Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-06-24
Police Unable to Get Any Def
mite Glue to Elsie Sigel's
Murderer.
OFFICERS KEEPING QUIET
Refuse TO Make Public the Results
Of Their Invcstigntious-F
dicates That lie Ia Not
Implicated in Crime.

New York, June c3-After a day Of
conflicting statements. the district at |
torney's office. acting under instructions |
from Mr. jerome and the police de-
partment, under orders from Commits |
sioncr Bingham. refused tonight to dis
cuss further what progress has been
made In the search for Leon Ling, the
Chlnaman who Is wanted for the muir
der Of Elsie Sigel. whose body was
found In trunk in a room over an
Eighth avenue chop suey restaurant last
Friday night Nor would they discuss
the results OF the examination Of Chung
sin, Leon Lng's former roommate. who
has been variously reported to have wit
messed the crime. to have aided In rop-
Ing the trunk and finally merely TO have
seen the girls body, There have been
hourly reports of clues from all parts
of the country. but none Of them, on
close examination, brings the authorf-
ties and nearer to the murderer.
! What progress has been made with
Chung Sin. who underwent this after
! noon another four hours OF cross-ques-
! tioning at the hands Of Captain Carey
and his men Of tho homicide bureau and
Mr. Ward Of the district attorneys Office
is due as much rs anything to the offices
OF Quon Yck Nam n Chinese merchant
ho ,.o,,r,.or.a "a on ,r,ernreter and
In whom the police have every conf
dence. It Is said that he told Chung Sin.
with an earnestness that carried convic-
tion, that no Chinese society would aid
! him in suppressing the facts or In con-
cealing Leon Ling; that en- the contrary.
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octrouy ,ro,ucated IN tho crime Itself
70 indicated nv tho fact that Tonight he
is sill hold IN the house ~ detention for
witnesses and not IN the Tonhs charged
with being an accessory in the murder
Whatever be the whole truth CON
cerning the information Chung Sin
yields. Il is practically all the police
to have to go on. Gnu Gain. the res
taurant proprietor and adnlirer Of the
girl oy whom Leon Ling was Jealous
! is mt on 81 no0 hail runped dry: the
other restaurant keener Sun Loung
ava bis u,ait.r and cook above whose
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no occupied the room next to that Of
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ana 'h"' ms "rS' impulse 10 se' OUT ''
the mouse IN soon "s ne '"u'"' nei''. "e
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society' ne eAp.aiheu' anu he ie't nou"o
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fhen'oer' iheh he hao nurr'eo 10 III.
rooms OF MS cousin WIN the 'h'eh''oh Oh
passing the h'sht' put MS curiosity so'
the pe'ter OF MN ana ai'er TWO uneasy
hourR' he sheakeo oack 10 the mouse
ciimoen up the stairs hf'ed himseh &c
"here ne oou'o peer through tne Tansorn
ana Sa" 'he room empty save for the
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