Evening star., 1909-06-29
HOT AFTER LEON CLUE
Detectives Concentrate Efforts
in Neighboring Towns.
CONFEDERATE Is KNOWN
Cinnamon, Supposed to Have Aided
Fugitive, to Be Questioned.
POLICE CONCEAL INFORMATION
Believed to Have Strong Tip That
Gives Hopes Of Quick
Results.
POLICE CONCEAL INFORMATION

ritory comprising Paterson. Passaic.
Hackensack and other neighboring towns
in New Jersey Is tightening today around
a number of Cinnamon, among whom the
police hope to find trace Of Leon Ling.
supposed murdered Of Elsie sigel
i Fifty Of the best detectives of Inspec-
tor McCafferty's staff have been sent
into this district. The concentration OF
so many Of them virtually in one spot
lends color to the belief that some i'm
portant information. SO far carefully
guarded from the public. is in the posses
sion Of the police.
Il The double mystery Of the Independent
movements OF Leon Ling Immediately fol-
lowing the murder, on the one hand, and
Of the trunk containing the body of Elsie
ton today, after detectives had run down
the latest clue-the alleged moving of the
trunk on the night Of June from Leon
Lings rooms in Sth avenue to Laundry
in West 126th street.
According to the story related by the
man who was supposed to have moved
the trunk. Leon Ling did not accompany
it on his. travel from the sth avenue ad-
dress to Harlem. but sent it on by ex-
press. The laundry was found unten-
anted when the detectives visited there,
however, and no evidence of value was
obtained.
After the detectives had started for
New Jersey Inspector McCanerty, gave
out an authorized interview IN which ne
expressed the opinion that Leon Ling was
alive and would be caught. 1t was the
i first time since his detectives began on
the case that the inspector had committed
himself to that extent
Icons Helper Is Known.
William Icons most active confederate
in the endeavor to dispose Of the body of
Elsie Sigel, 1t is learned. was Chinaman
named Yung.
4 He is the man who helped carry the
trunk downstairs from the house in 9Th
!, avenue, went to Harlem with Leon in
the motor car and afterward took the ais
patch to Washington and from that place
:, sent it to the Sigels.
, This man is about Icons height and
, build. He is an Americanized Chinaman.
without a queue, and speaks and reads
English easily. A description of Leon, 1t
is learned. would answer well for Yung;
except that Yung's eyes are larger ana
his mouth and chin smaller.
The police have learned that Leon mas
been in correspondence with 1ungs reia-
tives ever since his fight from this city.
!, They have put a dragnet out In New
York, Brooklyn and Jersey City in search
Of the man who has been receiving the
letters.
The police got their information from
relative of Yung. Iney @ are part,c.e hc.e
Americanized name Is Arthur Yuns'
member of the same family:
81 Yung Dat is close friend and partner
of Leon. and also a friend of Chu Gain
I He worked in the Port Arthur restaurant.
I run by Chu Gain. until about nve montns
/ ago, when he opened laundry IN
! Brooklyn.
The police had Yung Dat at headquar-
! ters and examined him. day or two be-
( fore Chung Sin was caught. Since that
I time he has not been SEEN
Interpreter Gets Clue.
ouang Yick Nam. the Chinese inter-
I preter. is one of those who are busy in
I the search for Yung Dat.
An answer came yesterday morning to
! lone of the many kilograms he had sent
( in the endeayor to find Leon. The dis
! match gave clue to the hiding place OF
Yung Dat Mr.. Nam started at once or
the search.
He says 1t is hard to get information
! from Cinnamon now, as they are all so
frightened that at the most they tell
! only half truths
~ He added:
! Icons society has offered a reward OF
! 800 for his capture. Don't believe in
: that offer. If they were in earnest they
I could produce Leon in fifteen minutes. 1t
; is his society that is hiding him.
Mr. Nam was asked what he thought
of a rumor that Leon had been killed by
/ had killed Elsie Sigel.
IF Leon thought he was going to be
caught, he might kill himself, he said.
The Newark police have discovered that
Lai Sing, the keeper Of the restaurant In
which Leon left the trunk with Elsie
Sieers body for several hours, was
relativ eff Chung Sin, Icons roommate
They learn also that a. about am. on
June 10 cab with a New York license
number stood in front of Sings res
taurant for several minutes. Ine morse
was badly blown. as though he mad had
s a hard drive. In short time the CAP
started for this city.
Still Seek Cab Driver.
Deputy Police Commissioner Wood
saws the police were still searching Har-
! lem for the cab driver who took Leon
and the trunk to Newark.
The theory that the trunk was taken
! to Newark in a red taxieab has been de-
stroyed by the testimony of the manager
of the New York. Taxicab Company. who
said that none Of Its CABS mace TRIP
! to Newark June or 10.
81 The police are anxious to see a cnaut-
feur who lived in the house In Sth avenue
I where the crime was committed Ihls
I man was In the habit of getting home
! about am. and usually awoke at
! Just about the hour when Leon would
be in search of motor car driver 10
I take him and his grewsome burden 10
Harlem He lived on the third floor.
I in the room under the one occupied by
! Chung Sin. 4 day or two after the muir
! der he left the city and has only re-
! turned to his room twice since. at about
10 O'Clock in the morning. and staying
not more than fifteen minutes to get
! few articles of clothing.
Assistant District Attorney Ward will
call before him and examine Sing p.
Lee who was to start the restaurant
with Leon in West 145th street. Mr..
Ward is much interested in Lees story,
! and would like to have some of the dis
crepancies explained.
He does not understand why Lee should
have been SO anxious to see Leon June
10, or why he should have returned the
] next day to put note under Icons
door, Lees affiliations with the Gee
Gong Tong must also be cleared up.
The Newark police are awaiting In
structions from this city to make an ar
! rest in Newark.
4 man who said he was an expressman,
whose name and address was withheld
hy the police, called at the West 41th
street station late last night. and said
that June he took a trunk from 1872
Sth avenue to Chinese laundry in
West l26th street, between 100 and 300
He showed sheet from his receipt book.
showing that Wah Lee had receipted for
! a trunk on that date.
Committed to st. Elizabeth's.
Rebecca Brown. a middle-aged colored
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