The San Francisco call., 1903-12-16
CHARGE THREE
WITH MURDER
Police Jail Highbinders Who
Are Accused of Killing Gee
Gum at Chinese Theater
FOUR OTHERS ARE TAKEN
Officers, Unable to Bulge
Door, Break Hole Through
Wall of Room With Sledges

Three fighting men of the Hop Sing
tong have been positively identified as
the murderers of Gee Gum, the musi
clan at the Chinese theater on Wash
ington street shot and killed an Sat-
urday night in. the presence of an au-
dience of about 500 Chinese while play
ing in the orchestra on the stage.
The names of those arrested are Nah
Lick, Lee Sem, alias All Hong, and
Louie Vow, alias All Wing. They were
| arrested with four others in one room.
| Late Monday night Detective George
| Mcmahon and Sergeant Sylvester of
the Chinatown squad discovered that
several highbinders belonging to the
Hop Sing tong were making their head
| quarters in a room in the building at
609 Dupont street. Yesterday morn
ing Mcmahon and Policemen Earle and
Owens of the Chinatown squad went
to the room and demanded admittance.
There was no response.
KNOCK HOLE IN WALL.
Owens and Earle were armed with
heavy sledge hammers and they tried
to batter down the door, but found
their efforts useless, as it was firmly
bolted and barred and covered with
sheet metal. They were determined
to force an entrance and attacked the
wall near the door with the sledge
| hammers. The Chinese had made the
door much stronger than the wall and a
hole big enough for a man to crawl
through was soon made in the latter.
Mcmahon was the first to go through
the hole and he was followed by
Owens and Earle. Seven Chinese were
found in hunks, feigning to be asleep.
| They were lined up against the wall
and searched, but no weapons were
found on them. A search was then
made of the room and a big revolver,
a Winchester rife and a sandbag were
found. The search was continued and
under the flooring four more big re-
volvers We're found and two boxes OF
| cartridges. About fifty pawn tickets
were also discovered.
IDENTIFIED AS MURDERERS.
weapons and other articles and
marched the seven men, who were rec
ognized as notorious highbinders of the
Hop Sing tong, to the City Prison.
where they were placed in the tanks
lie names OIL the IOur not charged
with murder are Sup Poy, Louie BinE,
Lu Gin and How 500 Chy. The last
named is a photographer at IL Spofford
alley and it was in the doorway of his
place that Sen Suey Ying man was
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full view of the audience.
The second scene will show a three
story house on fire, with a squad of
Chief Wittman's policemen handling
the crowds. The fire apparatus will get
to work. hose will be coupled, water
pumped, ladders and trucks run up and
everything done as at a real fire.
The most exciting part Of the pro-
gramme will be the 'life-saving" scene.
Imprisoned men and women will be
brought down from the building by the
firemen. who will crawl up with Pom
pier scaling ladders. Women will jump
from the top of the building into life
saving nets held by the firemen and,
with the exception of the stage
flames" the whole scene will be just
as real as the work done al genuine
conhagration.
Chief Sullivan and Assistant Chief
Dougherty are working hard to make
the affair a success. The men and
horses are now training at the theater
and there will be a private rehearsal
next Friday for the press.