Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-19

an interpreter, we went to the house of Sam
Lee, the Chinese laundryman, which is sit
uated half mile from the dock, and fronts
on Richardson's bay. Sam Lees wife said
that Lung had stopped at her house
on the night after the murder. He
was then stranger to her, and repre-
sented that he was sick, had missed
his boat, and wanted shelter for the night.
Knowing that he would not be taken at ho-
tel, she admitted him, and gave him some
supper. While seated in the room he turned
his back toward her, and rested his head on
one of the ironing tables. In a few minutes
her husband came in, and assented to Lungs
remaining for the night. Shortly after Lung,
at his own request, was shown into the yard.
While there, Sam Lees wife heard him walk
toward the end of path of planks. He re-
manned absent about fifteen minutes. When
he returned, the laundryman's wife suggested
to her husband that they had no blankets to
make up bed. Lee then took blankets from
off the ironing tables and made up bed for
his visitor. Some time after Lung had re-
tired knock at the door was heard, and it
was answered by Mrs. Lee, who observed that
Lung covered himself head and all, with the
blankets. The party knocking was an timer
ant soap dealer, and after he left Mrs. Lee
asked Lung why he had drawn the blankets
ever his head. He replied that he was afraid
of a white man. She asked him what he had
done that he should be afraid, if he had
stolen anything. He answered, No; why do
you think l stole?' No further conversation
was had, and he left the next day. This old
man and woman who keep the laundry are
not in any way connected with the crime, and
were not aware that their house had been
used to secrete the stolen property in. After
the interview with the inmates of the house
closed We went and commenced to make
search. The house at the rear end is about
four inches from the ground, and less than
that at the 'front.' AT point five feet from
the rear line and five feet from the side, we
found the shooting jacket, and in this
$1,000 10 in gold and silver was found.
There on beam we found Severance's watch
wrapped in piece of cloth. wanted to
find the revolver, but it being impossible to
get under the house we went in and tore up
the floor, and near the front we found the re-
volver in holster, together with package
containing 1920 in gold. This was done up
in paper, and was close by the revolver.
We then returned to San Rafael to interview
the prisoner, All Lung. We sent for Mrs.
Severance, and she minutely described the
shooting Jacket and the revolver owned
by Lung, and when these articles
were shown to her she at once identified
them. We then interviewed Lung, who, by
the way, belongs to the notorious Wong fam
lily. More than one-half of the Cinnamon in
San Quentin belong to that family. asked
MIN, after showing him the 1920, if that was
part of the money he had received as wages
from Mr.. Severance He said it was, but
said he could not tell how it got to the place
where found. When shown the shooting
jacket ne said he did not know it, and that it
did not belong to him. Nor did he know any
thing about the money in it. He also said
he did not know the watch, had never seen
it, and did not know that it belonged to Mr..
Severance. then showed him the revolver,
and he said that he did not know whose it
was that he formerly owned a revolver, but
had not had one since he returned from
China, ten months ago."
Since the discoveries made yesterday, there
can be no doubt that All Lung murdered
Charles Severance. That he had accomplices
is also a pretty well established fact, but as to
who they were, or who is suspected, the po-
lice make no disclosures