New-York tribune., 1922-08-09
2 Chinese Held
As Assassins S
Of Tong Leader
Slain Chiefs Friends Aid
Police, and Student, just
Out of Hospital, and Cafe
Owner Are Arrested
fractional War Is Denied
One of Accused Is Said to
Have Been Shot by No
Lows Cousin Last June

IN widely separated cells At Police
HEADQUARTERS are Tom Yee, student OF
civil engineering at the Hefley lnsti-
tu,e. Brooklyn. and his friend, James
Chuck. proprietor Of the chop suey
re.,agran, A. i7i0 Broadway. Brook
lvn. They are jointly charged with
,be assassination Of no Low, nationai
president OF the Hip Sing Tong, VINO
vas shot down Monday night as ne
emerged from Chinese Delmonieos IN
pcu Street. a white woman clinging
% each arm. He died yesterday IN
Bcekmsn Hospital. III.
4. tho Oak street police station
vnich exercises suze'rainiy over Inlha-
,,rn Detectives Howard O'beaty'
F-aneis OHara. Alfred McKcttriek and
Daniel Dc Voti arc stu pulling over
,he GOOD fortune which enabled them
"a mako the first cleanup IN Chi
800 r,urder For the first time IN tne
iistorv Of the Police Department chi
nese lave "squealed' against members
~ ti eir own race. The detectives nave
no idea why Ko Low was Killed Dut
three Chinese have identified Tom zee
a. The assassin, and the District Az
torney's Office is satisfied.
Polieemen on Every Corner
When daylight filtered into the
crooked turnings Of Doyer. Mott ana
pcll streets yesterday Il revealed
.bine-eoated policeman on every cor
ner. with two or three assigned 10 the
center Of each block. for luck and pre-
coution There had been no declara-
Ton of war. but Chief Inspector
Couehlin in n long career never heard
Of a tong Official as prominent as no
Low being killed without bloody retail
Gtion. .Li.-
As stopped figures clad IN snlny
houses shufied into doorways for sly
peeks at the squads Of watchiul po-
iicomen the only man in all that re-
eion who left his bed with the pros
poct Of a pleasant day was victor
Toni. head Of the undertaking es.ao-
Usbrent Of Charles Bacigalupo, lncr
26 Mulberry Street. 10 Low rates an
expensive funeral, maybe a $4,000 one
and an emissary Of the Hip Sings
wqited on the Bacigalupo doorstep, TO
the chagrin Of rivals. &C.,.
On Leong Tong members. tradiuonai
enemies Of the Hip Sings, were longest
getting their shutters down for the
dav's business. but in the end clear
eonsciences and perhaps a reassuring
word f--m tong headquarters per
euaded th.m that Ko Lows passing was
no affair Of any On Leong.
Fractional Disputes Denied
Lee Yee Hing, president Of the New
York branch OF the Hip Sings, denied
knowledge Of any factional disputes
within the tong that might have caused
the killing Of the national chiettain
As FOR mention Of the On Leong Tong
IL lured from Yec Hing no moro than
n bland expression. Did not the On
Leong Tong spend $50 for flowers for
the funeral Of DR.. Fong Flu Long, Iee
Kings honorcd predecessor, no more
than three weeks ago?
Then when the detectives were
planning 20 return 70 the station and
record failure, message was wills
pcrcd 20 one Of them.
Detective McKettrick had confer
ence with some Of the Hip Sing leaders,
ard then with O'Hara and O'Leary
started for 90 South Oxford Street,
Brooklyn In q small fat there dwells
Tom Yec. Americanized student Of
civil engineering. many degrees above
tire ordinary denizen Of Chinatown In
culture and appearance.
on June 20 Tom Yee was playing
rool IN n Doyers Street, across from
tho Hip Sings and the third floor
ar.ment Of Ko Low - roar Of a
fortv-tve drowned out the screech OF
talking machines and the click Of the
ivory balls. Tom Yce was down on the
3oor clutching the mouth Of black
e.cd wound when the police came. Az
fhc hospital 10 was discovered that he
has suffered two fractured ribs and
a. .1rged felicitaticns for narrow
0scaDe from Joining his ancestors
without progeny to honor his memory.
4 man named Bow Sing was arrested
s1d charged with the shooting. He
srid be vas cook and lived in 2
Orchard Street. What he did not say
was that hc was a cousin OF the wealthy
and influential 10 Low. in the Tombs
court on July e he was held in $500
bail for trinl as the ogsailant Of Tom
Yee. Tom Yee declined 70 help the
police and merely repeated that he did