Evening star., 1909-06-21
.CH|NAMAN ARRESTED
THOUGHT TO Be LEON
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rected against other Chinese.
The special delivery letter was received
rhere at 3 o'clock June II. 1t was written
In Chinese and was addressed to William
Lone. care F. 6. Schntt. National Hotel.
Washington. D. c. On the reverse side
was the name Sam Wing and the ad-
dress S. Bayard street, New York. The
name of the sender was written in Chi
neSe characters.
This letter came from a Chnaman 10
Gated a the Bayard street address. it is
believed. where Sam Wing died some
time ago 1t is thought the sender of the
to whom Leong sent the second telegram,
as told in The Sunday Star.
The second telegram and the letter that
was turned over to the New York police
this morning. the Washington police be-
lieve. will be of great assistance to the
upon Leong. No effort was made here
to have an interpreter read the letter.
Operator Identifies Photograph.
Operator stoffregen. who received the
two teleErams from the Chinaman In the
National Hotel branch of the Postal Tele-
graph Company. has reason to believe he
will be able to fully identify Leong as the
sender Of them. Leong. whose photo
graph he has fully identified, he says, re-
mained in the Office some minutes. He
was there long enough to engage in a
conversation and write a letter.
The Chinaman." the operator told a
Star reporter. seemed nervous and
anxious. He was particularly anxious to
have the first dispatch sent of while he
waited, asking questions as to how mes
sages were sent.
He was so nervous" added Stoffregen.
that he fairly danced about the floor.
Then he wrote a letter in Chinese and
left. That was about $50 o'clock. the
night OF the 9th"
Chinaman Wrote q Letter Here.
Operator stoffregen recalls the writing
of a letter by the Chinaman. who sent
the two dispatches.
This letter, 1t Is believed, mailed that
night, brought prompt response in the
special delivery message received at )
o'clock the afternoon of Friday. June IL:
No such person as Lone had registered
at the National Hotel. The clerk put
the letter with other unclaimed mai, not
| recalling 1t until yesterday morning.
Then the police were told 1t was there.
Detective Hewlett obtained possession OF
| it through the post office officials.
The detectives also paid a visit to Baltt-
more yesterday and learned that a
couple answering the description Of Leong
| and Miss Sigel were there June II.
Leong is supposed to have made an ef-
fort to communicate with a Chinaman in
New York Friday morning, few min
utes after II O'Clock, from Reuters Ho-
tel. Pennsylvania avenue and John Mar
| shall place. He appeared there few
minutes before midnight with another
Chinaman and had drink in the bar. go
ing to the telephone in the corridor and
calling a New York number.
His companion wore Chinese clothes,
said Otto Herrer. night clerk at the no.
tel The Chinaman was unable to get
the New York connection and left the
hotel.
The friend in native costume had two
dollar bill changed at the bar before leav-
ing. The bartender made mistake, CIV
ing him nine quarters instead of eight.
The mistake was not corrected
Y. w. c. Home Incident.
At the Young Woman's Christian Home
this morning Mrs. O'Brien. the house
keeper, told a Star reporter about a
Chinaman and an American woman who
called there last Wednesday and Thurs
day. The woman was known to them as
Mrs. Mann. Mrs. O'Brien identified a
newspaper picture of Leong as a like
ness of the Cnnaman. Mrs. Mann. how
ever, is forty-fve or fifty years Old has
gray hair and is of matronly appearance.
Il think she is too old woman to be
caught in such business as this the
housekeeper stated.
The woman applied for accommodations
about $3.50 o'clock Wednesday, June 8.
There were no vacant rooms in the house
that day and Mrs. O'Brien referred the
woman to Mrs. Bedell. 800 C street. Be-
fore going to Mrs Bedelrs house Mrs.
Mann said she expected two Cinnamon
to call at the Y. w. c. A., and asked
Mrs O'Brien If she would not detain
them. They did call and waited until
Mrs Mann returned from Mrs. Bedelrs.
where she had engaged a ROOM
.'She said they were Chinamen," Mrs.
Brien told a Star reporter, but
she was trained nurse and that she was
going to Baltimore. although she seems
to have told others that she was going
SOUTH
Mrs. O'Brien said that no nervousness
or excitement was displayed by any OF
was at dinner and she prepared lunch
for her to take away. Mrs. Mann, she
said. had been here before, during the
Inauguration period, and was visited by
Japanese or Chinese.
Mrs Bedell did not like Cinnamon COM
ing to her house. She was seen by q
Star reporter this morning. but she re-
fused to talk. except to say she had not
discussed the matter with any one, and
did not intend to.
| The detectives learned that the men
who called on Mrs. Mann were Japanese
who did acrobatic stunts at Luna Park
Mrs. Mann, they discovered, came from
| Philadelphia. and has friends In East
Orange, n. j. The men. Mrs. OBrien
| states, spoke excellent English. The
Chinaman who sent the message from
| the National Hotel spoke only broken
English.
Agent Tang's Wife Held Up.
Much has been said about a Chinamar
and his American wife having been al
the National Hotel recently and Of their
alleged mysterious movements. That man
was W. s. Tang. special agent for the
| immigration bureau. Yesterday Mrs
Tang was given q scare by Policeman
| Montgomery of the sixth precinct, who
stopped her near Pennsylvania avenue
Where is that Chinaman?" is the
manner in which the policeman Is said tc
have addressed the bride of few weeks
Of the Chinese inspector, who had left
| her husband near chinatown" few
minutes before and was on her way tc
visit a friend.
do you mean my husband?" asked
| the frightened woman. Hes down the
street
1t appears that when Tang and his
American wife were seen together the
| sight excited some pedestrians. Police
| headquarters heard Of this over the wire
and Detective Cornwell was hurried out
| to make an investigation. He realized
that the incident could hardly have any
bearing on the sensational murder story
! and had the policeman ask questions
Tang was found and thought the af-
fair was rather ludicrous. Today he
called at police headquarters and dis
cussed the incident with Inspector Board
man.