New-York tribune., 1905-04-24
BIG RAID IN CHINATOWN
OYER PRECINCT HEADS.
Eggers, 5cith T'7co Hundred Men,
Takes -Four Hundred Prisoners.

More than hundred foreign devils descended
with clubs and axes on the peaceful citizens of
the Middle Kingdom dwelling in Mott and Peu
SITS. last night, and carried away some four hum
dred peaceful players of dominOes and pie-gow.
Captain Francis J. Kear of the Elizabeth-st
station. was out of town last night, when Ser
geant Eggers. with nearly hundred of his own
sleuths and about one hundred reserves from
nine precincts descended on Chinatown. NO
one knew they were there until they were
swarming up the narrow, rickety stairs of the
Chinese tenement houses in hot pursuit of the
Cinnamon rushing pe nell for the roofs.
The raid was made by Eggers over the heads
of Acting Inspector Hogan and Acting Captain
Hogan. Nine places in hottest, two in Pell
and in horn-shaped Doyers-st. were made.
In nearly every one twenty or more prisoners
were taken. One wagonload taken from
No l Mott-st three from No. H. four from No.
20 three from No. Il, three from No. %. one
from No 26 two from No. 80, from No. %
ana three from No. Is Pell-st.
Chinatowa is thronged every Sunday night
with sightseers from uptown. The rubber
neck" automobile had just deposited load of
people in hottest, and the Chinatown guides
had just begun TO bid for those curious to see
"a real opium joint" when a procession of about
fifteen funereal looking carriages with closely
drawn curtains arrived
The carriages scattered through the streets,
and all at once the curtains went up, the doors
opened and out jumped some fvescore plain
clothes men like so many jack-in-the- boxes, all
armed with axes and sledge hammers.
Before the loo1outs could give the warning
cry of 'I.u XII Ie low" they were being chased
upstairs A minute later all the patrol wagons
in the first and second inspection districts,
seven in number, were backing up and taking
of ba
Eggers and Secretary Howell arrived at the
same time in an automobile.
Early IN the evening each of the patrolmen
detailed to the several kinds of clerical work
at Police Headquarters received polite note
from Secretary Howells asking him to meet him
at Central Park West and Slst-st. at I:30 p. IN.
Each man decided that the secretary had
little private job to do and felt elated at the
secratarv,s selection But when the fifty or
more men reached the place of rendezvous a
light began to dawn on them. There they found
the fifteen closed coaches, a big automobile. Act
ing Captain Eggers, two of his roundsmen and
Secretary HowelIs They quickly dis
tributed into the coaches, one man being put
in command of each vehicle In each were
crowhar and an axe. Knowing the facilities OF
the willy Orientals for getting news OF raids
the route was OBVIOUSLY laid. 1t lay up through
Harlem and then down through cTowo6o at ed1i.- a.
| haitian in zgzag fashion, 50 that the Port AT
| thur of pi-gow and fan tan might not get IN
| formation of its impending sack and take ac-
| ton to avoid it.
! MOtt-st a detective from the Eldridge-st sta
! ton, who said he was looking for evidence
called Policeman McMurty. of the EllZabeth-st
| "Sav, Dan said the detective. ''ain't that the
| funniest looking Dago wedding you ever saw
! Dan had hardly time TO reply that IT was wheI
! the raids began. Each coach rolled up TO me
/ house TO be raided and then waiting until al
! were ready, Eggers gave the command TO go II
| and get en- 1t was done with military pre-
| cision which Marshal Oyama might not have
disclaimed Out Of each coach jumped four big
| bluecOats one with axe and one with crow
| bar. They seemed to drop out of the sky.
| The lookouJs were caught in many cases be-
| fore they could get into the room where the
! players we're Never had the denzens of that
! quarter seen glass smashed and doors broken 81
| fast In every place the police had two stoo
pigeons. and to prevent their identity from being
| disclosed they treated with no more con-
, sideration than the real prisoners.
The police OF the neighbOring precincts were
not called with their patrol wagons until the
raids were well over and the captves in hand
| The work of taking the Cinnamon to the station
lice found whole arsenals Of revolvers anC
| knives.
| Superintendent NcCIntock Of the Society FOL
J the Prevention of Crime told the reporters thai
| the evidence was gathered by one of his Chi.
| nese detectives. James Wang. who for sew.
| eral years a lay reader in the Methodist Church
| He worked with Detectives Murray and Ham
ilton OF Eggerss stan. who look enough like
! Cbinarnen to wear the national garb
While Acting Captain Eggers declined to say
| what had caused the raids, IL was said in China.
! warning Tongs. the Hip Sing Tong and the Or
| I,eong Tong The On Leong Tong is credited
! with controlling the gambling graft" OF tht
| quarter Three weeks ago Commissioner Nc.
/ Adoo received an anonymous letter declaring
that the on Leong Tong was working with tn,
| police of the precinct