The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-02-28
HIP SING BOYS ATTACK
MEN IN RAID; TWO SHOT
Armed Lads, Seeking Glory In Tong
War, Charge a Crowd-One
Never Returns.
FLEE AFTER ONE VOLLEY
Before Flight They Wound Nephew Of
Clans Patrisrch-Bullets Pur-
sue Them--TwO Arrests.

Two Chinese boys, members OF the
Hip Sing Tong, set out last night to do
deed which would win them recognition
an fullgrown men from their tongmates.
and fear from the On Leong Tong. against
which war has been declared ever since
the president Of the Hip Sings was shot
and the vice-president murdered on
January 8. The boys shot Tom Lees
nephew as he stood in front Of Tom Lees
place. but in a race through the Arcade
one Of them fell struck by two bullets
Of the dozen that pursued them.
The shooting 10 worried Tom Lee that
the patriarch Of the On Leong Tong in
sisted on police protection for himself
for the rest Of the night.
II you have ever been in Chinatown.
your guide. IL he wants to impress upon
winding dimly lighted passAges through
some Of the tenements. instead Of taking
you direct from Chatham Square TO
Doyers street. Chinstown's Broadway.
has steered you through Mott street to
~. There he will load you into a black
hole, he will wind you through a curling
passage. and you will como upon one
fiickering gas light. Then the path leads
up few steps. and you will come out
upon q few Chinese shops. set In the
Arcade. A stairway leads up TO the Man
DARN Club. where the members OF Jimmy
Kelly's club. who never invite the police
to search them for revolvers. sit discuss
ing gang affairs.
1t was this Arcade that the two Chinese
boys picked for their entrance upon On
Leong affairs. Ever since the peace OF
four years ago Pell street has been for
the Hip Sings, Mott for the On Leongs
and Doyers street has been neutral
When that peace was broken through
information given to the authorities that
On Leong Charlie Boston was doing
big trade in opium and the war broke out
again these streets remained the same.
For Hip Sing to 60 into Mott street was
TO invite or threaten murder.
The boys passed through Doyers street
to the warp OF the Blood Angle, then
disappeared into the Arcade. It was at
& o'clock. when traffic was light. and
they got through to Mott street without
being disturbed.
They slid down the steps into Mott
street. The street had its full allowance
Of Cinnamon upon 1t. but the two boys.
trespassers though they were. were not
noticed as they shufhed along with their
turned down and coat collars turned up.
In front Of the fruit store OF Lee Ying
at IS Mott street stood half q dozen On
Leongs talking. When the boys got near
the group. they dropped to their knees
and opened fire. One boy broke and ran
his ground until he had shot three bullets.
Then he ran
or the group that had been attacked,
one dropped to the ground. Two immedi-
ately jerked out revolvers and wheeled
the arcade had been reached. They cot
there just as the boys had reached the
staircase. and standing there. the two
emptied their revolvers.
George Sullivan, truck driver. OF ~
Sullivan street. was passing through the
arcade at just this time A bullet cut
through the brim Of his hat. knocking il
from his head. He ducked beneath the
staircase. ana turning saw one OF the
boys drop. The other passed on through
the arcade and back to his people.
When the firing was over Sullivan ran
police. Policeman Wade had been running
from Chatham Square ever since the first
shot had been fired and arrived in time
to gather in two men who, ne said, were
running from the steps as he came up.
MORE cops came ana they Bont Tor an
ambulance from Hudson street hospital
The boy who was shot in the arcade WAS
found to have one bullet through his lefi
arm and one through his back, which
passed close to the lung. He was taken
to the hospital in a dying condition. The
man shot in front Of 10 Mott street had
He is Lee Kay. 81 years old, Of is Mott
street, and nephew Of old Tom Lee
himself. The boy is Ung Hing. II years
old, OF ~ Pell street.
The two prisoners were identified by
Ung Hing as the men who had shot him
They are Frank Yee. rs years old. OF Mott
street. AID Ii Fang. 81 years Of age, Of IS
Mott street. They were charged with
felonious assault after Assistant District
Attorneys Minton and Mcdonald had
questioned them at length to no purpose.
Sullivan was held as q witness in the
Elizabeth street station.