The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-23
LEON'S CHUM TELLS STORY OF ELSIE'S
 MURDER


 THIRD DEGREE OF NEW YORK
 POLICE CHUNG SIN DESCRIBES
 THE BRUTAL STRANGLING OF
 THE MISSIONARY GIRL IN THE
 ROOM OF THE MISSING CHINA
 MAN, AS SEEN BY HIM
 THROUGH THE KEYHOLE
 Special from United Press)
 New York, JuL 23.-In the dim, close room of Leon Ling, with it's scarlet satin bed canopy, it's grinning green and gold josses, and it's picture of the Madonna gazing down on the scene where the dead body of Elsie Sigel was found packed in a trunk last Fri day, Chung Sin, roommate of Leon, re- enacted the brutal murder of the girl by Leon as he claims he saw it through the keyhole of his room, adjoining. Stolidly smoking a cigarette and occa- sionally cramming his yellow visage into sardonic smile, he described the Strangl1ng Of the girl as she lay on the bed under the red canopy but de- nied that he had anything to do with the murder or had any knowledge of the whereabouts of his missing coun- tryman. District Attorney Jerome and the police are confident that Chung has not told all he knows and they announced their intention to keep at him with the third degree grind until he tells all.
 After his partial confession to Dis trict Attorney Jerome yesterday after noon Chung was kept under a cross fire of questions all through the night. Early today with Inspector Carey of the Homicide Bureau, half a dozen ef his detectives and Assistant District Attorney Ward, the badgered Chinese was led to the house in Eighth ave nue.
 As he was led shackled to a detec- tive up the long rickety stairs to the quarters of the missing Leon he hesi- tated for a moment but quickly recov- cred himself and entered the musty Oriental room, tightly closed since the discovery of the body, with. an air of nonchalance- He was closely followed by the wizened' interpreter. You killed Elsie Sigel," shouted h. spector Carey as soon as the door was closed. Me no kill. You find Leon. He do it'
 Carey turned on Chung Sin in a rage as he crouched in corner of the room. ply to many questions. Carey clutch ed his collar as if to choke the life out of him. Then Chung wilted. Me tell truth. Me tell truth now" he ton after question, he gave the minute details of the -revolting tragedy which has shocked the country. The stolid yellow man calmly admitted that he
  girl to death with her own handker- chief as she lay on the bed, without raising a hand to help her or to call for help.
 as he puffed his cigarette, that made me wake. The sound come from Leon's room and got up and looked through the keyhole." that room," yelled Carey. "Elsie Si- | gel, the girl, was OF the bed,' stated Chung quietly. Leon was bending over her. He seemed to be fighting | with blood on it sticking | in the girls mouth. When saw the | blood I knew it was real fighting. | She fought hard and he was pressing ally she didn't fight no more She lay | still. Then Leon stood up and look | ed around the room. Then he look back at the girl"
 were asked, as the hardened police of ficials tried to grasp the enormity. of the thing this yellow man was telling them. Then:
 s.Go on." said Carey quietly. ''rhis was about half past twelve. I know because I soon go downstairs and the cook is making meats. Always half past twelve when cook make meats. Then Leon call to me and I go to his .oom."
 Was the girl there then?" asked Carey. T no see her. Before I go downstairs I see Leon pull out his t, pulling out many boxes. When go into his room after he call, I no Elsie. Only big trunk in room. Be ore that, while he pulling out trunk, Elsie lay gtill, very still, on the bed. Only her face and hands and feet could see.''
 And Chung walked over to the bed O indicate how the clothes were drawn lbout the girls body When I come nto room after Leon call, he ask me II o help him tie trunk and I tie many znotS in rope"
 where was the body then?" '.Me 10 know. It no in room. Gone. Me 70 know where" II 'Then what happened?" ''Me no znow. Me go away. Me sick. Me % to restaurant"
 With a bound Carey 1eaped for the fellow man. "Where's I.eon?" he For moment the stolid yell ow fiend turned siclxly pale. Chung Sin faltered and then said Me no ,now." You 1ie."
 But Chung Sin only smiled at this. He was taken back to police headquar- CTS where he identified the trunk in which the girls body was found and -lso identified the canvas hlanket in which the body was wrapped. Detec- ives in a search of Ieon's room while >hung was under examination there ound what appeared to be cloth in the tove. This gave rise to the belief hat Leon burned the girls missing Chung Sin admitted that he aw Leon tear the girls waist off as he lay on the bed. When Chung Sin vas taken back to headquarters he yas at once put in the hands of a fresh hift of detectives for a continuation f the third degree. Chung Sin con- irmed the jealousy motive advanced , y the police and said he knew both 'hu Gain and Leon loved Elsie and t' iaa af | "They fight about that girl,' said ssNTa them They