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THREE CHINESEKILLED IN TONGsWAR IN MEXICALI1i a, CALEXICO. Calif.. Feb. 27 War j• between rival tongs over control of t resorts in Mexicali, across the Mexi- 1: can border from this point, last night C i stretched the czar of Mexicali’s Chinese quarter and two of his henchmen are s dead. Three others were wounded, one v probably fairly. bFrancisco C.iao. wrho has dominated o he oriental district for some time, and c i who drove his only rival out of the, country a year ago. was stopped at a f street corner and killed with five bul-(g ; lets in his head and two in his body. • n Chee G^' and Anfonso. two of his 0 Chinese a.des, had been killed a few j, moments previously in one of Chao’s . three resorts, and three more were J badly wounded. ' v! Chao recently thwarted a move of t | the fragments of his opposition to re- e j open a resort in Mexicali and Mexican nI t f ^ Aa AM A J X A 2 AA 2 ^ «* 1 ^police expressed th£ opinion this n-----t .»*.*■ rprompted last night’s killings. tOfficers of Mexicali late today rounded up ei^ht Chinese, suspected ofcomplicity in the attacks on Chao and y i his henchmen. ! 'Tj The Chee Kong tong was believed a to be responsible for the shooting of Chao and his associates last night, \.Efforts to determine what tong Chao represented have proved futile to this time. I •.n
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Douglas Daily Dispatch
Douglas, Arizona, US
Tue, Feb 28, 1928
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