New-York tribune., 1909-06-25
SIN REHEARSES CRIME
TAKEN TO 6TH AVE. HOUSE
Shores DetectiUeS on Spot Hoo SigeI
Murder Has Committed.

Though they have failed signallv in all their at
ternpts TO break down Chung Sins story OF the
murder Elsie See the police still convinced
that he has told much less than he knows about
TIE case. In desperate attempt TO 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 10 the house. at No 7se Eighth ave
nue., shortly after noon. and last evening Quang
Wick Nam. the Chinese interpreter. told Of the
Visit. Nam is thu first Intimately connected
with the 10 talk freely about II.
Sin cool and collected as he walked about
tEe rooms and pointed out the various objects
said Nam. He smoked cigarettes and gesticuated;
sometimes he smiled in all his actions he seemed
only anxious help the police"
Did he give plausible. connected account"
asked
.oh YES He has himself we'll schooled. He
pointed out the position Of the body as it lay on
the bed and showed where the trunk was. He
showed how Leon got the trunk and emptied
81 He mirnicked Icons excited actions. But ne
held strictly 10 his story as he hss told II many
times before
The old paused and marked MS words VIII
an admonishing finger
Listen 70 what I say he said. There Will oe
in this case repetition of Martin Thorn and
Augusta Mack in the Guldensuppe murder Leon
and Chung VIII each accuse the other.
why do YOU say that??"
SAYS CHUNG HAS NOT TOLD ALL.
--chung has not told all the old interpreter re-
psated Nor has he told the truth about all things
Why did he away and seek refuge with Nj
Kennedy ct West Galway? He was not hired by
Mr.. Kennedy. When 1 asked Chung how much he
~ss 10 be paid by Mr.. Kennedy, he did not know
I said:
- We're vou to get SO a week or 1922
He did not know.
Is that reasonsble2 noes 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
wanted by the police he gave Chung up That
IS the explanation That is why Chung went to
Ny Kennedy He did not know that Americans
were not like Chinese"
Put has Chung bad reputation"
Yes. He is bad man. He and Leon are both
bad The difference is that Chung would not
cheat a Chinaman while Leon would. When Leon
had his place at Fort George he cheated his fellow
Cinnamon Of s. 400 500 IN the six months
that he wss there"
And how about Chu Gain?"
You see it for yourself. Chung was Icons
friend. Chung was Chu's friend Leon and Chu
were enemies. Why shoud Chu lend money TO
the he knew friend and roommate of
Chu's enemy. and when Chu had been threatened
by Leon2 You The triangle the three men
at all points they bound together. You cannot
separate them.
CHU NOT RICH MAN
"Chu is rot The rich man he is said TO be He
is Z poo- man. like Chung and Leon. He is en-
rloyed ss the manager Of the Port Arthur. out
Of hundred shares. he owns only few, How
8 it that this take much time away
from MS work? He says that ne went two or three
times week the Sisels and that he stayed
from two hours to five hours on 4 visit That was
not merely friendly visit who is work
lnE FOR his living does not take such chances to
rns ke 2 friendly visit
And see also. that the Sizels go to Fort George
70 Icons place The mother and the daughter.
the whole family so there Then they come down
70 the Port Arthur TO see Chu Gain. Not once is
this. but often. II is always the triangle. You
cannot separate them. They bound together
An oficiai of the Police Department bore out
Mans statement that Chung had not told all he
knew.
Chung is fooling Us" he said At first he
did no5 know how much Ne knew and he was |
frightened. Now he has found how little we |
knsw and tells the same story all the time and
trip him UP
Il suggested that the famous third degree |
ought 10 be eficacous. The reply was that Chung |
was a Chinsman and fatalist.
The same methods cannot he used with success |
Chinaman that used on a white man" |
the effcisl said He smokes cigarettes screws up
MS little slant eyes and laughs a We at |
this mans mercy
Assistant District Attorney Ward saws much the !
same thing. We intend keep after Chung /
hoping that he vii get himself tied up and make 1
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 e minor contradictions.
DON'T THINK LEON DID IT ALONE
The police do not believe il 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 q oonsumptive. while Elsie was q large girl |
larger than Leon, and even if ne did kill her by |
himself he must have had someone to helm him |
dispose Of the body.
Nam says that Leon could have chIoroformed the |
girl FIRST and then killed her and that he could |
have dragged the trunk the bed and rolled the |
body from the bed into the trunk
Il was reported yesterday that Gnu Gain had fed |
lrom the city There Were many contrad .ctory
stories told al the Port Arthur restaurant but he
seems 10 have been in out al various times in
the day Nam said that Chu not left the city |
but was keeping out OF sight much as possible |
because Of the disgrace that had come to him
Lee Wsh Chinamsn who lives a. No 35 West |
sth street. was arrested yesterday at No Il Mott
street. next door 10 the Port Arthur restaurant
and taken 70 Police Headquarters where he was |
held on charge Of carrying concealed wea pons 4
revolver found him The police say tha. |
Nah s the FIRST Chinaman arrested in 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 consia
cred significant however that Wah should have
been found so near the Port Arthur, when Chu |
Gain is in such deep trouble with his own country
men An officer familiar with Chinatown said that |
Icons tong would protect him and hep him mar /
uculsrly as he high in the order and tha, |
u would hesitate at little of its high Of
hcisls-- At the time. he said Leon would find
himself in bad position If he succeeded in esoap-
ing the police, for The tong would use its power
ever him and make him the instrument Of its re-
veng~ on unfriendly tongs
THE GIRLS LETTERS.
The contents two Of the dead girls letters he
came known yesterday. They show both her strange
infstuston for the Chinese and the difficulties ,