The sun., 1909-06-21
LEUNG WAS IN WASHINGTON
HE SENT THE TELEGRAM IN
EES!E SIGEDS NAME.

Cnu Noln Also tau h<fttefb rToV uDC Stfu
and Says He Got Another Letter
Threatening to kin Him and cut Him
Up II lie Did Not Let Tier Alone
WASHINGTON, June 2O.-1'he first def
mite clue as to the presence in this city
OF Leung Lin. the supposed murderer
Of Elsie Sigel. and the fact that he was
the Chinanan who sent the Don't worry
telegram to Mrs. Sigel on the evening Of
June 0. came to light here to-day. This
morning Manager Schutt OF the National
Hotel, whence the telegram WAS sent,
.aierhcned to Polios HeidlulrSers thai
he had found among the unoalled for
letters one addressed to LeIng Linn.
This letter was postmarked New York.
June IL. o A. NJ, apd was addressed
.Mr. William Leone. care Of G. F.. Sohutt.
National Hotel. Washington. D. c. On
the reverse side il the inscription: Mr..
Sam Wing. IS Bayard street, New York
city In front of this inscription Ii o,s
in Chinese. The contents Of tho lettsr.
the police believe. will 60 a long way
toward solving the case.
Frederick Stonregen. the Postal Tsle-
graph operator who took from the ssodsr
the message addressed to Mrs. sigel, When
shown Leung' 9 pioturein THK EVENING SuN
of yesterday positively identified 1t -
that Of the Chinese In American oio<hlng
for VII ON he had sent two tslsgrAass
on the night Of June 0. One Of tbe3S telt-
grams. the operator. said, was writtsa
when the Chlnaman entered the oM2s.
TELEGRAM AND LONG pIsrANCE oAkL.s
aThe Sigel telegram said stodregen
tonight, she wrote on the counter there,
The operator also said that tho China-
man spent nearly twenty mihutas In tho
Office and while there wrote a lettar
Stodregen said that he paid some attep-
ton TO the man when he was writing tho
letter as he wrote 1t in Chinese charaoters.
He used a fountain PEN
A long distance telephone conversation
between Warrington and New York by
two Cinnamon on Wednesday last may
have something to do with the 6isel
murder James Merchant. bartender
at Fritz Reuters hotel. on Pennsylvania
avenue and John Marshall place, OPP
posite the Chinese quarter. said to-day
that last Wednesday two Chinamer
dressed in American style clothing camp
into the restaurant and attempted 10 call
up New York. but found some difficulty
In making the connection. They. rs-
quested his assistance. he said. and he
called long distance for tho number they
gave. Merchant said he got the coa~-
nection and one Of the men stepped into
the booth and talked for several minutes
with New York. picture OF Lsune was
shown Merchant and he said he thought
that was the Chinaman who had done tbs
talking.
"CHINAMAN' AND WHITE WOMAN IN A CAB
Joe Torrillo. a chauffeur. with a stand
at the National Hotel at Pennsylvania
avenue and Sixth street. said that he 70
called having ss fare in the week Of
June an Amerioanized Chinaman and q
white woman and taking both TO the
union station on June II. The rolioe
say they know the identity Of this couple
and that the man was not q Chinese but
q Japanese. At both the National Hotsi
and the st. James Hotel 1t is denied that
either Chinese alone or accompanied
by white woman stopped there. Chief
Clerk Wood Of the National Hotel said.
however. that he recalled that Leung
stopped at the hotel In April last. Neither
his American nor Chinese name appears
on the register. however.
1t Ia believed that the writer OF the
special delivery letter got the address
and the name Of the manager from tho
letterhead Of the note written hy Leung
while in the telegraph Office and waiting
to see his two messages despatched.
A number OF affectionste letters from
Elsie to Chu Gain. manager Of tho Port
Arthur restaurant, were found by tho
police when they searched Chu's room at
the Port Arthur yesterday. They were
similar. said the police. to the letten
Elsie wrote to Leung.
Paul Sigel admitted last night that Il
was his daughter Elsie who was strangied
in the room OF Leung Lin. the Chtnaman
abe had taught to read the Bible and lead
In prayer at the missions. He told Poiioe
Captain Carey that his daughters frisnd-
ship with the shorthaircd Chinese OF ths
downtown missions had boen souroe of
great bitterness to him for years.
He could not believe in the pisty of
Cinnamon who insisted. each Of than. On
having q good looking young whits
woman to teach him the oonning q
prayers. and he had put his foot down tn
Elsiss converts coming to his houss. but
Elsie and her mother could not ~ y fAat
way. Thsy believed that svssy yellow
man who. thuznbed . Bible and dycosd .
hymn was real brand pluoEsd erum tAs
burning. and they rstolosd whanSyw
thsy could pessuade . coolie TO Ay ae5dS
bis rcd and black dice. buy . suit Of AzssFS-
can clothes and anip od his plgtau.
There had been, too, some qusst3o1 q
Elsies marrying LsunS Lin, who -
besn the choicest Of hsr converts. alxsSs
= smooth, olsxsr, a6sble Oriental, -
ready 20 fetch and carry a. frstnsd
poodle. Mr.. Sigel did not know that ~
light Of the Mott street mission vas run
ming . bali and pookst game u, Fest
George. separating well 10 do Chinaenea
from their money BY the kathas svay
rolypoly CRATER knows; but all Chinansn.
whsthsr they shufIied In sandals or wore