American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-05-14
CHINK FORGER CAPTURED
Found in Basement Under Monarch
Cafe-SOme Peeyed

seven prisoners that made their get
away was one A. H. Hing, the foxy
Chinese forger who did very profit
able business in Boise, Salt Lake and
other places. Hing was captured Fri
day evening in the basement of the
Monarch Cafe and is now back in the
Bannock county Jail.
The Pocatello Tribune gives the de-
tails of the chase as follows:
After a rather spectacular escape
from the county jail, and couple of
days lodging in the brush, and being
hidden by his Chinese friends, A. II.
Hing, the Chinese forger, is again be-
hind the bars, and is pretty sore over
it, and this time he will probably get
an opportunity to scrap his case be-
fore the district court, as close tab will
hereafter be kept on the smooth Celes-
tial
When Hing, with five others, got
away at an early hour Wednesday
morning he hid out for a short time.
Later he was spotted and chased
through the yards and into several
Chinese dumps and followed to the
Boise house where one of his country
) men had locked him in. A window
was raised, but Hing jumped from an
upper story and beat it for the tracks
where he boarded an outgoing freight
going north. At the brick yards he
: left the train and started towards Am
erican Falls.
Since that time the officers have
|. been on his trail, and yesterday morn
ing Officers Taylor, Lish, Foster and
Price were pretty close to him, and
found that he had visited a ranch
house about eight miles from Ameri-
can Falls.
In the meantime Sheriff Lowry re-
ceived a hunch that plan had been
= devised by some of the local China
= men to ship Hing from American
Falls in trunk or chest, and he i'm
mediately started for the train to join
the other officers at the Power City.
. But the Chinks were keeping tab on
: the sheriff, and there was not stray
: Chinaman in town that was lurking
!, around the corners and keeping an
: eye on all officers. Lowry surmised
what was coming off, and when he got
/ to the depot, he saw a Chinaman leave
the train and start back to Chinatown.
The sheriff also left the train, and
Iol 60 hot hn fo1-
low who had him spotted doubtless
knew something of Kings Were
d abouts, so Lowrey took another tack,
v and Immediately deputized Richard
i Soule, who was unknown to the
II Chinks, and instructed him to keep
i close watch on any Chinaman who
J. got off at American Falls. Soule
waited for another train and sure
enough, a Chink boarded. At Ameri-
can Falls the other officers were ad-
vised to keep out of the way of the
a Chinaman until his maneuvers were
S. ascertained The Pocatello Chinanar
J. went to a restaurant operated by his
)r countrymen, and the officers located
Of themselves conveniently near to b'
handy when wanted. They waited
lg several hours and in the meantime
officers Lish and Foster came home
on the afternoon train.
Soule finally went to the restaurant
b. when the Pocatello Chinaman saw hin
and beat it for the basement, Soule af
ter him. There he stopped his man
and when the proprietor of the plac
got little fussy over it he also stoD
ped that Chink in very speedy order
It took Soule but a moment to detec
part of q coat tail underneath the fur
. mace and he dragged Hing out, hand
-, cuffed him to the other Chinaman an
started both Of them out of the build
ing. In the meantime he had sounde
:. the signal and the other officers ha
the building corralled, Lish and Foste
: having returned in an auto just
= time to participate in the pinch. TIL
prisoners we're placed in the auto an
- brought to Pocatello, Kings compar
!, ion being later turned loose.
For two days and a night the of
- GERS we're tracking the Chinaman, an
80 all Thursday night they were scou
- ing the sagebrush and buildings
American Falls. He was captured I
- about 8 o'clock Friday evening an
- had been concealed in the restauraI
~ by the other Cinnamon since IL o'cloc
=. the night before. as the officers hs
searched the bvilding but an hour b.
fore, having been tnat close to hir
= It was a good piece of work on Il
a. part of Sheriff Lcwrey to deputize
- man who was stranger to the Chin
men. and he tool them completely q
-. their guard. wl,ie the other office
got busy with the trains and general
Isfa1Ind for the nnrnosa of working nl