The sun., 1905-08-28
CHINESE ACTORS LOCKED UP.
POLICE BISY HEADING orr THE
EXPECTED WEEKLY SHOOTING.
They'd Heard Tiat Some Sort Of a Row Was
Likely In the Theater-- All the Audience
Searched for Guns-TwO Performers
Only Arrested and the n .ow Goes On.


Searched for Guns-TwO Performers
Only Arrested and the n .Ow 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, Doyers and Mott streets were 30
full Of cops that they stepped on one
another'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
be 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
. week ago.
Costigan 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 doorkeeper let the
detectives in. most Of the Cinnamon got to
their feet and looked around nervously
The s62d 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 pair Of actors, Sang Chu
and Woo Fook OF 10 Chatham Square.
They took them to Police Headquarters
just a. they were. Chu Sang's face was
painted in many colors. He wore long,
red robe and fierce mustachee. Woo
Fook was an aged mandarin with . 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, Co.'S
dgan had every Chinaman Of them searched
for revolvers, but not a gun was found
So he let the show 60 on. but kept several
men inside the theater
Chinatown was as nervous as an old
maid last night. The popping Of . gun
panicky. Rumors and trouble tips came
every hour or 80 to the police. The visit
ing Cinnamon were careful apparently to
leave their guns in their laundriee.
Of Cinnamon toward Mott street, where
a meeting OF Chinese secret society was
being held. Costigan and three men at
the door OF the place stopped every China
man and felt under his blouse or In his
pockets for pistols. None was found.
Shortly after II o'clock the Eggers mon
heard that gambling was going on In the
gorgeous Chinese Delmonioo's, at "a Pell
street. Costigan hotfooted to the restau..
rant and found half dozen innocent faced
yellow men playing p-gow and betting
scandalously with toothpicks. The police
broke up the game, conflscated the tooth
picks and ordered the players to clear out.
Two or three other thumbnail raids
were made during the evening, but nothing
more sinful than 'dominoes or pi-gow with
toothpicks or matches for stakes was
spotted by the sleuths.
Not long ago Corporation Counsel De-
lany, at the request of Commissioner
McAdoo, gave an opinion that the Chinese
Theater couldn't be closed altogether.
He said Sunday night performances could
be stopped Mr.. McAdoo, it is understood,
regard the dingy little theater as potential
for trouble. g..
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 seuths.