The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-11
fOEGS KILL TWO, WOUND ONE
AND STILL CHINESE SCORES
no NOT TALLY.

maeh FooF uFoeher Unoe BecAnse Ns
Crossed ths Dead Line Iass Nett
strese-Innooana Gambler Potted Nv
MIssmke SsatiAg On Coasln's chair
The long blue .Ias Of the Tong sRA;srs
jumped from old holsters yesterday Aad
within four hours two ChinAmsn we're
killed and q third one was seriously
wounded. The fighting was between tho
On Leong Tong and thu new orgAnisA-
tioa OF the Four Brothers. which has re-
Gently risen IN Pell street 20 supplAnt ths
old Hip sing Tong and 60 disputs with
Tom Less organisation the gambling
monopoly Of Chinatown.
ons man each Of tho On LsonGs ana
the Four Brothers was shot: ne thlr9
man shot mot HE death By mistaks.
He sat In a SEAT ct . gambling table
which had lust been vacated by q Four
Brothers man marked for death. and ths
long muzzle % the searching revolver
which was poked around q corner froso
behind partition spat ion bullet into his
body. with one On Leong man dead.
Nn0 OuI nIOtnBle uhAAl 1aAAy NNs~AAAAANHN
and the innocsnt third party in no wAy
evening the score. the balance % ven"
Gance is still with the On LsO0gs. Ths
police expect more shooting.
No one that walks Mott street and
PEN a. a stranger not 81 the blood can
shy what slipping Of cog in the sscrss
jealOusies between tho gamblers pre-
cipitassd tho hareup Of yesterday. Old
scores unsettled. such A. the murder of
Bow Kun. the slave girl. and the suhss-
ausnt attempt on the part Of one Tong
TO send two men % the rival society 70
the chair on perjursd testimony. OF the
moro recent murder Of a Janapess. who
was mistaken for q man marked Tor
killing from among the On LSeongs-
These circumstances may have been
contributory. II is possible too that
the recent temporary removal from tho
Elisabeth street station Of Capt. Nike
Calvin. who was respected ny boeh
parties and Who kept a rough and ready
balance Of justice and order. gave the
gun fighters an opportunity to settle
DID scores.
Another factor. significant Of the instA-
bility OF peace in Chinatown, was that 81
the almost ratified pact &c peace between
the ON Leongs and the Four Brothers
pisintere-ted Cinnamon Of Distinction
had recently united with Judge Warren
W Foster and some American lawyers
TO secure a promise 81 peace from tas
rival societies. These negotiations we're
penciing when murder Jumped between
die p,Itanis and Rrbiters and did its work
swiftly.
The fighting started NJ a fe~ minutes
after O'Clock YESTERDAY afternoon.
Chu Nov en. one Of the mig men NJ the
-Four Brother. and counted n man OF
wealth by the Chimes, was shot down IN
his tracks "a he passed doorway at
5 Mott street. A yellow. loose sleeVed
arm shot out from the doorway. 'hs
heavy Colt spoke three times and ChE
went down while every Chinaman On tls
stree, scattered behind doors. When
Policeman Young OF the Elizabeth street.
station pounded down from the corner
~ the Bnwery to Chu'S side Thu lay
fainting in n deserted street.
An ambulance from the Hudson sweet
ho-DitaI carried the wounded ChinaInsn
around to an operating table. where
the surgeons found that he had two bull
After they had taken the l@Sd out the
surgeon. said that cha world not de
and Frank Nam. one Of the Four Brothers
captains. ~ho had hurried around 70 the
hospital 20 get y private ante-morten
statement frolr Cha Whiin he seemed 10
he translattng the questions ~ tho police.
carri,-d the good news hack 10 - Peil
street. the -Four Brothers citadel
That was a strong challenge Of the
On IyeongS tho shooting ~ - hig FU1r
Broshsr- man a. Thu Moy Ven. For
CIV. who has wife and four children
AZ ~ Bavard street ard who has lives
long enough N New York To b@ one OF the
Amer1canizcd chinese IN outer aspect
j. the q gent IN Chinatown ot the Gre1t
Northern Railroad. IL ~ his business
TO get all the local business IN long car
RES. both Of freight and passenger. over
that road
B.cau-s 81 hi@ business Chu had 80
.iolate an INV ritten Law In Chinatown.
a. definite ~ u seems TO unknowtng
PERSONS absurd Four Brothers men do
not walk IN Mott street and On Leongs
do not " ak in Fell -treet II " dangerous
Thee ~ either camp Who care To tslG
with seeming frankne~s TO foreigners
ADMIT that these frontiers 81 the clans
EXIST Chu Moy Ven had To walk in Mott
street or lo-s one-haf the business ~
Ih,natown. 20 he continued 20 DO 80
even after war had been declared by the
I'm Ieong- and the Four Brothers
He has a friend in Mott Street.- said
old sam Lock. the San Francisco patriarch
81 the -Four Brothers. yesterday Three.
four dave ago Chu's friend he tell Ch1
the % Ieongs maze for catch him dead.
This friend toll Chu hs's hsttsr set out.
but Chu he have 70 make money for Siss
and his babies. 90 hs says hs 20 Mott
street anyway
Thus sam Lock detailed the intinatS
beroism Of his bruddsr Chu NOV zen.
and almost bsfors he had finished sp~a<iae
the soors bseSOsn the tongS vas bsiag
paid Oh four blocks away.
Il was at $50 O'Clock that Chung Lee.
Chung ling and Chung Fook. al co'Hatns
after the gregarious Chinese consan
guinity wsrs walking up Park street