Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-13

TONG VICTIM
SUCCUMBS
IDENTIFIES PRISONERS ON HIS
DEATH7ED
HOP SING MEN CHARGED WITH
MURDER
sIxe Of Police Squad in Quarter Leaves
Parts Of City Unprotected Is
Complaint Of Po-

Before losing consciousness Sing iden-
tiled Wong Chung, one Of the men ar
rested Friday night as the man who fired
the shots which cost his life and the life
Of Wong Coon Kor, and also Identified
Charlie Wing and Chan Cow Ling as the
companions of Chung at the time of the
shooting.
The three prisoners, were taken to the
bedside Of the dying Chinese by Detec-
tives Hosick. Craig and Talamantes.
They were closely questioned before
leaving the station, but all refused to
make statements beyond denying know
ing anything about the shooting.
After being taken to the hospital they
were led TO the cot in which lay the
latest victim of the tong war
DO you know any of these men,
sing?'' asked Detective Hosick, point
Ing to the prisoners.
Yes. that man shot me-" said Sing,
raising on his elbow and pointing with
trembling finger at Wong Chung.
Were these men with him at the
timer" asked the officer pointing to the
companions Of Chung.
'.Yes, both of them were with him."
replied Sing, and dropped back uncon-
scious on his cot. In thirty minutes he
was dead.
the names Of Chung and his companions.
Quarter Excited
The awakening of the tong war cre-
ated much excitement in the local Chi
nese settlement According tc men who
are familiar with the Chinese and their
ways 1t is probable there will bA a long
reign of murder and bloodshed before
final settlement is reached.
T.. A. f.--lxA
Friday night can be traced directly to
the beginning of the tong war two
months ago.
They say the police have shown fav-
oritism, have failed to Keep promises and
have protected gambling games run by
one tong while refusing to allow men,
bers of other tongs to play.
They say that old officers Whom they
could trust have been taken off their
beats there and set to guard gambling
games, while new officers, unknown to
the Chinese and whom they refuse to
trust, have been installed in their places
According to the police the war was
again started owing to a desire on the
part of the members of the Hop Sing
tong to obtain revenge for the murder of
one of their members and the seriously
wounding of anothr at the outbreak of
the troubles The police say the war will
continue until the officers of the Six Com
panies take hand in it and place
price on the head of any man found
seeking to kill another Chinese. They
also say the local chief of the tongs
should be placed under such heavy bonds
to keep the peace that they will fear
to hire hatchet or gun men to do any
killing.
Twenty-eight on Duty
Just what action will be taken by the
police has not been decided. The old
Chinatown squad of twenty-eight men
under command of Sergeant Charlie Sc
bastian Is patrolling the district and the
old methods of searching every Chinese
on the streets there are being followed
again.
All the buildings in the district were
searched yesterday and a number of
boxes of cartridges, guns and knives
were captured.
Last night it was feared that the war
might again break.o at any moment
When this squad was first assigned to
duty in Chinatown those familiar with
conditions there said that Immediately
after it was withdrawn the war would
be reopened.
On October a meeting of represen-
tatives of the different tongs, with mem
bers of the police force and prominent
Chinese merchants, met in the head
quarters of the Hop Sing tong, where
a peace agreement was signed and $3.50
indemnity paid Tor the wounding of Chan
Mon and Won Chuck at the outbreak
of the troubles.
The police squad was then withdrawn
and the officers said they were confident
there would be no more shooting,
1t is now claimed the alleged peace
settlement was farce gotten up by the
Chinese so the police would be with
drawn and the war could start again.
II this was the purpose the police were
taken in, but it is said they will now
be kept on duty until all chance of
further outbreak is passed.
The fact that the heads of the police
department find it necessary to keep such
large number of officers on duty in
the district at all times makes it neces-
'sary to leave many sections of the city
without protection. owing to the small
number OF men on the force.
Crooks Coming
With the winter season coming on
when yeggmen and crooks of all de-
scriptions make a practice of coming to
Southern California this arrangement is
very unsatisfactory to the police. They
say they will be unable to protect the
IeSiueHce SectlOn IN proper manner
II the squad is kept on duty, unless
the number of men on the force is in
creased without delay.
Patrolman O'Brien has been greatly
commended by his superiors for the part
he took in the rail Friday night. with
several other officers he was on guard
on Ferguson alley His comrades left
O'Brien to guard the front of the place
while they searched the building
While OBrien was watching the place
he saw two men sneak out from the side
of theS building. The patrolman drew
his gun and shouted at them to halt.
They began to run and the officer started
in pursuit.
O'Brien gained on them until "Chinese
Mary's' place near Los Angeles street
was reached. The fugitives lodged in
there. but O'Brien followed them and
succeeded in arresting both. When taken
to the station they were found to be
Wong Chung. the man identified as the
slayer of Lum Sing and Wong Coon
Kor, and Charlie Wing. Identified as The
man who was with him at the time he
fired the Shots