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broken up by the banishment of the masters and employés. It was said that no action should have been taken against the 4th and 5th. The 4th and 5th, were the Wa Lane gambling house and the Stanley Street gambling house, which were both kept at that time by Cha Sum.
I heard that the reason that the three houses in Cheung Hing Street, Kwai Wa Lane, and Heng Lung Street were reported and the masters arrested and banished was that Sam Tha was a good friend of Tang Chung's and reported all the other houses because he wanted a monopoly of the gambling. I heard that Tang Chung got $500 down and all the bribes that the other 3 houses had been paying him daily to report the houses and get them closed. I also heard that Quincey got $500 and an increase to his daily bribes for his share in the business. I heard that...