New-York tribune., 1910-07-16
CHINESE RENEW TONG WAR
Five Bullets Fired Into Four
Brothers Man in Mott Street.
WAS I'M ON LE0NG DISTRICT
One Side Lays Resumption of
War to Roast Pig, the
Other Says q Woman.

The Chinatown wires got crossed yes
terday afternoon in more ways than
one. and il ended up as such things
usually do along Mott. Doyers and PelI
streets. with a Celestial prone on the
sidewalk as the result OF several bullet
wounds
The victim. Chu On. 2 man OF about
fifty. was spoken Of by his friends and
fellow members Of the -Four Brothers
Society as q man whose ancestors had
forgotten to look after his head.
Either that" said an officer Of the
-Four Brothers. "or else he became af-
fected by the heat"
At any rate he made the mistake Of
shufiing in and out Of several stores
along Mott street. which. being the Jer-
ritory OF the On Leong Tong, is forbid
der ground for -Four Brothers men
As he passed in front Of No. II Mott
rtreet five shots were fired; Chu On fell
70 the sidewalk and was later taken to
the HUDSON Street Hospital where II
vas said that he had only a very slight
chance Of recovery.
Things happened swiftly after that in
A>l1IdlofI-s anu ilLS lBSlS4lL CA4oSt DL oSI
geant Howe and Patrolnen Mcdonald
Hnd Coleman resulted in the capture Of
one Louis wey, who was locked up IN
the Elizabeth street station on charge
Of felonious assault
Caught Fleeing cFinansn.
The three policemen came from as
many different directions In the quarter.
caught a glimpse Of a figure speeding up
the stairs of No 13 Mott street When
he got to the roof of that tenement he
vas just in time to see the same queue
diving into tire scuttle on the roof Of No
10 Mott street, and in a room Of a rear
tenement there he found four Cinnamon.
apparently asleep.
One Of them was fully clothed, and
had such great difficulty in feigning
sleep that Mcdonald collared him. He
gave the name of Louis Wey, and was
Identified at the station house by two
Italians who said they had seen him fire
at Chu On Meanwhile Coleman had
found revolver thrown away by the
fleeing Chinaman, OF which four cham
bers had been discharged, and Howe had
started the victim on the way to the hos
pital The police are looking for a sec
ond assailant. but no one has been
found who saw one. The search is hope
less
It was all over in less than ten min
rtes. and even before that Captain
Hodgins had drawn police lines with his
reserves at the Park Row end of Mott
street. and across the street about e.
hundred yards to the west Of No. II.
Deputy Commissioner Kirby and In
spector Russell came down in the for
mer's motor car and for half an hour
or so there were almost as many police
men as Cinnamon in sight.
Louis wey said he was thirty-fve
years old and a laundryman- Further
than that he would not specify. He is
an on Leong Tong man.
Warned from Mott Street.
Chu on. the victim had been at work
in Albany for almost q year, and re
turned TO New York. where he used to
live. only yesterday. His fellow mem
bers in the Four Brothers Society ex-
planned the situation Of affairs between
themselves and the On Leong Tong and
warned MIN not 10 90 1lIO OF IIOuSA
Mott street
But Chu On replied that on account Of
his absence Of nearly a year no one in
Mott street would recognize him
He no reason for go over there ex-
rlained Sam Lock of the -Four Brothers;
~he just go long to show he do it
suess. Not all right here" and old Sam
tapped his head significantly.
Sam explained, too. that the On Leong
Tong were '-ver-ee bad men; would not
make peace" and inasmuch as Sam Lock
8. an e1nissary from the tongs OF San
Francisco, sent on here to establish
reace in New York's Chinatown. the
.ndepenoent attitude Of the On Leongs
troubles him
"Ever-eething fixed up" said Sam,
~somettmes back, and we going to have
peace. when On Leopg head man de-
rasnd we give bunch Of hrecrackers, a
Tag snd roast pig to On Leons-"
Risht there the negotiations ended.
The -Four Brothers might have sent over
the Srecraclaers and the flag, but not the
roast pig, because that would signify
not only their fealty to the On Jeong,
hut would be their confirmation OF an
ALLEGED superiority Of the ancestors OF
tia ON Leongs over the ancestors OF the
-Four Brothers
So the peace overtures were suspended