New-York tribune., 1909-06-25
SIN REHEARSES CRIME
TAKEN TO 9Th AVE. HOUSE
Shores Detectives on Spot Ho5U SigeI
Murder Has Committed.

Though they have failed signaly in all their
ternpts TO break doWn Chung Sins story Of the
murder Of Elsie Sigel the police are still convinced
that he has told much less than he knows about
the case In a desperate attempt 20 get the truth
from him they took him yesterday TO the scene
Of the murder and made him go over there. point
by point. his story Of the crime He was taken by
the detectives the house. No. 7Se Eighth ave
nue. shortly after noon. and last evening Quang
Wick Nam. the Chinese interpreter. told Of the
ydsit Nam is the first Intimately connected
with the case 10 talk freely about IT.
Sin was cool and collected as he walked about
tre rooms and pointed the various objects, ."
said Nam He smoked cigarettes and gesticulated;
sometimes he smiled In all his actions he seemed
only anxious TO help the police
Did he give a plausible, connected account?
was asked.
.'oh. yes He has himself we'll schooled. He
pointed out the position Of the body as it lay on
the bed ana showed where the trunk was he
showed how Leon got out the trunk and empued
81 He nirnicked Icons excited actions But he
held Etricty 70 his story as he has told II many
times before"
The old man paused and marked his words with
IN admonishing finger
Listen to what I saw" he said There viii oe
in this case a repetition of Martin Thorn and
Augusta Mack in the Guldensuppe murder Leon
and Chung viii each accuse the other
why do YOU say tbat??'
SAYS CHUNG HAS NOT TOLD ALL.
Chung has not told all" the old Interpreter re-
psafed Nor has he told the truth about all things.
WHY did he run away and seek refuge with Mr..
Kennedy at West Galway? He was not hired by
Nj Kennedy. When 1 asked Chung how much ne
zss to be paid by Mr.. Kennedy, he did not know
I said:
We're vor to get SO q week or s9e??'
He did rot know
is that reasousble7 T.oes man take fob and
net know what he is TO get? Not Chinsman
Chung knew Mr.. Kennedy, and he went there for
refuge When Mr.. Kennedy found out that Chung
Vak wanted by the police he gave Chung up That
is the explanation That is why Chung went to
M Kennedy He did not know that Americans
were not like Chinese
But has Chung a bad reputation"
Yes. He is bad man. He and Leon are both
bad men The difference is that Chung would not
cheat Chinaman while Leon would. When Leon
had his place at Fort George he cheated his fellow
Cinnamon out Of 5000 or 500 in the six months
that he there"
And how about Chu Gan?~
You for yourself. Chung Icons
friend. Chung Chu's friend. Leon and Chu
were enemies. Why shoud Chu lend money to
the he knew a friend and roommate Of
Chu's enemy. and when Chu had been threatened
by Leon2 You see the triangle. the three men
at all points they are bound together. You cannot
separate them.
CHU NOT RICH MAN.
'chu is rot he rich man he is said 10 be. He
is Z poo- man. like Chung and Leon. He is en-
ployed the manager Of the Port Arthur. out
Of q hundred shares. he only few. How
s it that this man take much time away
from MS work? He says that ne went two three
times week the Sigels. and that he stayed
from two hours "a five hours visit. That was
not merely friendly visit A who is work
inE FOR his living Goes not take such chances to
make 2 friendly visit.
And see aso. that the Sizels go to Fort George
70 Icons place The mother and the daughter.
the whole family so there. Then they down
10 the Port Arthur TO see Chu Gain. Not once is
-e4z, Sc .rV- h., --i9y N-o-,I
cannot separate them. They are bound together
An Official of the Police Department bore out
Mans statement thar Chung had not told ali he
knew
did no7 know how much knew. ana he was
frightened. Now he has found out how little we
knsw. and he tells the same story al the time and
cannot trip him u"
II was suggested that the famous third degree
ought to be eficacious The reply that Chung
was Chfnsmsn and fstalist-
The same methods cannot he used with success
on Chinaraan that used white man.
the oficisl said He smokes cigarettes screws Up
his little slant eyes and laughs a. US We are al
this mans mercy"
Assistant District Attorney Ward says much the
same thing We intend 10 keep after Chung.
hoping that he VII get himself tied up and make
some admissions that viii be useful TO us Mr..
Ward said yesterday. He has stuck 10 the same
STORY mostly but he has involved himself in a
number g minor contradictions"
DON'T THINK LEON DID IT ALONE
The police do not believe it possible for one man
10 have committed the murder and put the body in
the trunk They say that Leon was a small man
and z consumptive. while Elsie was large girl
larger than Leon. and even if ne did kill her by
himself he must have had someone to help him
dispose Of the body.
Nam says that Leon could have ohlorofornned the
girl first and then killed her, and that he could
hsve dragged the trunk 70 the bed and rolled the
body from the he'd into trunk
L was reported yesterday that Gnu Gain had fed
from the city. There We're many contrad .ctory
stories told al the Port Arthur restaurant but he
seems 10 have been in and various times in
the day. Nam said that Chu had left the city,
but was keeping out OF sight much as possible
because Of the disgrace that had come him.
Lee Nsh, Chnamsn. who lives a. No IS West
81 street. arrested yesterday at No Il Mott
street next door 10 the Port Arthur restaurant
and taken "a Police Headquarters, where he was
held on a charge Of carrying concealed weapons a
revolver found him. The police say tha.
Nah S the first Chnaman arrested I'm Chinatown
for carrying concealed weapons since the great
tong wars. three years ago.
While the police deny that the arrest is in any
<ay connected with the Sigel tragedy II IS consd-
cred significant. however. that Wsh should have
been found the Port Arthur when CHI,
Gain is in such deep with his own country
Den. An officer familiar with Chinatown said that
Leon's tong would protect him and help him par
uculsrly as he was high in the order, and that
il would hesitate at little one of its high Of
hcials-. At the same time. he said Leon would find
himself in bad position If he succeeded in esoap
ing the police for ;he tong would use its power
over him and make him the instrument Of its re-
veng~ unfriendy tongs
THE GIRLS LETTERS.
The contents two of the dead girls letters he
came known yesterday. They show both her strange
infetuaton for The Chinese and the difficulties in