Chinaman Is Pursued

Interference of the police saved Frank Louie, a Chinaman, from probable lynching by a mob of infuriated white men who attacked him after he had knocked down his American mother‑in‑law, Mrs. Richard Powers, on the street, last night.

Three months ago Louie married Mrs. Powers’ 21‑year‑old daughter, Miss Lillian Fuller, telephone operator in a fashionable hotel. Mrs. Powers opposed the match.

Last night Mr. and Mrs. Powers met Louie on Second Avenue. Mrs. Powers demanded that he tell them where he was keeping the girl, whereupon the Chinaman knocked her down and fled. A crowd of men immediately pursued him and soon effected his capture. They were threatening to lynch him when the police interfered.

Louie was taken to the police station alive, and the wife, who was found in a hotel, was taken to police headquarters.