The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26
SLAIN AFTER WEDDING
cHINAMAN REFUSED TO PAY HIs
 BRIDES FORMER "oWNER."
Had Mission Ceremony and Husband Renounced Oriental Code, but He
 Rival Did Not.

Chicago.-A difference of opinion that has existed for some time between
 Mock Chun, a carpenter, and a digni- tary of the Hip Sing tong, and Neg Hong, a member in good standing of the On Long tong, and which involves some profound problems relative to the application of American marriage laws to orientals, came to an abrupt conclusion the other night.
 Mock Chun was mailing up some shelves in the rear of the store of Louis Ching at 54s South Clark street, humming an incoherent Canton chanty and oblivious to Neg Hong, whom he thought far away in Philadel- phia, when five men came so softly through the narrow inclosed entry way at the rear of the store that he did not hear them.
 And then suddenly one of the men drew pistol and fired a shot. The bullet entered Mock Chun's back and pierced his lung. He was as good as dead when he turned around, but to make sure, the man with the pistol fired another shot, the bullet passing through Mock Chun's hand.
 In the moment between the firing of the second shot and the flight of the five Chinese, Mock Chun caught a glimpse of the man with the pistol. To the brothers in the Hip Sing tong who gathered about him he confided that the man with the pistol was Neg Hong. Then he made his peace with his ancestors and the death rattle sounded in his throat.
 There had been a lack of harmony between Neg Hong and Mock Chun ever since May 29, 1908, when Mock Chun married Ada Brown with all the rites and solemnities of the Philadel- phia mission, within the periphery of whose influence they happened at the time to be living. The Brown girl prior to that time had belonged to Neg Hong and, according to the well established Chinese view. she was bis chattel.
 It was quite proper. Neg Hong ad- mitted. that the girl should go, but what puzzled Neg was that Mock Chun didn't come around and pay up like a man for the woman he had talk en from him.
 He cogitated long time and finally, quite calmly-for. of course, he was not foolish enough to permit of the oc- cidental passion of jealousy over thing 90 insignificant as . woman-ho surprise Mock Chun flew into a rage when he was dunned.
 Mock Chun also gave Neg Hong a good talking to about love" and the "sanctity of the marriage tie," which, as every Chinaman knows, is the mer- est missionary palaver.
 Neg Wong went from that inter view very angry. He continued angry in a tumultuous sort of way for sev- eral months. Then his anger settled | into quiet, deadly hatred. There was an ebullition of this hatred in Phila- delphia several months ago, which SO frightened Mrs. Mock Chun that she prevailed upon the carpenter to mi grate quietly to Chicago. which. she had read, is one of the few American cities where they hang Chinamen for murder Neg Hong and his old-fash- toned views on the ownership of wom- en had been almost forgotten when the tragedy occurred.
 The murder has caused excitement among the brothers of the Hip Sing and the On Leong tongs- They don't bother their heads about the sex prob lem involved. All that interests them Is that the member of one tong has taken the life of member of another. and blood is invariably wiped out with blood.