The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-14
"TRTEING" ALL CHINATOWN
DETECTIVES FIND NO GUNS IN
SLEEVES OR POCKETS.


visited by SD sleuths- AT the HID sing
Headquarters They Arrest n Detective
Force and Seize some weapons.
Police Commissioner Bingham read in a
newspaper yesterday morning Of the kid
mapping Of a Chinese girl and the shooting
Of two men who sought to recapture her
in Philadelphia. The story wound up
with the news that the affair had brought
about a condition that meant that the rival
tongs, the Hip Sing and the On Leong,
we're going to get busy again here in New
York.
pened before when the tongs had their
warfare in Chinatown. Summoning In
spector McCafferty Of the Detective Blu
reau. he suggested a disarmament measure.
So at 0 O'Clock last night MoCaferty
gathered together fifty-three detective
lieutenants and went to Chinatown in
search OF weapons. Every open place
was visited. The sleuths we're divided
into squads in Chatham Square and began
a series of gun hunts that didn't end until
more than 700 persons had been searched.
The police didn't get a single revolver.
In fact nc dangerous weapons were found.
The searchers caused a lot of excitement
in the district. however. Every
was gone through and the patrons -frisked,"
nc matter whether they we're sightseers from
u of town OF not.
The Chinese Theatre on Doyers street was
perhaps the biggest job of the whole gun
hunt. The police walked down the aisles
and announced who they were and h
their GRAND was. Then the search began.
Row by row the attendants at the show
we're searched. The performance was In
~terrupted, the actors were stood up and
searched also and the dressi ng rooms were
infinitely examined.
The next big job was the "frisking' OF
the josshouse. Besides the place where
Cinnamon bow down in reverence there is
a big restaurant in that building. The
restaurant takes up three floors. All hands
in this building were made to stand up
while a thick police hand went in and out
Of pockets. In every instance the detec-
tives, following orders from Commissioners
Bingham. announced who they were and
what they had to do as soon as they invaded
a place. The persons -frisked" ook mat
tiers calmly and there was no mixups.
The headquarters Of the On Leong Tong
at II Pell street were found to be deserted.
No guns we're found there. In Niger
Mike Salters's ginmill and dance hall on
Pell street the detectives failed to find
any guns. but three crooks were gathered
in for the general welfare Of the COM
munity. The crooks are Harry Comet. a
safe cracker. and George Furniss and
Jack Doyle. p~ickpockets.
After the Central Office men had -frisked"
everything in the district they were joined
by some ordinary cops in plain clothes from
the Elizabeth street station. These ordi-
nary cops happen to know more about
Chinatown. BY this time Inspector Russell
had arrived. as had also Third Deputy
Commissioners Hanson. The Elizabeth
street detectives we're Finn. O'Brien, Lee
and MCGOWAN. They suggested a visit to
the headquarters Of the Hip Sing Tong, at
IL Bowery.
The police had to break into this place
or stay out. They broke in. On the second
floor were found six. Cinnamon. One Of
them. Louis Wong. came near getting
away, but was nabbed after a chase by Finn
Louis Wong had on him six shields or badges,
very much like an ordinary police shield.
These were numbered from one to six, and
on each was stamped in English Detective.
Hip Sing Tong"
The police didn't know what to make Of
this and only later in the night found out
what il meant. A Chinaman informed
them that the Hip Sing Tong maintained a
secret service force that was sent out each
night to spy OF Chinatown. IL seems.
according to the informant Of the police.
that Louis Wong is the chief of this secret
service outfit and that he was just turning
out his force for the night when The police
came.
Chief Wong and his five queued sleuths
were locked up at the Elizabeth street
station. On Wong was found a dagger
that is a wonder. II can be stretched out
into a sword about sixteen inches long
or il can be folded up 30 that it has a short
and heavy blade.
A search Of the Tong headquarters
revealed five Colt AS. a heavy Smith a
Wesson and a lot OF cartridges. Four
daggers and two swords were found also.
All of these things lay on shelves about the
room.