Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-03-24 | Page 3 | Five Killed in Tong Wars in Five Cities

FIVE KILLED IN TONG WARS WARSIN WARSIN WARSIN IN FIVE CITIES Year Two car Truce Ends and Reigns Reims of Terror Begin NEW YORK March BV 4 24 The Associated Press Deadly Press warfare between Chinese tongs in widely scattered sections of or the th United States flared Oared up today resulting re- re In five lve deaths and three shot persons The Tho year two-year truce between the Hip Sing and On Loon Leon tongs ex- ex expired ex and shortly after after- afterwards afterwards today could It wards gun play started not ba bo determined In n tho the first reo re- reports reports ports whether all of the shooting resulted from differences between the members of or the secret SD- SD so defies cleties LIST OP OF KILLINGS aS The casualties were Brooklyn N Y T two dead Newark N J one dead Chicago one one dead Manchester Manchester Conn one dead Cleveland one shot i t Pittsburg Pa two shot New Yorks York's China town w is as terrorized d when the news of the th received through un- un underground underground underground killings was channels Help from the police pollee was WIlS frantically sought and scores of frightened Chinese their asked for tor protection of Twenty-five Twenty bluecoats homes omes were rushed to the points In Chinatown and plain plainclothes clothes men were pressed Into service 4 i The Orientals were seer secretive as ai Of- Of Of Officials usual as to th outbreak of both tongs In New York Insisted that the present conflict in China now centering aro around aroun nd Shanghai had bad nothing to do with l the warfare In this country The treaty signed by lending leading tong tone officials here two years ago ag I brought to an end Aar a war ar that cost costI I the lives of or 72 12 Chinese throughout the United States