The Washington herald., 1909-06-23
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he beloved some emphatic charge. the
| quieter monotone Of Ward. as he
prodded the Chinaman persistently. de-
/ terminedly. and the squeak Of Chung
Sin when they stung him. as they did
every now and then 20 hysterial rage
Sometimes you could hear Chung Sin
I chuckle. and 1t was enough TO give har-
/ dened interrogators the shivers 10 see the
I Chinaman sit there and smile placidly
while he described Elsie Sigel as she lay
on the led with a handkerchief stuffed IN
her mouth.
Chung had been against the police grind
/ stone all day. but you couldn't have
told il TO look at him as he sat in Wards
office. except maybe for his red eyes and
the nervousness that showed despite his
wooden pose Police official after police
Official had been pr0dding al Chung all
Gay since g O'Clock in the morning
when Lieut. Forbes brought him down
from Amsterdam where he had been
caught on Monday. II was not permitted
Chung TO sleep on Monday night; very
Far from il. the police don't do business
that way in murder cases
GrfIlcd on the Train.
AS soon as Forbes got the Chinaman
away from the chief az Amsterdam. who
had been exhibiting him as a sort OF
sideshow to all the natives. he began 10
shoot questions at Chung. He griued
him while they waited for the train
while they were on their way 10 police
headquarters. and where Forbes left Of.
Capt Carey took il up.
For twenty-four hours they racked him
with questions, getting a little here and
a little there. quite enough 10 show that
Chung Sin knew what had happened
in the rooms over sun Leung's chop
suey house in Eighth avenue.
It was not until they trotted him over
from police headquarters 10 the district
attorneys Office. though. that they got
anything like a complete story from the
impassive Chung Sin AIcCanerty had
roared like a bull at him with little effect. /
Carey had squeezed a few points of i'm
portance from his reticence. and Deputy
Commissioner Woods had him 10 admit
that he was present in the house when
Elsie was killed. but Ward and Carey
together taking a few tips from District
Attorney Jerome on how 10 deal with
cOrnered Cinnamon. jerked the story
from him. all that Chung was willing 10
give up to-day That there is more 10
come nobody doubts
Begin TO Question Him.
Capt. Carey and Lieut.. Forbes. with
Chung between them. slipped into the
Criminal Courts Building at O'Clock
this morning. and hustled straight 10 AS
sistant District Attorney Wards Office, /
where Ward was waiting. The assistant |
had summoned an interpreter who was |
used TO dealing with queer birds Of his |
own race, and who had always been on /
the square with the police, Quan Wick 1
Nam. They called a stenographer into /
the room and began on the Chinese cook. /
Chung was very, nervous when they
first planted him in a chair and stood 4
around with accusing forefngers. He
bobbed his black derby hat up and down /
on his knee and twisted uneasily in the
chair. He didn't want Carey to get too
close. apparently, and re screwed away
from the big detective when Carey
stepped in his direction. Ward, however,
went softly az the Chinaman, talking
slowly and easily and Chung recovered
his composure.
As the inquisition proceeded. he became
more and more at his ease, smiling. /
'huckling. frequently Drawing a package
IF Turkish cigarettes from his pocket and
lighting one and answering most Ques-
tons glibly.
Once some idler in the third floor han
stuck a bit Of cardboard against the
electric fan on a window sill
The sputtering gave Chung a start he
wheeled round in his chair with his eyes
Wild
Replies in English.
Assistant District Attorney Ward dia
most OF the questioning. though Carey
-ook hand now and then. Chung Sing
vas questioned in English and he re-
'lied In pretty fair English. Infrequent-
y tie unusual phraseoiogy Of some query