EPISODE 49: No Reservations

Sep 27

On this week's episode, Kate and Paul head to Soho, NY in 1885 where a restaurant owner is found dead in the middle of the day. Beyond a very robust crime scene, the investigation uncovers the interesting history of the victim and immigration in the US at the time.

Sources:

“Brutal Murder of a China-Man in Spring-Street” (New York Times) 1885.

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1885/11/03/106177757.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

“The Murder of Chong Ong” (Murder by Gaslight) August 13, 2016

http://www.murderbygaslight.com/2016/08/the-murder-of-chong-ong.html#more

“The Chong Ong Murder” (The Lawrence Tribune) November 27, 1885.

https://www.newspapers.com/image/489452573/?terms=%22chong%20ong%22%20&match=1

“Murderer Run Down” (The Philadelphia Times) November 21, 1885

https://www.newspapers.com/image/52667778/?terms=%22Antonio%20Saloa%22&match=1

“The Murder of Chong Ong” (The Parsons Daily Sun) November 7, 1885

https://www.newspapers.com/image/61762522/?terms=%22chong%20ong%22%20&match=1

“Novel Theory of Chong Ong’s Death” (New York Tribune) November 5, 1885.