The Washington herald., 1909-06-20


night. She was taken 10 a sanatoTium.
Tells OF EIsie's Actions.
Mabel was not a bit unwilling TO talk,
and she told with apparent frankness all
she knew about Elsie's liking for profess
ing Cinnamon. and about Elsie's going
away from home on the morning OF
Wednesday, June g. But Mabel wished
/ 1t distinctly TO be understood that "she
wasn't mixed Up With any 'Chinks.'
Elsie and me were'n { the same. No.
not little Bit said Mabel Il amt
been goin' round with any 'Chinks.' III
have you know. amt got no use for
EN-"
Elsie had received a postal caro- that
morning from Mrs. Franz sigeI, her
/ grandmother, who lives in the Bronx.
/ Old Mrs. Sigel was very fond OF Elsie.
said Mabel, and didn't know about the
girls fondness for Chinese companions.
/ She wrote asking the girl 70 visit her
that day. and Elsie got ready 10 leave
the house as soon as she had read the
/ card.
It's a elncA she didn't dress 10 go
out OF town CT to make long stay any
where" said Mabel
'She Just threw on a lot Of old duds.
/ an old three-quarter length tailor-m made,
l a pair OF old shoes. and a pink leg
/ horn hat that had seen better days
/ think she put on rubbers. too.
Somebody called 20 her as she went
out the door 10 stop az the market and
get the family dinner. Sure" she said.
just ike that. III send II right tn
/ And she did. too" said Elsie's brother
Reginald q youth OF nineteen. TT was
/ corned beef and Il came along right after
| she left"
Had Engagement with Leon.
| The detectives were forced 20 the con-
| clusion that the girl went down town 70
I keep an appointment with Leung Linn
and went with the Chinaman % HIS room
on the fourth floor OF 7s2 Eighth avenue
They cannot believe that any other theory
is tenable save that she was murdered the
! evening OF the day she left home. and
that the murderer fed IN sharp haste the
moment he had disposed OF the body.
/ They tried 10 sweat something out Of
the three Cinnamon that were arrested
late Friday night. zee Kim. a waiter in
the chop suey house: Tchin Song. the
cook. and Ong Wing. all of Chinatown
When these inscrutable persons were
taken before Coroner Hamburger to-day
| they had ironed all expression out OF
! their faces. Il was case OF mo sabby''
and the blankest Of looks.
Capt. Carr believed the waiter and the
cook must have known something about
the presence OF white women n the rooms
that Sun Leung. the proprietor, rented 20
Leung Lin and Chung Sing, also missing
But Yee Kim and Tchin Song insisted
calmly that they no lOOkee-
CeIestinI's Tongue LOOsened.
Finally. clifford I.osey. a fourteen-year-
old boy. testified that he had seen Ong
Wing az C0ney Island with sun Leung.
which loosened Ong Wings tongue a bit
Then Yee Kim remembered that Mrs
SigeI came 10 the restaurant last SUNDAY
night inquiring for Leung Lin. or VIII
liam Leon. as the mission people called
him
When she heard that the Boss" sun
Leung was out, and that everybody else
she asked for was out. she dropped into
a chair for few minutes. saying moth
I ing Then she went away.
I Lee Kim protested with growing vol
ubility that he did not know Elsie Sigel
Denied White WOmen's Presence.
I Song II white women were accustomed
20 visit the Chinese roomers. They put
that question 20 the cook pretty saw
ageIy. but the Chinaman merely spread
I out his hands with calm denial that no
white women had ever been in the place.
After that they sent the three 10 the
house OF detention until they were
wanted
When the detectives looked around for
| Sun Leung. who directed them % the
body Friday night and who practically
/ shared rooms with Leung Lin and
Chung Sing, the chop suey man had
/ slipped away
He couldn't be found for the coroner's
/ inquiry this morning. and the detectives
/ had not been able 70 locate him tonight
They want Sun badly 20 answer cues
tions about how many white women
were entertained by the prayerful China
nen 20 whom he rented rooms
Left All Their Clothes.
The extreme disorder Of these rooms
indicated how much Of a hurry Sun
Leung's roomers were in 20 get away.
Both Leung Lin and Chung Sing left
behind all their clothes except the things
they wore. Several pairs Of new shoes.
some OF them stifened with boot trees
were under the beds
No attempt had been made 10 collect
Elsie SigeTs letters or any OF the other
tokens the Americanized Cinnamon had
received from their Sunday school teach
er and other girl friends.
All Of these things backed Up the as
sumption that they fed as soon as the
girls body had been packed into the
trunk
The condition OF the body was almost
evidence enough in itself that she had
come 10 her death ten days ago or on
the night Of June g Old hands at the
detective game said they never had rum
mayed in such a hodge-podge Of odds
and ends. such heterogeneous collection
OF souvenirs as the two escaped China
imen scattered around in their rooms.
What struck them first OF all was the
quantity OF pictures OF women on the
walls. lying on tables and mantelpieces.
strewn about the floor tucked away IN
drawers. even hidden under the beds.
There were no less than a dozen colored
photographs OF a show girl who was ex-
tremely decollete. There were photo
graphs OF rather comely young women IN
evening dress. The names OF these had
been scratched on the backs OF the
cards.
Pictures in Tights.
There were pictures OF girls in tights.
OF girls in very short skirts. Of girls IN
seanty drareries in all sorts OF poses.
Wherever you looked around the rooms
thar these processing young Christians
occupied there were cheap prints Of wom-
en-. most Of whom were decidedly under
dressed.