Long War of Chinese Societies Ends in Murderous Revolver Battle
Chinese gangs from Boston and Worcester launched a violent raid during Old Home Week in Chinatown. A 19-member group of Highbinders fired on On Leong Tong members and civilians with U S Army revolvers, killing two cousins Goon Goon and Wong Goon as panicked crowds fled. Police credit Chief Watts with helping capture Yang and Wah, alleged leaders, amid a citywide uproar and crowded streets.
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New York
Tongs
Yang
Wah
Boston
Worcester
Watts
Chinatown
Hep Sing Tong
Cain
Lagrange Street
Beach Street
Harrison Avenue
Oxford Place
On Leong Tong Society
Goon Goon
Wong Goon
Ting
Station 4
Pemberton Square
Patterson
Smith
Norton
Seyward
Farley
Rooney
McCauley
Hart
O'Neil
Lindsley
Brooks
Hanrahan
Lewis Jones
City Hospital
Pierce
Conway
Hop Lee
Broadway
South Boston
Won Lee
Fourth Streets
Firecrackers Signal Massacre as Rival Tongs Fire on Boston Street
A deadly attack in Boston's Chinatown erupted after firecrackers drew a crowd and gunmen from the Hep Sing Tong and On Leong Tong opened fire, killing three and wounding many. Police surrounded Oxford place and kept streets sealed as investigators identified suspects, with ties to earlier tong feuds dating back to 1903.
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Hep Sing Tong
On Leong Tong
Burr
Smith
Oxford Place
Chinatown
Tongs
Wong Chung
Charley Chinn
Sin Tuy
Wong Yok Chong
Yee Soong Teng
Ching
Beach Street
Reform Association
Chong
Teng
Chung
Lfe
China
Wars of the Tongs Fights in Boston Chinatown
Boston's Chinatown endured a violent Tong feud between Hep Sing and On Leong societies. The Hep Sing, or Highbinder, ruled with fear, limiting actions and enforcing deadly silence. After rebels formed the On Leong Tong, warfare intensified with nightly murders and brutal attacks across the district.
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Boston
Chinatown
Hep Sing Tong
Highbinder Society
Oriental Colony
On Leong Tong
Malden Heroine Burns Shielding Grandparents
In Malden on August 2 a 15-year-old girl Flossie Standish saved her crippled grandparents by grabbing a burning oil stove explosion and tossing it outside. Her dress caught fire but she beat it out, sustaining severe burns to arms and body while protecting her grandparents and an invalid uncle in the adjacent room.
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Malden
Highland Avenue
Flossie Standish
Five Drowned When Boat Went Over Dam at Ottumwa
Ottumwa Iowa August 2 Five persons were drowned last night when a launch capsized in the Des Moines river during a pleasure trip. The victims include William H Powell his wife and son Mrs J F Stevens and a baby. The craft twisted in a strong current caused the engine to fail and drifted over a dam crashing into rocks below. Powell was a prominent young musician.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Des Moines
William H. Powell
J. F. Stevens
Powell
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