New-York tribune., 1909-06-30
WOMEN HELPED LEON
IN CASE AFTER MURDER
Missionaries His 4ids IN 4ttem pt
TO Dispose of Body.

The police learned yesterday that two white
women members Of the class who call themselves
Chinatown missionaries, helped Leon in his at
tempt 10 Up the of the murder Of Elsie
Sigel. These women went to the real estate
agent who leased the storeroom 70 Yung Wah, IN
which he had his laun6r-. No $40 West 526th
street. and got him to transfer the lease TO Hung
Kee
Yung wah is a brother Of Yung Dat, a former
partner OF Leon and Yung wah helped Leon 10
r~v "a dispose Of the trunk in which Elsie's body
was packed. When the laundry had been nnutlateo
in Intellectual attempt to get rid Of the trunk.
Tung Wah hurriedly sold cut 10 his cousin, Yung
Eee, and disappeared. and the two white women,
friends Of Yung Hah and Yung Dat. persuaded the
Rgsnt 70 transfer the lease.
Leon sent his confederate out from the house in
Eighth avenue Immediately after the murder
scomnitted TO get 10 take away the trunk.
He sent II by expressman at z5th street and
Eighth avenue 70 Yung Wah's laundry because
Yung Wah brother Of Eung Dat. Then Leon
snd his confederate got automobile. and the two
Cinnamon. with Icons three suit cases. in one Of
(which was Elsie's clothing. hurried ahead TO be
at the laundry TO receive the trunk They told
Hung Wah that they had get rid of the trunk
and down into the cellar and tore up the floor
see II trunk could be buried But the house
ss built rock. and they could find place for
grave.
LEON LEFT TRACES IN LAUNDRY
Leon then gave Yung Wah the money 10 have q
EeW moor IN the ce5l2r and pTOceeoeo 10 IlSoSe
Of other traces Esies clothes. the police believe
burned in the laundry stove But Leon, in his
haste. overlooked pasteboard box. IN which Elsie
had brought some small articles 10 Icons
room ana which he had used in packing up her
clothes This box furnishes indisputabe proof
shat Leon the laundry II was found in the
working room the laundry and it was written
fasie's name and address This is the box which
the police took TO Headquarters and which has
saused so much conjecture 10 the nature Of the
evidence found in the laundry.
The police lock On the door Of the laundry cellar
has also caused much mvstifoation- II was put /
there that the flooring might not be disturbed
any change made in the conditions OF the OLD i
foor showing how il had been torn Up.
The relative Of Yung Wah and fellow member |
Of the Gee Gong tong who confessed 10 the police
icons naanoslvres with the trunk in Harlem told !
also Of Yung Wahs difficulty in getting rid Of the
ssundry. Yung Wah decided at once that this city |
was an unsafe place him He was able TO |
srd cousin who would take the laundry OF his (
hands but then met stumbling block in the form |
of the agent Of the building. To overcome the |
agents objections 20 a transfer of the lease 1ung
Tah resorted missionaries friends OF his |
and Yung Dat. These women went TO the |
sgent and persuaded him 10 consent to the trans
Ter Of the lease TO Eung kee-
y1rNG FAMILY DEEPLY CONCERNED
Showing the extent 10 which the Yung family Is |
concerned in the murder Of Elsie sige the police |
have learned that Sing. in whose charge Leon /
tried TO leave the trunk in Newark. is partner OF
Fong kIOe, an uncle OF Aune DaI anu u-lS
Nah It was another member of the Yung family |
who belped Leon get the trunk Harlem and who |
.ook the dispatch to the Sigel family 10 Washing
Tor and sent il that city. A number of tele- |
gram blanks and q rough draft Of the Sigel dis |
match were found in the Harlem laundry The |
police are looking for Yung Wah, 1uns Dat |
and their relative who 10 Washington, as well
as fer Leon.
The exp-essnan who carried the trunk 10 Harlem |
was taken to Captain Carey's Office Police Head
quarters yesterday and examined for more than /
an hour. The negro who helpel Leon carry the /
frlInk upstairs on his from Newark has also
been found. He had little say. except that the |
trunk was very heavy
The police say that their investigations lead /
them daily TO the belief that Chung Sin was far |
more deeply concerned IN the crime than he has 1
yet confessed. They have learned that Sin is /
particularly bound help Leon in al possible /
ways because it was Sin who had Leon elected |
member of the Gee Gong Tong. This three |
years ago-abcut year after Leon came here /
from Philadelphia
leon had conducted a laundry in Germantown, |
hut the owner of the building in which the shop |
was threw Leon out because he soaked rat with /
kerosene and then FIRE 10 the animal and turned
81 loose. Leon first worked in this city /
waiter in the restaurant OF Young Nam, at I'D |
and Seventh avenue, but after being elected
20 the Gee Gong Tong he devoted his activities 10
cheating MS fellow countrymcn in various restau- |
rants and gambling houses
A story was current yesterday that half hun |
67red detectives from this city had spread through
Z the northern counties Of New Jersey a hunt |
for Leon. Deputy Commissioner Woods said that |
/ there foundation for the story No bet
7er reason was found 10 credit story that Elsie
had poisoned herself in Icons room and Leon had
tried TO get two Chinese truck gardeners from
Long Island TO bury the body in the Chinese GEM
erery. in BROOKLYN