The Washington herald., 1909-06-22

New York, June Fl. Luck
broke with the police to-day in the
investigation OF the murder Of Elsie
Sigel.
Ends of the mystery that had
been flying loose since the body
was founl were picked up.
Chung Sing, the fat cook who
gave Leung Lin the money to get
away on, and who skipped out OF
New York himself the night Elsie
was murdered, was caught at West
Galway, n. Y, calmly scrubbing
pans in the kitchen Of New York
er's country house.
Chung was held at Schenectady,
where most of the inhabitants
scrambled TO rubber at the China
man as he smoked a cigar in the
chiefs office.
Early IN the afternoon the Schenectady
police notified headquarters that they had
nahbed Leung Lin himself
They we're certain up there that they
had Elsies murderer. McCanertys men
doubted from the start that Leung had
been caught, and were inclined TO be-
ueve that the prisoner at Schenectady
was telling the truth when he said he
was Chu Hop, a cousin OF Chu Hong.
manager OF the Tuxedo restaurant at 4
Doyers street However. Deputy Com
missioner Woods sent two men TO schen-
ectady to have look at Chu Hop, and
one Of the Sigel family, Paul Sigel or
Fyanz sisel, viii go to Schenectady to-
morrow morning to make sure
Girl Deceived Them.
The police satisfied themselves from a
comparison Of the letters that Elsie wrote
20 Leung Lin and TO Chu Gain. the
manager of the Port Arthur restaurant
that the girl made each Chlnaman be-
lieve she was in love with him. While
she was writing passionate letters 70 my
darling William Qeung's American
name, and signing herself Yours, with
many kisses, Elsie" she kept up an az
fectIonate correspondence with Chu- She
was so sorry that ''her dear Chu had
been sick and hoped he would be bet
ter the next time she came down"
Also the detectives gathered In Sur
Leung. proprietor Of the chop suey house
at 7S2 Eighth avenue, who rented rooms
10 Leung Lin and Chung Sim. and who
had not been back since the night tn,
girls body was found and sun hal
slipped down to Chinatown TO find hi.
cousin There are a lot Of things the
police want to screw from Mr.. sun con.
cerning his cousin, and the uses 10 which
the rooms over his chop suey had beer
put before Elsie Sigel was killed there.
-Four Little Lees Return.
Nor did the four little Lees. that ar,
now left Of the six llttle Lees. get ava,
after all. They purify shirts at So Bayart
street and conduct general post-ofic,
for the Chinese 1lasons, Of whom Leun,
Lin was a member Of high degree From
their private pOst-ofice was sent III
letter to William Leone, National Hotel
Washington a letter written in Chimes
cypber, which McCanerty's detectives ar
having extraordinary trouble gettin
1roned out into plain English.
The four little Lees ran away on Sun
day afternoon when the word leake
through Chinatown that they wer
wanted. but they could not find a hol
in the police, lines around the city. 5
back they came. This afternoon the
were humping shirt bosoms as usual.
What pleased the detectives most an
sent them farther along than they ha
been at any time was the trapping o
Chung Sing and the establishment Of
plain motive for killing the girl. The
can get Chung's tongue wagging. the
said at headquarters. because Chung is (
pretty low-grade Chinaman. and had nc
shown enough class to get into tn
Chinese Masons, who have. the polio
said, closed up every avenue OF informa
ton they could command. Chung kneI
al Iabout Elsie's relations with Leun
Lin and a good deal about her connec
ton with Chu Gain. The police got tn
idea to-day that Chung, like Elsie, wa
playing a double game running Leung'
errands while taking money from Chu.
Ching Easily Caught.
Chung was caught without a bit o
trouble. The Amsterdam police had re
ceived Ike the police Of every city an
town in the United States bigger than
tank station. circulars with Leung's an
Chung's pictures. Somebody went L
Chief Packwood. OF the Amsterdam
police force. to-day and said there wa
a brand rev Cnihaman IN the neighbor
hood. Taking a look at Chung's promi
nent face. the news-bearer slammed hi
Est down on Packwood's desk and swor
Il was the identical Chinaman.
Paekwood went over to West Galwa,
and called at the summer homo Of Har
vey Kennedy, OF New York City. wher
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