New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-24
bomb JARS CHINATOWN
God of On LeongS Only Victim OF
New Weapon.
HIP SING HAD BEEN SHOT
Sequence of Crimes Points to
Eruption of Time Hon
ored Feud.

Chinatown has a new terror, for dyna-
mite has come to take the place OF the big,
blue .45-calibre revolver that so long has
been the standby of the gun men.
Only an il-tlmed fuse saved the lives OF
many slant-eyed Orientals who were OK
pected to gather last night In the meeting
room Of the On Leong Tong on the top floor
OF the five story building at No. IA Mott
street Usually the members of the tong
arrive at 10 o'clock on Sunday nights to
worship before the Image of Quong Kung,
who for five thousand years has been one
of the leading members OF the family OF
Chinese gods. The bomb exploded at $50
o'clock. before a single Chinaman had ar
rived. and from the way that It tore things
up It required little play OF the magma
ton to arrive at an estimate OF the prop
able damage IT would have done hall an
hour earlier to the membership In good
standing OF the On Leong Tong.
Il was Chlnatown's second excitement OF
the day, for earlier a Hip Sing Tong man
checked bullet from an On Leong gun
and all the places where Cinnamon go 10
keep away from the white people who eat
chop suey were agog.
Just how a Hip Sing with bomb coulo
have got into the room while the Image Oh
Quong Kung was looking on no one IN
Chinatown who knows will tell. bu kong'
the jantor. was not there at the time Ito
had left the building about O'CLOCK IN
tending 10 return I'm time to light joss SUCKS
I'm front of the image, and so II must nave
been after. 6 o'clock that the-enemy or the
on Leongs entered.
The bomb was placed directly In front or
the altar to Quong Kung and when II eN-
ploded the god toppled and fell like an ldoI
with feet OF clay. Offerings OF wine an'
rice that had been placed at his feet Wer'
scattered about. and fragments OK metai
imbedded themselves I'm many places III
the walls and ceiling. hole two teet III
diameter was blown in the floor, and the
room beneath was wrecked.
There was a big crowd in the Joss house
next door, at No. 16, and worshippers ned 70
the street panicstricken
Across the street, in the Church OF the
TRANSPORTATION. Italians, assisted by d"
band. were celebrating In honor OF san
Luigi Gouzaga The rumor flew around
that some one had attempted TO dynamite
the church, and there WAS tremendous eN-
element in the Italian quarter, which Dor
ders on Chinatown 1t was necessary "
call the police reserves from tho Elizabeth
street station to clear the streets.
Wong Wong. twcnty-six years old, mem
Der of the Hip Sing Tong, OF No. Il Pen
street. was shot and dangerously injured
in the basement OF No. II Doyers street
His assailant escaped Six Chinese founu
by the police In n lunch room In the base
ment were detained as material witnesses
I'm the Elizabeth street police station.
Wong was taken 10 the Hudson Street
Uospi.al where Il was found bullet had
entered the right side Of the abdomen and
come ont near the spinal column. lhe
shooting the police say. was the result OF
n feud OF long standing II was necessary
10 call the reserves from the Elizabeth
street station 70 disperse the crowd that
gathered Detectives are looking FOR a
Chinaman OF whom they have an excellent
description.