Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-06
T0N(;MEN
ABANDON
WARF ARE
Stern Federal Threat Is
Effective In Ending
ShO0tings.
FOUR MORE KILLED
Outbreaks In New York
And Boston Put Police
On The Alert.
(By United Press)

Tongmen's guns have killed five
persons and wounded three others
III four cities in the last two days,
despite threats Of United States At.
torney Charles Tuttle in New York
to,deport national Tong leaders and
any other Chinese unable to prove
their right in this country.
The casualty list:
Boston-Two Hip Sing Tongmen
dead; one shot at and missed
New lork--Cnc Chinese of un-
determined Tong mem bership dead !:
Hip Sing restaurant owner and wo-
man patron wounded.
Chicago On Lcong Tongman
dead; another dangerously wounded.
Newark-One Chinese, kinsman of
Hip Sing Tongman, dead.
The warfare, according to those
wise in the way of Tongs, arose
through belief by Hip Sing men that
the larger and wealthier On Leong
Tong was PROSECUTING its members.
NEW YORK, Aug. 6.W.P-A
federal edlet peace or pack up
caused Hip Sing and On Leong
Tong leaders 10 call off their ma.
tional warfare today.
L. s. Attorney Charles II. Tuttle
called presidents of the rival Tongs
into conference at the Chinese con
sulate general and told them he
would make raids and deport every
Chinese who had entered this coun'
try in the last five years unless they
called off shootings which already
have claimed five lives in New
York, Newark, Boston and Chicago.
POSTON, Aug. q. U.P)-Thc mar
row little cohblestoned streets of
Boston S Chinatown were deserted
today except for patrolling squads
of policemen, rushed into this bit
Of transplanted Orient to guard
against another Tong outbreak such
as the one last night in which two
Chinese were killed.
Three suspects were under ar
rest. One of them was identified by
an unnamed Is year old girl as the
slayer of Yee Wah, a laundry pro-
prietor. Yee Wah was killed in the
doorway of his laundry by Tong
hatche,men who discarded their
rcvolvcrs near the scene.
Almost at the moment the bullets
found their mark in Wah, other
hatchctmen made Shing Hing,
an Interpreter for the United States
immigration Service here, their
victim. his assailants escaped
through Gordon of police thrown
about the district when authorities
realized Tong war was on in
earnest. Hing died before reaching
IA hospital.
Michael II. Crowley, superinten-
dent of police, further Augmented
the police guard in the district when
informed of apparent hostilities be
tween the Hip Sing and the On
Leongs, rival Tongs. At strategic
points in the Chinese sector, police
placed squads armed with submaJ
chine guns.
NEW YORK, Aug. 6. UH-Less
than two hours after United States
Attorney Charles ii. Tuttle had is
sued a warning to warning Iongs
here, another Chinese was shot to
death last night.
Chin Lee, who owned a laundry
in East 10th street, was struck by
three bullets Passersby told of see
ing two men flee from the scene an
.3S caliber pistol was found close
to Lees body. Another pistol was
found a short distance from the
laundry.
That occurred shortly after the
United States and Chinese govern
ments had combined forces in an
attempt to halt the Tong killings
which have broken out in several
cities in the last three days. Sam
uel S. Young, Chinese consul gen.
eral here, cooperated with Tuttle in
issuing the warning to the On
Leong and Hip Sing Tongs.
AT conference in Tuttle's of
flee were Eddie Gong, secretary of
the Hip Sings, and Henry Sing, for
mer national secretary of the On
Leongs. All other officers of the
two rongs were "out of the city,