Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-06-25

CLEVELAND, o., June 24.-All trace of
the baggage received here from Schenec-
tady n. Y, which is supposed to have
been checked by a Chinaman answering
the description Of Leon Ling, appears to
have been lost. The baggage arrived in
Cleveland last Sunday and the original and
duplicate check are in the possession of
the railway company, indicating hat not
only was the luggage received here, but
that It was claimed by it's owners
A peculiar feature of the handling Of the
checks is that no record was made of
them as is supposed to be done in every
instance. The railway officials therefore
are unable to say of what the baggage
consIsted and what became Of 1t.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y, June PA
strange Chinaman appeared at the Union
station here Saturday afternoon at 5:2l
o'clock and inquired for suit case which
had been forwarded from Albany. 1t had
not arrived. Then, showing his check,
which was No. sOS,s72 and his ticket for
Cleveland, he had his baggage rechecked
from here to Cleveland on check No. 500, S72
The Chinaman reappeared at the station
at $3.50 p. M, and boarded an express
westbound. Five Cinnamon put up at q
hotel here late Saturday and disappeared
early Sunday, and while here borrowed
$50 from a Chinese restaurant keeper to
assist one of their countrymen on a
Journey. 1t Is now the theory of tho
Schenectady police that the suit case re
checked here was for Leon Ling; thai
the money was borrowed here for him and
that Chu Hop, arrested here Monday and
released Tuesday did know something
about the movements of the murder sus
pect.
Only RumOrs I'm New York.
NEW YORK, June 24.-Rumors and con
lectures as to the whereabouts of Leor
Ling. the young Chinaman who is sought
by the detectives in charge of the Elsl'
Sigel case, continued in abundance today
There was also fresh crop of theories a:
to the motives which had prompted the
crime and as to the exact manner Of 1t!
\ commission; but in spite of almost hourly
rumors of the capture Of the missing
| Chinaman in almost every quarter of thi
I United States, there was nothing tangible
upon which to base a clue of use in trac
ing down the murderer.
The advanced state of decomposition o
the body when found precluded any au,ops!
or examination to show what the clus
of death had been.
The theory of Quon Yick Nam, that tn
girl had died from overdose of chloro
form administered by Leon. cannot be con
firmed. as the handkerchief which hi
roommate Chung Sin declares he saw owe
her mouth, has disappeared.
Letters Contain Threats.
The finding of the two letters written b.
Leon TO Chu Gain, whom he regarded a
his rival in the affections of the Sige
girl, in which Leon threatens the life o
both Chu Gain and the young woman,
the best evidence obtained as yet to shoN
the motive OF the case. Both these letters
which are in Chinese and signed "Th
Chief" were today shown to Chung ST
and readily identified by him as havin
been written by the fugitive.
The text Of these letters has not bee
revealed, but it is known that in theI
Chu Gain is threatened with death unles
he discontinue his attentions to Miss Sige
Chu Gain has also said that his ow
brother brought him oral warning, enema
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