RAID ON "CHINATOWN."

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 138, 10 June 1905, Page 13

RAID ON "CHINATOWN."

The New York police on a recent Sunday made an rlaboratejy-planned raid on eight ; gambling dens in 'Chinatown." ofE the Bowery, where all the Chinese in the city ' live. Armi'rt with axes and sledge hammers , the police, who wort- in citizens' clothes. ! began their assault on the houses at a prearranged signal. They battered down the outer doors, and then rushed into the gam- . ing establishment.*, where they were met by great numbers of badly-frightened Celestials, playing fan tan. The Chinamen made no attempt to rpsii=L ihr police, ami stood about the rooms j in huddled group?. Patrol waggons drove up to thr- houses, and 400 Orientals were taken to gaol. Th" poii'-p havf long known of the pxhs- ! tencr of thf gambling dens in "'China- j town." but were unable to obtain enough evidence to warrant a raid, heretofore, ow- , ing to the extreme secrecy with which the ! Chinamen conducted their business. least week, however, a fend developed j among two factions, one led by Mock Duck, ! the kvral chief of the Highbinder Society. ' and the other led by Toai Lee. a well kuown New York character. illed "the ' Mayor of Chinatown." Mock and Tom j both visited the Chief of Police sepaxa- j tely, and each, unknown to the other, be- ! trayed the gaming deus frequented by the rival fa«-Uons. With the double in/orma- j l;on in their possession the police arrang- | ed the wholesale raids, and locked up the members of both factions indiscnnu&atel}". ] ■•i ~*