New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-21
IRD[R IN CHINATOWN
| PUZZLES THE POLICE
.,lI.to.Do Monaghan Shot
W five Times and Assall-
ants Soon Vanish.
u,lNESE UNDER ARREST
j., Two Negroes and Five
- cinnamon, Found in the
Building, Detained
by Detectives.

n,ratown's gangsters grew jealous
w. .So notoriety that has been be-
~ unon their white colleagues
tbe yellow skinned gunner got
CIV CIV Yesterday afternoon startling
Ns' .,reot into a fury Of excitement.
:" c;rr q well-to-do Chinaman OF
'~ ..rious importance among the
,,..,ials was shot FIVE times and
,-.,ortlv in a dark hallway at
"a 70 Pell street
Sing was a member OF the orr
~ Ch,h and did not belong to any
The tOngs. and with the elimination
10 favorite theory that tong war
o,sin in progress the police found
.onfronted with a complete chi
..o murder mystery. y .5o-cahore
.,,.r was found in a room OF the
w.. IN which the shooting occurred
~ ,Ss cartridges discharged. but no
'.,,cation whatever as to VINO might
,,rs pulled the trigger
TWO Cinnamon. Yick kee' prosper,
.o,lv attired in American garo' ana
-, Sam in stylish Oriental costume
rroe,ed at No. Il Pell street and
,.s IN the charge of carrying con-
,,,ed weapons, both bcirg equipped
.S,h rsvo,vers. Three other Cinnamon
I.nonese and two negroes were ar
-.,d in the same house and held as
Material witnesses.
Coroner Gets Little Light.
coroner Feinberg examined all OF
n. Witnesses in an effort TO get at
,,st an inklinc Of how the murder was
done but all Of the men stuck to the
tory that they had not seen the shoot
rr hut. hearing the firing, had been
..I-od nv uncomfortable terror and had
riad 10 run away from the spot where
hey thought the battle was raging.
The dead Chinaman bore marks or
,rosperity and importance. He was
sitired in an expensive native garo
and had a gold watch and large dia-
nond ring. In his pockets the police
found S10G. He was thirty-three years
id and married.
The shooting occurred on the fitth
IGOR Of No. 10 Pell street. Police Ser
.eant Kerns and Patrolman Sullivan
we're in front of the building when they
Heard the shots and rushed in 10 the
scene Of the trouble. When they got TO
the fifth floor they found Don Sing
dead in the hallway. The whistles Of
the two policemen brought Captain
Frank a. Tierney and number of de-
mives, and a search Of the house was
gun. All OF the prisoners were taken
the two rooms adjoining the hall
uy, with the exception Of the Jap
,rsss who was caught rushing down
ts stairs.
Zone Of the men arrested could give
reasonable explanation Of what he
rss doing in the place. Harry Hada,
lie japanese. said he had been calling
Ia philadelphia Kitty" when the
bots were fired. and he ran out TO see
What had happened. The Cinnamon
1ut on their impenetrable armor Of not
UNDERSTANDING what was wanted Of
them.
Prisoner Laden with Pawn Tickets.
The two negroes arrested gave their
lanes as Homer Hodges, Of Long
aanch, and Wesley Brown, OF bury
Park. They said they were walters
md had come here to rest from their
Ffduous labors In the summer resorts.
Hodges had q "roll'of S66. two watches
md collection If seventeen pawn
|ekets. the latest bearing a date sew
|fal months old. Tho tickets disclosed
hat he must have been collector Of
Matches, because he had pawnod at
ssst half dozen Of them within the
|ast six months.
Coroner Feinberg questioned Hodges
~ 10 all this wealth, and the negro ex-
'aihed his possession with an UNI
sually long run OF luck in gambling.
ne said that they ran a stiff game In
"e cellar of the hotel in which he
worked and fortune had smiled on
''n' As to tho watches, well, Hodges
'"ousht he must have bought one
whenever The crap game made him a
&c" collars richer for the moment.
a"' When luck turned he would pawn
them.
me inquiry will be continued to-day
'Hu Philadelphia Kitty" Is expected
:" furnish some clew TO the newest
'"'nese murder mystery.