New-York tribune., 1909-12-28
SLAIN In TONG WAR
TWO CHIN4MEN SHOT
IN PELL STREET.
Three 4ssdss'ns Escape 4 fter
FuaUdde-One Dead,
One Dying.

The shooting of two Cinnamon in
Chinatown shortly after II o'clock last
night. which ended in the death of one
and the fatal wounding of the other,
was regarded by the police as another
move in the feuds of the tongs.
The shooting occurred on the third
floor. rear, of the tenement house at No.
50 Pell street, in little apartment of
| three rooms. One Chinaman was shot
dead in the front room. ten bullets be-
ing poured into his body. The second
was found bleeding on a &C in the back
room. The dead man. according to the
police was Lo Jong. and the wounded
one, who was hurried to the Hudson
Street Hospital. was Lu Ye Fong.
Lu Ye Fong. who was shot in the side
and hip. vas able to talk. He said that
three cinnamon came to the door of the
apartment and knocked. Then they en-
tered and began TO shoot The identity
of the three assailants. who disappeared.
has not been learned.
The shooting created great excitement
in the quarter and the reserves from
the Elizabeth street station were rushed
into the section. Lines were formed in
Pell street and the curious were kept
from the house.
The first the police knew of the at
tack was when a Chinaman ran up to
Patroman John Young. of the Elizabeth
street station. and said he had heard the
sound of firing in the rear tenement at
No. 80 Pell street The officer called for
assistance and hurried to the building.
On the way he was Joined by Detectives
Raphael and >Rininol, OF Inspector Days
staff; Captain Calvin of the Elizabeth
street station and Detective Brickley, of
that station.
FIND THE SLAIN NAN.
The tenements at No. 80 Pell street.
front and rea- are separated by a long
yard Starways lead up TO the rear
tenement. In the front room OF the tiny
apartment on the third floor the officers
came upon the body of Lo Jong. He
was stretched on pile of coal near the
stove and was gasping as they entered.
He died imlpediately afterward. In the
back room Lu Ye Fong was found on d
cot There was a big bullet wound in
his side and his left thigh had been
shattered by bullet
When the body of Lo Jong was ex-
amined ten bullet holes were found The
Chinaman had been shot through the
heart and the abdomen had been per
forated seven times by bullets a call
had b$n sent in for an ambulance by
the officers as they hurried toward the
tenement and Dr. Lavake of the Hud-
son Street Hospital. was soon on the
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and placed the shattered thigh bone in
spiints Lu Ye Fong vas then hurried
to the hospital.
The fire in the stove was found burn
ing and there was tea III course of prep
aTaticn, showing that the two China
men had been taken off their guard
From tho wounds on the body OF the
dead man and those on that Of Iu Ye
Fong il was clear that the Chinese gun
fighters had used weapons of large cal
ibre
The firing had alarmed the occupants
of all the adjacent houses and the streets
swarmed with excited Cinnamon Lu
Ye Fong. the only person who could give
any clew to the identity of the murder
ers. was too badly wounded to talk at
any length. IF he knew the identity of
the assassins he kept their names TO
himself. All he would say before being
taken to the hospital was that some
one had knocked at the door. then the
door opened and the three Cinnamon
commenced shooting"
HUNT FOR ASSASsINS.
The police believe that both Lo Jong
and Lu Ye Fong were in the front room
when the Chinese gun fighters entered.
but that Lu Ye Fong. b. some chance
luck managed TO survive the first Volley
and lea ped into the rear room.
No. 80 Pell street is a five story double
tenement house and is literally jsmmed
with Cinnamon, as are all the neighbor-
ing houses. and the work of tracing the
assassins was a most difficult one. Luz
Ye Fong admitted that the three assas-
sins were members OF the ON Leong
Tong. the police say The two men who
were shot were members OF the Four
Brothers Society.
No weapons were found in the blood
stained rooms. and the police believe that
ne firing vas all on one side ana from
the intruders The killing had ali the.
earmarks OF the Chinese tong murder.
The police locked up the following men.
who were hei! as material witnesses 10
the shooting Leon Queg. forty-two
years old. No Is Doyers street: Ching
Sing. forty years old, No. 80 Peil street:
All Lehn. ffty-eight years old. No. 22
Pel street and See Jim, twenty four
years old, No. Is Mott street.