Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-11
MoY SUE WING DEAD
POPULAR cHIN44AN sUccUMBs
10 HEARf p1sEAsE.
win Be Buried in the Congressional
Cemetery on Date Not Yet
as selssted. .s


business at 235 AZ street southwest is
closed. The laundry business was c&A-
Quoted by Moy and his partner under the
name of Hop Sing Afoy died suddenly yes
terday afternoon about 1870 o'clock and
Coroner hewitt saw his body later in the
day. A certificate showing that the China
mans death had resulted from natural
causes was given by the coroner, and the
body was taken to. the undertaking estab-
lishment Of j. w. Lee, 332 Pennsylvania
avenue northwest. to be prepared for burial.
When the body will be taken to Congress
sional cemetery for iriterment has not yet
been determined. The arrangements will
not be made until a cousin of the deceased
In Chicago Is heard from. 1t is said that
the marriage name of the dead man Is Moy
Sue Wing, but his fellow Cinnamon say
that his real name is 1noy Shun. South
washington people, who patronize his
laundry, knew him as Hop Sing.
Whatever his name may have been ne
is dead, and brothers and cousins by the
score, are left to mourn his loss. There
Is nothing in the conduct of some of them
to indicate mourning, however, but they are
displaying some anxiety about his $500 bank
account.
I'VE can't bury him till we get the
money one Of them said to a Star reporter
today. but Lawyer Ambrose will get it for
us and we viii send what is left to Mrs.
Wing and her four children in China"
Moy belonged to the local Chinese lodge
Of Freemasons. He did not attend any
Sunday school in this city, but professed
to be Christian when he lived in Chicago.
He was about fifty-five years old. and had
been in this country nearly thirty years,
during which time he paid two visits to
China to see his wife and children. Fifteen
years of this time he spent in this city.
Had he lived until next year it was his in
tention to have returned to his native coun-
try for the last time. He had symptoms of
tuberculosis, and although nearly dead he
remained at his work; in his laundry and
sent to their owners the clothes he had
handled.
Prepared His Noon Meal
Yesterday morning he ironed clothes until
about IL O'clock and then he prepared his
dinner. When his noon meal had been eat
en- a customer called. and Moy found him
self too weak to make change. He was in
the act of opening the money drawer when
he fell against the counter and expired.
His death was due to heart failure, and a
certificate to this effect was given. Coro-
ner hewitt says the mans condition lndl-
Gated that he also had consumption. Inc
coroner's attention was called to the haplt
many Cinnamon have of taking mouthful
of water and sprinkling their laundry with
it. Such practice on the part of China
man suffering from consumption, Inc coIo-
ner stated would undoubtedly infect the
which might easily be remedied by the au-
thorities. The practice, he stated, ds a
dangerous one, and ought to be stopped
Known as "Good Man"
Tn chinatown" Moy was looked upon
as good man." and those who knew
him well say he was never known to SIT
at a fan-tan table or participate In gam
bling games of any kind. A cousin of the
deceased, who related the circumstances
of his death, seemed to regard the life
and demise of Moy as huge joke:
He was good man., the cousin SAID,
but he was stingy. He would rather
his family when he worked and was
paying 1t out when he. eat.
yesterday" he said, showing more
amusement as he proceeded, "Moy work
about Sunday. just SO. he was making
money Then he went IN the back room
and cooked his own dinner. He eat din
ner, smoke pipe and die"
He was so much amused by the time he
reached the end of his short account or
his friends life that he could hardly fin
ish 1t for laughing.
Moy will be given a typical Chinese
funeral His casket will probably be
plain and inexpensive one. Cinnamon do
not believe in spending much money in
this way. They will pay for all the car
riages that are necessary to transport
the numerous relatives to the cemetery
and will spend money for what Is wanted
for the comfort of the spirits that are ex-
pected to hover about the grave, and do
not mind buying fine garments to robe
the body.
Until the day the body IL inferred it
will rest in the undertaking establish
ment, and everything will be done by the
Cinnamon to prevent the assembling of a
crowd of curious people at the grave.
When they conclude to inter the body the
undertaken will be notified and the car
riages summoned at short notice. Then
the solemn procession will start toward
the cemetery. Imitation money will be
scattered along the route of the process
sion to tempt the evil spirits and keep
them SO busy that they will forget the
departed spirit.