The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-23
LEON'S FRIEND SAW GIRL
LYING WHITE AND COLD
mouth as though jamming something

ut was all in her mouth" he said.
Did you see her clotbes?"
Il saw Leon take of her clothes. her
waist, this way" replied Chung, tug
ging at his coat lapels.
How do You know il was Elsie's
handkerchief that Leon used?"
Chung heSitated and finally replied
that he Just knew it,"
Did you sec it after that"
Yes, on the floor. 1t had blood on
it"
Was all this while You were look
ing over the transom?"
No. / go down stairs to the restau-
rant when see Elsie there first Then
| soon come up. When | get up ] look
in Icons room and see Elsie lying
there. She was on the bed all still"
What did You do neXt?"
Il get up on the transom again and
| see Leon go TO the closet and 20 into
his trunk. He pull boxes and other
things from the trunk. ] knew it was
Icons trunk II was there all the
time since Leon had the room, about
six months, ! guess. Leon threw the
boxes over the floor and clear out the
trunk. / saw it empty then and he
took the trunk and pull 1t into the mid
die of the room. Then ! get scared
and [ go down stairs. / wash my
hands down stairs
Pretty soon [ hear Leon call me-"
Chung continued
i go up and see what he wants me
for. | see Elsie lying on the bed on
her back She does not speak
couldn't see II she was dressed Leon
had pulled the bed clothes up over ner
10 her neck. like this said Chung,
indicating.
Was the rope around her neck
then2'
Il don't know l saw before that
Leon take rope out Of his clothes.
L don't know then wnat it is for"
Could you see Elsie'S feet below the
bed clothes?'
oh, yes. / see them. They did
not have stockings on them. Elsie's
feet were just bare. No shoes or
stockings"
Did you see the handkerchief
them"
"Yes. it is on the floor then. see
blood on the floor / ask Leon what
it is, and he say, Elsie bit her
tongue
Didn't that make you suspicious
that something had happened to Ell.
sie?"
Il didn't know anything" he re-
piled.
Chung told them that he left the
room and went 20 his own room, where
he stayed short while
When ! come back there is no more
Elsie" said Chung. II don't know
where she is and ] don't ask. / see
the trunk there and it has ropes on
1t. Leon Is tying the ropes and he
asks me 10 help him. 1 don't know
what Is in the trunk. and / help him
tie. oh, SO many knots"
DO you mean to say you did not
know Elsie was In that trunk?" de-
manded Mr. Ward
Chung not know it." replied the
Chinaman.
The assistant district attorney lean
ed oyer and stared Chung in the face
The Chinaman met his gaze for a mo-
ment and then broke into grin.
mo, Chung tells the truth" said the
Cbinaman. HE would not lie"
Did you not help put Elsie in that
trunk"
Chung did not Leon must have
put Elsie in the trunk"
Now, want you 10 tell me truth"
retorted Captain Carr. turning sudden
ly upon Chung You helped put that
rope around Elsie's neck?"
Chung leaped from his chair and
dashed to the radiator at the window
Of Mr.. Wards Office, where he sat
glaring at Captain Carr,
Il did not put Elsie in the trunk"
screamed the Chinaman 1T was Leon.
You find him He will tell you what
i say. | see her on the bed and when
] come back she Is gone. do not
know where"
Chung Sin then told of becoming
frightened and going to Chinatown to
sec his brother who obtained for him
the position as cook at country
estate near Amsterdam, n. Y, where
lie was arrested.
Part of the statement by Chung Sin
was not divulged by the police and It
is understood that this deals with the
possible flight of Leon
During the questioning of Chung.
hurried messages were sent to sey-
'i al tlIto ouu II Nu6 'UcllcFc0 tIldl
Chung had told where Leon might be
found. Inspector Cafferty admitted
that an important arrest was expect
ed today
Confession Follows Severe Questioning
New York. June 22-More of
Chung Sins confession became
known late tonight, giving the
actual description of how the murder
was committed.
Elsie Sigel was on the bed" said
tho Chinaman, "and Leon was bending
over her. A handkerchief was stick
Ing out Of her mouth and / saw the
blood on IT, She was fighting with
him. but he only pressed the handker-
chief harder into her mouth. Finally
she struggled no more and lay still
and Leon stood up and looked down
al her"
Those who heard this recital were
almost overcome with the thought that
Chung Sin could nave stood by In the
adjoining room without raising a hand
10 prevent il.
In one version of the Chinaman's