The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-02
It's Identification Is Not
Complete.
DID The CHINAMAN
TAKE his OWN LnEi
New York Police Believe Mystery
Is Clearing.
Think the Slayer Of Elsie sssss rhesw
Himself Into the Hudsen River A.
ter KiIIinx the Giri---Ano<hsr
Body h Found.

New York, July 1--Although con
piete Identification was impossibie to-
night, there appeared to be strone
probability that the body Of China
man which found found floating in the
Hudson River in the upper part Of tho
city today. was that of Leon Ling or
William L. Leon. the murderer Of Elsie
Sigel.
The mans height. weight and gsn~
eral appearance tailies with that of
Leon Ling, but as the body was nude,
except for o silk undershirt. and had
been In the water for more than 8
week. thorough examinations Will be
necessary.
Coroner Mcdonald. who was the first
to inspect tho body, believes that Il
is Leon, as do q number of policemen
but until measurements and facial
characteristics are carefully gone over
the Identification will remain In Doubt
II 1t lie Leon, the cause Of his death
will be another mystery. although tho
theory Of sufcide would appear TO be
reasonable. The body was discovered
by Clinton w. Bell. a resident Of Hsr-
lem. who was out in the river in 4
motor boat with a young woman. Bell
secured the body and then commuui-
Gated with the police. Oficers were irn-
mediately despatched to the scene and
the body was taken to n norgue IN
the Bronx, where the examination waa
begun.
In salient features there was mark
ed resemblance between the dead Chi
naman and the Official descriptions Of
the missing Leon Ling. The teeth were
good. as were Leon Lng's; the height.
about I'VE feet four inches. which was
Leon Lng's height. and the weight. f2S
pounds, which was about the nGurc Rt
which Leon Ling tipped. the scales
when he disappeared. The age OF the
dead man appeared to be about rs or
30 years. Leon Ling's age was given
out by the police as 30.
Tho right arm OF the body was great
" discoiored. but whether from vio-
could not be ascertained toniEht The
fact that the clothes were mIreinR
makes the Identification more dffyfcuft.
The coroner was unable today 10 arrive
at any conclusion as to how the China
man met HIS death.
Early this morning ung Vow a chi
nese faundryman. Of the East Sidcs waa
found by his neighbors siung betwesn
two wash tubs with bis head beneath
the water OF one and his feet In the
other. There were bloody fngermarks
on his neck and knotted cord about
the mans neck. In the cash drawer.
the police found one cent.
Of ing with the murder OF Elsie ST.
gel by Leon Ling have failed. There
Is nothing to show that the two men
ever knew each other or had ever had
friends in common and they did not
belong to the same society.
Investigation soon showed that uus
was beaten over the head with fiat
irons, probably by more than one man.
and then slung between the two tubs.
He probably died by drowning while
unconscious To all appearances ne
was killed by thugs for money.
His relations In Chinatown bellows
he was killed by white men and the
police are inclined to the same theory.
Quon Yick Nam. the local Chinese tn
terpreter. who will be replaced by Pro-
lessor Gardner of San Jose. Caiifs In
an endeavor to unravel the Sigel pya-
terry. said today that he himself sug-
gested Professor Gardeners name to the
District Attorneys ONCE.
81 was angered." he said. by ths
insinuations OF certain police oficers
that might not be sincere in my
work