The Washington herald., 1909-06-22


her that she had Setter let chu Gain
alone. OF both would be sorry for IL
7 believe" said Mr. Sigel. that Leung
sent word 10 Elsie on the morning OF
June 3 that he was sick. sending the mes
sage by Chung Sing. and that Elsie be-
lieved the lie and went to see him
don't believe Leung killed her by him
self He was a slim, weakly looking
Chinaman, and must have had help
Girl was Brought There.
Carey went after Chu Gain again to-
day to extract something from him about
his relations with Elsie and his famili-
srity with her movements. Chu said il
was true that he was in love with her.
He said be could not help IT, II she had
not come 10 his place with her mother
and Mother" Todd, OF the Mott Street
Mission. II never would have happened.
he said
Chu insisted that he was good man. who
never bothered white women in his life.
and that he had never paid any attention
70 Elsie Sigel until the girl showed she
liked him. He told Carey he believed
that Leung had killed her and he was
much surprised that Leung hadn't made
an attempt 10 get him before running
away. Chu Gain thought Leung was too
/ frightened after the murder 20 make the
attempt.
A great deal was expected from the
l letter the Post-Ofice Department seized
at Washington directed 70 William
/ Leone" with directions to return It 10
Sam Wing, s. Bayard street. New York
City"
Unable TO DeciPher Letter.
The letter written in Chinese was sent
I to the detective bureau here by the Post
/ Office Department. and Commissioner
! Woods hired a Translator this morning
and put him 20 work The Translator
sweated and toiled for hours and made
nothing but gibberish out Of IT, The let
ter was written in cypher. and mighty
clever cypher, at that. and II there Is any
/ cypher expert at the Chinese consulate
here who wants a good paying Job. he
can get II BY addressing 800 Mulberry
street. care T. Bingham OF A Woods.
Some very interesting little side lights
on the way they do things In Chinatown
followed the discovery that somebody at
the laundry in Bayard street. using old
sam Wings letterhead. had written in
Chinese cypher 10 Leung Lin at Wash
I ington- Commissioner Woods men
learned pretty quickly that the two-by-
four laundry was the private post-ofice
Of the Chinese Masons- They called there
individually and got letters sent 20 them
in care Of good old useful SAN Wing"
When they got that about the post
Office the detectives figured Il wouldn't
be good business 20 take the four little
/ Lees so mysteriOusly returned 70 their
tubs and lock them Up in light cells. It
would be much better to let the four
little Lees iron shirts and keep the post
/ office open. There might be other letters
and things might happen.
Must Not Run Away.
But ohe four little Lees are watched
closer than hungry cat eyes a captured
mouse There are detectives within eye
shot Of the laundry night and day. and
I Il Is certain that II one little Lees tried
a getaway, they would be brought
I squeaking 20 headquarters. Chen Yick.
the fat Lee. said simply to-day that he
didn't know anything about Anything
/ The detectives were beginning 10 fear
this afternoon that the secret society.
/ which goes under the name OF the Chi
nese Mssons. may prove 2 sort OF Chi
( nese wall IN this investigation. In the
7 first place. II was ascertained that Leung
I ls high up IA the society that sun Leung.
4 his cousin. belongs 90 IL; that the four
little Lees are all Chinese Masons. and
| that about all the Chinese the police have
I tried TO screw Information from belong
( 70 H.
ODa ttf,g u-as certain r~tf,ooru-r a.
more excited about the happenings OF the
past few days than at any time since the
| TOnEs were gun-hghting IN the narrow
stree0s. Detectives have been IN and out
OF the dark and dingy tenements. and
the appearance OF every detective Is the
signal FOR a crowd OF ordinarily i'm
passive Cnlnsmen 20 fock 20 the side
walks. staring az the house where ohe
detectives entered and Chattering al
great rate.
ORer Reward for Leuns.
At the Morning Star Mission. Il DoyeF
street, young Cinnamon, representing
thirty mission Sunday schools. net this
afternoon and subscribed 70 a reward
for the apprehension OF LeuRg Lin.
Several Of them were from the Presby-
terian mission IN East Thirty-first street:
others fr>-- the Methodist mission at ~
Mott street: some came from ST. Bar
tholOmew's Guild Mission IN East Forty
second streeS, and others from the Bronx
and Brooklyn.
Fung Y. Now. superintendent Of the
mission. gave out that 500 had been
raised as a reward and that sl.co0 would
be secured within a day or two. The
Oriental Club. over the Port Arthur
restaurant. met and subscribed 500 for
the same purpose. The meeting was
made up OF City Chinese merchants.
among the most weli-tO-dO and influential
IN Chinatown. They adopted resolutions
stating that none OF them would harbor
Leung Lin and that all Of them would
be glad 70 assist the police toward his
capture Every man present signed IL
At Tom Lees place. a Mott street. the
headquarters Of the On Leong Tong. fifty
Chinese merchants had a meeting 20 dis
Cuss Offering reward Leung had a bad
name among the merchants OF Chinatown.
FUng Y. Now said to-day they looked
upon him as a goOd-for-nothing Chinese
sport. who played the mission game for
the money there was in II.
Rescue Mission Closed.
An official at police headquarters had
something to say to-day about the down
town missions. He explained that the
Chinatown and Bowery rescue mission
for girls. at 10 Mott street. where Elsie
Sigel went frequently with her mother.
was closed because its hacker. a well
to-do woman uptown, got pretty well dis
gusted with the whole business and asked
that it be shut up
There is a misconception about mis-