Evening star., 1909-06-22
WI TELLS CH|NAMEN
TO RUN down LEON
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ready conveyed to the New York police.
| and also to get the original messages
| filed at the National Hotel branch office
of the Postal Telegraph Company
| Detective Hewlett was detailed TO ac-
| company the New York detective during
| his stay In this city.
! According to information received by
| the police OF the third precinct Sunday
| night. Leon Ling was i'll this city as late
| as Tuesday last. one week ago. or week
after ne is alleged to have sent the tele-
| grams and written the letter at the Ma
tional Hotel.
| He made a call at the Raymond apart
| ment house. S14 o2d street, last Tuesday
night. the police are Informed, 1nqulrlng
| for a girl he appeared to believe had
her home there. Before he appeared he
telephoned to the house and also sent a
| note announcing his purpose to call two
| days later The Chinaman was not ad-
| mitted.
| 1t is believed by the police that he met
! white woman in this city who gave a
| fictitious name and address and invited
| him to call. telling him she lived at the
| Raymond. The name he had been given.
| it is said does not correspond with that
of any occupant of the apartment house.
Message. Note and Call.
| The telephone message was received
| Sunday, June 49, by a young woman In
| the Raymond. She was unable to under
| stand Just what the message meant. Fol-
lowing the message came note, deliver
| ed by a colored boy, in which was ex-
pressed disappointment at not having
been able to keep an engagement on that
| night.
II was sick" wrote the chinaman. land
| could not come.
| After asking pardon for failure to meet
the young woman. whom he said he had
met on Pennsylvania avenue. ne wrote
that he would be at the Raymond tues
day night.
1T Vas nearly midnight Sunday when
the note was received. an occupant OF
the apartment told a reporter for The
Star today. 1T was about the same hour
| two nights later that he called in person.
The young woman said she was not in
! clined to open the door at SO late an hour
of the night. She called to know who was
there The response was, open the door
and see.' She did not recognize the voice
but she did open the door, ana beheld
| tall Chinaman.
| She told him hea was mistaken about
| having an engagement with any one In
| that apartment He begged her pardon
for the intrusion, bowling and disappear
| ing.
Last Sunday the young lady saw the
| newspaper pictures of Leon Ling and
recognized them likenesses of her mid
night intruder. She then sent word to the
police Of the third precinct and explained
| the incident to them
Leon once IN jail deT6.
| Leon Ling was in this city in 1906 and
served term of six months in Jail for
! a statutory offense. Emma Akers a
white woman, arrested with him, was
similarly punished. This surprising in
formation was given out last evening
by George c. Gumm. employed as guard
at the District Jail. There is a remote
possibility of mistaken identification.
TIa ma n w served
| jail," said Guard Gumm. lis undoubtedly .
| the one whose picture has appeared In
the newspapers as Leon Ling. Hs served
| in the prison as George Lee.
About twelve days ago ! met him on
Pennsylvania avenue near the National
Hotel, and spoke to him, calling his
name and passing the time of day :,
Guard Gumm says he does not recall
| just how he learned his name was Leon
| The Jail records, he said, show that the
| Chinaman was admitted there July ID
| for a period of six months in default OF
payment of a fine OF $50. While in prison
| he was detailed to assist DIR. Stout in the
care of the physicians office
Recognized by Prints.
when I saw the photograph of the
| Chinaman reproduced in newspaper,
the guard said, Il recognized it was a
| likeness of the man who had served In
prison in 1905. Sam Wah, a Washington
Chinaman, was interested in the prisoner,
| but would not pay the fine
Gumm said he recalled that the China
man wrote several letters to Madison,
Wis, where, he said, he was born.
The records of the police department
show that George Lee was caught in a
| raid made on house in Missouri avenue
at an early hour the morning of July
| IA. 1906, when five couples were arrested.
Emma Akers was the only white woman
| in the party. She told the police she
| lived in Baltimore.
George Lee, as the Chinaman was reg
istered, gave his address as 116 Liberty
street Baltimore. Detective Fermlliion
who was among the officers to participate
| in the raid, does not believe that George
Lee is the man who is pursued for MUIR
der.
Inspector Boardman notified the Balti-
more police today of the incident.
Postal Gives Up Telegram.
| The New York detective was accom-
panied here by a man reported to be a
brother of the Sigel girl although the
police declined to divulge his identity.
Van Wagner planned to remain here
long enough to visit most of the Chi
nese establishments, with a view to OBJ
| tanning information
| Later in the day Detective Van Wag-
oner. accompanied by Detective Hewlett
| called at the United states district dt-
| torney's office and asked that formal re-
| quest be made of the Postal Telegraph
! Company for the two kilograms which
| were sent from this city by William
Leon or summon the manager of the
| company before the grand jury and COM
| pei him to turn over the dispatches.
! While it is declared on behalf of the
| telegraph company that 1t is willing to
| aid the authorities in every possible
| way, the rules of the company require
| that no information regarding contents
| Of dispatches be given out unless proper
| legal steps be taken.
| Assistant United States Attorney Perry
has had subpoena duces tecum issuer
| to F. B. Travers, manager of the Posta
| company, to bring to his office the tele-
gram signed "E. j. S. and any other tele-
gram sent b ythe same person to parties
| in New York.
Mr. Traverse brought one other tele-
gram. of which police headquarters OBJ
tanned a photograph copy. No copy was
| kept at District Attorney Bakers office
| nor would the officials give out any new
information regarding the contents of the
| messages