The Washington herald., 1909-06-26
MURDER OF ELSIE
NOT PREMEDITATED
Chung Sin Gives New YER
sion of the Crime.
MYSTERY OF NOTE NOT SOLVED
Chinese Capitalist Who Called Day
After the Murder showed Written
Message Under DOOr-Its Disappear
Hnce Leads Police to Believe slayer
Returned After Trip TO Capital.

New York. June 25.-The police notion
that the murder Of Elsie Sigel was pre-
meditated, that the jealous Chinaman.
Leung Lin. had his trap set as early as
two weeks before his young Bible teach
er stepped into II by way Of the stairway
ascending 20 Leung Lim's room. at 80
Eighth avenue. was spoiled to-day. The
person who spoiled II was Chung Sin.
satellite Of Leung. now sweating IN the
House OF Detention and being sweated
By the police as often as his constitution
will stand.
Chung now swears that the conversa-
ton between Elsie Sigel and Leung Lin
just before the girl was killed. overheard
by him is he listened in his room on
the other side OF himsy door from
that of his now fugitive friend. made him
sure es could be that Leung had no
thought of murder until that moment
The police aren't repeating much Of this
conversation TO the public. but they be-
lieve Chung; so much so that an inquirer
at headquarters was told:
This murder was not premeditated.
We're sure OF that now. All that's been
said about the Jealousy OF Leung and his
anger because Of Elsie SigeTs growing
fondness for the Port Arthur Restaurant
man. chu Gain. is true. but be hadn't
planned the murder. and probably had
nothing OF the sort in mind until circum-
stances that arose in the course Of that
meeting of Leung and Elsie In Leung's
room on June made the death Of Elsie
the cninamans only escape from a situa-
ton that he had created.
Chung Not Implicated.
This addition 10 the narrative Of Chung
Sin is his third confession. Chung hasn't
said word so far. however. that impll-
Gated him il the actual strangllng Of the
missionary girl. and the police are still
inclined TO believe that he wasn't impN-
Gated. But they propose 10 get after him
again, and have high hopes Of learning a
lot about the affair that is now locked up
in that slow-moving memory Of his.
4 chap turned UP IN Chinatown to-
day who is a Chinese capitalist named
Ching P. Lee. he told a story Of how he
on one occasion thought Of taking Leung
into a partnership in the restaurant busi-
ness. In the course Of his story about
the partnership deal Lee said:
I was going out of town. and on June
8 Cthe day OF the murder, according 20
Chung SIM I went TO Leung's room az
7S2 Eighth avenue TO tell him our nego-
tiations were on Il got there at 10 o'clock
In the morning Leuag's door was locked.
I knocked at all the other doors, but
-0h01r~ Il 20 III 2
find Leung
I went away and returned al S o'clock
that evening. Nobody answered my
knocks. Leung's door was stiu locked.
On the next night 7 went again 10 that
house at II o'clock with a note for Leung
he was still out, so put the note under
his door. know that none of the note
protruded into the hallway. for took my
pencil ard was careful about poking it
clear across the sill into Leung's room.
Notes Absence 4 Mystery.
The point Of the foregoing Is. What
became Of the note? Leung hasn't been
in that room since he skipped away right
after the murder in such haste that he
didn't even take with him the letters that
Elsie had written. Chung Sin says he
Sun Leung. the landlord Of Leuug Lin.
and the man who reported the murder to
the police. The police found no note on
Leungs floor. They are wondering II
after all Leung was IN the room later
than has been supposed. Ching P. Lee
thinks Leuag has skipped to California
He says that an uncle OF LeUng has re-
Gently arrived in Philadelphia with a let
49,
family in the SUn-wai province in China,
and that besides this uncle the only rela-
tive of Leung's in this country Is in
California. There are several OF his kin
there, Lee says
Police Are still Hopeful.
The police stin say Leung viii be
caught. II may take time. but he Is
bound 10 be caught. The best clew that
0obbed up to-day is being run down by
capt Calvin. OF the Elizabeth street sta
ion, and the boss Chinaman. Capt Nike
vent away from his station in the morn
ng. Presently old Quan Wick Nam. the
'pectacled interpreter, was called to
headquarters. Neither he nor Calvin have
'eturned. At Galyin's station-house It
vas said that he was Of for. two days on
Sigel murder quest
Leung's rival. Chu Gain. asked Coroner
darburger to-day to let him go to Allan
ic City TO attend summer school. There
5 a fine Chautauqua course in English
here, Chu explained. He suggested that
he coroner increase the bond under
which he is held as material witness
make it 5000 II need be-but the coroner
,ut his foot on the idea Later. Chu was
informed that If he tried to leave the city