The evening world., 1912-12-10
CHINATOWN CLEAN,
DIVES WIPED OUT,
ITS HORRORS GONE
Capt. Frank Tierney's Work of
Transformation Completed
Aftsfi5 Months.
PUTS END TO GAMBLING.
Conviction of Jung Hing for
Tong Murder Was the Fin
& ishing Touch.
PUTS END GAMBLING.

0an. All ne SHOW dives have been
~ipsd out and most Of rhs vicious white
6seituss Of sbs auartsr have disap.
psarsd. Gambling has practically boon
ealminAtsd except for private games
among Cinnamon. Vice 10 no longer
rampant IN ~ ssrvew, crooked streets
sBd ths ramsbAchss senemsnts and the
ssninsntly rsspsueabis owner Of the
prcpsrty IN chinatown are facing . stop
Osss Of ths coiisction Of assh rents.
Capt. Frank 1isrusy Of ths Elisabeth
Strsst stAtisa ~ brousht about the
Oanaformatioa Of Chinatown IN fifteen
months. Hs prsosesssors had been
VeusginG awa0 ~ elss task for years
u rsmainsA cor Tisrnsy to put On the
nnishing eeacAss. became he went to
ne bottom Of the trosybbs-ns went after
the Chinsss criminals.
jUhto t%Ueaoso CONVICTION THE
FtNiosi,No TOUCH.
The cleanup wac complete whom on
Saturday Jung Hing. q member OF the
-Four Brothers Tong. was convicted OF
che murder Of Zee Toy. q gunhShter Of
Tie Hip Sing Tong. This was the fsrst
conviction FOR murder In the first degree
. thS: has some from Chinatown In thirty
years. the last conviction waa that OF
George Apo But he feismsd insanity
and escaped with life imprisonment.
Four more Chinese gunmsn await trial
Sor murder and Capt Tierney declares
ehat he has direct evidence against each
OF them. The mon are Gee boy Yung
and HON Tong OF the On Lsong Tone
and Louie wey and Ching ouak OF the
Hip Sing Tong. All four await trial for
the shooting up of Chinatown on Oct. II.
when three white people and one Chin
csc were killed instantly. Another white
man subsequently died In the hospital.
Next week there win be put on trial
Ing Hing and Lee Doy ("IAttls Chuck
Sfsthe Hip sing Tong for the murder OF
Lee Kay. nephew OF Old Tom Lee, the
Mayor of Chinatown Lee Kay was shot
70 death In his store At No. 10 Mott
Greet last Spring.
oNo FoNo WAS MOST DANGER
oUe MAN IN CHINATOWN.
One had man still remained at large
when Jung Hing waa convicted on Sat.
Srday. This ives Ong F'ons. who keeps
. cigar store as No. II Psli street. Capt
Tierney and his men consider Ong Fonr
the most dangerous rppn In Chinatown
with the exception Of Mock Duck. who
u doing from ous 10 two years and
eight months In prison. Ong Fong wa
saidsd on saturday night by tho polics
end Federal secret service mon. the lat
tsr looking for opium. In the place wal
found nne repestihg rife and six hgf
grade SnASSsns revolver. Ons Fong 1,
bold Without eaii for violating the suili
van law.
: Ana 20 the wars Of Chinatown Or,
practically ct an enA. The reign o.
aerror between the rival tongs has beef
closed. No longer craft thrives and n,
lnnser do OaASBters and gunner Of thu
,Aowery end he East side md . SAT
havsn thoss. liAnsouts for CRIMINAL
cd haunts ee cr1Gns have been close,
up and ~ alleys swspt clean Of whit
.vermln.
The wan ct the tsnGs which have bee
ssesponsihas for The murders and tn
0saodorous graft at Chinatown. hav
ban wassd, for twelve years. with arm
tstices intsvvening. THE war was one Q
=, Gyaft and was startsd by Mock DUCK
who came here from chicaso. Al tins
time the On Leong' Tong had . mon
op2ly Of the gambling.
- >ck DUCK, emitting. suave and uns
tious. WITH the noodle Of Q polstdoia
and che. nsrys,ef . porch climber. wsr
!, alto Mott street and tried to break int