The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-24
Nothing Has Been Gained From the Examination of Chung
 Sin bI Police
LEON LING'S ROOMMATE
 NOT HELD FOR MURDER
chinaman Who Was so Intimate With the Murderer of the Young Girl Has About Proved that He
 Was Not an AccomplIce.

New York, June 23.-After a day of conflicting statements the district at- torneys office, acting under instructions from MT. Jerome and the police depart ment, under orders from Commissioner Bingham refused tonight to discuss fur ther what progress had been made in the search for Leon Ling, the China man who Is wanted for the murder of Elsie Sigel, whose body was found in trunk in room over all Eighth ave nue chop suey restaurant last Friday night. Nor would they discuss the re- suits of the examination of Chung Sin. Leon Ling's former roommate, who has been been variously reported to have wit messed the crime. to have aided in rop- Ing the trunk and finally merely to have seen the girls body.
 What progress has been made with Chung Sin, who this afternoon underwent another four hours of cross examination at the hands of Captain Carey and his men of the homicide bureau. and Mir. Ward of the district attorneys office, is due as much as anything to the of fees of "Quon Tick Nam" Chinese merchant, who Vo.unteered as an inter- preter, and in whom the police have every confidence. It is said that he earnestly told Chung Sin that no Chinese society would aid him in suppressing the facts or in concealing Leon Ling that, on the contrary, every Chinaman of influence and responsibility in the country felt that the case was bringing disrepute on their race, and they all were united with the police in efforts to run down the murderer. Chung Sin then talked freely but that he has not been actually implicated in the crime itself Is indicated by the fact that tonight he Is still held in the house of detention for witnesses and not in the Tombs, charged with being an accessory in the murder.
 Thus the case revolves around Chung Sin, at first thought 10 have told so much.
 Chung Sins Story.
 To all interrogations he reiterates that he occupied the room next to that of Leon and that on the afternoon of June g, the day of the murder, he wakened early after natural sleep to find Leon standing beside him Leon was in trou- ble and wanted help. Chung Sin soon understood why when he saw the body lying across the bed There was blood on the lcps and stained handkerchief was stuffed between the lips. The fea- tures he said, were strained and black ened, but he saw no rope around the neck. Leon explained that he felt ter rifed aud that his first impulse was
 
 could. Before he left. however, Leon borrowed $2Oo from him, he said. They both belonged to the same secret so- ciety, he explained, and he felt bound by his oath to do that much for a fel- low member. Then he had hurried to the rooms of his cousin with the inten- ton of passing the night, but his curi- osity got the better of him and after two restless hours he sneaked back to the house. climbed the stairs, lifted him- self to where he could peer through the transom and saw the room empty, save for the trunk. That was enough for him He hureird back to his cousins and slept there that night. The cousin when ques- tioned, substantiated the story. The next day he left for Amsterdam to work, near where he was later arrested.
 Statement Given Out.
 The foregoing version of what Chung Sin saw and did was given out by As- sistant District Attorney Ward.
 Those who knew Elsie Sigel best be- lieve she was sincere in her mission work with the Chinese mp to the day of her death. Mrs Florence Todd of tlis Bowery settlement for girls, has never varied from her assertion of that be- lief. Assistant District Attorney Ward is inclined to the theory of Quon Yick Nam, the interpreter, who thinks the girl was lured to Leon's room by a report of his feigned illness and there chloroformed, after Leon had been angered by her cold ness and her refusal to see no more of Gnu Gain. his weathier rival.
 The chloroform, Quon believes, worked too well, and when Leon found he could, nor revive Elsie he bound her with cord and wedged the body into the trunk.
 The police believe that their man either took ship as a sailor or cook or has worked his way south into some of the
 
 Orleans, Baltimore or Galveston.
 Given Third Degree.
 Chung Sin, Leon's roommate was sub jected to 30 hours of the third degree" Inspector McCafferty of the detective bu- Ieau, Captain Carey of the homicide bu- reau and half dozen of the detectives who had been working on the case sur rounded the tired Chnaman in the office of Assistant District Attorney Ward at the time the gruesome details were re- vealed. Suddenly Ward startled Chung Sin by pointing his finger at him and crying in d loud tone: You killed Elsie Sigel.'
 T didn't kill her. snapped Chung. Then Ward fired one question after an- other at the Chinaman, going into the murder in every phase.
 When did you last see Elsie?" asked Mir. Ward.
 "I see her that morning.
 "Where2"
 "In Leons room."
 Were you in the room?"
 "No."
 Where were you?'
 "In my own room, next to Leons.
 How did you know Elsie was in Leon's room?' pursued Ward.
 "I heard a noise'
 What did you dor
 T go to the Seyhole in the door be- tween Leons room and mine and I see her there
 What did you see?"
 Heard N oise in Room.
 q had heard some noise and then when I looked I see Elsie lying on the bed and she was scuffng with Leon. He lie with --~---->>--->>----------->-