The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-23
CHINESE FEAR TONG WAR FROM MURDER OF 0NC Gelestials Here Said to Re Di- Vided Between Rival
 Organizations. MANY APPEAL TO
 POLICE FOR SAFETY Body of Slain Laundryman Will Be ExhtlIaaed After
 Ten Years.

{ Following the murder of Ong Quoy
 in his laundry. in Iranistan avenue, Friday night, when two unknown ChinarneIl fired three bullets into his body as he bent over his ironing board unrestrained fear has taken hold of almost every native of the Celestial republic in Bridgeport. Over coming the natural reticence which usually keeps them from disclosing appealed for protection from the ITongs whicL they aver have marked 1 them for death. Further trouble is iconstantly expected close watch lis being kept throughout the city by the police for strange members of the E "a member.
 Chinese in the city differ in their opinions as to the manner of CnE
 Quoy assassina ation. Some aver that he was killed by the Hip Sing Tong. I Of which order he was member and lin which he had been in bad standing
 for over five years Others believe ihim a victim of the On Leon Tong 3That he was constantly in fear of his life is well known among the opium Ismokers of the city He had fled from city to city in an effort to es : lcape that death which always comes Ito tl1e enemy Of Tong.
 Other Chinamen in the city are lock ling their 1aundries as soon as poasi- l lble at night and under no cfrctrns Istances will they answer summons lat the door. Only their closest friends lean hold converse with them during Ifhe daytime That all are heavily armed is known to those in their con- f1denee. Practically the Chinese pop- IuIafion of the city belongs to one or Ithe other of the Tongs.
 A tong WAT Is the most dreaded event Lin Chinese circles, as it carries with 1t a feud which can be stopped only by the death Of the parents, usually In I China, of those involved in the strife in this country. AS the laws of the
 Tonss are most strIng gent and demand
 life for a life, and as the greatest Icraft is used by professional slay eFs, the fears of those here over the recent .I killing are Justified
 f an inquest into the death. Medical T Examiner NJ Gar1iek, who per T formed fhe autopsy upon the body, I found three bullet holes. one penetrat-
 ing the head. one the right side of
 the body, and one the left leg. The l course of the bullets indicated that he Ihad been shot while stooping over and I that the second shot was fred as he I fell Two bullets were extracted and a third found in the flooring by the police. AT fit the 3S ca1ibre revolver found upon the porch Of Miss Lena l Barry, 6s Hanover street. on Satur- I day morning. In this weapon were three empty chambers
 John Servfn, the Shoemaker. testi- hded that he heard four shots and again repeated for the coroner the In- ! cidents prior to the shooting He was I sure that one of the two visitors spoke
 English, for he distinctly heard the
 words Charlie and later Collars. z I Detective James DooIey told of his
 entering the shop and finding the Chi I naman dead upon the cor
 Two Chinamen who claimed to be
 cousins of Ong Quoy the laundryman. l have claimed his body and it has been ieent to Brooklyn for burial in the Chi inese cemetery there After ten years I as is the Chinese custom, they said I they could have the bones exhuned
 and sent back to China. The body
 has been at the morgue of CuIlinan &
 Mullins since the shooting. No Chi
 naanen except the men who claimed Ii the body have asked to view 1t or I have made any inquiries at the I morgue concerning the fate Of the I corpse