Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-28
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New York. June 2s.-Evidcnce that
Leon Ling, the converted Chinalnan,
made more than one desperate effort to
dispose of the body OF Elsie Sgel after
he had jnmmed il into a trunk in his
room in Eighth avenue, was brought
to, light last night Chung Sin. his
room mate, has established the fact
that the murder was committed about
noon on June 9. Witnesses now have
been found by the police who declare
that before Leon Ling tried to dispose
OF the body In Newark. the following
day. he first employed a large touring
automobile in which he placed the
trunk at 9 p. M on June o. From the
Eighth avenue house he rode with the
trunk in the motor carlto a laundry
in Harlem. conducted by friend of
his who is member of the Chinese
high treason society, known as the
Gee Gong tong, of which Leon is also
a member. With hin,he also had three
suit cases in which it is believed were
Elsie sigel's clothes. The laundry
man refused to keep the trunk, but did
take the suit cases, and the police ex-
pect to obtain them,
lie as llllS
until II o'clock at night. when Leon
Ling Is said to have employed a taxi
cab to take him and the trunk TO New
ark. a distance Of about Is miles from
Harlem In Newark. as has already
been discovered the Chinese friend of
Leon. who conducts restaurant there,
also refused to accept the trunk. The
fact that this man and the Harlem
laundry keeper refused to have any
thing to do with the trunk has led
the police to believe that they had
knowledge of its gruesorne contents.
2 Early in the morning Of June 10, Ling
employed a Newark hickman to bring
'him@and the trunk hack to New York.
The police have additional evidence
that Ling attempted to leave the trunk
at several other places. but failed and
took 1t back to the room where the
murder was committed and where it
was found more than a s;weell later.
These discoveries upset the police tleo-
ries that Ling was the man who sent
the telegram from Washington on June
10 to Elsie Sigel' parents in this city.
But a Ghinaman did send that telegram
from Washington, and this conyinces
the police that Leon Ling. who was
dispose Of the body, lad at least one
accemplice.
s. CHINAToINN .N MECCA.
New York, June oS.--Such crowds
have been attracted to Chinatown and
its restaurants and other resorts
through. the publicity given to the muir
der OF Elsie Sigel that additional police
have been detailed t that district. 1t,
is said that never before have the ori-j
entail eating houses been so crowded
heard discussing the murder mystery.
Dealers in severai cases have also done
an enormous business and additional
sightseeing automobiles have been
pressed into service. III
An echo Of the crime was heard in
police court yesterday when Patrick
O,TIara was arraigned on complaint
of George Ching, ~ chop suey expert,
who saidSO' IIara pretended to be an Of
ficer and accused him of being Leon
Ling and promised not to arrest hin
on the payment Of $2a. s
Chicago, June a7.-Twenty Chinese
students were routed today from a
which has been conducted for
several weeks in the basement of a
south side apartment building BY
three sisters.
The police were reused to action by
the complaints of residents near the
tiers after their raid that under the
building laws tho basement could not.
be used as a school, and limited that it
might be we'll to close it up entirely.
The teachers refused to dostllis and
up stairs into some private
rooms.
When the police entcrcd the Chinese
made breaks for the doors and Win,
dows. Only six returned for the adj,
session I'D stairs, gf y