, 1889-03-28

. bS AD---4 Win Tue Ll95L uLIigclL search,
demonstrating that robbery had been added
TO the butchery.
SPREADING THE NEWS
The police were immediately notified and
D the news tcl7EruphCd to the Chinese authori-
ties IN New York city. The former detailed
two Of their best members TO work Up ths
case, while tie latter with equal pr0mptness,
| sent It's famous Detective Foo with instruo-
! tons 70 spare no expense or trouble III hunt
ing down the u!EEleTcT or muZGererS The
Chinese VidOcq arrived III RUmo forty-eiGht
hours. after his CaGcfissGan rivals had set to
work. They pooh pooacd the idea that be
could bo Of any Use to them, and proceeded
in their laDOFs % If 1lg -VSoTsa nonenity. He,
| however, set to work upon his ywu account
The police, aided by the reporters, made
the following discoveries: On Tuesday, June
| 80, a foreigner dressed IT new and handsome
clothes, had stopped al OZdensbuFg, and Oh
the evening Of Tue slEle day 4 similar, If not
the same person, had been seen in Sing Less
cottaSe talking with the Inter in a strange
| dialect; on the next evening he was seen
at the Rome depot; the conductor on ths
'eveEing northern express said that about
that date person answering the description
| given was through passenger on his train
| to MOutreali II the laundry q strange shirs
| was found stained with blood, and n shirt Of
| q peculiar pattern belonging to customer
was missing. Sing Lee on June 80 had
| shown, accidentally, 4 large roll OF new bank
| notes which lie had obtained the day before
at the local bank.
TIE DETECTIVES At WORK
| Armed with these cews the American de-
| tectives worked rapidly, and. week after
wards arrested q CEIHGuIal in Burlington
| a., for tie murder lie Wis partly Identified
| at that place by witnesses brought on from
| Rome but when he disclosed his defense he
| proved 50 perfect an abb by prominent citi-
| zens of Burlington that the magistrate hon
| OTaJy discharged him from arrest. The
| crest.a.len officers returned 10 their own
| state, and the awfU! crime seemed 20 be one
| Of those mysteries which would never BE-
| cleared and It's peTpc;ratOr punished 49, E.
In the meantime Detective Foo bad left no
| stone unturued- Dissatisfied with the police
| work done, he made 4 second and far more
| searching investigation. tie found two boys
who had seen a stranger iron Il shirt in ths
| laundry on Tuesday evening, and induced
| surgeon to reeXauiHc the wounds on the
| corpse. Tie doctor pronounced them to hays
| been inflicted by u left handed man. Foo
| jOtted down il his note boo!. about this tims
| the following:
| The assassin IS q Chiac55 Iauudfynan, who
speaks, reads uni writes English; who has dressed
IN European clothes . long time and who Is Left
| handed lie killed lee, rot for robbery bur 10
put him out OF the way ana to- get some doct,-
neuts- lie committed t;Ic robbery partly for the
slEeoi t!c money but chiefly 10 throw the officers
! OF the track. lie is therefore Intelligent. To
EtF!-e the D!0Ws required stsrH5 Il, great coolpsss
| EnI knowledge Of ula bOly lie is probably pro-
| fessiOuGi assassin.
| 1t the headquarters he scrutiuized the
| opium outfit and found traces of blood on ths
| needle. tray, pipe and box The murderer,
therefore, was a confirmed morphine (iend
| the detective then wrote a circular letter :
I
| murdered man, asking if they knew OF any
| qUarrg., a!Iray, law suit, business trouble or
| love affair in which the latter liad been ia
| viewed Within three days be had secured
| the most important ciew in the case Isss .
| had been and was 10 ba the chic. witness in Q
| bitter litigation "a Montreal between two
| CLineze merchants. EcJ Cuiy was his testi-
| mony Of ttc greatest weight but lIe had. in
| his pGsSG5iou letters and documents which :
| tarcltelie. 20 suJp one Of tie litigants of his
| fortune and to place HIN behind the gratinel
| Of the safe prison. From Montreal, there
| fore, the blow had been struck, and from
| I0atreai, in all probability, the murderer
| had come 10 commit his crime
| QUESTIONING RAILROAD HEE. -
| Foo tEcreupon questioned every conductor 3.
| and brakeman Who had been on duty on the
| trains between Rome and Montreal One
| conductor remembered that man who might
F! Il = =
| southwark passenger in the morning, bus
| had Glishted at way station. Two brake !.
| men gf another train recalled that man Of
| similar appearance had boarded heir train
| IN tEe afternoon and had come, they IhOughi,
| to Rome. IEa detective tool: the next trsiA
| nOrthward and al Glted at Che station ndrffsa
| ty the conductor and bTakemen.- The village
vas some distance away and there. Has Rs
one around but the statioumaster, He rs-.
| called no Chinaaaan who had got of tbs
| train but said Thai some tine alter the cars
| BAD passed u foreigner had stopped at hh
| house and inquired Of his wife where O. cer-'a
tain Chinese laHndryin the town sag. and :,
| sEat she had directed him accordingly. Foe
secured from the station master the address
II the laundry He found 1t without diff
| culty. but met n first with cold reception
! from t.le proprietor. a EaE hours c9nYsN.
| sntiGH changed the buIpor of the host, ana
| TE-u tie story Of tho murder IN ali It's de
| tails had been told to him his wrath and
| lorsST -Her no Bounds ss5- sssas
Ills tongue no.. -iDoseusd aud ne became 2
| yaIgaUe witness = CninanIan speaking tins =
| luaHtuus language with a strong FOo-ChoH I
| accent had called on the day in question q
0s;eu-ibiy to talk business. He had said that
| ne came from Montreal where he was a clerk :
and the cousin OF 4 rich merchant there
| GAINED Hong tthe very htigant against whom
Lees lcStiAl-4lN ACllti- I4AkE D~Gu
that he was on his way south, but hoped to
return withing u month. Then the laundry
man described the stranger so thoroughly
| that any hearer could have Identified shi1 ;.
| among thousand men =
Foo thanked his informant and proceeded
| directly TO Montreal Here, among the rail- :
road employees, he found baggage mau who >
had seen Chinaman, dressed in European /.
clothes, leave on Il very early train Tuesday
m
following Thursday or Friday His descrip-
ton ta.iied exactly with tbe five or. six al
| really secured Tue UCxt step wGs to lntsr-
| view the merchant who was at law with
Hong. He was naturally deeply interested,
| and the moment the detective presented h8
credentials from the celestial authorities ia
| New York, sent out iUT all his lEtlnAbs
friends In the meantime he served superb
| dinner 20 bis visitor aud piled him wife
quest. rs uric-as!as,ly Wien the guests had
. all arrived. BOO stated The facts briefly, and
| asked which OF Ho-Es friends and reiatIT0
wore European clothes. Five we're intsiedf-
ntaly r.,.ed amid great excitement, bat none
co-IesrUu!ed 10 the descriptions given In
New YORK sLato and none had left Montreal
q single day aC the time of tie murder.
\ KNOT 10 USRAvEL
Here was dilemma. The clew seemed to
| have led nowhere. The detective was puzzled
moment, and then read tie personal de-
2 .e.il,.an furnished him by the laundryhnau
| ia tn railroad village. As he began, ais
! auditors glanced at one another. and long
L | lc.g.e la had finished a.! exclaimed. "Fong
tI Tu" lie gave a sign OF relief; rs had
discovered who the murderer was. But WHARF
. g7..s t... assassin 70 uc foundl Foo now no
| solved 10 take tie U-l by tlle hoEls As
& .ss.-aI u circular 70 every CLinanan IN Mon
o -r..i ar.I tie vicinity, recitinS tbs details
Q and olFs-fn. q reward FOR tie capture OF tbs.
q murderer. lie then swOre out warrant,
> and y,.r4a policeman 81. -at straight 10 EoESs
u p.scs Of L....u-s5. Here they stoutIy denied
:. al. knowlei-s Of FJ:l- Ali Yus whereabouts.
}! and protested that lie had left for Nav
q Ygrl; the week before, Something, how
i ! .T.-.rt-La insist uDOn a