The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-06-23
CHlNAMAN TELLS OF ELSIE
o'eeI's DEATH AT HANDS
OF JEALOUS LOVER.
.CHL0ROFORM USED FIRST
Prisoner Says That Missionary Wac
Given Anaesthetic Then strannts,
to Death With Cord bv son 49,.
Who Later Hid Her Remains IN The
trunk Where They Were Found.

new YORK, June 22.-Baited and in
undated by detectives thra,,ao,
WIN prosecution and confused viii
fapla-hfe questions. Chung sin ana
etihe roommate of Leon Line to1a
.nis AFTERNOON of Elsie Sigelfs murder
ohaef the terrific pressure of tba
eiiiiu degree the little Chinaman
a''iilitteu that he had seen the body
~ Leon Llng's room, that he had
touched 1t while it was still warm
that he had smelled drugs ana had
Watched Leon Ling's preparations
iof placing the body in the trunk
where it was found deeomnosaa I'LL
Friday night
1hHns Sin. in fact, if what was
.eaihed at the criminal courts build
US IS correct described almost everv-
thihg concerning the murder of Major
eieneral Franz sigels granddaugbter
Except the actual commission Of tha
r'fl'e- lie denied completely in it. and
protested stoutly that he was ignor-
any OF the whereabouts Of Ling, the
SUPPOSED murderer. After the in
luisitloh, ne was taken before Cor
oher Harburger and held in $4,000
pail to await the inquest
Chung Sin is 35 years old and na.
tive Of Canton. He was arrested yes
teraay at West Galway n. Y, and
was was Drought to New York today. I'M
medlate]y after his arrest and during
,he TRIP to this city he was interro
gated, bullied persuaded and en-
tahgled IN a mass of questions. IT was
not until late, however, that his spirit
was sufficiently broken or sufficient
inducements We're offered for him to
cast aside his air of stolidness ana
tell Of the death Of the young mis-
slohafy Then the Chinaman told
brokenly, but with brutal b1untness of
the girls death.
Assistant District ATTORNEY Ward
and District Attorney Jerome were
nresent and from what can be learned.
" was Mr.. Jerome himself who finally
ore" the story from Chung Sins lips.
He Wasetold that Leon Ling had been
captured and had laid the blame upon
his fChung Sin's) shoulders. This. to-
gether with the persistent hammering
at the prisoner brought the confession.
NO statement of the gist of his re-
marks was made public. but the most
salient facts of the confession soon
became known about the building.
First Drugged.
From the story. it is apparent that
Elsie Sigel first was drugged with
and then choked to death
She was killed apparently on the night
of June .. although Chung sin APP
peared little mixed in his dates. He
says that early on the morning of
June 10, he heard q strange noise in
Leon's room adjoining his, and look
ing over the transom saw the girl
wing on the bed with blood stained
towel over her mouth He passed
through the ROOM he said. to go out
to wash his hands, and as he did so,
selt Of the body, which was still
warm. Leon, in the meantime, had
covered the body with blanket III
% the chin and had pulled trunk to
the middle of the floor. The trunk
Leon was calmly emptyng prepara-
,ory to placing the body therein. The
vas living on the floor at the time.
according to Chung Sin. He went
downstairs, said Chung Sim where he
until Leon called him When
ne entered the room the body was
rot visible. having been bound with
he rome and placed in the trunk
AT this point the Chinaman was
'sked savagely If he had not assist
ID in putting the body in the trunk.
Chung Sin started rerceptibv. but
said he had had no hand in it.
At this Chung Sin relapsed into ST.
once and then only smiled and shook
'is head. He indicated, however, that
he girl had sought out the Chinaman.
Probably Jealousy.
Taking up his own case, Chung sin
xnained his sudden disappearance
'fter the murder by saying that he
lad been employed by Il New Yorker
I whose country place near Amster-
lam he was arrested. He said he ac-
epted this position in order to get
'ut of town, having hurried from the
Gene of the murder in fear and
ought out his brother in Chinatown.
Who procured him the position. He
Omitted having borrowed $3.50 from
'hu Gain, proprietor of the Port
.rthur restaurant in Chinatown. who
s also held in connection with the
ase. Incidentally, he said that Leon
ing and Chu Gain had come to
lows over the girl in Chinatown some
,eeks ago. The noice theary IS that
4eon killed the girl because of her at
entions to Chu Gain.
Il did not see her no more" said
hung. land when + asked Leon how