The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-23
CONFESSION WRUNG
FROM ONE CHINAMAN
Man Held in Connection With Murder Of
Elsie Sigel Tells How He Saw The
SigeI Girl in Leon Lungs Room.


New York, juno 2s.-Bullied and in
timidated by detectives, threatened with
prosecution and confused with rapid
fire questions, Chung Sin, one time room
mate of Leon Ling, told yesterday after
noon Of Elsie sigers murder. Under
the terrific pressure OF the 'third degree
the little Chinaman admitted that he had
seen the body in Leon Mng's room over
the Eighth avenue chop suey restaurant,
that he had touched It while It was still
warm, that he had smelled drugs and
lhad watched Leon Mngs preparations
for placing the body in the trunk where
il was found horribly decomposed on
Friday night last.
Chung Sin in fact, II what was learn
ed at the criminal courts building is cor.
rect, described almost everything con-
cerning the murder OF Major General
Franz Sigel's granddaughter except the
actual commission Of the crime. He de.
nied any implication in II and protested
stoutly that he was ignorant Of the
whereabouts Of Leon Ling, the supposed
murderer. But after the inquisition he
was taken before Coroner Hamburger AMI
held in $4,000 bail in the house Of de-
tention to await the inquest
From the mans story it is apparent
that Elsie Sigel was first drugeed with
chloroform and then choked to death.
She was killed apparently on the night
Of June 3, although Chung Sin appeared
little mixed IN his dates Rut Ne saws
that early in the morning Of June 10 he
heard a strange noise in Icons room
adjoining his, and, looking over the
transom, saw the girl lying on the bed
with a bloody towel over her mouth. lie
passed through the room, he says TO 20
out 10 wash his hands, and as he did so
felt OF the body which was still warm.
Afterwards went down to the chop suey
restaurant below. then returned 70 the
room. Leon in the meantime had COW
cred the body with a blanket up 10 the
chin and had pulled a trunk to the mid
die Of the floor The trunk Leon was
calmly emptying preparatory 10 plac-
ing the body therein. The rope with
which the body was bound was lying on
the floor at the time, according to Chung
Sin. Once again he went downstairs,
said Chung Sin, whore he remained un.
I'll Leon called him. When he entered
the room the body was not visible,
having been bound with the rope and
placed in the trunk
AT this point Of the story, the China
man was asked savagely K he had as
sisted his pal in putting the body in the
trunk.
Chung Sin started perceptibly, but
said that he had had no hand IN it.
II did not see her no more said
Chung Sin, "and when I asked Leon how
she died he said she had bitten her tom
que and bled TO DEATH Leon told him,
Chung Sin added. THAT he was going 10
send the trunk to Jersey City, thence
to Europe. As a matter of fact Il lay
untouched in the stufy little room I'M
I'll Sun Lenng, proprietor Of the restaur-
ant beloW, noticed the odor about the
building md summoned the police.
Did Leon take her there or did she
90 Of her own accord2g he was asked.
"She went there alone he replied
@Was size in love with Leon or Leon
in love with herr
At this Chung Sin only smiled and
shook his head. He Indicated however,
that the girl had sought out the China
man.
taking mp his own case, 1fHng SIN
eplained his sudden disappearance after
the murder by saying that he had been
employed by a well 70 do New Yorker, at
whose country place near Amsterdam
he was arrested yesterday, Chung says
that he accepted this position IN order
to get out Of town, having hurried from
the scene of the murder in fear and
sought out his brother in Chinatown,
who procured him the position. He ad-
mitted having borrowed $3.50 from Chu
Gain, proprietor of the Port Arthur res.
taurant in Chinatown, who is also held
in connection with the case. Incident
ally hc said that Leon Ling and Chu
Gain had come TO blows over the girl in
Chinatown some weeks ago, The police
theory is that Leon killed the girl be-
cause Of her attentions to Chu Gain.