The Washington herald., 1909-06-27

no apparent abatement OF energy, and
with no greater success, at least in so
far as the detective bureau could say,
than az any time since the murder OF
Elsie Sigel was committed.
To-day was the ninth day since Leung's
uncle saw the stain under the door Of
the hail bedroom over his chop-suey res
taurant at 7S2 Eighth avenue. and yet the
police are as much in the dark as ever
Leungs eight-day start seems 10 have
found him hiding place.
A glimmer OF light on what Leung did
after. the murder OF Elsie SigeI came
from Newark. Credence was given 20
the story at police headquarters, not
withstanding an inherent contradiction On.
two OF what has been the basis for action
hitherto. 1t purports to show what Leung
did on the day OF the murder and the day
after.
Cabmaa Tells Story.
James Halstead. cabman in Newark.
went TO the police and told them that
slender little Chinaman hailed him at
Broad and Market streets in Newark
early in the afternoon Of Thursday. June
10. He said the Chinaman was neatly
dressed In American clothes. and that
he wore a Masonic button In the lapel
Of HIS coat He seemed 10 be badly
scared at something.
The yellow man wanted 70 know how
much he would charge 10 take him and
a trunk 10 New York They struck
bargain, and Halstead drove to a Chinese
chop-suey house at 81 Market street. kept
h.
and heavily roped. had ssch a load in It
that Halstead had to get a Chinaman to
help him down the stairs with II.
Your trunks heavy as lead" he re-
marked to the Chinaman who had hired
him. What's in it?"
Nothing but Clothes.
Clothes; nothing but my clothes" the
Chinaman was quick TO answer. He did
not seem to ike being questioned, Hal
stead said
Then the two men and the trunk drove
TO Jersey City. and from there took the
Twenty-thlrd street ferry 10 New York
They went across TO Eighth avenue and
tLen up 10 FOrty-seventh or Forty-eighth |
street. Halstead could not remember |
which. Anyhow. they stopped at a build |
ing on the right side OF the avenue. on /
the ground floor Of which was a novelty /
store, with a chopsuey restaurant on the \
second, 7S2 Eighth avenue being between /
Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth streets, l
and answers the description that Hal |
stead gave pretty closely.
We carried the trunk into the hall |
way" said Haistead. Z had a sore back. /
and said I wouldn't carry the heavy |
thing up stairs. The Chinaman tried to !
hire a negro. but he wouldn't take the |
job. Then he found another who would |
Spoke to Tall ChInaman.
Halstead told the detectives that while
he was waiting for his money his fare
spoke TO a tall, slim Chinaman. who
chanced 70 be standing by. He adds that
q policeman was near at hand. and that /
he stood looking up at the building when /
Halstead drove away
Lieut. Miller. OF the New York police /
department. who took a picture of Ieung /
Lin out 10 Newark. showed II to Hal /
stead. The cabman said it matched I'D /
with HIS recollection Of his passenger.
A detective went around to sea II
Sing. the keeper Of the chop suey house /
in Newark. II Sing said that he knew
Leung well and that he had known Elsie
Sigel and her cousin. Mabel Sigel Ieung
had come 70 his restaurant on the morn
ing Of June 10 IN a cab. He had a heavy
trunk with him and he helped him 70 /
carry it upstairs. Leung wanted 10 leave
It there. but Ii Sing said he couldn't be-
cause he didn't have room enough. That |
was why Leung came with the cab and
took the trunk away.
Other Reports Conflict.
If the story is as well substantiated as
the Newark police think 1t is, the tele- |
gram to Mrs. Sigel. which was sent from
Washington by a Chinaman on the even
ing Of June 8. has got to be accounted |
for 1t is possible the police think. thar
Leung may have gone 20 Washington
and then come back TO Newark Thurs
day morning, or else have had the tele-
gram sent by some friend in order 10
allay the fears Of the SigeI family. The
theory upon which they seem TO be work.
Ing. however. is that Halstead was mixed l
in the day, and that In reality he took
HIS fare from Newark to New York on 4
Wednesday. June g. and Leung was able Il
to get away from here in time 10 catch a II
3 o'clock train for Washington. reaching
there in time to send his telegram at
$50 o'clock II the Newark episode did. II
as a matter OF fact, happen June 9, then
Chung Sin. the man WIN peeked II
through the hole in Leung's door on the
day Of the murder. has got 20 recon
struct his account and place the time Of
~, H. \
Nobody has turned up who remembers
anything in particular about a trunk 20
ing into 7S2 Eighth avenue the afternoon
Of June 10 nor would any one,af the oc-
cupants OF the building where Eeung had
his room admit that ne saw Leung that
day.
Masons VIII Give Him Up.
Word has gone out to the Chinese Ma
sons, the secret order with which Ieung
was connected, that they must give him
up. Wong Sam Ack, the head OF the fra
ternity jast now at Fl Paso, Tex. sent
out dispatches 10 all OF the branches that
they must help to find Leung and bring
him to justice. That puts Leung out OF
the refuge Of his brotherhood. The police
have been afraid that they would hide
him away.
Lieut. Miller appeared at headquarters
with a short. stoutly-built man tonight
at $3.50 o'clock. The man looked as though
he knew more about driving cabs than
anything else IN life. Neither Miller. nor
Capt Carey would admit that their com
panion was Halstead. They took him
down into the property room. where the
trunk In which Elsie Sigel's body was
packed has been kept ever since the
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