Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-24
Undergoes Another Four Hours Ordeal Chinese
 Merchant as Interpreter.
REITERATES STORY TOLD TUESDAY
Quon Yc Nam, the Interpreter in whom the Police Place Unbounded Confidence Told Sin that No Chinese Societies would Aid in Suppressing Facts Conceal ing the Assassin-No Clue to the Man Wanted.

New York. June 23.-After a day of conflicting statements, the district at- torney's office. acting under instruc- tions from Mir. Jerome and the po- lice department under orders from Commissioner Bingham. refused to- night to further discuss what pro- gress had been made in the search for Leon Ling, the Chinaman who is wanted for the murder of Elsie Sigel, whose body was found in a trunk in a room over an Eighth avenue chop suey restaurant last Friday night. Nor would they talk ~oout the results of the examination Of Chung Sin, Leon's former roommate. who has been va riously reported as having witnessed the crime, having helped to rope the trunk. and finally having merely seen the girls body.
 Hourly Reports of False Clues.
 There have been hourly reports of clues from all parts of the country. but none of them, on close examina- tion, brings the authorities any near CT to the murderer. What progress has been made with Chung Sin. who this afternoon underwent another four hours questioning by Captain Carey and his men of the homicide bureau and Mir. Ward of the district attorneys office, is due as much as any thing to the offices of Quon Yck Nam. Chinese merchant. who volunteered as an interpreter and in whom the po- lice have every confidence. 1t is said that he told Chung Sin, with an earn estness that carried conviction, that no Chinese societies would aid him for expressing the facts or in concealing Leon Ling that, on the contrary, ev- cry Chinaman of influence and respon- sibility in the country felt that the case was bringing disrepute on their race and they were all united with the police in order to run down the murderer. With more to gain than to lose by the truth, Chung Sin then talked freely, if not frankly, but that he has not been actually implicated in the crime is indicated by the fact that tonight he is still held in the house of detention for witnesses and not in the Tombs. charged with be- ing an accessory in the murder.
 The Story Sin Told Yesterday.
 To all questions he reiterated that he occupied the room next to that of Leon and that in the afternoon of June g. the day of the murder, he awakened early after a. natural sleep to find Le- on standing beside him. Leon was in trouble and wanted help. Chung Sin soon understood when he saw the body lying across the bed There was blood on the girls lip and a stained hand kerchief was stuffed into her mouth. The features. he said, were strained and black. but he saw no rope around the young womans neck. Leon ex- plained to him that the girl bit her tongue and bled to death.
 When asked if that seemed plausible to htn, Chung Sin admitted that he felt terrified and that his first impulse was to get out of the house as soon as he could. Before he left, however, Leon borrowed $200 from him. he said. They both belonged to the same secret society. he explained. and he felt bound by his oath to do that much for fellow member. Then he hur- ried to the rooms of his cousin. with the intention of spending the night, but his curiosity got the better of him and after two uneasy hours he sneaked back to the house. climbed the stairs, lifted himself to where he could peer through the transom and saw the room empty save for the trunk. That was enough for him. He hurried back to his cousins and slept there that night. The cousin when questioned substantiated the story.
 The next day he left for Amsterdam. N. r.. to work, near where he was later arrested.