The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-23
MINISTER WI
APPEALS TO
COUNTRYhEN
All Cinnamon Forbidden to Give
SucCOr to Leon Ling,
the Murderer.
ching SNI TELLS THE
STORY OF THE CRIME
-srT BODY OF THE GIRL WHILE
II WAS STILL WARM, BUT
DENIES COMPLETELY.

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Fv-,ebippt0H. June minister "
NJ, Cbina's representative here, =
= - made a personal appeal to :!
. ~ countrvmen I'm this city to =
ai5 Inn capturing Leon Ling. As a =
. -stsr written in Chinese Charac- =
- This appeal was scattered =
t.ss-,r-b WashingtOn's Chinatown. =
8 Il follows:
IAN cinnamon are hidden 10 give =
= -o suce0r 20 Leon Ling, and { di- ::
a.: ..t their best efforts to bringing "
!: KIM TO Justice as an unworthy man =
: who has brought disgrace upon MS -
. countrymen in America.
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New York. June 22.-Baited and in
Inundated by detectives, threatened with
-r5sscution and confused with rapid-fire
orestians. Chung Sin. one-time room
mate Of Leon Ling, told this afternoon
Of Elsie SigeTs murder.
Under the terrific pressure Of the
rfbird degree" the little Chinaman ad-
mittsd that he had seen the body in
leon Ling's room, that he had touched
If while il was still warm, that he had
suelled drugs and had watched Leon
Iing's preparations for placing the body
m ths trunk where it was found de-
composed last Friday night
Held in $4,000 Bail.
Chung Sin, i'm fact, if what was
learned al the criminal courts building
is correct described almost everything
concerning the murder Of Major General
Franz SigeTs granddaughter. He de-
MED completely i'm IL. and protested
stouty that he was ignorant of the
whereabouts of Ling. the supposed muir
derer After the inquisition, he was
taken before Coroner Hamburger and
held in $4,000 bail to await the inquest.
Chung Sin Is 80 years old, and a ma
tive Of Canton. He was arrested yes
t5rlay az West Galway. n. Y, and was
brought 20 New York today.
Immediately after his arrest and dur
ing the trip to this city, he was interro-
gated bullied. persuaded and entangled
in a mass OF questions. II was not IN
I'll late, however. that his spirit was
Uficiently broken or sufficient induce
m5Hts We're offered for MIN to cast aside
his air Of stOlidness and tell Of the
death Of. the young missionary. Then
the Chinaman told brokenly, but with
brutal Guinness, of the girls death.
Jerome Trapped Him.
Assistant District Attorney Ward and
District Attorney Jerome were present,
and from what can be learned it was
Mr. Jerome himself who finally drew
The story from Chung Sins lips. He was
told that Leon Ling had been captured
and had laiG the blame upon his (Chung
SINS shoulders. This. together with
the persistent hammering at the prison.
GO, brought the confession. No state
ment of the gist of his remarks was
made public. but the more salient facts
OF the confession soon became known
about the building.
From the story it is apparent that
Elsie Sigel first was drugged with
gh,oroform and then choked to death.
Nae was killed apparently on the night
OF June 8, although Chung Sin appeared
little mixed I'm his dates. He saws
mat early in the morning of June 10 he
heard strange noise in Icons room
adjoining his, and. looking over the
ransom, saw the girl lying on the bed
WIN a bl1odstained towel over her
mouth He passed through the room,
le said 20 so out to wash his hands.
ana as DE did SO felt of the body, which
was stiI warm.
Murderer Cool and Calm.
Leon. DO the meantime, had covered
"e BODY with a blanket up to the chin
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