The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-23

IL is not often that man possessed
\ with the true spirit Of adventure main
fains anything like permanent base
but Mr. Samuel Garretson Cornell, th'
<rriter OF the following true and amazing
story. has for years held a quiet: peace
/ Nh. public office in New York City at
fsched tn the board of magistrates.
scion OF an aristocratic Buffalo fam
F |fp. The stepson of a diplomat. post
cfaduate student In Germany. married tc
IA italian noblewoman, he had an excel
Ieut beginning as a cosmopolitan,
Though still young man he has
6eer1 round and round the world and into
very known quarter of 1t, speaks all the
>rincipa languages and numerous dia-
srfs. and uses many OF them 30 we'll that
tIa' rlatIonality Is often a matter or doubt
.mone the outland people;
He is giant physically, is a crack s
he Is full of the love OF adventure, 1t is
Easy TO see that he would hnd bis share
n il. The follow ing narrative is Of an
+@xperience In a place where few decent
Hhite men ever have gone and come out
IeIive.
n Ever since The establishment of the
|foreen concessions at Shanghai, when
'fhe various powers were given tracts
'aiong the Bund and each llttle tract be-
came a colony of the nation to which
Il belonged. there has been talk OF the
underground life OF the city. II is known
that in Canton and other Chinese cities
|o1d secret societies or guilds constructed
HI2bOTlts SuD1eTTdnean Systems. ana IN
AN Francisco and New York the Lit
lie Chlnas'' have done the same thing
Ia much smaller way. The fire in San
'7'rancisco revealed thai the ground under
Chins town was literally honeycombed,
The very uses 10 which the under
|cround parts of Shanghai arc put keep
heir secrets secure, and many. white
nan who has spent half his life in the
Knows nothing about Shanghai having
my Underground inhabitants. The state-
|Inent that there is such a thing may be
laughed at even among the ignorant.
. I am In q position to state positively
That there Is an underground for I have
been there and escaped with my life after
> most peculiar set. of circumstances:
How extensive 1t IS | cannot say, but !
|emerged half a mile from where ! went
below the surface of the ground. and I
'saw fully thousand persons down there.
It Is o wel-known fact among the
|cosmopolitans of the concessions that II
IA is needfu to have man killed, he
he. white. yellow or brown. one need only
|Waik down the Bund step into the Chi
meete
'Where is Wal Yung?"
That particular Chinese may not know
but II he does not he will take you TO
someone who does know, and that second
man will take you to a third who will
satisfy himself as to who you are and
whether you are a fit person to see
Wal Yung. II you pass the examination
you will be taken through tortuous
streets and passageways. into a dark hail
and will walk for perhaps five minutes.
making turns and twists In absolute dark
ness. coming at last 10 a room where
YOU interview a parsonage who is said
10 be Wal Yung. The room is sitting but
phill. II must be underground. The light
lg furnished by a lamp.
What do you want?" says Wal Yung.
al want a man killed"
rs he white MANI
V1,a lett
ease may be, and II he says yes the price
for the killing is set at S10o, save in the
case of an Englshman. 1t costs 5000
10 get an Englshman killed. because OF
ne efforts the English government will
make To get his murderers punished. 4
Japanese Will cost $500, because OF tho
Flsk of retaliation, the Japanese being
fhc only people able 10 cope In any de-
Eree at all with the subtle methods of
The highbinders.
Ia Deliver the Goods.
When the price is paid the goods are
uelivered within tWentyfour hours. uu-
Iess the victim Of the plot leaves Shang-
bal By sea or barricades himself In his
house.
4 Not long ago Judge Wiley. a cour-
ageous American official. cleaned UP all
of Shanghai that fell within his juris-
qiction and quite a bit that did not,
but there were limits 10 his powers The
ereat secret things he could not touch.
and when | was in Shanghai not long
aEo i found them just the same as they
aiways have been. Shanghai is still the
clearing house for the renegades and
cutthroats OF the orient.
One night l had just had my dinner
~ the Astor house and was wondering
'Ehat should do for the evening. when
Inc manager made me acquainted with
an Intimate friend of his named Phelps.
after bit we planned drive out the
'5npnllng Well road 10 the Alhambra.
Enlch was at that time q gay drinking
resort below stairs with a character
mat was cut between the Uaymarket
N New York and Trocadero in London
Ipstairs was every sort Of popular gam
ping game, with possibilities for play
- hleh as any place In the world
Ihere is not one of those wheels that
y straight, said my friend. except the
pne ON the end. They let the tourists
no outgangers play at those other
Eheels' and the people who are in on
tne know play at this one. The croupier.
howeyer, is Ramon. an Indo Chinese,
porn In the Philippines. He is the clev-
rest sleight- of hand man In the world
! peheve: We Will play at his table. but
heep your eyes on Ramon"
nothinS wrong. though when we cashed
~ seemed TO nc that whereas I very
nehrly broke even I should have been a
ppnored dollars ahead IN rough sort
4f way | had an idea OF the number of
Pfts lost and the number OF times I had
!ow and met some other men we knew,
put got TO thinking about the clever
ness OF Ramon. and decided to visit his
Wneel once again TO see II ! had been
4 have always had a fondness for
eignt4ens and nineteens and now
Peyeo them consistently, losing steadily