The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-28
CHINESE ACTORS LOCKED UP.
POLICE .DJSY HEADING orr TIE
EXPECTED WEEKLY SHOOTING.
They'd Heard That Some Sort OF a Row was
Likely in the Theater- All the Audience
Searched for Guns--TwO Performers
Only Arrested ana the snow Goes On!

Searched for GunS--TwO performers
Only Arrested and the snow Goes On
Fourteen plain clothes men of Eggers's
staff and ten ordinary policemen were sta
toned IN Chinatown last night, ready for
the usual Sunday night killing Of the Tong
men. Pell, Dryers and Mott streets wero so
full Of c'ps that they stepped on one
an other's feet.
About 10 o'clock Roundsman Dan Costi-
gan. Eggers's lieutenant in the job Of boss-
ing Chinatown, got tip that there would
he something doing in the Chinese Theater
at Doyers street. The tip seemed to be
straight. Mock Duck had been seen
around the theater. and the story went
that the Hep Sing Tong planned to get
bagful OF Tom Lees hatchetmen to
square accounts fer the Pell street shooting
a week ago.
Coshgan went around to the theater with
Detectives Murray and Hamilton The
theater was packed with Cinnamon from all
over Greater New York and adjacent
Jersey. When the fat doorkoeper let the
detectives in, most Of the Cinnamon got to
their feet and looked around nervously.
The 362d act Of "The Kings Daughter
was progressing to the changing of queer
instruments. The detectives walked down
the center aisle and onto the stage. Then
they arrested a pair Of actors. Sang Chu
and Woo Fook of 10 Chatham Square.
They took them to Police Headquarters
just as they were. Chu Sang's face was
painted In many colors. He wore long.
red robe and fierce mustaches. Woo
Fook was an aged mandarin with a long
beard. At Headquarters they were charged
with violating the law against Sunday
theatrical performances. The performance
was not interrupted as understudies went
on for Chu Sang and the captured mandarin.
Before the theater crowd went in, Cos.
tigan had every Chnaman of them searched
for revolvers, but not gun was found.
So he let the show go on, but kept several
men inside the theater
Chinatown was as nervous as an old
maid last night. The popping OF gun
or a scream would have made the section
panicky. Rumors and trouble tips came
every hour or so to the police. The visit
ing Cinnamon were careful apparently to
leave their guns in their laundries.
OF Cinnamon toward Mott street, where
being held. Costigan and three men at
the door of the place stopped every China
man and felt under his blouse or in his
Shortly after II o'clock the Eggers men
heard that gambling was going on in the
gorgeous Chinese Delmonico's, at "a Pell
street. Costigan hotfooted to the restau..
rant and found half dozen innocent faced
yellow men playing pi-gow and betting
scandalously with toothpicks. The police
broke up the game, confiscated the tooth
picks and ordered the players to clear out.
Two or three other thumbnal raids
were made during the evening, but nothing
more sinful than dominoes or pi-gow with
toothpiclss or matches for stakes was
spotted by the senths.
Not long ago Corporation Counsel De-
lany, at the request Of Commissioner
Theater couldn't he closed altogether.
He said Sunday night performances could
be stopped. Mr.. McAdoo. it is understood,
regard the dingy little theater as potential
for trouble.
Acting Captain Tracy of the Elizabeth
street station. who would be in charge Of
Chinatown IL the Commissioner hadn't
turned it over to Eggers, didn't know about
the arrests until the reporters told him. He
was quite pleased with the diligence Of the
Eggers sleuths.