The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-24

b0dy OIL theb bed n put fe In the trunk,
But Chung was afraid and wouldn't. He
stood there though and watched Leung
pull the trunk out OF a closet, kick the
lid open and throw out clothing until
the tgpnk wps empty Leung then asked
Chung for money and Chung gave him
$500 Of the amount that he got from Chu
Gain. When Chung Jaw the trunk stand
ing empty and Leung ready to handle the
body he lost his nerve completely, he said.
and ran out Of the OOH
He denied this time that he helped tie
the trunk, a fiat contradiction of his story
TO repeated questions that he did not
help .Leung Lin kill the girl, that he did
not help to put the body in the trunk
and that he did not see the body after
1t was in the trunk.
Chung stayed away from the house
only two hours. he told Mr.. Ward; On
Tuesday in Mr.. Wards Office he said he
remained away until the next day. Some
thing drew him back to Ieung''s room.
said Chung. When he got there he
found Leung's door open n Leung
gone. The trunk was there closed and
roped and the sight of it moved him to
quit the city as Soon as possible.
Chung looked better yesterday than on
. the day beiore. AS a reward for his
,talkativeness they had let him get a few
hours sleep. With the characteristic
neatness Of his people he had freshened
up his clothes. cleaned his shoes and got
q change Of shirts. Chung is a pretty
rather pleasanter to look at than some
OF h detectives herded around him.
Not a single official concerned with the
Investigation would make a statement
last night as to it's progress. The District
Attorneys office agreed with the Police
Commissioners Office that Chung Sings
revelations were 80 important that all
Hsv-s shenid be s,,ppressAd. but before
they clapped the lid on n Of the officials
who had studied the transcript made OF
Chung Sings confession said they were
proceeding on the theory that Chung
told
The police have evidence to show that
Chung was wide OF the truth when he
aid he did not see Leung IN the day OF
them murder until Leung came to his room
and told him Elsie was dead or dying:
There are two or three witnesses who will
testify that Chung Sing and Leung were
the morning OF Wednesday, June o. The
police have learned also that somebody
took q message from Leung to Elsie early
that morning and they are trying to find
out IL Chung Sing was the messenger.
he had been the gobetween several times
before.
Chung said several things under pres
sure which made the police believe that
he knew Of Leung's intention to kill the
girl. From Chung's statements and other
Information gathered from Chu Gain and
the Sigel family, the police heads have
worked out a.fairfy satisfactory story OF
the murder, u; They believe now that Leuh hs
got her to &c to his room at 1872 Eighth
avenue and that Chung Sing, was con-
versant with Lemg's plans. The girl was
induced to go to Leung's room by q note
sent to her at about 9 O'Clock on the morn
ing OF Wednesday, June Q. Several per-
sons living IN the neighborhood OF the
apartment house where the Sigels live
at 200 WadswoT n avenue have reported
to the police that a Chinaman was seen
to enter the apartment house about Q
o'clock that morning. The Sigels have
denied that Elsie had a Chinese caller on
that morning.
1t is believed that ,,ery little time was
wasted in killing the girl and that Leung
did not do the job by himself. One OF
the officials who has spent much time in
working on the case pointed out yester-
day that Leung WAS too small and thin,
too much weakened by disease to have
a strong, stout girl as Elsie was.
Sing was in his room when the girl was
killed the noise Of the struggle must have
alarmed him. On top of that one of the
Chinese walters at Sun Leung's chop suey
shop told the police that the door between
Chung Sings room and Leung's was
never closed. The police theory il now
that Leung and Chung Sing had not been
TO bed at all the night before the murder,
and that both received the girl when she
went to the Eighth avenue house.
Confirmation Of this theory depends
frat Of all on the arrest OF Leung Linn
himself and second upon what they can
screw out Of Chung Sing. Everything
thur. has said. bears out the story the
police have outlined. Chu's most i'm
portant statement was that he knew the
girl wa trying to break away from Leung
Linn because she was in love with him,
and that Leung knew it and a threat,
Chu. It seemed likely to the police that
Leung. with cunning humor, sent his
friend Chung Sing to borrow money from
the very man he hated.
Assistant District Attorney Ward thinks
that the catching Of Elsie's murderer
Mr.. Wards idea that Leung. who was in
Washington On the night OF Wednesday.
June Q. hurried to a seaport and engaged
as a cook on some vessel about
to sail. He thinks it likely that Ieung
may have gone to New Orleans Or Calves
ton or any one OF the good sized cities
along the Atlantic or Gulf coast and tried
to hide himself on a freighter. Leung
was intelligent according to American
and it is not at all probable.
IN Mr.. Wards opinion. that he took the
risk Of travelling overland TO San Fran
CISCO or Vancouver. There are too many
q bis photos flying about; Also they be-
definite idea from Chung Sing where his
friend IAunR went,
City after city ran in false alarms on
the Police Department yesterday. Johns
town was sure that the murderer had been
up there and got quite excited
about it. Later in the day they admitted
BY wire that they had been a bit hasty
and that they had permitted Wee Ting
Song. a we'll vouched for young China
man OF Altoona. to 90 on about his bust
nees. Pittsburg had a protesting China
under arrest and Worcester made a
mistake. One OF the Police De-
partment officials commenting on these
arrests said yesterday afternoon:
Its rather dangerous for perfectly
respectable Cinnamon to mind their wi
business these days. The police Of every
city have circulars with excellent pictures
Of Leung and the most detailed descrip-
ton Of his appearance. They ought TO
examine these carefully before making
arrests. One town constable picked up
q Chinaman who vas at least SO years
old and as fat as a cheese and he insisted
that he had Leung Linn until we laughed
out Of II by wire"
A wild story went into Police Head |
quarters last night that Chung Sing had
both Elsie and Leung Linn and
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