Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-24
FIVE SLAIN AS TONG
WAR FLARES ANEW
Others Shot as Conflict Is
Revived in Cities of East
and Midwest.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK. March 24.-Deadly
warfare between Chinese tongs in
widely scattered sections of the
United States f1ared up today, result
ing in five deaths and three persons
shot.
The two-year truce between bhe
Hip Sing and On Leon Tongs expired
today, and shortly afterward gun play
started. It could not be determined
in the first reports whether all of the
shootings resulted from differences
between the members Of these secret
societies.
The casualties were:
Brooklyn, =. Y.-Two dead, two
shot.
Newark, y. J.-One dead.
Chicago-One dead.
Manchester, Conn.--One dead.
Cleveland, Ohio.-One shot.
Pittsburgh, Pa.--Two shot.
Chinatown Is Terrorized.
New York's Chinatown was terror
ized when the news of the killings was
received through underground chan-
nels. Help from the police was frantic.
ally sought and scores of frightened
Chinese asked for protection of their
homes. Twenty-Five bluecoats were
rushed to the strategical points in
Chinatown and plain clothes men
were pressed into service.
The Orientals were secretive, as
usual. as to the outbreak. Oh1ciais
of both tongs in New York insisted
that the present conflict in China, now
n
ing to do with the warfare in this
country.
The treaty signed by leading tong
officials here two years ago brought
to an end q war that cost the lives
of 70 Chinese throughout the United
States.
Police Guard Sections.
C.uards were established about the
tong headu,larters and the home of
prominent tong leaders. Groups OF
silent. sinking figures were reported
moving about the district, and. fearing
a general outbreak, police established
a close watch on the entire section.
In Brooklyn, Ly Poy, so, was shot
and killed and Chin Look, 45. died in
a hospital, having been shot three
times in the Kings Tea Room. a Chi
Pow died instantly with q bullet
through the heart, but Look, before
lansing into unconsciousness at the
hospital. told police he believed the
shot was fired by member OF the
On Leong Tong.
There were about so persons, mostly
white young men and women, in the
tea room when the shooting occurred.
Great excitement prevailed as an un-
identified Chinese gunman stood In
the kitchen door and fired at Poy.
Look rushed at the stranger with
meat cleaver. The gunman fired calm
ly at Look and escaped. He had en-
tered the restaurant a short time be-
fore the shooting, stopping at the
cashiers desk when he entered.
One Slain i'm Chicago.
Pow was a member of the Hip Sing
Tong, police said, but Look had no
with any organization.
In Chicago Chin Park, youth, was
found shot to death in a gambling
room in the heart of Chinatown.
Police supposed he had been the
victim of a disgruntled gambler, but
New York headquarters of the Hip
Sing said he was a member OF that
Police took Is to 20 Chinese and
about 90 of the diners to headquarters
for questioning from the Brooklyn
restaurant.
In Newark the body Of an unidenti'
fed Chinese was found In the street
with 26 bullet wounds in his body.
Chinese were arrested
after the shooting, which occurred in
the Mulberry Arcade, in Newark s
Chinatown.
Twenty-Five We're pulled from hunks
in a labyrinth of compartments in the
basement of the Arcade, from where
the slain mans body was being taken
when police became aware of the out
break Two others were arrested as
they attempted to leave the place.
Police Seize Opium.
Police who chopped through rear
doors entered the basement and seized
90 pounds of opium. Guns were
found on the floor and the beds.
Bullets had perforated the walls.
Physicians at a hospital in Brook
lyn told Look he could not live and
he then asked to see his wife Alice, q
white woman. She came to the hos
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