Newspaper Article: "Chop Suey Man Wounded Swearer"
- Item sets
- Hop Alley
- Title
- Newspaper Article: "Chop Suey Man Wounded Swearer"
- Description
- This article from the St. Louis Post Dispatch describes an altercation between an owner of a Chop Suey restaurant on North Twelfth, Quan Wah, and unwelcome loiterers who allegedly began swearing and throwing chairs at Wah before he shot one in the leg awaiting police arrival.
- Creator
- St. Louis Post Dispatch
- Semester
- Spring 2026
- Subject
- Chop Suey
- "Hop Alley"
- Chinatown
- Downtown
- Temporal Coverage
- 1900 – 1909
- Spatial Coverage
- "Hop Alley," Downtown St. Louis, Missouri
- Language
- English
- Medium
- Newspaper article
- Date
- February 26, 1906
- Source
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers
- Explanation of Omeka Map Location
- The article lists the location of the Chop Suey restaurant as 808 North Twelfth Street. This street address no longer exists no an estimate was made.
