New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-27
CHINAMAN'S SHOT FATAL.
Outsider Wounded IN RiUaI longs
Fight Dies-AnOther Hart.

John Baldwin of No. los Nassau-st.. Brooklyn. the
iahorer. who shot in the abdomen Friday
night in the street duel Nos. 10 and u Bow
cry between members OF rival societies of China
men, died last night in the Hudson Street Hospital
Mrs Baldwin is so poor that 1t is doubtful If she
bury her husband
The fuslade of bullets. one OF which hit Baldwin,
was fired by members of the Ong Long Tong Soci-
ETY. at members of the Hop Sing Tong Society. with
which they have been in deadly feud for several
years
Horace Lordi. OF No. 6 Rooseveit-st who also
was wounded. drinking with Baldwin in Kelly 5
saloon, No. 10 Bowery. when bullets crashed
through the glass in the swinging doors.
Two of the Cinnamon arrested wore arnor One
wore coat of chain mail. made of overlapping
rings Of steel. heavy that he could hardly wad-
Ole under its weight, and which made 1t easy for
the police TO capture him. The other was pro-
tected by quilted steel reinforced Jacket thick
with silk and cotton padding to be practically
bulletproof.
The long standing quarrel between the rival So
cietes was was aggravated on November 2 when
Mock Duck. leader of the Hop Sing Tong. was shot
In q fight. said TO have been planned to encompass
his death. Chnaman from Vermont who. it was
said, had been chosen by lot to assassnate Mock
Duck. was arrested at that time.
Members OF the Ong Long Tong knew that Mock
Duck was discharged from the hospital last
Wednesday. They also knew that the Hop Sing
Tong was expected to be present in a body a
performance In the Chinese Theatre Friday night
They thought Mock Duck might also attend
Therefore. when the performance closed and the
audience went out, the Ong Long Tongers blazed
away.
Detective Powers. Of the Elzabeth-st. station.
one OF the officers who arrested Wing Sing for
shooting Mock Duck. received a note last Satur-
day, he says. written In good English which said:
You can never convict Wing Sing Before he
would be convicted one hundred Cinnamon would
be killed. Mock Duck would never testify against
him. And if Carr and Powers persist in their at
tempt to convict this man they would be done
away with.
Powers says he owes his life to the fact that he
left his gloves at home and wore pair borrowed
from another officer, which were too large for him.
on Friday night Ong Ling. the with the steel
coat showed revolver into his stomach and pulled
the trigger when he tried to grab the Chinaman.
The trigger. in descending, struck a loose fold OF
the glove on his left hand and the cartridge was
not exploded. Powers having closed his hand over
the weapon.
Hui Cow. OF the Hop Sing Tong. declared when
the prisoners were arraigned yesterday that mem
bers of the Ong Long Tong went TO his store on
Thanksgiving afternoon and challenged him to a
street duel; That night others of the Ong Long
Tong set fire TO a house at No. 10 DOyers-st in
which sleeping members of the Hop Sing
Tong, who owned restaurant there.
Joseph Price, real estate agent, Of No, 80 Eliza
beth-st. was in court 70 identify, if he could the
man who shot him. He said that a bullet hit and
carried away part Of his left ear, and that mem
Der corroborated his story.