Evening star., 1909-06-26
Detectives Trip May Result in
Icons Capture.
QUANG WICK NOW WITH HIM
Chung Admits Hearing Quarrel Of
Murderer With Elsie.
CRIME NOT PREMEDITATED
Sudden Jealous Rage Ensued When
Girl Showed Preference for
Chu Gain.

NEW YORK. June 28.-The police look
for important developments in the search
for Leon Ling as the outgrowth of the
Out-of-town trip undertaken by Capt.
Michael Calvin of the department, in
company with Quong Wick Nam, the Chi
nese interpreter The pair left the city
quietly yesterday for an unknown desti-
nation.
Department officials shrouded the de-
parture OF Capt. Calvin and his Chinese
companion in the greatest of mystery.
Those in. touch with the situation believe
the trip Is not unlikely to develop speedi-
ly In news having an important bearing
on the search for Leon.
Calvin is captain OF the Elizabeth street
police precinct. and is credited with being
one of the best informed members OF the
force on Chinese and their ways. Quong
Wick Nam Is rated as Chinese who can
be depended upon, being one without Sc
cret society affiliations and with a record
of square dealing with the police.
He was the interpreter present when
the important statement was made by
which he secured. Galvin's resources are
believed to be sufficient to have brought
to light tangible clues in the Chinese
quarter.
Chung Overheard Quarrel.
Further light is thrown on the murder
Of Miss Elsie Sigel, granddaughter of Gen.
Franz Sigel. in the chop suey house at
7S2 sth avenue by Chung Sin. roommate
Of Leon Ling, whom the police are seek
ing as the murderer.
His memory. apparently logged another
little bit, Chung Sin, in his cell at the
house of detention, told Capt Carey that
he had heard Leon Ling and Elsie 6igel
talking In loud tones in Ling's room just
before the murder.
Chung, in telling this, had to admit that
he had spoken untruthfully when he in
sisted, in his previous talks with the po-
lice, that the first he knew that Elsie 81
gel was in Ling's room was when Ling
called him and Informed Chung that the
girl missionary was dead.
Chung told Capt. Carey the substance
of the conversation which took place be-
tween Miss Sigel and Leon Ling. but
what it was the captain would not di-
vulge. After hearing Chung's latest story
the police were inclined to think that the
murder of Elsie Sigel was not premedi-
tated, but that she was killed on the inn
pulse of the moment.
Girl Slain in Jealous Rage.
The conversation revealed to Capt. Ca
rey, it was intimated, had to do with Elsie
Sigers love affair with Chu Gain, the
Mott street chop suey restaurant proprl-
etor. Miss Sigel went to Leon Ling's room
1t is believed, on word from Ling that ne
was Ill, and when she arrived there Ling
is said to have turned upon her ana de-
manded to know why she had been in the
company of Chu Gain.
What followed, Chung Sin told Capt
sCarey yesterday. and from the bits OF
drew his conclusion that Leon Ling, in
the heat of jealous rage, threw Elsie Sigel
upon his bed, stifled her cries with a
handkerchief, and that she was then put
to death.
The police have believed all along that
two men killed Elsie Sigel. and Chung
Sins statement of yesterday is therefore
regarded az only partly true. The police
say they think Chung Sin has something
more to tell. If he heard Elsie Sigel and
Leon Ling quarreling. they argue. he
must certainly have known of the girls
struggles. Chung Sin will have to answer
more questions before the police are
through with him.
Still Denies He Was Present.
The Chinaman vigorously maintains, as
he has in every interview with the police,
that he did not go into Leon IIng's room
until after Elsie Sigel was dead. As to
this, the police are not entirely satisfied,
they say, and Chung will be questioned
along that line.
Every time the police talk with Chung
he either adds something to what he had
previously told or contradicts former as
sertions.
Another development in the murder of
the Chinatown missionary worker comes
from Ching Sing Lee. chop suey res
taurant promoter of ~ Mott street.
Lee told of having called at Leon Ling s
apartment on the top floor of the sth
avenue house the morning and evening OF
June 3, the day of the murder. and Of
having left g. note under the door Of
Lings room the following day.
This note disappeared. Inquiry at police
headquarters last night failed to reveal
that the police knew what had become
of 1t.
Called ON Ling on Day of Murder.
This is the story of the note and the
incidents associated with it as related
by Ching Sing Lee:
I'm my business of starting chop suey
restaurants l took lease two months
ago on a building at 3O3 West 10th
street and intended to open a restaurant
there June 10. Leon Ling was recon-
mended to me as good man to be man
ager OF the place. and / met him In
Chinatown some weeks ago. and after we
had talked, he signed contract to man
age the restaurant at 500 month.
"I nut men at work getting the build
I heard that Leon Ling was a gambler.
and that he would not be the sort of man
wanted.
Il decided to cancel the contract with
nue. the morning Of June 8. about 10
o'clock to talk with him. | knocked on
the door. but there was no answer.
II raped on all the other doors on the
same floor as that on which Ling s
room was, but II seemed as IL everybody
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