The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-27
HIP sing ON TOP OF TON LEE.
rXILED MOCK DUCKBACK-CHINA.
TOWN MAYOR ARRESTED.

n oriental authority IN New York was
taken In at the iBstigation Of Frank McClin-
tock agent Of the Parkhunst society and
friend Of the Hip Sing Tong, the rival Of
Tom Lees tong. The charge 10 keeping
a gambling house, but that isn't the real
charge against Tom Lee, according 10
McClintock.
Il hope to prove. said the white friend
Of the Hip Sings yesterday, "that Tom
Lee Is the real man higher up In China
town. that he has collected SIS a week for
avery table which has run in the gambling
houses Of Chinatown, and that his revenue
from his graft has usually run over 81 900
a week.
did he keep the money! Not all Of It.
I hope to show where some Of II went.
When bring this matter into court. hope
10 bring out some astonishing facts"
Event followed event yesterday in the
game which the Chinese tongs have been
playing with the white authorities as pawns.
For no sooner was Tom Lee released on
$500 bail than Commissioner McAdoo called
him to his Office for a conference.
L want the head men Of the Hip Sing
Tong, said the Commissioner 70 Jim Wang,
the frock coated. Sunday school Chinese
who has been acting lately as chief in
formant against the gamblers. you can't
bring me that fellow Mock Duck who has
been making all this trouble, can your
Certainly said Jim Wang, with his
best Harvard accent.
Jim Wang took an offiooT and went down
10 Hip Sing headquarters At - Bowery.
There was Mock, that smooth faced, hand
some youth at whose approach certain
Chinese jump into doorways.
When two months ago Mock came back
from San Francisco with three highbinders
70 avenge himself on Lee Sang, who Mock
deemed was responsible for two bullet holes
in his own person, jerome had Mock ar
rested on an old murder charge. This was
done by way OF keeping the peace. Mock
was released two weeks later on his solemn
promise that he would leave town for keeps,
He promised, but yesterday he sat with
Tom Lee and Gin Gum and Jim Wang in
the Commissioners ONCE and heard q
lecture which went about az follows
i want you fellows 10 understand that
the blackmail game il no good. 1t doesn't
help you to pay blachmal 70 anybody
II will get you no protection. And the
man who collects blaclmAil Ia going TO
have me after him. They're all the same
to me. One is as bad as the other and we're
after them both.
i don't know anything about Hip Sings
or On Leongs. They're all one to me.
But you've got 10 put away your guns and
stop these faction fights or you'G have to
reckon with the police. II you're hghting
over graft you might as well stop, for I'm
going 10 see that there isn't any more graft
sIfm going to look into this tourist matter.
II isn't fair TO YOU 10 be thrown around and
shown Oh for the tourists, and 1t isn't good
for the city. II there's any way to stop this
rubberneck business we're going TO stop It,
That's all
The Lee family control the gambling
interests Of Chinatown. Everyw here In
this country the ChinePe gamblers are
accustomed to place themselves under
ne protectiOn Of -tongs o. companies Of
rather harsh, too. Although that is the
tong game, the act does not carry the dis
grace which II does among the whites.
II is q recognized institution; The black
mailing tong collects its regular tarih from
the gambling houses. In return y sees
police need TO be bought Oh u buys them
OF with the tribute money. II the gam
blers are menAced by persons hom II Is adj
vsable 10 remove to the celestial homes
Of their ancestors the tong attends to the
removal.
Now the common gossip Of Chinatown
has It that the On Leong Tong was formed
for the purpose Of protecting the Lee
gamblers. Through various storms and
troubles the On Longs have kept gam
bling going in Chinatown. By this con
nection the On Longs have grown rich
and prosperous. Once they were laundry
men and coolies. Now they are mostly
small merchants.
This was ali very we'll until the Hip Sings,
ohshoot Of q turbulent organization in San
Francisco and Portland Ore. organ
refused 70 pay double tribute. The Hip
Sings did some Runfghting about four
y0ars ago, without visible results. Then
this LITTLE sleek Mock Duck had an idea,
The Parkhurst society was loose In the land,
hungering for gamblers. IL would be
great scheme TO enlist these white raiders
on their side. This looked good to the Hip
Sings. They began to inform on gambling
houses and 70 lead raids.
There followed a lot Of Chinese repartee.
The murders and attempted murders which
have occurred in ChinatoEn since last fall
all sprang from the gambling controversy.
In every case the Victim was q Hip Sing
and an infoTmer. The Hip Stngs, how
ever, kept on informing and the ParkhuTst
society continued 20 raid. Spasmodicany
the police Of the Elizabeth street precinct
raided small game or two on Sunday
nights.
Mock Duck, who had been recovering
from bis wound In the West came back
with four expert FRISCO highbinders TO
wipe out lee Song, who was accused Of
shooting Mock. and several other prominent
On Leongers, including Tom Lee. Or 20 the
On Leong men complained 10 District AttoT-
ney Jerome. Mock Duck was rearrested
on four-year-old murder charge. over
which two juries had disagreed, and was
released on his solemn promise that he
would leave town.
Check said the On Ieongs.
The oountermove was clever. By means
OF an anonymous letter-Nhich. II IA said,
vas dictated in the Hip Sing headquarters
Commissioner McAdoo was informed
that the precinct police were collecting
graft. Through various private channek
the same information was carried 70 Head
quarters. Eggers put two detectives on
the case. Twenty OF thirty Hip Sings,
I'D by Jim Wang. worked up information
Tor week. Then Eggers At rock last Sun
day night, raiding twelve houses. Even
then he missed at least three Of the biggest
games.
Yesterday the Hip Sings made II a double
check. Early in the morning AcClintook
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