Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-24
Rnn1ors Of His Capture in Almost
4 Every Quarter Of the United
states Keep Coming IN.
TWO LETTERS TO 70 !. cHu q GAIN a y.
Sin identified TIlcr,-rhrcat-
c,c,l recipient aud SHOW No
i've for tic Crime.

Nay York. June "a .--Rumors ana
seizures as to the whereabouts OF
M, ysoan ling. the young Chinainan, VINO VINO
4 sought By the detectives IN charge
~ the Elsie sigel case, continued mug Y
abundance today. There was also y
acsh8 crop Of theories as TO TO- the he mo mo
lives wbici had prompted the crime ti7fN.
.n5 nc ID the exact manner OF Its COM COM
MISSION; but in spite of almost nos hourly
,,,no,s az the capture of the missing n n
rbinaman in almost every quarter Oh
~ United states. there was nothing 'tllfls
,,nsihe ,lpon which to base clsW5
= nsc iii trailing down the murderer.
The advanced state Of decomposition
of5the body when found prccluldtled any
i autot,sy or examination TO SHOW Wn lsl
I Tie cause of death had been:
.Thc theory Of Quon fick Nam t tl1'l:t
mo glrl had died from an overdose l'tl: II
cbloroform administered by Leon, cam
IN la confirmed, as the handkerchief
which his room mate, Chung sin. de-
clared he saw over her mouth ma
disappeared. 81
TWO LETTERS OF LING.
Tho Andi.g Of. the two letters written
10 'Ieon 10 Chu Gain, whom lie res
rarded as his rival IN the affections =,
81 the Sigel girl, in which leonit hreas-s
;ens. Inc life of both Chu and they young
woman is the evidence obtained yes
to-day to show the motive of the Crime. me-
potb these letters Which are In Chinese
iaf fCHl
shown to Chung Sin and readily idellt-g
tsed BY him as having. been written
Nv the fugitive. The text of these let
5tsr. las not been revealed, but 1t Is
known that In them Ghu Gain Is
threatened with death unless he dtsoon-s
tnues his attentions to Miss Slgel Gnu
Gain has also said tina T. his own pro-
ther brought him oral warning elnanat-4
Inc from Leon. that he must cease his
visits 20 the Sisel home and that on
one occasion, when he called at the
hcrne Of the young woman Leon, VINO
Vas already there left the house IN q
passolsss E Y . 4. 3ss S.. -
III Chi Gain, warning him to pay no
attentions to Elsie Sigel on pain -.
death, we're surrendered by Gnu Gain
10 Asst. Dist, Atty Ward today. the
letters were signed The Chief" and
were written in Chinese character
Other than that they contained terri
Bile threats against Chu Cain, Their
contents have not been made known. I! s43
The possibility that Leon Ling has
fed to Cuba was brought to the at
.tentIon of the police today by a white
woman living in Chinatown. The wo-a
man told the police that she had heard
two Cinnamon discussing the sigel case
and heard them express the belief that
Leon was now In Cuba,
TRACING A TRUNK. Fl
Cleveland, Ohio. June 24.-The trunk
shipped from Schenectady, N. r., by
an#unidenttfied Chinalnan and sought
by the police as a possible clew i'll tiie
Elsie sigel murder in New York, mas
been received and partially traced in
this city. Records unearthed early to-
day at the Union station show that
check No S54,662 which covers the
trunk in question, was duly received
following it's shipment from Schemes,
lady on juno 10 and was delivered
here. The records do not indicate that
i was transhipped or re-shipped. Eff
forts are now being made to trace the
trunks's whereabout in this city. IT.
Is expected that the check was mailed
here from Schenectady.
MAY BE IN OAKLAND.
San Francisco, June a.. According
70 the statements ofSseyefal of Tho resi- Is
dents of the Chinese quarter OF Oak
land. Leon Ling, the fugitive wanted
for the murder of Elsie Sigel lii New
York, Is in hiding there and will att.
lanpt 20 sail for China on the steam
ship ManGhuria which leaves today.
Acting on this information Acting
Chief of Police Petersen of Oakland,
With a squad of detectives, raided ll1e
.headquarters of the Suey Sing tong
iate last night, but after a thorough
search no trace of the murderer was
found. n 81
y. me suey SINGS are allies of the Hip
eng tong of New York of which Ling
IS IS said to be president. Z.
SEARCHING PACIFIC LINER.
/, San Francisco, June "a IA detail OF
netectiyss searching the Pacific Mail
i.hef Manchurfa, due to sail today, for
Leon Ling. Just before noon the chief
VI " Police was notified that the detec-
I'VE. mad information leading them to
p I the suspected murderer was on
pop, Attempts at Identification are
nstns made.
INCREASED POWER FOR