The Washington herald., 1909-06-30
FOUR CHINESE SEEN
IN LEUNG'S ROOM
Present When Elsie's Body
Was Removed.
EXPLAIN TRAVELS OF TRUNK
Statement OF Chauffeur Who Con-
veyed Leung Linn TO Newark on
Night OF Murder, DisDeIs Theory
that Alleged Murderer Sent "DOn't
Worry" Telegram from Capital.

New York. June 29.-The story Of the
travels Of the rope-bound trunk IN which
Elsie SigeIs body was found on June IS,
nine days after she was killed. IS ready
for the telling. The express man who
took il 20 a Chinese foundry IN Harlem
within an hour after the murder. was
found to-day. The tsxicab chauffeur was
found who took Leung Lin and the
trunk from the laundry TO Newark on
that night. Four Chinese who must have
witnessed the murder and probably had
q hand in it, figure IN the story.
At l2:30 O'Clock on June 9. the day on
which the granddaughter Of Gen. Franz
sigel vas put out OF the way in the dark
little room OF Leung Linn at 7S2 Eighth
avenue. a Chinese. who appears 10 have
been the dlstraught Leung himself.
! emerged from the Eight avenue house
and went looking for an expressnan.
His method OF finding one was not par
ticularly illustrative OF the craft that goes
under the name OF Oriental cunning. %
He lust walked to the nearest express
office, which chanced 10 be that OF the
Constitutional Express, at III Eighth
| avenue.
Found Boss Of shop.
| There he found the boss Of the shop.
Thomas H. Cummings. and said IN good
English:
Il want a trunk taken from 7S2 Eighth
! avenue 20 Wah KEGS laundry, az 81
West I25th street, and I want it taken
right away"
At o'clock Arthur Logan. who drives
a wagon for Cummings. appeared at IS
/ Eighth avenue ready to take the trunk
With his assistant, he found the trunk n
the center OF Chung Sins room. Around
| II stood four silent Cinnamon. The.
were not shOrt-haired Cinnamon. these
four. They had queques and blOuses
They moved when Leung spoke but fol
the most part they stood still and seemed
J disposed to take no part in whatever
action might spring from the advent o.
the express man and his helper.
That's the trunk said Leung. The
expressmen picked It up fort and aft and
bundled II down to the street. They
hoisted It aboard the wagon and drove
| OF to Harlem. Wah Kee received TIT
trunk at his laundry
To-day's discoveries seem TO prove tha
the Chinaman who sent the Don't wor
ry' telegram from Washington Elsi
Sigers mother at o'clock on the even
ing OF June 9 was not Leung Lin. I
would have taken more than a railroai
train TO get him back 70 Harlem at Il:
clock that same night. The word o
Chung Sing is also discredited That gar
lulOus cook told the police he returnel
20 Leung's room on the afternoon Of IN
murder and found the trunk still there
when, as a matter OF fact, il was repos
ing in a Harlem laundry.
Visited Laundry Again.
The police visited the laundry agai
to-day and removed the police lock whic
they had put on Its cellar door. They so
no Information out OF Keng Lee, tn
present lessee.
He told them he had bought the busi
ness from Yung Wah a week ago. ]
! they wanted TO see Yung Wah let ther
come back next Monday at noon. A
that hour. Kong Lee said, as he dippe
his smoking iron in a bowl OF cold Water
''Yung Wah was 10 appear and pocke
a portion OF the money that he, Kon
Lee. was 10 pay for the privilege Of keeT
ing Harlem IN clean clothes.