Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-13
Police Hear Reports That
Price Was Placed on
Head of Chinese.
FEW NEW CLUES FOUND
IN KILLING OF ORIENTAL
Two Held for Investigation and
Wife of Gun Victim Aid
But Little.

The story of a price on a mans head
was whispered among Chinese IN Wash
ington today in explanation of the
shooting to death of Lee King Tuesday
night. King. who had been out of har-
mony with his fellows for some time,
was shot down during an argument
with two Chinese who had taken him
driving in a rented car. The police
version is that Lee King was taken
for q ride"
Efforts were being made today to find
James Lee, an Oriental whom the po-
lice want to question. In sections where
Chinese make their living quarters
doubt was expressed that Lee would be
located. A price of $4,000 was set on
Lee Kings head, so their story goes,
$4,000 made up here and in Richmond,
and $500 collected from Chinese in
Norfolk. King, reputedly engaged in
transporting liquors and narcotics, is
said to have been active in the three
cities.
Gossip among his fellows that he was
tipping of" the Government to VIOLA
tors of the law among his own people
made King unpopular.
Body Awaits Burial.
None Of the dead mans acquaintance
haZarded an opinion as to what would
be done with the body, which is at the
Morgue Customarily deceased Chinese
are buried after the manner of their
race, the expenses betrayed by. their
societies or wealthy individuals.
King had returned to Washington
from Norfolk recently and his presence
here was said to have caused con-
siderable uneaSineSS among those who
suspected his apparent friendliness.
The latest move of the Detective
Bureau homicide squad was to take
into custody last night a Chinese woman
who is believed to be, police said. the
wife Of q Chinese for whom police are
searching in connection with Kings
death. The woman, whose identity
has not yet been definitely established
by detectives, was taken into custody
by Headquarters Detectives Thomas
Sweeney and Joseph Waldron while
sitting in Lincoln Park on East Capitol
street with her two children, an infant
and 4-year-old boy, dressed in the
costume of his country. She Is being
held at the House of Detention for
| questioning.
This morning Olivia Spence, 24-year-
old colored wife of the dead Chinese,
| was brought to police headquarters
] for questioning, but failed to throw any
light that would materially assist de-
tecttves in solving the baftling killing.
Held for Investigation"
Continued grilling by detectives Of
the two Chinese taken into custody yes
terday in connection with the shooting
has failed to throw any light on the
affair. The two men, Ping Moy Ding,
80 years old, and Hume Dosing, %, both
of 1101 Fourteenth street, are being
held at the first precinct station house
for investigation" The men were ar
rested at the Fourteenth street address.
Detectives said the motive for the
killing was revenge for testimony given
by King at a recent trial in Norfolk,
Va, in which several Chinese were con-
victed for peddling dope" King at
the time of his death had a summons in
his pocket to appear in the Norfolk
court to testify in another drug case.
An autopsy performed at the District
Morgue this morning revealed that King
had died from bullet wounds from So
caliber revolver. An inquest into the
killing will be held later