New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
THE CHINATOWN HUNT
NO HELP FROM DENIZENS.
Leon Ling Not Vel kn07cn There
HoueUcr, the Police ThinE.

The news or the finding OF the dead body Of Miss
Elsie SigeI aud the fact that Chinaman vas sup
posed to have done the killing reached Fftnsto"h
early yesterday morning before the first EDITIONS Q.
the morning papers and nothing eIs2 was talked
about all day With the grim, cool delloeratlon
that is characteristic of the they discussed the
tragedy among themselves but all conversation
was Immediately Eushed although II was in Chinese
on the approach o. a white man From early morn
ng Captain Mike" Calvin of the Elizabeth street
station and his squad OF plaincothes men were on
the scene trying to obtain some trace OF the miss
ing Leon. Every suspicious place was ransacked
from top to bottom, until the whole of Chinatown
had been gone with fine comb
Standing in the centre of PeIl street Captain Cal
vim directed the movements OF his men, hearing their
reports and thinking up new schemes to trap the
if he in the district They got no help
from the residents of Chinatown.
"Do you know Leon?' asked Calvin OF one China
man. who stood the corner reading the latest
account Of the tragedy from late afternoon paper
Me speakee ngsh" said the yellow one
with = sickly smile
can you beat that?" said Calvin. There iz a
guy reading the baseball and laughing him
self to death the cartoons in an English news
paper. and he goes and tells mo he can't under
stand American Beat it," he yelled 10 tho China
man. who Immediately disappeared down the street
well. he understands that. any way, said Calvin
That the missing man was not we'll known in
Chinatown fully proven by Calvin in his IN
vestisations Tom Lee, OF Boston and Gin Gum
well known IN the tni0eSe COlcTlN, WNeN SipNH
picture said that they remembered such a man
several years back, but that he had not been seen
around for years at least. T. Is the usual Gus
tom for Chinese living from Chinatown 10 visit
there over Saturday and Sunday to get their pro
visions and incidentally hop, for the coming week
but Leon vas never noticed among them.
With his queue gone and dressed in American
clothes unless he adopted q complete disguise.
Leon would have hard time burying himself in
Chinatown, according TO the police, Since Captain
.f--g r,a= hzep In chs of Nc 3
been making war on the gamblers and hop su1ok
ers, with the result that all NJ the opium Joints"
and gambling houses have been closed, affordins
the fugitive no chance to hide in places that here
tofore would have proved safe. Hardly Of the
younger element Of the Chinese are left in the
quarter most OF them having departed for cities
where things are being IN a more open manner.
Incidentally this led 70 ono clev that th@ police
have been running down. on Thursday a batch
of a hundred and fifty Cinnamon Lett town mys-
teriously for Vancouver British COLUMBIA What
their object where they were going ul'-
rnstely is unknown 70 the police Messages wers
sent yesterday 10 the authorities along the routs
10 keep lockout FOR Leon in this party.
lust ~rhat sor; of a reception Leon will got from
hs fellow countrymen when lie asks them for
shelter is causing some speculation among the 20
lice lie is supposed TO have been ChristtaniIed
and TO have adopted American ways and customs
Whether those Cinnamon who are satisfied with
their original way Of living will consider them
selves favored in having him return 70 the fold or
will have none OF him remains to be seen
One important fact brought out yesterday b.
Captain Calvin that Leon stood high IN ons Of
the companies Of Chinese Free NasonS II vas
also said that Chung sin. the friend OF Leon. who
is also missing belonged 20 rho ssna company. and
that this fact would account FOR his having stood
by Lion I'm any trouble crime. According 10 ths
informant ~ the police IL IS death for one mem
her of the sPme company 70 refuse 20 AID smother
anything
Chinatown was ~ro7ded yesterday ~ith the usual
SATURDAY visitors from oil over New YORK and from
tho outlying towns but among these the police
we're unable 20 md one Chinan1a7 who would ac-
knowledge hSvins known Lson. One men vas
found who - wasktnoGght. might prove an impor-
,ant witness. but hardly had the police asked him
a question when something was shouted in Chinese
from = nsarhv window ard the prospective witness
shut M Ike a clam.