The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-10

here is a downward glance that
AIDES away in mystery and leaves the
luestioner more perplexed than be-
fore But withal there fingers a CLINT
IN his eye that is full of mirth The
Did man wears beard and a goatee
that are so thin they look much like
whiskers On the flyinghorses on the
village commons.
Mixed in Many Fueds.
Tom Lee has shifty glance, and
there is ample reason for it. for "a
round this aged mayor is woven a
history Of Chinese feuds, Highlander
plots. murders ana all tae secret
crimes known TO the cunning Of the
race. Ho is bounded, pursued and
sought by hundreds If men who would
shoot him down in cold blood To
ward off such fate, however. til old
man in gaard ID constantly. night and
day. In the dark hours armed men
sit before hts front door and at the en-
frances to his suite of rooms. across
the street are more or the faithful, who
appear to be nor in the least interested
in The mayor. but who would open fire
like a mountain battery on any crowd
that made d sortie against the On
Legng chieftain.
The old man makes no secret Of the
fact that he is afraid of his life. He
is ever cautious and all Of his men are
suspicious Of everyone that approach
es. Detectives i WI Murray, William
E. Hamilton and Daniel C0stigan
have free and undisputed entry to any
OF the joints" that are supposed TO be
as tight as a drum they nave made a
study of the yellow man and MS ways
and know how to treat him at every
move they have the friendship Of ev
cry man In Chinatown because they
are feared, ana yet do nor take ad
vantage of this fact.
Tom Lee does not know what mo
ment he Is going to be made the tar
get for a fusilade of bullets from guns
held in the hands Of the Hep Sins
men. He owns magnificent home II
Green Lane, Westchester where BIZ
/ lives with his family. but he does no
so home at night for fear Of beins
ambus heI He maintains four well-ap
pointed rooms al Is Mott street, anC
thare he spends all his time. surround
/ ca by his failhfuls He will nor ven
ture out upon the sidewalk. nor will
ire dare show his face at the Windows
In the rear of his apartments, because
/ the foe only recently bla2ed away a
! him and S men from housetops ant
! from the street at the same time. Fou
men fell morally wounded in tha
fight, but that has all been forgotten
now and 1t is ouly an "incident" IN tn
! deadly war of the tongs.
/ The members of the two socletie
have been blooded enemies for man
years, and eight murders have result
( ed from the battles in New York tha
have been waged and scores of me
have been shot and SCARED
Organized MongoI Society.
Fifteen years ago Tom Lee, who ha
come to this city fourteen years PR
ious, after making much money in tn
| tea business and III croie labor, D
| ganized the On Leong Tong branc
Ia New York The society was con
posed OF laundrymen, for the mos
part and number Of merchants VIII
came from the establishment
throughout New York and neighbour
towns, and its object was declare
to be for the promotion Of It's men
bers in a social wav That was tn
Chinese version of II. the police We
sion of II was that the On Leon
mostly advanced the interest of me
who had money to los in gambin
ventures. AT any rate, the On Leonp
thrive. On Saturday nights and SUI
days "members" trooped into II
city from Long. Island. from Jerse
UP the state and Harlem. Most 4,
them went away poorer, perhaps wi
err few went away richer. The Q
Leongs had smooth path for yea
and they permitted but few white me
to enter the place.
Then came the Hep Sings for Il
suppression of gambling" and clair
ing TO be reform soc ETY. In the ey
OF the police the organization wantt
to stop gambling--in the places co
| trolled by the On Leongs Accor
Ing TO the detectives VINO know Chin
| town from its josshousa to It's mo
intricate getaways In the gamblir
places, the Hep Sings were after III
graft They opened war on the @
Leongs. They started laundries ar
| merchant stores near places kept |
on Leong men and they undercut n
prices. The immense hatred for eas
other grew up among the members
! the two societies. Jim Wang IL II