The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-20
Letter TO Missing Chinaman
Found at National
Hotel.
MAY GIVE NEW TRACE
OF ALLEGED SLAYER
Envelope Bears Name on Back of
Sam Wing, New York, as Ap-
parent Sender.

OUC OI TIC tIlOSt important CLUES
that has been placed in the hands of
the Washington police in their ef-
forts to trace the actions in this city
of Leung Ling, alias William L.
Leon, the Chinarlan accused of
the murder of Elsie Sigel, of
New York city, was furnished In
spector Boardman, chiefk detec-
tives, early this morninby The
Times through the discovery at the
National Hotel of special delivery
letter addressed to the mfsiAS
Chinaman, from Sam Wing, of
York city.
The letter was mailed at 6 p. M,
June II. and reached the National
Hotel the same evening.
Address on Letter.
Mr. William Lone. care of G. r.
Schutt, National Hotel. Washing
ton, D. c." is the address on this
important letter, while the name
of the apparent sender is written
on the back as Mr.. Sam Wing, S5
Bayard street. New York city"
A number of Chinese characters
preceded the name of Wing
The day clerk of the hotel re-
fused to give up The letter.
1t was called for by the postofice au-
thorities after application had been
made by the police
Other Developments.
Otner important developments in the
murder mystery unearthed today by re-
porters for The Times follow:
Leon and a Chinese companion
teIephoned TO New York city late last
wednesday night from the Fritz Beu-
ter Hotel, nesr Chinatown district.
An unknown ChinanaB teIephOned
TO New York from the National HO-
tel Thursday night.
Leon and q girl took automO-
htIe ride for two hours with doe Tor
r.IIo, a National Hotel chauffeur. June
| 9. and went TO the depot with the
same chauffeur june IL.
The accused ChIHaman, with 3 white
I girl hanging on his arm, we're seen
near the Capitol abOSt "A week ago.
! no direct evidence as IL whether
Ling stopped al the NstiouaI Hotel
has been disclosed.
/ Leon told Joe TorriIIo, the chauf-
feur who drove him to the Union
station when he left the city, that
he had already sent his trunk to she
train.
Wore Different Clothes.
The chauffeur who took the couple
riding declares the Chinanlan wore
light suit Of clothes; the telegraph op-
orator who saw him the same evening
declares he wore a black suit.
L.eung told the chauffeur at the depot
that he had sent his trunk to the sta
tion. The hotel authorities do not know
/ of anv trunk being received for the
Chinaman or sent out at his order.
The evidence of the men who took no
tice Of the presence Of the Chinaman
and the woman in Washington is some
what conflicting. Time has passed since
| they saw the couple and none Of them
can positively identify the pictures of
the accused man which have been
shown them Particular notice OF the
couple was taken only because Of curl
osftv at the unusual sight of a pretty
| white girl accompanying a Chinaman
and acting as though she we're attached
to him.
/ Joe TorrilIo. the chauffeur who holds
forth at the National Hotel. had as good
an opportunity Of seeing them and re-
membering them as any one in the city.
but he. declared this morning that he
could not swear that the man who rode
with him was the man in the picture"
Looks Like Him"
TT looks like him all right" said
Joe. He wore a light suit OF clothes
and talked good English. While they
were riding with me for two hours and
a half, did not hear much that was
said They appeared 10 be spooning
some in the back Of tire automobile. but
that is so common on such JOY rides
that I paid little attention TO it.
When 1 took them to the train two
days later. the Chineman told me he
had already sent his trunk down. He
did not say from what hotel he had
sent it
The conflict of the stories al the Ma