Evening star., 1909-06-24
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Inspector Boardman was seated in his
! office last evening when he received y
! telephone message from the National
! Hotel telling him there was an important
! letter there. Detective j. G. Berman was
! sent to the hotel for the letter. He WAS
| told that it had been opened by mistake
The detective read the contents Of the
opened letter and later turned it over 20
Inspector Boardnan.
|. joke the inspector remarked when
he read the letter This letter was never
written by a Chinaman.
Inspector Boardman has an idea ~that
the letter was written by some individual
from this city, who probably thought he
would create a sensation. IL such is the
case the effort of the writer fell fiat, as
Inspector Boardman did not think enough
of it to. communicate its contents TO the
New York authorities.
The letter was written on the station
cry of -Young.s Hotel The police think
it may have been written by newspaper
reporter who was in Boston on his vaca-
ton.
Strange Chinaman in Virginia.
Chief Goods of the Alexandria police
force telephoned to Inspector Boardman
last night about S clock that DR. Will
liam NJ Lynch, living near Lineolnia.
Fairfax county, had seen a chinaman
near his home last Saturday answering
the description of Leon Ling.
road. The Chinaman asked him the near
est way to the Southern railway.
The Chlnaman was dressed in Ameri-
can costume and was without queue. tie
wore a dark sack suit. white shirt and
straw hat, and spoke good English.
|. Dr. Lynch went to Alexandria yester-
day and told Chief Goods Of the Incl
dent Inspector Boardman was interest
ed in the report, but doubts that Leon
Ling is the Chinaman seen by the ply
sician.
The murder was not known until last
Friday. 1t was the Gay following that
when DIR. Lynch saw the stranger on the
road
There are some in this city who con-
ceive that Ling was here. several days
after June ., the day he wrote the letter
and sent the two kilograms from the
National Hotel. While they have said
they saw him here, the police have been
unable to get the slightest trace of Leon
1t is still believed by the police that
write the letter and send the MESA ges
by wire and that he went south that
night.
China May Offer Reward.
Chinatown" was anxious TO read in
yesterdays Star the reproduction Of tie
notification sent out to the Chinese cui-
onies by On Shou-Tchun. charge d at
faires of the imperial Chinese legation.
Groups of celestials sat about business
places of Chinese merchants and laun-
dries and listened to the reading of tire
notification.
Some had read the manifesto posted on
the wall at the rooms of the Chinese
Freernasons. Others had not read il, and
these showed deep interest.
All the residents of Chinatown seem
to approve of the notification, many tell
Ing a Star reporter that Leon Ling is a
bad man and ought TO be put to death
Some showed excitement over the affair
and used adjectives which were not
taught them in Sunday school in order 10
express their indignation.
Ought TO lynch him. suggested one
Chinaman. Plenty Cinnamon have
American wives. If they are treated that
way they will not have anything to do
with Cinnamon
Police and government officials generally
seem fully to appreciate what represent
tives of the Chinese government are doing
to assist in efforts TO overtake Leon Ling
and bring him to justice.
The action taken by Gu Shou-Tchun
was the result of instructions cabed from
his home government, the charge daf-
faires having cabled China the details OF
the crime. 1t is stated that the Chinese
government will probably offer a reward
for the apprehension of the fugitive.