New-York tribune., 1909-06-22
HIS SOCIETY HIDES LEON.
Missing Chinaman Had Bad Repn
ton Among HIS COuRtrym6n.

The members Of the Chinese Society Of Free
Masons. according TO the police. are the men
who are hiding William /. Leon and making
his capture such a difficult affair. Leon is high
in the Chinese order OF Masons, as are Chung
Sin. Sun Leung and the men who have been
running the Sam Wing laundry. at No. S5 Bay
ard street The police and the Chinese, also.
give Leon bad name, and the police are trying
70 connect Chung Sin with a Chinaman known
as Big Eye who has bad record But de
spite the we'll known character of the two men,
the Chinese order Of Free Masons IS such a
close order bound together with so many ties
and oaths that the members Of the society will
do everything in their power to protect the men
wanted by the police
An official of the Police Department said yes
terday that Leon was a Chinese sport; he
seldom worked and did not often have a great
deal Of money: that he a who bor
rowed from every one he knew, and never paid.
Leon" he said. was a 'steerer' for Chinese
confidence men. He would dig up the men for
the other Cinnamon TO rob. and the other fel-
lows would divide the money with Leon.
He did not have much money when he left
this CITY. He had not been making much for
some time and about all he and Chung Sin had
TO make their getaway was what Sin got
from Chu Gain. Leon and Chung Sin are both
high degree Chinese Masons, and so are the
fellows who ran the Sam Wing laundry in Bay
ard street Sun Leung is also a high degree
Mason That Is why these fellows stick to
gether so tightly. and that is one of the things
that make them so hard to get Chinese Ma
sons all over the country will help them in every
way possible.
SAYS LEON rs NO GOOD"
F1lng Y Now, superintendent Of the Morning
Star Mission at No II Doyers street. added
he tad IF L
Leon came here from Philadelphia five years
400 g" Now said Chinese merchants often said
before the murder. and they have repeated it
many times since, that Leon was bad fellow.
He is no good. I say this myself I say he is
a bad man. He did not belong TO any Sunday
school. either in New York or Brooklyn. and
he did not frequent the Chinese missions.
"Chu Gain is a very good fellow. know him
well He is about thirty years old, and hae
good reputation
Paul Sigel. father of the murdered girl joined
in the denunciation Of Leon as a bad man. He
said YESTERDAY that he had Just learned that
Leon was at the Sigel home, intoxicated, the dav
before the murder and that he threatened both
Elsie and Chu Gain.
Leon came to the house intoxicated the
morning before the murder, | have been in
formed, said Mr. Sigel. Elsie refused TO see
him and he was very angry. Elsie went TO the
door as Leon was going away and told him
that she would have nothing TO do with him as
long as he vas in that condition
HE made all sorts of threats. and finally said:
TT YOU don't stop going with Gain l VIII Kill
him and he added, with leer. and III do
something else, too
NJ SfgeI said that he thought Elsie left home
.he following day 10 meet Chung Sin, Leon'S
r,ate and that she invegled into
,,e room on the plea that he was sick
Dr believe Elsie. was killed the day she ieft
- Mr. sigeI said. Il think her natural
.r-,nathv lured her tc her death. think Chung
- IA her that Leon was sick, and that when
nta vent 10 see Leon she was murdered by him
in a fit of jealous rage
II was learned yesterday that the letters VIII
.., 20 Leon by Elsie began IN very enoesFlhs