Warry Charles

Warry S. Charles (1857 1915) was a Chinese American businessman and Hip Sing Association leader who was tried and convicted for organizing a hit during the Tong Wars in Boston's Chinatown.

Biography Charles was born in 1857 in China. He moved to the United States when he was 11 years old and worked for relatives in San Francisco and New Orleans. They had two sons, one of whom, Warren Charles, became the second Chinese-American officer in the New York Police Department. Charles finished his education at the University of Nebraska.