The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-23
CHINAMAN BREAKS DOWN Chung Sin Knew of
 Murder. SAW BODY IN THE TRUNK Leon Told Him She "Btt Her Tongue and Died.'' was in Room of Leon Ling on 1forn- ipg of June and Saw Body
 Lying on the
 Bed.

< &imidated by detectives. threatened with prosecution and confused with rapid fire questions. Chung Sin, one dime room mate of Leon Ling, told this afternoon of Elsie Sigeps murder. Un- 'der the terrific pressure of .the third degree" the little Chinaman admitted that he had seen the body in Leon ,Ling's room, that he had touched 1t while 1t was still warm. that he had tsmelled drugs and had watched Leon lLing's preparation for placing the body Nn the trunk where 1t was found hor- Tibly decomposed last Friday night
 Chung Sin. in fact, if what was searned at the criminals court Is true, described almost everything concern ing the murder of Major General Sigefs granddaughter, except the actual com- initial of the crime. He denied any implication In it, protested stoutly that he was ignorant of whereabouts of Ling. the supposed murderer.
 After the inqulsition he was taken before Coroner Hamburger and held in $i0.000 bail, in the house of detention. xo await the inquest.
 Chung Sin is 35 years old and ra- five of Canton. He was arrested yes- xerday morning at West Galway, N. Y, . small hamlet near Amsterdam, and was brought to New York today Im- nediately after his arrest and all du- ring the trip by train to this city, he was piled with questions, bullied, per Buaded and entangled In mass of significant questions. It was not un- til late today. however, that his spirit was sufficiently broken or sufficient in- ducements were offered. as the case may be, for him to cast aside his air of stolidity and tell C; the death of the young missionary. Then, smoking cigarette after cigarette, to quiet his nerves. the chinaman told brokeniy but with brutal bluntness of the girls death.
 He was surrounded at the time in khe office of Assistant District Attorney Ward. by detectives from police head quarters, who previously had put him through . grilling. Mr. Ward and District Attorney Jerome also were present and from what can be learned ss was MrsaJerun1e himself who finally drew the story from Chunk Ein's lips, He was told that Leon Ling had been captured and had laid the blame upon him. This. together with the persist bnt hammering at the prisoner. brought Ghe confession. It was made partly in English and partly in Chinese and was taken down by stenographers No Statement of the gist of his remarks was made public. but the more salient facts of the confession soon became Known about the building.
 Girl First Drugged.
 From the mans story 1t Is apparent &hat Elsie Sigel first was drugged with 'chloroform and then choked to death. She was killed apparently on the night of June g, although, Chung Sin ap- peared a little mixed in his dates. But he says that early in the morning of June 10, he heard strange noise in Leon's room adjoining his and looking over the transom saw the girl lying on the bed with a bloody towel over her mguth. He passed through the room, he said, to go out to wash his hands and as he did so. felt of the body, which was still warm. After he went down to the cnop suey restau- rant below, he returned to the room.
 Leon, in the meantime, had covered the body with blanket up to the chin and had pulled a trunk to the middle of the floor. The trunk, Leon was calmly emptying preparatory to plac- ing the body therein. The rope, with which the body was bound, was lying on the floor at the time, according to Chung Sin. Once again he went down stairs. said Chung Sin, where he re- mained 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. At this point of the story the Chinaman was asked savagely If he had not assisted tn putting the body in the trunk.
 Chung Sin started perceptibly, but said he had no hand in it.
 T didn't see her no more" said Chung Sin. "and when asked Leon how she did, he said she had bitten her tongue and bled to death"
 Leon told him, Chung Sin added, that he was going to send the trunk to Jer- Sey City. thence to Europe. As a mat ter of fact. it lay untouched In the stuffy little room un<il Sun Leung, pro- prietor of the restaurant below. mo- ticed the odor about the building and summoned the police. Until Chung Sins complete account is made public 1t will not be explained. when he saw the dead girl and the preparations for ifhe removal of her body with such ap- iparent unconcern. Also despite repeat led interrogatories. he declined to say I1ust what happened in the room when fhe girl was murdered. He admitted having heard a scuffie in the room du- ring the night and told of Elsie hav- ldng arrived on the previous afternoon, the day when she disappeared from her Ihome.
 Did Len take her there, or did Iehe go of her own accord?" he was asked.
 "She went there alone, he replied. Was she in love with Leon or Leon in love with her?' was another ques- aion. At this Chung Sin relapsed into Bilence and then only smiled and shook a1is head. He indicated, however. that kh girl had sought out the Chinaman.
 Chung Sin explained his sudden dis appearance after the murder by saying he had been employed by a well-to-do New Yorker, at whose country place. near Amsterdam, he was arrested yes- terday. Chung says that he accepted this position in order to get out of town, having hurried from the scene. more in fear and sought out his broth- .er in Chinatown, who procured him Ghe position.
 He admitted having borrowed $25o from Gnu Cain. proprietor of the Port Arthur resta urant in Chinatown, who is also held in connection with the lease. Incidentally. he said that Leon Ling and Gnu Gain had come to blows over the girl in Chinatown some weeks ago. The police theory is that Leon Killed the girl because of her atten- lions to Gnu Gain.
 Motive is shown.
 The confession today serves but to eIinch the already prevalent belief that Leon Ling killed the 2o-year-old IRfpl. who became Initiated in1o. -8ha