The Washington herald., 1910-04-12
CHINAMEN'S FEUD
BLAMED ON POLICE
On LeOngs Bribed Detective
to Arrest Four Brothers.
EXPLANATION OF TONG WAR
CIansmen on Mott and PeII Streets
Keep Indoors While Police Re-
serves Patrol ChinatOwn-TalIy of
Blood Still Uneven and Further
Trouble VIII Probably Occur.

New York. April 1l.-There were no
shots fired in Chinatown to-day. Because
there was no renewal OF the sudden war
fare which on Sunday brought death TO
TWO Chinese and wounds to another in
this city and the killing Of three in Phila-
deIphia, Chinatown here was breathing
none the easier.
The tally OF blood between the On
Le0ng Tong and the -Four Brothers is
still uneven, and the police reserves were
standing on one another's feet through
Mott and PeH streets to-day. The clans
men and the noncombatants behind
locked doors reckoned that inequality in
the score and failed 10 count the police
reserves as a factor in the final evening
One reason why Chinatown remained
away from the sunlight is a very potent
one Through the voluble explanations
made by the ambassadors or the English
language on both sides. who know enough
Of American ways 10 value, perhaps to
overvalue the worth of the printed word.
It was made apparent that the present
bloodshedding between the old estab-
-lshed On Leongs and the strong upstairs
in Chinese fraternaI circles who call
themselves the Four Brothers marks the
climax of a fight for preference in the
favcr of the police
No Slave Girl Involved.
Romance would dictate that these Chi
nese fraternity men were shedding one
another's blood because Of some dark
feud arising out Of the sale OF slave
girl or through terrible hatred engendered
through the swearing Of some bloody
oath. But romance doesn't At IN the
present instance. where the strain OF Bit
terness between the On Leongs and the
Four Brothers was broken by the trans
fer OF an American detective from the
district of Chinatown to another far re-
moved and by the failure Of the Ameri-
can courts to sentence one of the COM
hatants on charges deftly prepared by
another.
Some time ago a detective was ap-
pointed on special duty in Chinatown.
He was not acting under the direction Of
the captain of the Elizabeth Street sta
ton. or Inspector DAILY. whose district
includes Chinatown. He was on duty
several months, and during that time he
made or participated in the arrests Of
seven members of the Four Brothers or
ganization, and ne arrested no member
of the On Leong Tong. Very recently he
arrested a member of the Four Booth
ers for carrying a revolver. and he pre-
ferred a double charge of carrying con-
cealed weapons and attempting to kill
an officer against this man.
Exhibits Fresh Wounds.
When the case came to General Ses-
sions this detective testified that while
he had his hand at the prisoners waist
searching for the revolver. the prisoner
leaned over and bit him on the back Of
the hand. He exhibited fresh wounds
directly over the knuckles on the back
of his right hand.
The defendant. who was minus two
teeth when he appeared at headquarters
after the arrest, testified IN court that
the detective had hit him in the mouth
with his bare fist at the time he made
the arrest, and that subsequently the de-
tective had led him past the On Leong
HEADQUARTERS and had exhibited him to
Charley Boston and some of the other
clansmen, saying that this was the way
he arrested Four Brothers men. The
defendant was acquitted.
There was a schedule of prices ar
ranged by the On Leong Tong during
the incumbency of this detective, so say
the spokesman of the -Four Brothers, and
20 affirm the lawyers representing them,
For every slan of the Four Brothers ar
rested, a certain sum was paid by the
On Leongs to the detective making the
arrest and If the charge against the
-Four Brothers man arrested was suf-
fcient to carry his case to Special or
General Sessions, this sum was doubled
1t was particularly desired by the On
Ieongs that an example should be made
of old Sam Lock. the patriarch of the
Four Brothers. who came oa from San
Francisco a few months ago. at the time
that the two Laus, Four Brothers men,
were tried for murder on the charge of
having killed Bow Kun, the slave girl
A Chinese stool pigeon approached Sam
Lock month or so ago and told him
that he was a marked man, and that the
price put on his head by the On Leongs
was a big one.
Old Sam, who had never carried gun
in San Francisco. and who came to New