New Britain herald., 1927-03-24
Chinaman, Caught in Taxicab in New Ha- ven, is Identified as Slayer of Silk Town Laundryman Earlier in Day.
Already Five Killings Have
 Been Reported in Vari- ous Sections of Country
 Three Others Wounded

Manchester. Conn. March 24 [Pl-- Tong warfare cost the life of Ong Iing, helper in the laundry Of his cousin, Sam Ong, in Oak street to- day, He was q Hip Sing and re- turned from New York Tuesday night where he had been meeting with other members of his Tong there.
 Slayer Is Identified. Quick broadcast of word Of the two hours later of two Chinese who were in q taXicab. To that city went officers and witnesses and by noon sam Ong, in spite of his fright had pointed his finger at brother Chinese as the one who had pushed his way into the laundry and killed Ong King in his bunk.
 Shot Five Times.
 Medical Examiner W. r. Tinker Ii'iil loOh'i ON'l 'IlS hIllS S bD'il and found four bullets in the right side and a fifth had gone into the mouth. torn out teeth and lodged above the bridge Of his nose. Oug lad died in the bunk and t minute later his slayer was running up Oak street to taxicab which was wait ing in Main street and in which sat another Chinese. At New Haven two taXicab drivers identified this latter man as one who also had been in their cabs, first on 5 drive from Hartford to Manchester and thence to Meriden and then from Neriden to New Haven where an alert patrol man detained them. The Chinese lad changed cabs at Meriden.
 Identified By Another Man.
 The Chinese accused by Sam 0ng as the slayer Of his cousin had given the name of Chin Long, of New York city. He had on a brown coat and light colored fedora hat and the man who has a shop next door 10 Sam Ong's laundry pointed him out as the Chinese who went into the laundry and later ran to a cab three hundred feet away. The other man gave the name Of Su Ilu Wing.
 Denies Membership.
 The police here could obtain little information about the homicide. Sam Ong said he was not q Tong and did not have membership in any Organization. He did say, however, hat One King had been warned hhat he might he shot and prccau- tions were taken at the laundry 10 keep all callers outside the counter En the front part of the place. Ons Kings slayer appeared just as sam Ong ad, opened up. went in did the shooting and two minutes later was pn his way back towards New York.
 Recently, Sam Ong had q wire betting placed in the front part of his laundry to stop ingress by GUS omers and others to the back rooms.
 Place Was Protected.
 The only unncttcd portion of the
  Sam Ong. # is said. had explained hat the netting was used in case he had undesirable visitors. His laun- Try also was closed early at night but open for business in the early morning. The man who killed 0nc King apparently knew about Sam )ng's methods for he arrived at 7;l0 walked directly through the gate, lid the shooting and was outside on he run for the cab all in about two minutes.
 It is understood that Ong King had been warned that his life was in Hanger, and on Thursday a letter tame for him according to Sam One which repeated the warning. There was a strange Chinese accompanied ,y a woman in town yesterday tho police were told and the latter jS 1id to have been cousin.