Dlsposing
OF Opium.

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1 AS a result Of the arrest Of Wing Tong.
q local representative OF Wing On Wo..
mammoth tea company. with stores
scat tered over the United States, Sunday
morning for selling whiskey without q
license and his subsequent nrraignment
in the Police Court yesterday, It deyel-
oped that there Is an internal row on
among the Chinese OF Richmond, the col
ony, being divided into two factions, Wing
Tong is In reality being prosecuted BY
three fellow countrymen, and In the hope
OF securing conviction against him, they;
will bring to this city q member OF the
Chinese Legation at washington.
4 The reason the merits OF the case were
not gone into yesterday was that the
prosecuting Mongolians, who are repre-
scented by Attorney George E. Wise, wish
to offset with the testimony OF Lee
gatoin member the claim Of Wing Tong
& that the Chinese gin, which was cap
&turcd, Is medicine and not an ntoxi-
cant. II 8i5S Ell sssg 5si 4
WANT CHINESD MINISTER.
So bitter Is the fight between the fac
lions that the prosecuting or complain
Ing side is anxious to import the new
Chinese minister to- Richmond for the
purpose Of giving evidence in the mat
ter, and It Is probable that he may come.
However. whether the head OF the Ce-
Alestial government In America comes to
this city, ills certainty that one Of his
Representatives will be present at the next
hearing Of the case.
So HE is WING TONG.
When the Monaghan was arrested. he
as .docketed as Wing On Wo, this name
or number of words appearing orer the
store, which he occupies at Broad and
Eighth Streets. But$in8 roallty he Is not
Wing On Wo but Wing Tong, a business
representative OF the Wing On Wo which,
1T is alleged. lis "a powerful tea trust. It
is stated that the Wing On Wo owns
and operates tea stores In nearly every
city OF any size in America.
is} But the Wing On, tWo has not q monop-
oily on the tea business, It appears. for
there is In existence In the United States
still another Chinese trust. which also
name OF this company Is unknown. but
It has branch house in Richmond, To-
Gated onS Church Hill. 5t Sc
Recently, 1t Is alleged, the Wing On Wo
Company has done the bulk Of the bus
$lpess. which has resulted In the enmity of
other Cinnamon. This. 1t is claimed, re-
suited In the arrest Of Wing Tong and IS
81 Wing Tong was arrested BY Patrolmen
Schlief and Bryant Sunday morning,
when they observed Chinaman coming
cut Of the store with a bottle under his
arm He was charged with selling spir-
ituous liquors without q license
"A CHINESE MEDICINE.
The defendant claims that the bottle
contains Chinese cordial or medicine.
and is not used as an intoxlcant although
may contain little alcohol. The prose-
cutors claim that the connection is moths
ing less than gin. To prove their asser-
tons they had the case postponed to get
a representative Of their home govern
ment, who, they allege will swear that
tho contents Of the bottle will intoxicate
and is used by the Chinese as st1mulat-
ing beverage and not medicine.
b When the officers arrested Wing Tong
they captured a box Of small white balls.
Ono Of these was broken open, the out
side covering proving to be OF wax ana
the inside to contain opium.
The arrestng officers were glad yester-
day morning toS see the case postponed,
although they were perfectly willing to
have the matter tested and decided one
way or tho other. They expect to spring
a sensa ton in the next few weeks in
regard to Wing Tong, the Wing On Wo
and the modest little store opposite Muir
PHYS Hotel. Il ~ u
One Of the officers stated yesterday af-
ternoon that Just as soon as Common
Swcalth's Attorney Richardson returns
from Tennessee. where he IS now on bus
mess they will put him In possession OF
facts, and hope to prove Wing Tong 8
place an opium joint, where people visit
daily and hit the pipe.