The sun., 1906-02-02
hip SINGS HELD FOR MURDER.
POLICE TELL CLEAR STORY OF
NEW YEARS DAY SHOOTING.
Lul Way and George Tow Seen Firing Bul.
let's Into On Le0nG Victms-TwO
More Held as Accessories Chinatown
Sleuth All at Sea-GeOrgeOus Tom Lung


lets Into On LeonE Victims-TwO
More Held as Acoessories--C Chinatown
sieuth All at tSea-GeorgeOus Tom Lung
Five Cinnamon, arraigned before a
Coroners jury to answer for the killing Of
two members OF the On Leong Tong and
sending two others Of the same organiza-
ton badly wounded to the hospital, were
held yesterday
Two of the prisoners were held for the
Grand Jury, charged with deliberate murder;
two others were held as accessories and the
witness. Lui Way and George Tow are
the men held as murderers.
The officials in the District Attorney g
Office are jubilant over yesterdays develop
ments. After the many murders and gun
plays in the war between the Hip Sing Tong
and the On Leong Tong there has never
been conviction. They think there is a
good chance for several now.
Policeman John Hines of the Mulberry
street station house, and John Lang, who
was only recently transferred from an up
town precinct, furnished the evidence.
Hines told the jury that he had never been
in Chinatown before and was only sent
there on the day of the Chinese New Year.
Both men were near at hand when the
shooting began that day. They testified
that they had seen Lui Way and George Tow
leaning over the PROSTATE forms OF the two
murdered men. Ching Ying and Lee Lung,
and pumping lead into them from fierce
looking "A calibre revolvers. Their testi-
mony was corroborated by John Ehrhard
of 1Ol West Seventy sixth street, who was
in Chinatown seeing the sights.
Assistant District Attorney Turnbull,
who has charge of the prosecution, was
greatly pleased at the straightforward
testimony of the policeman. He was much
| town sleuths of the Elizabeth street sta
tion, who got all mixed up on the stand,
contradicting themselves repeatedly. De-
| tectve Miller took the stand with great
| gusto and said:
-I've been doing duty in Chinatown for
nearly tbsss five syed yeadrsb sbe bsb kPGw
He was called upon to identity the five
prisoners and got them all mixed up. As.
sistant District Attorney Turnbull stood
up and admitted the detectives ihaccuracy,
while. everybody in the court room inGlud-
| ing the jury, laughed until Coroner Har-
burger raped for order.
The jury handed in a verdict OF murder
against Lui Way and George Tow, held
Lui Lay and Hui Boo as accessories and
! had Tom Lung detained as a witness. Tom
was rigged out in his best plum colored
pa amas and he sat upright throughout
! the hearing as il he really enjoyed it. The
others crouched in their chairs, with COL
lars turned up to their eyes and with the
narrow sits of their squint eyes barely
| open. The court room was crowded with
! Cinnamon and Chinatown hangers-ons:.
Counsel for the defendants, Fred Ware
and Eli Rosenberg. tried hard to prove that
! Gin Gum had been yanked to the station
| after the shooting, but was quickly released.
| They failed to establish this in the least.
| Gin Gum is secretary and general factotum
| to the wise old Tom Lee, head of the On
| Leong Tong This contention by counsel
for the defence was taken by the prosecu-
tion as indicative of plan to spring on the
Jury when the trial takes place theory OF
consp piracy on the part of the police and
the District Attorneys Office against the
Hip Sing Tong.
The hearing showed that marksma nship
has greatly improved in Chinatown On
the occasion of the first tong outbreak over
innocent hystander was hit The second
battle brought forth similar volley and
only two Cinnamon were slightly wounded.
Then the Cinnamon shut their eyes and
pointed their big guns behind them when
| they fired.
According to expert police testimony
not more than thirty shots were fired in the
battle of the Chinese New Year Six bullets.
lodged in Ching Ying, two N Lee Lung and
the two living On Leong, TongerS no" IN
the hospital each received a bullet.