Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-23
BEDLAM RE|GNS
IN COUNTY JAIL
YIP SUEY FIGHTS BATTLE
WITH MEXICANS
Chinese Prisoner Tries to Stop Card
Playing During Religious Ser
vice and Is Severely
Beaten

CONSERVATION holds the scepter in the
Smart set" at the county Jail. War
den Whites proteges are racking their
gray matter for the solution of a prob
lem which never before was heard of in
prison circles" Zip Suey for years
the friend and confdante of Pat Dim
raven, is in the Cooler" while his al
most inseparable bosom companion is
lying in the ward suffering with a new
disease, prisoners prostration." The
Sabbath workers at the county Jail are
In deep dismay and have temporarily
discontinued their efforts for the saliva
ton of the eounty's guests. Incidental
~ six Mexicans have been deprived of
their one source of amusement, a pack
of playing cards.
During one of the services which are
held at the county jail three times each
Sunday for the benefit of the inmates
or the government clearinghouse
yesterday six MeXicans, covered with
a multitude of sins against the admin
istration, for which they have been pro-
vided with suites in the county bastile,
shambled out of their respective cells
and met in the corridor connecting
these. There they stood in a group and
consulted what to do to pass away a
few minutes before they should be es-
corted to the third floor and partake in
the services. One of them left the
crowd and returned to his cell. Coming
out he carried a blanket under one arm
and pack of cards in his hand. The
blanket was spread and the sextet sat
down TO a game of cards.
Yip suey Is Offended
All went we'll and peacefully for sew
eral minutes. Soon Zip became lone
some and crept out of his cell for a ST.
esta. He strolled about with head down
for while, and did not at first notice
what his neighbors were doing. Pres
emily he spied them. Walking over to
the edge Of the crowd he looked dag
gers at the one nearest to him and
grunted. The Mexican paid no atten-
ton to him, and Zip walked away,
scratching his head. But something
troubled him and he returned to the
players. Touching the one nearest to
him on the shoulder he grunted:
'Nuh, nuh, sub goo," and pointed to
the religious workers on the third floor.
The Mexican only shook him off and
continued laying down his cards. En-
ragged at such a reception, the Chinese
decided to take action along other lines
Zip seems to regard the game of cards
as an invention of the devil. and that
it should be played during a religious
service did not coincide with even his
celestial idea of the fitness of things,
and decided to put a stop to it. Going
over to the crowd a third time he un-
tremendously grabbed the cards from
the hands of the two MeXicans and tore
them in two throwing the pieces in
their faces. Then Zip began an active
campaign with his feet.
Chinese Badly Beaten
But in one second the furious sextet
was upon him and the air was rent
with wild shrieks of terror and Zip soon
resembled the man with the ball in the
up-to-date football skirmish. Each cry
from Zip brought six more from the
Mexicans. The cries of fear and an
guish echoed and re-echoed through
out the long corridors. They put every
thing else to silence and not even the
preacher backed up by the organ and
choir, could prevail against the uproar
of the combatants. The meeting on the
third floor came to a sudden termina-
tion. Zip Suey used his teeth and nails
freely and succeeded in doing much
damage, but he was soon beaten into
a state which compelled him to merely
lie on his back and squeal
Hearing the celestials yells and the
White with his lieutenants from the
kitchen hurried to the battlefield and
it was only after the throwing of a
score of buckets of water on the bel
ligerent forces that they were finally
separated and the guards dared to en-
ter behind the bars. When they did so
the Mexicans were one by one taken to
separate cells and locked in. And poor
Zip was dragged across the hall and
locked in a Cooler"
Edwin-Darling, your eyes are like
diamonds, your teeth are pearls, your
lips are rubies and your hair An
gelina-Edwln, remember you are en-
ployed in a jewelry warehouse, and
it's impolite to talk shop all the time.
Judge.