New-York tribune., 1894-03-26
ONE ARREST MADE.
CHINAMAN LOCKED UP.
,,r IS THOUGHT TO KNOW MUCH ABOUT
THE MURDER OF SUSAN MARTIN.
o~xrRA1, OFFICE DETECTIVES BELIEVE THEY
.,, r,,.xn AN IMPORTANT CLEw TO
THE MYsTERY-THE MAN TAKEN
BEFoRE JUSTICE RYAN AND
pFMANDED.

1,nere were some new and probably important
6evelopments yesterday in the mysterious case
:, Susan Martin. the twelve-year-old girl whose
'.',ua,oa bodv was found in the coal cellar Of
tenement house in West Thirty-nnth-st.
Da,o,,ivA.sergeant Crowley and Rogers were
=. ,,,rriro visitors to the jefferson Market
police Court. With them was short, repulsive-
looking Chinaman, dressed in blue blouse and
ornamented slippers and wearing his "pigtail'
in approved Oriental style.
Tho two detectives brought the Chinaman
ouicklv I'D to Police Justice Ryan's desk and en-
raeed the Judge in mysterious conversation.
The Chinanan, VINO said his name was Yu
Lhan. was nervous. glancng furtively around
the court, and seemingly afraid that something
terrible about to happen
After a few moments Yu Lhan was led away
tn the custody Of the officers, his face blanched
with terror.
When questioned as to what the Chinaman was
charged with. the detectives said he was merely
held a suspicious character.
ANY connection with the murder OF Susie
Martini asked the reporter.
The detectives laughed, and said that the ar
rest of Yu Lhan had nothing to do with that
horrible butchery. They were anxious. however,
to hustle the Chinaman out of sight as quickly
as possible. and did not give anybody much
chance 20 talk TO him.
II is known. however that the Chinaman was
suspected OF knowing a good deal about the
butchery, and that he was arrested because OF
that fact.
Yu Lhan who keeps laundry in Tenth ave.
was SEEN 1t is said. entering the house No. 5lI
West Thirty -ninth-st.. where little Susie's body
was found. carrying bundle under his arm
deaf and dumb man named McCann. accord
INK TO the story, saw the Chinaman enter the
house with the bundle and remain inside about
three-ouarters of an hour. The date would. 1t
md will
sppearance from home McCann communicated
With the police officials in West Thirty-seventh.
A. in writing and the result was the arrest or
Yu Lhan The latter speaks broken English and
Is evidently too frightened to account lor hiihseii
at present. ...,. 49, .,o,,oo oro
hold!ng the prisoner and the refusal OF definite
Information as TO his arrest lead many people 10
believe that the authorities have discovered an
important clew to the murder of the child
In order TO throw the reporters OH the track
NJ the arrest Rogers and Crowley registered the
prisoner as from No. 420 Tenth-ave. The place
is a fat-house Of the better class. and has only
three families Al No Ala Tenth-ave.. in the
Basement is a Chinese laundry. run by man
who is sometimes known as Hu Jhan, a near ap-
proach to The name OF the jefferson Market
prisoner. This man has for nearly three Gays
heen missing and this seems to lend some color
10 the assertion that he is the man now under
arrest While IT was supposed that the pohce
had abandoned the line Of investigation among
the Chinese. Rogers and Crowley were quie'iy
working II out significant suggestion mace
by Dr. Cyrus Edison. who had subjected the
clothing to thorough chemical analysis.
II Is now pretty evident that the mouths OF the
Martins have been used by the police. on
Saturday night. In burst of drunken candor.
Martin admitted that the mittens and hat found
in the brewery ashes on Saturday morning, be-
longed to the murdered girl Then. in answer 70
a warning exclamation from his wife. he said
that he had been mistaken and that the cloth
ing was not Susie's Last night he refused to
say anything at all.
4 The examination Of Yu Lhan will be awaited
with interest as IL may throw some light on one
of the most mysterious crimes New-York has
seen for many years