The Detroit times., 1909-06-24
SAYS HE SAW MISS
S|GEL's SLAYER IN ]
CHICAGO
Chinese Declares He Knew Leon
Ling in Chicago Several Years
Ago-Certain He Was in
Clark-st. Last Sunday.
chung Sin, Hurderer's Roommate
Admits His Story Of Crime
Il lie. g

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CHICAGO, June 24.-Thr& N
members of the Hip Sing Tons e J
New York, Of which Leon Linz 10
member invaded Chicago short
Iy after the murder of Elsie siqel,
according to information given
the police today by George Lee,
Chinese interpreter. Al efforts
to locate them In Chinatown have
failed. ..s.. 80
Many reports that Leon has Z
been in Chicago within the last i
four days have como to the police.
Lee Fan who says he knew Leon
when he worked In Chicago sew
erai years ago, declares he 10 Ger.
tain that he saw Leon walking In
CIark-st. In tho downtown district
last Sunday.
NEW YORK, June 24-Once more
Chung Sin has admitted he 10 q liar.
The little yellow man. after Atty
weary hours OF tireless third degree.
told the police today that his story OF
seeing Elsie Sigel strangled to death
by Leon Ling in his room over the
Eighth-ave. chop suey restaurant. was
not true. This story. which he told
yesterday, he branded as false. after
detectives had told him Il was impos,
sible TO see the bed In Icons room
through the keyhole in the door boz
tween the rooms where the Cinnamon
lived.
Beyond establishing the fact that
Chung Sin knows practically all there
is to know OF the murder of the white
girl missionary by her celestial pupil,
the terrible third degree through
which the police have dragged the con-
Trajectory story from the sweating
Chinaman has been practically with.
out result.
Chung Sin is willing to tell. He
says so. And he talks freely But
every story he tells the police have so
far been able to disprove, or he has
disproved them himself
His story today is that he did not
see Elsie killed but saw her body ini-
mediately after the killing. He says
Leon Ling came to his room about
noon on June 8 and told him Efsf8
was dead or dying, asking Chung 20
help him dispose OF the body. Chung
says he was scared out of his Mon
golian stolidity. He went to Icons
room and saw the girls body lying OIL
the bed.
The face was discolored and the
mouth was covered with bloody
handkerchief. Chung still denies that
he saw rope about the girls neck
then. He saw Leon prepare the trunk
for the body, but left the room before
the body was placed in the receptacle.
When he returned Leon was gone.
This story followed a dramatic inter-
view between Chung Sin and old Quad
Yick Nam, the wiZened merchant in
terpreter. who Is respected by all good
Cinnamon and feared by all bad ones
Fearing through his gold trimmed
glasses. the old man told Chung that
the Gee Klong Tong. the revolutionary
society to which both he and Leon be-
longed, had sworn a mighty oath to
punish the girls murderer.
"YOu have lied" he Numbered In
Chinese. THE Gee Kloag Tong has
sent me here TO tell you that IL you
do not tell the truth. the Gee Klong
Tong will see to your punishment IL
self. even If the white men let you CO.
Shung Sin promised TO tell the truth.
but when the detectives came at him
with the important question: Where
is Leon" they met the same old an
swer: ME no know. No understand
Jesse Henry, representing Chu Gain.
the general manager OF the Port Ar
thur restaurant and one of the sweet
hearts OF Elsie Sigel today surrend-
cred 10 Assistant District Attorney
Ward two letters in Chinese, which
pre alleged 10 have been written by
Leon Ling, In which he threatened
.bo Zee ~ Cain and also OF Elsie
Sigel. The letters are now being trans
lated. They werew rite nto the say
Re Company. which controls the Port
Arthur restaurant and are signed me
Chief"
These are the letters which were re-
ferred to by Chu Gain in his testimony
before the coroner NJ the Sigel IN
quest