The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-21
OF
cH|Nk MURDERER
WAS DISCOVERED
Chen Yung Found h China
town But He Made Ills Es-
cape After q Sensational
Chase Over District.
CHICAGO OFFICIALS
THOUGHT HAVE CLUE
Chinaman Answering the De-
scription of Leon Was Seen
BY a Citizei,-West Joins h
The Search.
ouIler,N.

0ULLeTlN.
Amsterdam. n. r.. June .1l.-CrunR
Sing. wanted In connection With the
murder OF Elsie Stxel. was arrested
today Mt West Galway. He aannat4e0
his identity but says he does not
know about the murder OF the where,
abouts Of william Leou. the murderee.
Another chinaman arrested Il scAsn-
ectady II believed To. b Leon. D.
tectives have gone to identity him
New York. june 2l.-Chen Yung. al-
legged confederate Of Leon Llng, was
discovered In Chinatown. but disap.
peared after Z sensatioaal chase
through the district Cha Yung
wrote . letter to Leon Ling under
the name OF william Lone. which
Leon also used. and sent Il to WaeA-
ington on the morning o( June n, two
days after Elsie Sigel disappeared.
This flight followed IN investignr
tion. started after the discovery q the
letter in the rack of the National hotel
in Warrington. IL Was supposed %
have been sent BY Sam Wing. WAeo
Chen Yung was found. he aid he Was
Wiag. but when pressed by . sspoetee
took to aight
Locked Lite lseW.
DispateAe non Chicaso today ~
that J. oonley. a 0l22 Tale assQneS
saw Chinaman ansWes1ne ~ e,
scription of Leon. acoumpanied b. an-
other Chinaman In native dress, pass
through Chicago last Friday. the day
the body Of the girl was found They
had tickets to Vancouver and acte0
strangely. refusing to have thslr hQo.
gage checked. The clue fusnishod by
Conley increased in strength vhen he
told Lieut. John Sullivan q the d.
tecti e bureau that he believed that
the Chinaman boarded the train ~
Washington.
To vaneewvee.
with the police q the west trailing
william Leon. supposed slayer a n
sic Sigel. Gen. FfanS Stgelio grand
daughter. ~ he flees 10 vaaeouvsr %
his way TO China. the antAoEitiss to-
day settled upon jealouay - ths cause
Of the tragedy.
It vas the attentions oe 90 China-
man accepted. instead oe another that
resulted In Elsie 8iesl being slain and
her body stuffed In . trunk IN Chin-
ese den at 10 Eighth ayeuuo by -
rejected wooss, the police declared To-
day.
The wooer was Leon Ling. who's
American name = Wl11lam L Loon,
and his rival w1s Chu Cain. ths pro.
prietor Of the noted Chinese rsstan-
rant, Port Arthur on Mott street.
Leon ana his rco0nafs. Choag 0lng.
q well q half . doosa othP Chr,
men. are IN flight With the po,iee q .
thousand eities Watching for ths0,
while Gnu Gain II lockea mp IN police
Went - Washia0esn.
Leon, With his room mate aaA 3
white woman. went 70 WasAtngto0
immediately after The mnrdsr. an4
there Leon started for vaaeoover.
passing thruugh Chicago A c3uo vaD
Obtained In the latter city. and tho
police Of every town betWeeo C1ica0o
and Vancouver have beea noei1ea.
II II expected that the fugitive yin
b arrested within the next twenty
four hours. Two stsamaAiDa. Csy1n9
Mhru and Empires a India aFo DE- 70
sail from Puget sound todny anA -
Wednesday. They vim b wnec1n1
and the police cay Il Vim b innposs6oD
for tho Chinamsn to escape b. thase
chips.
chm Cain v,s srrestnA and Aafssnen