The San Francisco call., 1909-11-13
TONG WAR SPREADS
TO INTERIOR CITIES
Chinese Physician Appeals to
Police for Protection From
Enemies in Sacramento
Murder Charge Against Promi-
nent Local Celestials Due to
Revival of Old Feud

Through the secret channels by which
travel the distates of tongs and gum
men, word reached Sacramento yes
terday to spread the war between the
on Yick tong and the Yee family into
the interior of the state, for DIR. L. .Wah
Hing, a Chinese physician of that city,
appealed to the police there for protec-
tien, declaring that the word had come
for his life as member of the Yee
family, and that a price of S1.50O had
been set upon his head.
The Sacramento police stated that
they were unable to help the promi-
nent Chinese, and in great trepidation
he left police headquarters and disap-
peared into Chinatown. When he
emerged he was being guarded by two
Chinese gunmen. An extra corps of
police was put on the Chinatown squad,
and one member of the Yee family was
arrested for. carrying pistol
OLD FEUD REVIVED AGAIN
The police squad in San Francisco's
Chinatown, too, was increased yester-
day, and every precaution taken to pre-
vent a new outbreak between the On
Yicks and the Yee family, and also to
prevent the spread of the old time sen-
nifty between the factions that wared
in Chinatown before the fire, in the
quarrel that ended in the ousting of
Chief of Police Whitman. For, in re-
cent development in the situation, the
police see this feud being projected
into the already tangled affairs of the
Yee forces and the On Yicks.
The action of Yee Fun of sos Wash
ington street I'M swearing out warrants
for the arrest of Tong King Chong,
editor of the Chinese Daily Free Press,
and head of the supreme lodge of Chi
nese Freemasons, and of Gee Hong On.
president of the On Yick tong, on the
charge of being implicated in the muir
der of Yee Fun Wah in Church alley
on the night of November 2. points
to an artful injection of the old feud
into this latest tangle. for the two
men named in the warrants were prom
inent in the war that ended in Witt
mans removal. Since that time price
has been on their heads, which only
the constant presence of a strong body
guard has kept some gunman from
earning.
BAIL ALLOWED ACCUSED
That neither Gee Hong On nor Tong
King Chong was implicated in the mur-
der, their attorney, Grant Carpenter,
alleges, and, further than that, he de-
clares that they could not have been
family at the time r. Porter Ashe, who
represents the prosecution. declares
they were When Carpenter applied
for bail fors his clients yesterday the
point of time arose. 1t will be the
vital consideration in the case.
Ashe opposed vehemently the grant
ing of bail, but Judge Shortall set it
at $4,000 bonds of SO, 600 cash each,
and today the men will. come out of
of
ters with their bail money to give
themselves up.
Ashe stated that he expected to prove
that on the afternoon of November i
the two defendants called upon broth
er of Yee Fun Wah in Oakland and
told MIN that If the indemnity of s1,350
was not paid for the abduction of Bow
Cue that the whole Yee family would
be murdered.
ALIBI FOR DEFENDANTS
The money was not paid, Ashe said,
and at the expiration of the "a hours
given to deliver 1t over, two members
of the Yee family were killed
Carpenter surprised the court by
stating positively that on the after
noon when the two were said by Ashe
to be in Oakland they were at a ban
quet given in the Hang Far Low res
taurant at 725 Dupont street, in cele-
bration of the building of the Chinese
Freemasons temple. He intimated then,
and stated afterward, that the charges
against his clients were but in revenge
for the part they took in the gambling
exposure before the fire, and declared
that the mems enemies were but seiz-
ing the occasion to cause them annoy
ance.
All the Chinese who believe that they
might become targets for the gunmen
are in hiding, and whenever they ven
ture out it is only strong guard of
white men.