Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-30

DOC1 In blo river.
When the bakers shop was
searched Monday for clues Is to his
whereabouts. 1t presented disorder
ed signs OF a struggle. Police came
upon a dragon In the middle OF the
torn room. and turned their alter
ton to the possibility OF his death
az the hands OK members OK some
Chinese tong. Mystery was added
when the first dragon found SUD
denly disappeared. With the fLnn-
ing OF the second dragon Oh the
body, OF the same fiery hue OF the
first, police secuted the idea that
IL IS the same as the emblem which
disappeared, and today are begin
ming 70 believe that because II has
been 50 prominently displayed that
1t may be being used as q blind TO
miSlead the searching officers.
Another Body Found?
Matamoros has been thrown into
a high state OF excitement W. the
idea Of tongs operating III bloody
warfare. and this was added 20 in
no small manner yesterday after
noon, when Il was reported that
the body OF a two-year-old boy was
found damned III the chimney ot
a kouSe near that where the bakers
body was found.
10 Is not held, however, that the
death of the boy has any conneC-
ton with the death OF the Chinese
baker, and MatamoroS police are
giving first attention TO apprehend-
ing the murderer or murderers, or
the baker. cruelty choked to death
as he was kneading dough IN his
little shop about ! o'clock Monday
morning.
Suspects held in connection with
the mysterious disappearance OF the
well known man, were Geronimo
Wing, an employe, q boy helper and
a man and woman living next TO
the bakery, and through whose back
yard tracks OK three men led to the
adjoining bakery and then on
towards the Rio Grande.
The suspects were released yeSter-
day morning at ten o'clock after
being grilled al night by the Mata-
moros police. Police chief Sr. Ii
RADIO Salinas conducted a special in
veStigatiOn OK his own apart Of the
one being carried out by the Mata-
mOrCS police department and by
Sr. Licencidao Legorreta. MatamO-
ros special investigator. Sr. Salinas
questioned the suspects throughout
the night, and managed TO get
meager details that enabled him to
discover the body. The suspects were
released Tor lack OF evidence.
Salinas Finds Body
Shortly after the suspects were
released, Sr. Salinas personally
opened Investigations OF the prem
iSes where the murder was COM
mitted. He noticed that swarns OF
flies gathered about the Clubhouse.
He ordered his men, who had been
posted at strategic points near the
bakery, 70 search there. With q rake
and a spade, they discovered n
mound of dirt, brush and old news
papers inside the little building.
Digging further a clutched hand
appeared. Shong's body horribly
mutilated was soon brought to the
surface. His hands were tied behind
his back, his feet bound with wire
rope, and his neck nearly severed
from his body BY another wire, his
mouth stuffed with rags and one
eye was missing. The marks on the
victims body bore mute evidence
to the struggle he put I'D against
his attackers.
That Shong put I'D a terrific fight
was evidenced by dough knives
found lying around the shop. Some
OF these had been stuck in the wal
as u they had been hurled. Indian
fashion. at assailants. "A clock or
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