The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-25
MADE MURDER SIGNS IN COURT
GRIN COMEDY WHEN CHINESE
GAMBLERS WERE PICKED

Chow Yong was in hiding somewhere In
Chinatown last night, and the coolies were
travelling up and down Pell street laughing
10 themselves over a very good joke-from
the Chinese point Of view
About 1870 Cinnamon Of all sizes, ages
and shades we're herded into the Tombs
police court yesterday to answer the charge
Of gambling They were the pickings Of
Egge,ss wholesale Sunday night raid on
twelve Chinese gambling houses.
The business Of strengthening out the
complaints and identifications was puzzling.
The records we're loaded with meaning
less Chinese names the identitcations
Of the white detectives failed 60 agree, aud
early in the game II was discovered that
at least forty Of the prisoners, who had
given bail the night before, had sent sub
stitutes TO court adopting this measure
in the innocence Of their hearts.
jim Wang. the ohristianized, shorthaired
Methodist Chinese class leader who or
ganized the Hip Sing stool pigeons for the
big raid, was in court. To him Magistrate
Moss appealed.
lis there any Chinese witness who can
identify all these prisoners1' asked the
Magistrate.
YES" said Jim Wang call Chow Yong
A middle aged Chinese, with a stolid
mask Of a face. stepped out before the
Magistrate
A kind Of a iutter ran through the pris-
oners. SO Chow Yong was the real Niger
In the Woodple This Jim Wang Is not
fair game He il too closely associated
with the whites to be fruit for highlander
picking But here was a goat One hun
dred and eighty pairs OF bead eyes turned on
Chow Yong He did not seem TO notice.
The prisoners were called Of according
TO the gambling houses in which they we're
arrested One OF the first to come before
the bar was lee Sing the On Leong man
who was accused of shooting Mock Duck
in the first skirmish Of the present tong war,
For about half an hour, Chow Yong went on
making identifcations The whole affair
was terribly tangled, and few Of the pris-
onars were held.
Not once did Chow Yong look toward the
crowd in the corner, He simply eyed the
prisoner before him and nodded or shook
his head
At last a little old Chiuamsn. meek and in
offensive looking. was led up to the bar. As
he passed Chow Yong he made a motion to- |
ward the front Of his blouse where China
man always keeps his gun Chow Yong
gave a quick jump and thrust hand be- |
fore his face. An officer threw his arms |
about the old Chinaman.
Il got no gun" said the latter. leering |
horribly over the policeman's shoulder AZ |
Chow.
The crowd OF prisoners caught their cue |
In the smooth and quiet way Of the Chinese !
every prisoner who passed up for idenu- !
hCation after that managed to make some !
unpleasant little gesture OF other. elbows :
mask OF "A face showed no expression but /
his complexion grew lighter by shade
Prisoners from II Mott street, said |
the Court.
Now IL Mott street is an address Of sig |
nifioance 70 the Hip Sings. Ii was in II /
Mott that HUE Fong, a Hip Sing informer, !
was killed last January to the tune Of a |
flute, PLAYED from a balcony across the |
street 70 guide his murderenz.
Seven or eight prisoners stepped forward |
The Magistrate looked away FOR moment. |
and every prisoner in the bunch drew his |
finger across his throat. and one Of them
gurgled.
C6ow's nerve snapped
sDont know EN- he said shortly.
There was a futter among the bunch Of
prisoners at the back OF the room. They
were grinninR all over their yellow faces
az though nightly amused about some
thing Il was amazing how Chow lost his
memory after that. He simply couldn't
identify Hnv one.
Finally. twenty-one prisoners were or
dered held The sheep were herded from
the goats and the released prisoners filed
out IL WIS discovered at this point that
three prisoners had been lost in the shuttle
Count noses as they would the police could
find only eighteen left in the pen. An at
tempt was made with the aid Of Chow to
find the three missing men in the crowd Of
released prisoners IN the hall outside but
elbows memory for faces had undergone
complete paralysis He was sent back to
Hip Sing headquarters at /? Bowery under
guard
There was a report yesterday that
price of 5000 apiece had been placed on
the heads Of Chow Yong and Jim Wong.
This could not be confirmed. While Chow
and Jim would not be good insurance risks
right now, this IL probably untrue. Six
dollars lie too much 70 pay for
any Chink They 90 me cheaper.
The eighteen prisoners were held in
Commissioner McAdoo issued this state
ment concerning the Eggers raid Of Sunday
night
There are two conspicuous evils in China.
town gambling ard the paving ~ blackmHil.
Nearly every ChJnAmHn CANDLES in some form
or amother and he pays blAckrnail rs readily
a. he pays his rent Where this
money goes | have no idea. ] believe n Is
cole, ted hy inIlo%rs not 1 a. sRs OF y EoeS
avidcnce II | had would act promptly,
But the whole atmosphere II surChargcd
with Suspicion that these collections are
mad" Systematically.
The ordinary Chiuaman gives up his tribute
with the idea that u goes to somebody who
protects him and that d he pays he can gam.
bic or run an opium 'Oint or do what else he
Ika. Tie II probably the easi-st and -oftest
victim IL this CITY TOR designing people 90
handle The town l. divided Into factions
and rluues aud AZ times QUO preys on the
other. VIC have no concern with these tHC-
ions or cloues All Cinnamon Hra alike
.o me Mock Ducks. Jim I ees. Hip sings
! nd the others This action was taken to !
convince Chinatown OF two things:
fret that the law against gambling and |
yindrad vices T. the sane IN Chinatown a.
In tho rcst OF the CITY and. above ALL
Second that paying backman or giving
nouay to any one for protection u wasting !
Ia. that there 4 only one man higher Up" !
In New York and he ts az 100 Mulberry street
a nd / am that man that the more money
hey paw the less protection they will get.
The cases against these places were care
fully worked up by Capt. Eggers with his
usual intellige and zeal Cinnamon who
aided in obtaining evidence were secured
after great deal OF trouble. They acted
honestly and squarely. and they are going to
b. protected by the department
No one outside OF this department he'd
anything whatever 10 do with planning the
descent upon theae gambling joints and
gamblers Capt. Eggers had charge Of IL
from the beginning TO the end. and Il was
carried on from these headquarters The
initiative was taken here and every move