The evening world., 1904-02-29
Police Capture Boys They Think
May Know Who Killed and
Robbed Sam Lee In His
Laundry.
FOUND CHINESE BRACELETS
AND MONEY ON PRISONERS
Chinaman Found Dying from
Shot Wound Could Only WINS
per "Boys, Robbed Gang Of
Young HoodIums Suspected.

Three youths. Joseph Dobbins, SEVEN
teen. OF No. 7ss Tenth avenue; Frank
coyle. sixteen, of Fifty-ninth street and
Ninth avenue. and Frank DugEan.
seventeen, Of No. 500 West Fifty-sec-
ond street, were arraigned m West Side
Court to-day, charged with burglary
but II the theory OF the police Is cor
rect the prisoners will be able to throw
light on the murder OF Sam Lee, the
inoffensive Chinese laundryman who
was shot to death in his little shop at
No. 2O7 Second avenue on Wednesday
morning last. That the man was shot
by boys who came to demand money
from him the police are certain.
The youths were caught last night in
the act OF robbing the laundry OF A.
Ing Fund. a Chinaman. OF No. 4o1 West
Twenty-first street. Policeman Will
lam Gallagher. OF the West Thirty
seventh street police station, was pass
ing the laundry when he saw the front
window broken. He discovered the
three boys hiding behind the counter
and ordered them to throw up their
hands. Duggan at once attacked the
policeman. He drew q largo revolver
and using the butt of 1t felled the po-
liceman to the floor. Gallagher drew
his night stick and began clubbing. For
time the fight was furious. and then
Duggan was beaten to the floor. Gal
tagher held the youths at bay with his
pistol and whistled for assistance.
The prisoners were taken to the West
Thirty-seventh street police station and
fhnra a.
ing searched large number of Chinese
ornaments, some Chinese money and
jewelry were found on them. They
were then accused OF the murder OF
Sam Lee, but nothing could be got from
them.
While they were being examined Wing
Sing. Chinese laundryman. OF No 800
Eighth avenue, came into the station
house and said that he had been robbed.
He declared that he was in Chinatown
spending the day and that his laundry
was entered during his absence and "a,
taken from the cash drawer.
The police learned from the laundry
man that boys have been robbing the
Chinese on Sundays for months past,
Tho boys, so the laundryman said, waft
until the proprletors of Iaundries go to
Chinatown on Sunday. which is a Gus
tom observed by all of them. and then
they break into and rob the shops. The
police are trying not only to connect
the prisoners with these robberies but
with Lees murder. When Lee was
found dying from a pistol wound
by Mrs. Goldie Cooper he murmured:
Shot. Boys. Robbed"
The police learned that Lee had been
prosecuted by n gang OF young roughs
who were accustomed to go to his shop
and demand sums OF money. He gave
them money on many occasions be-
cause when he refused he was attacked
and beaten or the windows of hts shop
were shattered by stones. The condi--
tion of his shop after the discovery of
his body showed that there had been a
desperate struggle and that more than
one had engaged in the murder and
robbery. A glove was found which was
not large enough to At man. 1t was
evidently the glove of a boy.
three prisoners were Staken before In
spectcr McClusky and subjected to the
third degree" What they told thc
Inspector Is being kept secret for the
present.