The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-27
MAR UNDER Big BILLS NOSE
ToNt> SHOOT TP PELL STREET;
O\I DEAD. TWO WOUNDED.
yu, bullets Pired by Peer MaFhsmeR
Ju,t after the Masterf-l Captain
Passed On LsOREs Lay fer the FoGr
Wrothrrs an TheIr Way 10 Dlne.

Passed On Leongs Lay fer the Four
Hrother, on ThelF Way 10 Dtne.
Rr Rin Hodgins. captain Of pOlics
q Chinatown, stood yesterday after
,ru- a ntr.s before I O'Clock in the door
g.. of Jimmy NauGhtOn's livery stable
r N1'' street just above the Church
# IN, Transhguration. He locked east
,orr Prll street and yavned
Chinatown was dotted with sightseesrs
inftirs past tho euro shops. BlOused
and sandalled Chinese Rossiped on the
r-eet corners and on the steps Of the
,1ops restaurants and tenements The
Erndrw- u the tenement at the southeast
,1-uor 4 Mott and Pel displayed the
,rrrucst things in all Chinatown, the
sahie- IN their gay silks. Placid Chinese
ro'hcr- minding the babies gazed in
.rIrioIsly at the street scenes below them
The big triangular aas Of the -Four
brothers was whipping from the roof
q 'he Chinese Delmonico's. At - PeIl
rrpst The -Four Brothers Society was
saving is annual banquet. double
CELEBRATION. m honor 81 the ancient four
Eho founded the clan and q Chu Gain.
. Four Brothers man who was honorably
,c4ufted recently Of the charge that
:. shot and killed Chung Fook Of the
On lcong Tong on April 10 Peli street.
aersforr. was filling slowly with Four
Brothers men. The On Leong Tong men
Seualned in Mott street. their preserve.
CoEng IN with apparent Indifference
There was nothing 10 indicate any
ih,ng hut an ordinary sleepy afternoon
N Chinatown Big Bill yawned again.
,rossNd Mott street and made his way
.oWard the Chinese DelmoniOo's. He
passed Sing Jen's candy booth on the
sidewalk in front Of 81 Pell street.. nod
sing 10 Sing, and caught up with Sergt
Nagnsr
Wei, things are quie, enough here
to-day said Hodgins
Looks that way. don't il. cap?- said
9e sergeant. but you never -
4 NOISE like several packs Of big fire
crackers being set on az once came from
the corner they had just passed Hodgins
and Magner wbeeling round saw eight
Or ten Chinese shooting az each other
- - - - MI -. a-ls-s-.-.l
sindow glass was tinkling on the pave
ments. Sightseers were scrambling for
outlets any way 10 get away Chinese
sho had been lounging alphabetically
minute or two before were lodging
and twisting through the crowd, scream
ng shrilly The Chimes mothers. no
longer placid. were snatChihg thsir babies
nom the windows Policemen were
running from all directions. sounding their
whistles
In front Of Sing Jen's candy booth a
Chinaman was lying on the sidewalk.
throwing his head from side 20 side and
'I'tering squeaks Of pain. IL was Sing
Ieu himself. a peaceable man but shot
2 the abdomen by the gun men Of the
IN lNong Tong getting square. A few
I.ot away from Sing Jen lay Chu Fou
Of 'he Four Brothers. shot In the head.
900 Pan. also Of the Four Brothers. ant
p..r ms hack TO the wall % the tenement.
bullet in LIS thigh.
TIE hCttle ended a. suddenly as il
fs..n Capt Hodgins and Sergt Mag
... caught two % the fleeing tong men
80 turned chem over % patrolmen.
Precinct detectives grabbed three more
r.. were scuttling away. Within half
al hour there were 100 blueoOats in China
t1a nd Capt Hodgins had closed the
district 90 visitors. Chinatown was cut
81 from the rest o. New York until last
rsrr by a wall % policemen. Hodgins
-l- k.ng no chances on another out
iT.s ln the Hudson street hospital
I-. l1u died. Sing Jsn was said 10 b.
1vgg aud Chu Pan was held a prisoner.
iEni chinese were locked up In the
Eiz 1e'h street station. five Of them
caught with pistols In their hands or
tH- uockets. three Of them picked up
,- witnesses.
The aght. ~ Tar az the police could
lea-I Was started by the On Leong Tong
g'r T-m Lees fraternity had been
v..ag Tor an opportunity 10 square
thug, with the -Four Brothers for the
knaR - chung Fook. They could hardly
L,E' n.oa-i better time. The Four
Brothers were ia Chinatown from all
over Greater New York 20 attend the
banquet Old Sam Lock. leldeT Of the
F Brothers. hadn't shown himself in
o." street bat Chu Moy Yen and other
rg men Il the society had gone through
Pc street and dozens % the FOIr
Brother were going in and ont Of the
restaurant
.r4 Gain. the guest Of honor. was the
r..a -." On I,sOng gun men were waiting
'r ..- minute Chu Gain was spotted
D.. 'e begnn
..I WITH a dozen Of the -Four BrOthers
80 a front ~ Sing Jens candy booth
To- o'clock when half dO1en On leong
rs. .H around the corper from Mott
-.-. mo- pell threw themselves into
- regular line along the sidewalk IN
& .. ~ The Y Ligh q Co store AZ % Psil
q. f .rgtn 'o blaze away with blue steel
20 -.s Sing Jen was shot down In
r. ..-f second or two. A bullet went
b. - head just below the right ear.
fp.r Brpfhers were going 10 their
D.. % aah heclsd Al the first crack
.Fllz their hands went n their
aud they begsn 10 shoot across
.. ..' q range 81 less than thirty feet.
o.. vas hit by an On Le0ng bullet
. . cad and Gnu Pan wac laid OUT
F' Juliet Ia the thigh The On Ienng
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