The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-06-24
CONFESSES LEON
STRANCLED ELSIE
Chung Sin Breaks Down Under
Third Degree"
TELLS HOW GIRL WAS SLAIN


Bloody Towel over Her Mouth.
Says Leon said She 5t Her Tongue
sNS 5led 10 Death.
New York. June 2S-Baited and in
Inundated by detectives. threatened
with prosecution and confused with
rapid are questions, Chung Sin. one
time roommate OF Leon Ling. told OF
Elsie Sigcl's murder Under the ter
rife pressure OF the third degree
the little Chinaman admitted that he
had seen the body in Leon Iing's
room. that he had touched il while II
was still warm. that he had smelled
drugs and had watched Leon Ling's
preparations for placing the body In
the trunk where il was found horribly
decomposed last Friday night
Chung Sin in fact described almost
everything concerning the murder OF
Major General Franz Sigers grand
/ daughter. except the actual commits
sion OF the crime. He denied any i'm
plication In It and protested stoutly
that he was ignorant OF the where
sbOuts 81 Leon ling the supposed
murderer. After the inQuisitlon be was
held in $4,000 bail in the house OF
detention TO await the inquest
Chung Sin was arrested at West
Galway. y. Y. a small hamlet near
Amsterdam and was brought TO New
York Immediately after his arrest
up state and all during the trip by
train to this city he was piled with
/ - M
tangled in mass of significant Ques-
tons lie was told that Leon Ling
had been captured and had laid the
blame upon his tChung Sin's) should
ers. This together with the persistent
hammering AT the prisoner brought
the confession.
Girl Was Dragged and Strsngleo.
From the mans story IL is apparent
that Elsie Sigel first was drugEed with
| chloroform and then choked 10 death.
She was killed apparently on the
night OF June g. although Chung Sin
appeared a little mixed in his dates.
But he says that early in the morn
/ ing Of June 10 he heard strange
noise in Icons room. adjoining his.
and. looking over the transom. SAW the
girl lying on the bed. with a bloody
towel over her mouth. He passed
through the room. he says. 10 20 out
to wash his hands and as he did 80
felt OF the body. which was still warm.
/ After that he went down 10 the chop
suey restaurant below then returned
| 20 the room. Leon Ia the meantime
had covered the body with a blanket
up 10 the chin and hal pulled a trunk
to the middle OF the floor. The trunk
Leon was calmly emptying prepars
tory to placing the body therein. The
| rope with which the body Was bound
was lying on the floor at the time. &c
oording TO Chung Sin. Once again he
went down stairs. said Chung Sin
where he remained until Leon called
him When he entered the room the
body was not visible. having been
bound with the rope and placed In the
trunk
Al this point OF the story the China
man was asked savagely Il be had not
assisted his pal in putting the body in
the trunk. Chung Sin started percep
ibly. but said that he had no hand
In II.
Leon Said She 6ied to Death.
4 didn't see her no more" sait
Chung Sin. and when 7 asked Leor
how she died he said she had bitter
her tongue and bled to death" Leor
told him. Chung Sin added. that h'
was going 10 send the trunk to Jersey
City. thence 10 Europe. AS a mattel
Of fact. il lay untouched In the stuff
little room until Sun Leung. proprietor
Of the restaurant below. noticed th'
odor about the building and summone,
the police.
| Despite repeated Interrogation
Chung Sin declined TO say just wha
happened in the room when the cir
was murdered. He admitted havinl
heard a scuffie in the room during tn
night. and told Of Elsie having arrived
on the previous afternoon. the da.
when she disappeared from her home
Did Leon take her there or did sh
so OF her own accOrd?r he was asked
She went there alone" he replied
Was she ia love with Leon or Leo
in love with herr" was another ques
ton. At this Chung Sin relapsed int
silence and then only smiled an
shook his head. He indicated. how
ever. that the girl had sought out tn
Chinaman
The confession served but to cline
the already prevalent belief that Leo
Ling killed the girl. who became in
= tiated into the ways the Chinese liv
through her mother. who now has bee
taken 10 sanitarium. crazed wit
grief. II does not however. so far a
can be learned. throw any light as I
where the murderer is at present {
the route which he took in his figl
| from the CITY