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Less than a month after Ling Tchen's murder, police found the body of Abrams whose room had been filled with gas while he was asleep. A further investigation found the door and windows of his room had been blocked off and a thin hose from a gas jet in the hall had been stuffed into the keyhole.
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However, despite his business activities, he had a violent and dangerous reputation among the residents of Chinatown particularly the decapitations of three men in front of dozens of witnesses on Pell Street.
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who chased the unarmed Abrams with a ceremonial sword down Pell Street. Despite the murder and decapitation of Hip Sing chief
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never claimed responsibility (possibly fearing retribution from Abrams associates elsewhere in New York).
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Although feared by many Tong hatchetmen, Abrams was attacked by a drunken Hip Sing hatchetman
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and, during his later years, took in protection money from similar establishments.
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He was a criminal for hire on the streets of New York's Chinatown.
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Although credited in the underworld for Abram's murder, the
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