Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-30
HAD JOINED THEIR FOES
Fear of Death Upon Him, But
Reached Home Safely.
KILLED AS HE STEPS INTO HALL
Dies in Arms of Clara Guam. Actress.
Widow, and His Friend-Police
Are Investigating.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
NEW YORK. December 3O-Before An
Hoon. Chinese actor came to New York
he was one OF the Four Brothers Tong
in San Francisco Here there were no
-Four Brothers when he came. A lover OF
cards. he therefore joined the On Leongs
At an early tour this morning All Hoon
was found lying in the hallway OF his
boarding house at 10 Chatham square, suf-
fering from bullet wounds, indicating that
the entire contents of a large caliber re-
volver had been fired at the actor.
All Hoon was still breathing when
found. Little Clara Quan, an actress and
a widow, came screaming up from her
rooms two flights below. to take All
Hoon's head up in her lap and soothe him
with sobbing while he was dying
All Hoon is rated this morning by the
police of the Elizabeth street station as
the latest victim in the feud of the tongs
Plain-clothes men of the Chinatown squad
are out seeking dues and an explanation
Four Brothers Blamed.
The police hold the Four Brothers at
fault for the murder. They do not think
that All Hoon has been a militant China
man, nor do they believe he has been
personally interested in any recent killing.
But they are inclined to believe the
words of Clara Guam. Those are to the
effect that The Four Brothers have been
| losing so heavily in the tong battles late
| ly that they needed more warriors.
They appealed to their old member, All
| Hoon. But he was a backslider. and
would not leave his new friends i'm the
hated Ong LeOngS to take up the war
fare of those who had come later than
| he from San Francisco to Join issue with
the defeated, II quick-shoOting, Hip
| Sings.
| All Hoon had been expecting death.
His friend Clara had expected he would
1 be killed.
death had, in fact, been posted on his
door. He had been so worried yesterday
afternoon about one of them that he
could eat no supper, and was preparing
1 to leave town this afternoon.
Last Hours Of All Hoon.
| So strong was the fear of death upon
him that before he would go to the
| Chinese theater last night he applied to
Police Captain CALVIN for a guard to ac-
company him there. More than that an
extra squad of plain-clothes men ar
| ranged themselves at handy distances
| about the theater section and kept watch
on what was going on.
| Because of All Hoon's fear the per-
formance was cut short. He slipped away
by a rear entrance that led directly TO
| rear entrance to his boarding house
| in Chatham square. With him went Mrs.
Clara Guam and Lee Jung.
| Clara turned off at the second floor to
go to her rooms. All HoOn and Lee
Jung continued on up to the fourth floor.
According to Lee jung, he and All Hoon
got to their room all right and prepared
| to retire. Lee Jung was rolling a pill
to put in his pipe for goodnight smoke
| when All Hoon stepped out into the hall
| way.
In q minute there was q fusillade of
shots. Lee Jung found his friend lying
| face downward in the hall with a num-
| ber Of bullet wounds in his body.
Lee Jung called All HoOn's friend Clara.
| The actor died in her arms few min
utes later.