The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-28
A Chinese Highbinder's Armor.
CFrom the Boston Journal0

(From the Boston Journal)
The coat of mail taken from the pris-
oner Wong Cheng is curious garment
1t is composed of 2 large number of
pieces of sheet steel, each sheet about
two inches square and a sixteenth of an
inch thick. The squares are joined by
little bands of copper wire. The steel
covering protect the back and sides of the
We8rer, as Well as the chest and abdO-
men. and would be impervious to a rife
bullet. 1t is made without sleeves In
fact, there is only one sleeve hole the
garment. which is covered with dark blue
DENIM being folded over the front and
back of the wearer and tied over one
shoulder and around the side with pieces
Of tape At a distance it looks like an
ordinary Chinese garment but it weighs
about fifteen pounds.
The axe which he had on his person Is
small. made of fine nickel steel and with
q razor edge. y piece of nickel which
covers the blade while the wearer is car
rying il in his pocket. can be folded back
into the handle at Will. and the weapon
is fitted with a fine rubber handle Such
implements are usually carried by hunt
ers. and generally only by such as are
able to supply fine equipments
\ curious incident Indicative of the
stolidity of the Cinnamon. was developed
yesterday. while the prisoners were about
10 be photographed at police headquar-
terS When they were taken TO the
photograph room. and the first one was
commanded TO remove his hat. without
remonstrance OF any kind he folded his
hands across his breast bowed his head
and closed his eyes When he was to-
20 open his eyes he seemed surprised
and explained that he thought he was
about TO lie executed. rather than pho
tographed
Had the police taken heed OF the warn
ings they We're given several weeks ago.
said a prominent Chinese resident Of Har-
rison avenue yesterday the murder
would not have occurred. Nearly every
one in Chinatown has known for more
than a month that murder was going 10
Do done. and we know also that there is
going To be more of it,
The Highbinders have had their way
long enough among us and unless some
thing is done by the police a great many
respectable Cinnamon will be killed or
the Highbinders viii be wiped out. Ths
HishbindeFs have written threatening let
ters 60 a good many Of the prominent
merchants in Chinatown, but when they
want money they send an agent 10 ask
Tor *. / do not personally know this
man who has been killed. but 7 do know
the names 81 a number who have been
told hy agents Of the Highhirders that
they are marked uea
Il know 81 SOME Highbfncers who are
going 20 die too. before a great while.
but they Sifl not he sent from the world
in the clumsy manner in which FRIDAY
nights work was done. Men can be XIII
ed without such ugly weapons as pistols
and knives. and such deaths a. I speak
about can often ~ brought about with
out T!sking any trouble from the ,sCIfcs
For two weeks or more q dozen or mere
people in Chinatown have been wearing
suits ~ mail such as was-oa The nan
who S accused o. having committed Fri
day nights murder. The EffShtsuders Do
not seem 20 make any secret about the
work thev carry on