CHINESE MURDERED
TONG WAR FEARED IN
CHICAGO
(Received November 3, 9 am.) CHICAGO, November 2.
Chin Jack Lem, aged 61, one of the most powerful and feared and also one of ■ the wealthiest Chinese in Chicago, was shot dead in the heart in Chinatown.
His assassin is believed to be Chinese. A Tong war is feared.
His sons believe the shooting is a reprisal for Lem's refusal to contribute to the fund for the Chinese war. It is believed that Lem, who was imprisoned in 1924 on a charge of extortion, had many enemies.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 108, 3 November 1937, Page 9
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