The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08
Took Sing Latest Victim
Of the Deadly Feud
Of the Tongs.
Chinese Thug Goes From This
City to Hanford to Kill
a Countryman.
Special Dispatch to TIL. Call.

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with murder. The murdered man, Took
Sing. was working on building on SeV-
emth street. in Chinatown, and was leav-
I ing the cellar when Bow Sing crept up
behind him and shot him in the back
When his victim fell Bow Sing fired three
more shots into his body.
Immediately after completing his bloody
work the murderer ran away and was
followed by a crowd Of Chinese and Off
cor Bernstein After chasing the muir
derer about a quarter of mile Bernstein
overlook him and placed him under ar
rest. Bow Sing then attempted to draw
his revolver on the officer, but the latter
was too quick for him.
Bow Sing says he killed Took Sing be-
cause the murdered man had cut him in
the right arm eighteen years ago. The
officers do not believe the story. They
are satisfied that the murder is the result
of a highbinder feud and more trouble Is
feared as the rival tongs are much
wrought up over the affair. Bow Sing
came TO Hanford three days ago from
San Francisco 1t is believed he came
here to XIII Took Sing.
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tender places she grasped his and
wept silently
LIN ~ MAN VI Ed 4 v 1OGNSL
The closing session of the inquest was
held in Coroner Curry's office, and there
was ample room for the jury and spec
tators. The first witness was Eugene
Lee a young man who had been en-
ployed by vineyard company near Fres-
no and who was on his way home TO
Louisville. Ky. TO be married. He caught
the Owl train at Port Costa, and, hav-
ing ridden on ii a number of times re-
ma arlx cd IN Richard WI n af
ward numbered among the killed, that
the train was making remarkably slow
speed. His observation of the speed of
the train was prompted by the fact that
he expected to meet a friend at Fresno
on important business.
When the train stopped close to Byron
station Lee sat chatting with Post for al
least five minutes after the halt He then
went to the rear door and looked out. He
saw on the platform the red lantern OF
the rear brakeman and did not see It re-
moved. Two minutes later the crash came
and the witness found himself undernea tn
the fireboX Of the Stockton flyer loco
motive with scalding steam pouring upon
his face. He put up his hands to protect
himself and both OF them were boiled to
the elbows. One Of his feet was pinioned
I'm the wreck, but by supreme effort he
managed 10 extricate himself. tearing
away his shoe and straining his leg in
the endeavor.
once outside he saw a young girl lying
close TO the disabled engine with a cloud
Of steam playing on her face He
dragged her back and as he did so one
side of her face fell away. The sight was
so gruesome that he tainted and remem-
bered nothing further until he found him
self in one of the coaches at about $50
o'clock He thought il was after o'clock
in the morning before ne and the rest of
sb,,
10 this delay he attributed several deaths
that might not have occurred had the
suffering ones been given immediate shell
ter and treatment. His own case. he
claimed, was aggravated by the neglect.
In addition to the scslds on his hands,
arms and face. he sustained permanent
injury to his left ear
Perhaps the most DANA ging testimony
against the railroad company given by
Engineer Mcguire was in response to
questions by the Coroner regarding the
approximately close running time be
tween the Owl and the Stockton flyer
Mcclure said that he left Oakland thirty
minutes behind the Owl. and was sup
posed TO gain on IL until the time be-
tween the two trains when he reached
Tracy was eleven minutes by schedule
He testified that within the past four
months he had picked up" the Owl. or,
l in other words, had run close enough to
the train to discern its lights, and had
been compelled to check his speed to
avoid a collision. On one OF these oc-
! cas,ons the Owl was standing still, but
/ the night was clear and he had been able
to distinguish its lights for over a mile
distant. On the other three occa sions the
1 Owl was moving an1 he had no difficulty
I'm slowing his train so as to avoid a coli
/ lision.
Mrs Ethel Hill of San Jose testified
/ that she went to the scene of the wreck
to succor her injured sister. Miss Mabel
! Nesey, and that the latter died i'm her
arms She knew nothing of the causes
leading up to the calamity.
j NJ Mcclure. engineer on the Stockton
flyer, was called next His condition was
pitifu in the extreme. bur out of the col
lapse cleaned the spirit OF the man who
was accustomed to run the fastest train
in California without a tremor He had
nerved himself 10 the ordeal and under
the considerate examination of Coroner
Curry he told a weak-volced but conviuc-
ing story Of the disaster. as far as he and
his engine were concerned in it.
TELLS SPLENDID STORY.
T.. f,n hol g.