New-York tribune., 1909-06-24
c5YS LIES WILL GAIN HIN
CHINESE OSTR4CTSM.
Interpreter PreUGiLs on Leon's Room
mate to Hitter His Tues
days Testimony.

,stiertlv for hours listening to YOUR contra
actions and lies But you cannot save yourself
by them You think your countrymen will help
vou I tell YOU they VIII not. There is not a
chinaman in the world will ever speak TO you
NJ shake hands with YOU again unless YOU tell
Nc I'll YOU know about the murder of Elsie Sigel.
and tell the truth Tell the truth. You Will
never he received within the doors of Chinese
society again. I tell YOU this. and I know
Quietly and Internationally. Quang Wick Nam,
the Chinese interpreter. said this 10 Chung Sin
at the House Of Detention yesterday, when
Icons roommate was once more on the grill.
and Captain Carey and Assistant District At
torney Ward found that the soft spoken old
nan had accomplished in his quiet manner what
their aggressive tactics had failed in Chung
Sin, worn down physically and mentally. quietly
assured Of ostracism by his own race. could not
face that possibility. and allowed another deli
cate thread Of truth 10 find its way from his
systen-
Il went into the room" he said. while the
body was still lying on the bed. I felt Of the
BODY and il was not yet cold
why did you go into the roor?" Mr.. Ward
asked.
SAYS LEON CALLED HIM INTO ROOM.
Leon called me. He said that Elsie
dead or dying He said that she had bitten her
lip and bled TO death"
While Chung Sin was getting a short rest at
the House Of Detention yesterday, the District
Attorneys Office and the detectives were busy
going over the confession that Sin made on
Tuesday They found many contra dictions and
many statements that could not be reconoiIed
With the known facts in the case and the situa-
ton Of the rooms where the crime was COM
mitted- Chung Sin had not told the truth, or,
st least only part Of it. He must be put the
grill again. and in the afternoon Nj Ward. Cap
tain Carey. Qusng Wick Nam and a stenog-
rspher took up the examination once more. Mr..
Ward carried with him copy Of Sins testimony
on Tuesday. while Captain Carey brought some
OF the letters CT Elsie TO Leon and TWO written
by Leon to Chu Gain
Sins statement was read u him and he vas
asked 70 explain the contradictions. Very pa
tiertly his questioners went over the points. and
for hour Sin vove new set Of contradictions,
until al last old Nam stopped him
I was frightened when saw the body" he
said. Leon wanted me 10 help put i IN the
trunk. but refused I said that I would give
him money TO get away, and I gave him $780,
but that al would DO
where dfd rcu get the money
KEPT BALANCE OF MONEY
II 7ras part Of the money I got from chu
Cain Kept the rest of the money myself. be-
csuse vas scared and I wanted 70 get awavr"
You say that you did not help put the body
II the trunk?'
No 70 did not help Leon. he get the
trunk and empty i. He throw boxes of il and
throw ont the tray Then he say help tie up
the trunk. anyvav. because I know how 70 tie
kaots- say no. say I not help I 60 away
Iscared' and go my cousins"
Sin said that he left Leon while tle body was
stil! on the bed. and that when he came back
tTe hours later the body and the handkerchief
we're gone and Leon had disappeared
He continued obdurate in declaring that he
Cd Tot know w,ere Leon had gone but the
police feel that they are slowly pinning him
down 70 the truth and the gruelling e1amina-
rors v:l Re continued with hardly rest until
sia las told al that he knows He was under
fire for hours yesterday until late into the night.
and to-day and ever day the inquisition viii
continue untl sin is squeezed as dry Is an old
lemon
Yesterday they forced out Of him the oonfes-
sion -ha- he was not only in the room with the
body bur that he had lad hands on 1.-TWO
things which ne Aad before strenuously denied
He still has 10 explain how he could see all
that he nas told Of so circumstantiay without
TIE door being open between the two rooms
Nor are the police yet satisfied that the trunk
n which the body vas packed was in Leon :
affair. with only curtain for door while in
Sins room was large and commodious closet,
with plenty of room for a trunk Until these
points are cleared up SINS ordeal viii not end
IDENTIFIES LETTERS FROM LEON.
He helped yesterday in establishing the mo-
tive for the crime by identifying two letters
sent 70 Chu Gain and signed The Chief" These
letters warned Chu TO leave Elsie alone and
Threatened that both would be killed If Chu did
not cease ms attentions 10 the girl Both were
identified as being in Icons writing. and Sin
SAID that Leon called himself The Chief be-
cause he was a high degree Mason.
The police have testimony also. that Leon
once sent message TO Chu Cain by Chu's
brother warning him in the same way TO keep
ssay from Elsie Another witness has said that
On one occasion recently when Chu Gain went
TO see Elsie he found Leon there As soon as
Chu entered. Leon went away in great anger.
Quang Wick Nam the interpreter, advanced
ehe theory yesterday that Elsie was lured TO
Leon room and that Leon chloroformed her In
an attempt TO overcome her. Elsie did not re-
cover from the choroforra. and Leon called 10
sn 10 help dispose Of the body. When District
sVtorney Jerome was asked about this theory
he said
When girl is found with rope wound
sfoond her neck and tied as tightly as il can
- tled. it is natural to think Of strangulation."
No EVIDENCE OF CHLoRoFORM FOUND.
assistant District Attorney Ward said that no
'ioenoe Of chlcroform had been found and that
would not be possible 20 confirm such a theory
lie the handkerchief stil missing. But
eh the District Attorneys Office and the police
eie lhslstent that Elsie should be considered