The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1921-11-11
BUTTE TONG WAR
STIRS UP CITY
COAST GUNNlAN TERRORIZIN0
CHINATOWN OF THE MINING
METROPOLIS
Is All an Outgrowth of the Recent
killing Of Chong Sing; Local OF.
ficers Much Mystified, and Chinese
Will Give No Information, Fearing
Retaliation.

Fear of further violence as an out
growth of the recent shooting of
Chong Sing has led to unusual pre-
cautions among the residents Of
Butte's Chinatown, according to off,
GERS engaged in investigating reports
OF fresh tong troubles among the Chi
nese of that city. Officers visiting
the oriental section of Butte declare
streets and alleys, ordinarily teem-
ing with life, were deserted with the
coming of night.
Only an occasional figure could be
seen walking hastily from one door
to another, while window shutters
were closed throughout the evening
as further precaution against lurk-
ing enemies. Chinese, according to
officials, are living in constant fear
of more trouble and are afraid to
be seen talking to officers on the
street. Detectives and deputy sheriffs
attempting to question Chinese in
public have found themselves openly
snubbed.
Others who have volunteered in
formation have demanded the strict
est secrecy as to the source of infOr-
nation, declaring they would be
killed without the slightest hesita-
tion should their fellow tongsmen
learn of their action. AS a rule, how
ever, all efforts to obtain reliable
information have met with little sue
cess.
Strange Chinese arriving in Butte
are shadowed almost from the time
they step from the train. A Chinese
detective with a companion arrived
from Seattle to investigate affairs in
Butte. Within a few hours after
their arrival Sheriff Duggan received
information that two gunner from
the coast were in the city and sugges-
tions We're made that they be picked
up and thrown in Jail as a measure
Of protection to local Chinese.
An officer was dispatched to in
vestigate the report and found the
two strangers eating in a downtown
Chinese restaurant. A local Chinese
had furnished the information as to
their whereabouts. When placed
under arrest the two men made no
objections, but insisted that they be
allowed to hire a taxicab at their
own expense to convey them to the
county jail They afterward said they
were afraid it was plot to kill
them when they stepped outside.
At the sheriff's office they pro-
duced credentials showing them to
be connected with the Seattle police
department. Sheriff Duggan declar-
ed the report of their being Chinese
gunmen was merely a ruse to get
them out of the way and prevent
them from carrying out their inves-
tigation. Both the strangers declare
they have information that their lives
are in danger and move with extreme
caution about their work.
A brother of the murdered man
has arrived in Butte from New York
to make preparations for the ship
ment of Chongs body back to China.
When it was learned that the brother
was expected in Butte, friends of the
| dead man sent word to the police of
his intended arrival and earnestly re-
quested an escort be provided to meet
him at the train as safeguard
against violence. The bodyguard
was provided.
Since the arrival of the two detec-
tives from Seattle considerable infor-
nation has been brought to light as
to the possible motive for the murder
and the men who perpetrated the
crime.