The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-24

Later Versions OF Confession Wruna
From Chung Sin Are Of More Con-
servatIve Tone--settlement Work
ers Express Faith In Victims SIN
cerlty Up to Date OF Death--Inter.
prefer Says She Was Lured to
Room by story Of Llns's Illness.
New York, juno 24.--After day
OF conflicting statements. the district
attorneys Office acting under instruc-
tions from Mr.. Jerome and the police
department under orders from Com
missioner Bingham, refused TO dis
cuss further what progress had been
made in the search for Leon Ling,
the Chinaman who Is wanted for the
murder of Elsie Sigel. whose body
was found in trunk in a room over
a chop suey restaurant last Friday
night. Nor would they discuss the
results OF the examination Of Chung
Sin, Leon Ling's former roommate,
who has been variously reported to
nave witnessed the crime, to have
aided In roping the trunk, and finally
merely to have seen the girls body.
There have been hourly reports Of
clews from all parts Of the country.
but none Of them, on close examina-
tion, brings the authorities any near
er to the murderer.
Whatever be the whole truth con-
cerning the information Chung Sin
yields. II Is practically all the police
have to go on. Chu Gain. the res
taurant proprietor and admirer OF the
dead girl, of whom Leon Ling was
Jealous, is out on $1,000 bail. pumped
dry: the other restaurant keeper.
Sam Leung. and his walters and
was found, also are out on bail for
800, and the lesser Importance at
tached to their knowledge Is meas.
ured by the small amount.
Thus the case revolves around
Chung Sin, at first thought to have
told so much. but whose alleged con-
fession became far less sensational
upon furtner lnVestlgatlOn.
To all questions he reilerates that
he occupied the room next to that Of
Leon, and that on the afternoon OF
June .. the day OF the murder, he
wakened early after a natural sleep
to find Leon standing beside him.
Leon. was In trouble and wanted
help. Chung Sin soon understood
why when he saw the body lying
across the bed. There was blood on
the lips and stained handkerchief
was stuffed between the lips. The
features. he said. were strained and
bIackened. but he saw no rope
around the neck. Leon explained
that he felt terrified and that his
first impulse was to get out of the
house as soon as he could. Before
he left, however. Leon borrowed 5000
from him, he said. They both be-
longed to the same secret society. he
explained. and he felt bound by his
oath to do that much for a fellow
member.
The foregoing version OF what
Chung Sin saw and did Is rs given
out by Assistant District Attorney
Ward. Whether Chung Sin Ia telling
the. truth remains 70 be seen, but OF
all the widely varying accounts that
come from the criminal courts build.
ing after the first inquisition. the yer.
sion as now made public seems to be
conservative one.
Those who know Elsie Sieel best
believe she was sincere In her mis-
sion work with the Chinese up TO the
day OF her death. Mrs. Florence Todd
OF the Bowery settlement for girls
has never varied from her assertion
OF that belief. Chu Gain. who lived
In terror OF his jealous rival. Leon
Ling. and had known both the girl
and her mother for years, is OF the
same belief. Assistant District At
torney Ward is inclined to the theory
OF Quon Yick Nam. the interpreter,
who thinks the girl was lured to
Icons room by a report OF his
feigned illness and there chloro-
formed. after Leon had been angered
by her coldness and her refusal TO
see no more OF Chu Gain, his veal
thier rival.