Evening journal., 1909-07-02
WOMEN UNWlTTINGI
HELPERS FOR LEON
"MissiOnaires" Said to Have
Aided in DiSpOSine of
Clues TO Crime

NEW YORK. July 2=Tho police /
have learned that two white women, /
members OF the class who cali thom- |
selves Chinatown missionaries, helped
Leon in his attempt TO cover up the
traces Of the murder OF Elsie Sigel
These two women went 20 the real
estate agent who leased the storeroonl
TO Nung Wah, IN which he had his
laundry, ats so West 126th street. and
got him to transfer the lease to Yung
Kee
Yung Wah is a brother of Yung Dat.
"a former partner of Leon. and NunC
Wah helped Leon to try TO dispose of
the trunk in which Elsies body was
packed. When the laundry had been
mutiated in an Intellectual attempt 70
get rid OF the trunk. Yung Wah hur-
riedly sold out TO his cousin. Yung
Kce. and disappeared, and the two
white women. friends Of Yung Wah
and Nung Dat, persuaded the agent 10
transfer the lease.
leon sent his confederate out from
the house in Eighth avenue iniemdi-
ately after the murder was committed
10 get some one 20 take away the
trunk He sent Il by an cxprcssman
at Forty-ffth street and Eighth ave-
nue. to Nung Wahs laundry because
ung Wan was a brother Of Yung
Dat. Then Leon and his confederate
got an automobile and the two China
men, with Leon's three suit cases. In
one OF which was Elsie's clothing. hur-
ried on ahead TO be at the laundry
10 receive the trunk. They told Yung
Wah that they had 20 get rid OF the
trunk and went down 70 the cellar and
tore up the floor TO see If the trunk
could be buried. But the house is
built on rock and they could find 70
place for a grave.
Traces in Laundry.
Leon then gave Nung Wah the money
TO have new floor put in the cellar.
and proceeded 10 dispose OF other
traces. Elsie's clothes. the police he
lieve, were burned IN the laundry
stove. But Leon in his haste over
/ looked a pasteboard box In which
Elsie had once brought some small
articles TO Icons room. and which
he had used in packing up her clothes.
This box furnishes indisnutable proof
that Leon was at the laundry. II was
found in the working room Of the
laundry and on IL was written Elsie s
name and address. This is the box
which the police took TO headquarters
and which has caused so much con-
lecture as TO the nature Of the cvi-
dence found in the laundry.
The police lock on the door OF Tho
laundry cellar has also caused muci
mysthcation. Il was put there that tn,
new flooring might not be disturbed
or any change made I'm tho conditions
Of the old floor showing how Il hat
been torn up.
The relative Of Yung wah and fcl.
low-member Of the Gee Gong tons
who confessed TO the police Icons
maneuvers with the trunk I'm Harlem
told also of Yung Wah's difficulty q
getting rid OF the laundry Yung Wal
decided at once that this city was an
unsafe place for him. He was abb
to find a cousin who would take IN
5 laundry off his rands. but there met
E stumbling block IN the form Of tn
agent of the building. To overcom
I the agents objections 10 transfer a
E the lease. Yung Wah resorted to tw
e ''missionaires." friends of his an
S YunE Dat. These two women wen
8 10 the agent and persuaded him {
consent to the transfer Of the leaa
10 Qhb fNttt
Yung Family Concerned.
Showing the extent to which IN
Yung family may be concerned in III
murder Of Elsie Eigel, the police hav
learned that Lai Sing. in whose charg
Leon tried 10 leave the trunk in New
ark. is a partner Of Yung Fong Gee
an uncle of Yung Dat and Yung Wah
It was another member of the Yuni
family who helped Leon get the trunl
TO Harlem and who took tho dispaicl
TO the Sigel family 10 Washington
and sent il from that city. numbe
Of telegram blanks and a rough draf
of the Sigel dispatch were found in tn
Harlem laundry. The police arc nov
looking for Yung Wah. Yung Dat an'
their relative who went 10 Washing
ton as we'll as for Leon.