New-York tribune., 1884-01-08
MURDERED IN HIS LAUNDRY
A CHrNAMAN STABBED FOURTEEN TDlEs
HIS BROTHER ARRESTED on sUsPiCION-ROBRERY
FOLLOWS The MURDER

HIS BROTHER ARRESTED on sUsPiCION-ROBRERY
FOLLOWS THE MURDER.
The Chinese laundry on the first floor of No. Il
CntonSt. closed yesterday. 1t has been OPEN FOR
business every day, Sunday included, f0I about five
months. Several persons went 10 the laundry IN
the forenoon with bundles of soiled linen or wth
tickets for washing and raped loudly on the locked
door without getting any response. occupants Oh
the adjoining houses said that Lu Ling, the pruprie-
tor of the laundry had been seen at the door MS ,e
as p. IN on Sunday. in his usual health and spirits
number OF persons had been IN the place on pusi
ness earlier on that day. 1t was noticed nj length
that the door not secured by paddock l-u
Eing usually placed such a lock on the door when
he went away from the laundry. Policeman NDlte
of the Tenth Precinct, passed the laundry az p H.
and ne was told that the sudden closing Of the place
was suspicious. lie procured ladder, broke pane
of glass over the door and looked in. No one was
visible in the small front room, where everything
looked in order. White saw that there was no Key
on the inside of the door, Evidently the person who
had locked the door had carried away the key.
Going to the rear the policeman able to get a
glimpse into a small coal and lumber room, but en-
trance to the laundry from that end was impossible
There was an inner room, the doors OF winch had
been removed. Curtains of red cloth had been sub
sttuted and they we're drawn close. The policeman
found locksmlth and caused tue front door to be
opened. Two Cinnamon, Lee SIN, OF No. 80
Iewis-st., and Lee Eng of No. 93 Delancey-st.,
stood watching the laundry, and White took them
in with him. d,
the dead body of Lu Ling face downward ana
bloody. 1t evident at < lance that the Chiha-
man had been murdered. When the 9hceT nf ooic
he saw several stab wounds. No weapon was found
in tne room, but on q rude cot near the body was
the tray of a trunk which stood near the wall. Inc
trunk was Open and its contents were strewn about
the door. Robbery had evidently followed murder
The two Cinnamon who had gone IN with the police
man were taken to the Eldrldge Street Police sta
ton They said they knew Lu Ling. but had not
seen him for a day or two. Lu Ling they thought
was about forty years Old. He had wife and son
in China and brother, Lu Fung IN this city. La
Fung dId some work in the laundry OccasiOnally
hut he had no regular employment, they SAID. After
being detained IN the station for some hours they
were let 90. Detective Sullivan found Iu Fung IN
Division-st. at p. IN and took hun to the laundry
At sight of his brothers body lu Fung whllnpered
and put his sleeve to his eyes but no tears came
He afterward appeared stOlld and IN concerned lie
seld lie went 10 look for his brother at =. m. ON
Sunday. but could not find him. butcher IN
Cnton-st said he saw the brothers together IN the
laundry on Sunday afternoon and they appeared to
be quauellng. Lu Fung was locked up on sus-
piciOn.
Coroner Martin examined the body Of the muir
dered Chinaman and counted fourteen wounds IN the
neck and back. There were no wounds on the 'front.'
of the body. but the nose and chin were bruised,
indicating that In Ling had been thrown on his
face and he, down while the murderOns blows
were struck The wounds had been made with
two-edged dagger with a long blade. Some of them
were several inches deep. The body was taken 20
the Morgue The police thuught that the murder
had been committed by Chinaman, becasse a
white man would not have stabbed the body IN 50
many places. They could not find out where La
Fung lived and his conduct led 10 the suspicion
that he the murderer.