Evening star., 1909-06-24

Wards Office, after having a day to
think it over, the police are not yet
satisfied that he has told all he knows:
He was not so sure last night, for in
stance, that he had helped Leon to tie
up the trunk, realizing probably that
such a confession makes him an acces-
sorry to the murder after the fact. !"
But he again admitted having seen the
girls body on the bed, with the hand
kerchief covering the upper part of her
face and the lower part covered with
blood.
When Leon asked his aid. he now as
serts, he refused to do anything more
than to provide him with money, saying
he gave him 5000. When Leon called to
him. he again declared, he found his
friend emptying the trunk of its
clothes, but he persisted in his state
ment that he did not see the girls
body lifted into it.
II ran away to my cousins he now
says, whereas the day. before he said
he had gone downstairs to the restaur-
ant, but pretty soon l went back and
found the trunk all roped up in the
middle of the room. Leon had gone,
handkerchief"
Again. he said, he had run to his
cousins. and thence had gone to the
Kennedy place, at West Galway. This
appeared to be the statement he had
determined to stand by.
1T1SOuCT nerve AL OUu0.
After Quang Wick Nam left him yes
terday Chung paced. up and down his
cell, and when Mr.. Ward and Capt. Ca
rey reached his cell after noontime they
found the Chinaman all in a tremble.
Chung was inclined, when Capt. Carey
began the cross-fire, to cling to his story
of having seen Elsie Sigel struggling with
Leon Ling while he looked through the
keyhole.
Capt. Carey told Chung of the investi-
CATION of his detectives in the morning
and Chung suddenly exclaimed:
Now me tell what it was. Me no lie
for Leon
With much prodding. for Chung SEEM
ed reluctant to talk, even though he had
promised Quang Wick Nam, the China
man told this version of the tragedy:
New Version Of Murder.
me are asleep when Leon Ling come
to my room and he knock on my door.
1t are about 12:30 that day, that's what
think. Leon are all excited, and he
say to me to come to his room, that Elsie
are dead.
Me get up and go into Icons room.
and there on the bed are Elsie. She have
a handkerchief over her face. Leon put
1t there, he say to me. l ask Leon what
the handkerchief are there for and Leon
Leon tell me that Elsie are dead be-
cause she bit her tongue and that he are
scared. He want me to help him put
Elsie in the trunk. / go over to. the bed
where Elsie are lying, and l touch her
hand to see if it are cold. Elsie's hand
were warm.
Leon had the bed clothes up over
Elsie. 1 tell Leon l do not want to help
him go put Elsie in the trunk. l go out
of the room and Leon call me to come
back, but l am scared, and l go to my
room then and get my satchel and put
my clothes in it and | hurry out from
that place.
Didn't you help put Elsie in the
trunk?' demanded Capt. Carey.
No. Chung no help Leon" replied
Chung. He are mad with me because
no help him. but | go OUT"
You helped Leon tie the rope around
the trunk?" put in Mr.. Ward.
Gave Leon No Aid.
Chung hesitated and then replied:
mo. l tell you yesterday that / help
Leon after with the rope, but it was
not so. l was afraid when l told you. 1t
was not so. ! go out when Leon tell me
he want me to help him tie up the trunk.
l stay away until the afternoon, and
then / come back and there l see the
trunk. all tied UP. in Icons ROOM"
why did you go back?' asked Capt.
Carey.
II were afraid. but / want to see what
there was in the room. l don't know
why it was, but l had to go there.
We're ,,h sur1as F1as 10 bee1 II Il the
THAT was It, l do not know Elsie
were there, but l had to go back. l
know not why 1t was"
The third degree" was continued for
four hours. and Chung wriggling unuer
the persistent interrogations. contradicted
himself half a dozen times, but would
not say that he was in the room when
Elsie Sgel was killed.
Chung told his inquisitors that he
thought Leon took Elsie Sigers clothes
away, but he was not sure. Chung de-