New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-20
ABDUCTED BY 4 CHINAMAN.
THE GIRLS FATHER CONDUCTED SUNDAY
SCHOOL FOR MoNGorIANs.

SCHOOL FOR MONGOLIANS.
Wing Lee Young Chinaman arraigned before
Justice Diver in the Tombs Police Court yesterday
and held in 80 900 bail for examination to-day on two
cborrcs-one of abduction and the other OF carrying
concealed weapons.
Lizzie sproul is the ffteen-yearold daughter OF
David c. Sprou Of Camden. y. j., who mas Deeh the
sexton Sunday superintendent and elder OF the
leadi1s Methodist Episcopal Church OF that suburb
Of the Quaker City. Attached TO the church Is
chinese mission and Sunday -schoOl. and in the base
mont Of the Sproul homestead there is a Chinese
laundry. Lizzie who Is tall, welldeveloped ana
rather pretty girl in this way became acquainted with
Numbers of the Celestas and spent considerable OF her
leisure in thair company. The upshot OF THIS tamil
iartv was that on June 20 last Lizzie disappeared
from home
After she had gone her father found in her room
letter which had given him cew 10 her hiding place.
II was written by a Chinaman, who signed MS lame
Wing Lee. and was literally as follows:
"May 49, 1891.
"My Dear Friend Lizzie sproul 1 was very glad
received letter from you or my Dear nice sweet an
sorry leave you that day becaus not have time stay
with along time becaus am business pleas excuse me
I hopeng you come see me l not nave time Moiuay
like see YOU every Monday becaus not have time
only some time Monday can not sent my picture TO
YOU right away If you wont come see me answere TO
ma nnrbans come see you on June 9Th 1901 Monday
roornp ahout seven o'clock pleas hope you come see
best my Dear
Good by my Dear
"Swect hard Good by
"FrOm your Friend
"Plcas don't tell no BODY
Tho Camden Cinnamon professed to know nothing
whatever about Wing Lee Wien tie troubled ia'ner
or.s,Ionad them so Mr.. sproul went TO Philadelphia
Racest.
h hod bccop, acquainted through their attendance mt
-. crrdar.school They told him that Wing Lee was
Ioundrvnan in suburb Of tie city, and thither went
NJ, snouI ouiy to find that Wing Lee had sold out his
I,rr several DAYS previously and gone no one Knew
where. ,, ,,,u
Mr. sproul returned TO the Pnadelpma Cmnaiheh
"a hosnngbt them 10 find Wing Lee, as he now felt
assrrod that his daughter had gone with the Mon
-o,lon The Cinnamon promised 70 track the fellow
"a cco,d,nalv wrote to some OF their countrymen In
tls city with the result OF finding Wing Lee ana the
Girl here Then the father OF Lizzie came 70 new
York reported the TO the police ana ooer LIsUoi
~ the Elzabetlst. station saturday night arIesleo
tho par at No. 10 PelLst Wing said to the oiheer
,bat Lizzie and he lad married, but the girl sub
seouently admitted that TINS was laiSe WIZ IiA
treated her splendidly,' she SAID
when The officer was taking the pair down the stairs
~ tho Pest house. on the way to the police station he
noticed Wing put ms band under his blouse, ana sls
Meeting that the fellow might be cndeavorng to get rio
81 something compromising he searched him and found
nm him pair OF steel knucklos OF particularly muir
deroas kind which Lston took possession OF and when
formed the subject Of a second charge. Wing Lee was
locked up for the night in the Ellzabeth-St ponce
station and the girl taken to the Office OF Mt
GeITy's society.
Yesterday morning Wing Lee was brought to the
Tombs Police Court. Usually when Chinalnan Is ar
raj gned before police justice dozen or more Oh ms
pigfacd countTymen are interested spectators N Cng
roIrt room but Wing Lee had only one white Dousel
Celestial friend al the Tombs YESTERDAY VINO hsd COLI.
IN Five bail for him The amount OF the bail Aed Dy
Justice Diver too much however anu "His wac
hustle downstairs 10 the prison. ,io To-,
Lizzie present in the court & ~ u
by Officer Finn, of the society, ana er aler was us
in court. -. y o,c,ocl, This
The examination will take place at = O'CLOCK 'iiS
afternoon.