The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-25
LEON LING NOT
YET CAPTURED
THERE is STILL NO GLUE AS TO
MuRDERER'S WHEREABOUTS
THREATENED MURDER IN MAIL.
The Two Letters Just Found, In Which
Leon Threatened to Kill Both the
Girl and His Rival for Her Hand,
are Best Evidence Of Motive.

New York, June 24.-Rumors and
conjectures as to the whereabouts OF
Leon Ling, the young Chinaman who
is sought by the detectives in charge
of the Elsie Sigel case, continued In
abundance today.
There was also a fresh crop of the
stories as to the motives which had
exact manner of it's commission; but
in spite Of almost hourly rumors OF
the capture of the missing Chinamar
in almost every quarter of the United
States, there was nothing to base 9
clue of use in tracing down the muir
derer.
The advanced state of decomposi
ton of the body when found preclud
ed any autopsy or examination tC
show what the cause Of death had
been.
Can't Find Handkerchief.
The theory of Quon Yick Nam, that
the girl had died from an overdose
of chloroform administered by Leon
cannot be confirmed, as the handker
chief which his roommate, Chung Sin
declares he say over her mouth, has
disappeared.
The finding of the two letters writ
ten by Leon to Chu Gain whom he
regarded as his rival In the affections
of Elsie. Leon, threatening the life OF
both Chu Gain and the young woman
is the best evidence obtained as yet
to show the motive of the case.
Both these letters which are in Chi
nese and signed "The Chief" were
today shown to Chung Sin and readily
identified by him as having been writ
ten by the fugitive.
Leon In Jealous Rage.
The text of these letters has not
been revealed, but it is known that in
them Chu Gain is threatened with
death unless he desists his attention
to Miss Sigel.
Chu Gain has also said that his own
brother brought him the oral warning
from Leon that he must cease his Wis
it's to the Sigel home and that on one
occasion, when he called at the home
of the young woman Leon, who was
already there, left the house in a pas
sion.
Saw Leon Strip Body.
Concerning the handkerchief Chung
was questioned:
Did you see Elsies clothes?"
II see," said Chung Sing rapidly
Leon, he take 'em off,"
While Chung Sing stood at the
knothole in the door, he said, about as
much scared as anybody ever was, he
watched Leon Ling strip the girl of
her clothing. Leon tore her shirt
waist open and snatched it off. He
gripped the underskirt or petticoat,
Chung wasn't sure which it was, but
he didn't think it was an overskirt by
the bottom hem, and jerked it off over
the girls feet.
"Jerked it OFF," Ward repeated,
"like this?" And the assistant district
attorney gave tug at the air.
Chung Sing nodded vigorously.
did you see anything in her
MOUTH"
Chung Sing said there was a hand.
kerchief stuffed in the girls mouth,
and that the handkerchief was red
with blood.
"How do you know 1t was a hand
kerchief?" they shouted at him, and
there was little parley over that
while Chung Sing tried to make them
understand how he knew what hand
kerchief was when he saw it. Final
ly he said he knew it because he saw
the same handkerchief lying on the
floor later on.
Johnstcwn Chink not Leon Ling.
YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, June 24-The au-
thorities released from custody Wee
King Song, who exhibited papers
showing he had been in Altoona, Pa,
when the murder of Elsie Sigel is
supposed to have taken place. A re-
port gained circulation that Leon Ling,
the much wanted murderer, had been
arrested and had made a confession.
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