Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-07
"A CHINESE ROW
Sunday Night Concert Brought Sad.
 denly to . Close.

Sunday Nidbt Concert Brought Sud
 denly to . Close. New York. Aug Hive Chinamer
 were fatally wounded in battle be
 tween the Hip Sing Tongs and the On Leong TOngs at 10 o'clock last night
 The fight took place in the Chinese the
 ater in Dover street and more than 1OC shots were exchanged. Bullets shat tered windows and knocked plastering from the wall. Two of the wounded
 men died In an ambulance on the way to the hospital.
 The police say the Hip Sing Tongs started the row. There Were several
 hundred Chinamen in the theater wit messing what the manager claimed was sacred concert" It was with char acteristic ingenuity and craftiness that the Chinamen opened the fight.
 A bitter feud has existed between the Hip Sing Tongs and the On Leong Tongs. The Hip Sing Tongs claim they are an anti-gambling organization and that they have helped the police in gathering evidence against Chinese
 
 On Leong Tong society is composed of the gambling syndicate. Tom Lee, head of the organization, helped the police search for members of the Hop Sing Tongs. Mock Duck, who is well known, is head of the Hip Sing Tongs
 The sacred concert was in full blast at the Chinese theater when trouble began. The audience had been orderly and undemonstrative up to that time. Some one in the back of the house set off bunch of fire-crackers.
 It was first believed that the man wanted to show his enthusiasm over the play. Before the smoke could clear away he set off another bunch and con- tinued to fire them until the house was filled with smoke.
 Then 1t was that the Hip Sing Tongs opened fire with their big revolvers Four Chinamen arose simultaneously as though upon an agreed signal.
 The smoke concealed their actions. No one saw them draw the pistols. One man was at the back of the house, at the entrance to the center aisle. An otehr stood at the other end of the cen ter aisle, just below the stage A third was at the right side of the house, and the other on the left, half way to the stage.
 They fired at the same, instant. None Of them appeared to take aim. Evi- dently the shots went wild, for no one fell. Instantly the audience became frantic and there was a wild rush to escape. The Chinamen at the back of the house poured a yolley into the on- rushing crowd and they turned toward the stage. As they neared the low structure the man at that end of the house emptied his revolver into them.
 Screaming and cursing, the China men fought among themselves. When they rushed to the right or left they were met with the deadly bullets from the men at either side of the house. It was remarkable that no one was in Iured in these rushes, as the China men appeared to aim directly at the center of the crowd.
 The first volleys were fired in fs seconds. When the terrified audience found they were cut off on all sides hey gathered in the middle of the 'oom and dropped behind seats. Then members of the On Leong Tong drew heir revolvers and returned the fire
 The actors had fled from the stage when the first shot was fired. A mem. per of the On Leong Tongs tried to escape this way, but the guard at the ,nd of the aisle shot him. Another member of the gambling society tried 0 sneak out a side aisle. He was 'hOt by the man on guard there. The yuard at the back of the house picked | ut a man near him and shot him in he head. The other guard also se- ected victim and shot him.
 Five minutes after the battle the | treet was so crowded with Chinamen md frequenters of the Chinese quar- CTS that the police reserves had to fight their way through to- get into the | heater. They found the place still filed with smoke. Captain Tracy was n command.
 Leaving dozen men in charge of | he crowd at the theater, Captain Tracy and Detective Bolde hurried l round to the Hip Sing Tong headquar- CTS at No F Bowery. Evidently the 'iutc huu bCch tiVpcut us tutit WtTc nly four members in the building. Three Chinamen f1e1 to the roof. but we're captured without much trouble
 Policeman James P. Murphy cap ured Chinaman who dashed from he theater flourishing big revolver. mother man was caught trying to nake his way through the crowd with
 big knife. He stabbed at several nen In the crowd but did not strike hem.
 The wounded men were Un Sing, B ears old. of No IS Dover street. shot 1 the left breast: Lee Tuck, 32, of No
 Dover street. shot in right breast: u Tuck, 2S. shot right side Of head: vee Tee Sing, 34, of No Is Dover treet, shot in abdomen, died on the ray to the hospital. and an unidenti- ed man who also died before he could e taken to the hospital.
 All of the men found in the theater 'ere placed under arrest and taken to he Elizabeth street station. The po- ce threw out a dragnet and went trough every building in the block.
 BOAT UPsETs, ONE DRowNs.