The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-11
TONG WAR IS ON
IN n. Y. CHINATOWN
Only Presence of Police Pre-
vent Staying of Celestial
in Court
MANY MURDERS SAID
CERTAIN TO FOLLOW
One Condemned Tong Man rs
scape Death by Changing Char
Innocent Party Get Fatal
Fatal Bullet.

NEW YORK, April 11.--An under
sized but powerfully built Chinaman,
Chit Hen by uarnp, WIS nustted into
davit charging him with murder was
read a formal plea of not guilty was
entered and he was hustled back TO
a cell to await the action of the cor
oner and the grand jury. During
the whole proceedings he watched the
rear of the room, where several
Cinnamon were gathered. They az
! fected stoicisn, while o. dozen uni
formed police and more than that
number In plain clothes watched
them. To the latter Is due the fact
that Chu Hen went to a cell and not
! to a morgue. and when the Chinese
I spectators scattered they were follow
| ed by the police back to the triangle
7 that lies just. west of the Bowery.
| where most OF New York's Chinese
| gather.
! The so-called Tong war is on In all
I it's fury In the East. Yesterdays kill
| ings in New York and Philadelphia
are to be followed by similar sudden
/ deaths In many cities. according to
/ the old-timers IN Chinatown here,
The real cause, no white man can
| learn. on the surface the affair is
a feud between the Four Brothers, a
Tong whose history goes back in
China beyond the dawn of the Chris
I tian era. and the On Leong Tong
| Each has marked the others leaders
| for death. and they will fight 1t out
/ In their own way
The nominal reason for the trouble
was the killing OF Bow Kun, the slave
/ girl. and the attempt of the On Lee
! ongs to send two of the Four Broth
ers to the electric chair on perjured
testimony.
Police Captain Enright and fifty
men are on duty in Chinatown to-day
assisted by score of Inspector Days
detectives In plain clothes.
Won't Tell Who Shot Him,
i So far the assailanr OF Cha May
Yen. the agent or tie Great North
ern, who was the first man shot yes
tarday has escaped. Moy-Yen, witt
three billet holes in his thighs, de
ciares at the Hudson Street Hospfta
.'he don't know" AS matter of fact
he does know, and the gun men" o.
the Four Brothers have their orders
Moy-Yen was one of the big men II
the Four Brothers. and vengeance vii
he swift and sure He WAS shot be
cause he walked through Mott street
a thoroushfare reserved exciasieei,
for the On Leongs,
Chu Hen. now in the Tombs, kilie'
Chung Fook The latter was an q,
Leong, one of their big men. and tn
|, sh ooting was direct reprtsa1- hx tn
. Four Brothers because of the Moy
Yen episode.
The third shooting was unfortunat
from the Tong point OF view. Tn
victim was Ing Mon, an Aanocen
third party. Wah Shang a Fou
: Brothers leader. was playing fan Ia.
chair Just inside Of the rear window
lie lost steadily and finally called 70
Ing Mon to, change chairs for lucF
Ten minutes later the window opene
! noiselessly. A man thrust the lon
! gun of "A around the corner unit
II stopped against the body. Tn
gun barked and Ing Mon fell dead
! He had suffered sharply for the ba
luck that Shang escaped.
The police believe that the real rea
son for all of the trouble was tn
/, break over the gambling privilege
: in San Francisco. but they are In tn
, dark. and admit il. as to when furthe
E shooting will take place All the
know is that Ii Is sure to come, a
the law Of the Chinese liz an eye TO
an eye and the score stands now a
'On I.eong" dead as against 'Fou
, Brothers merely wounded.
Following a conference between tn
police officials. orders were issued I
all of the police on duty In Chinatow
: to search the houses and the individ
uals in the quarter and conhscate a
firearms and dirk knives.