Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-06-26
CONF SSES LEON
STRANCLED ELSIE
Chung Sin Breaks Down Under
Third Degree."
TELLS HOW GIRL WAS SLAIN


Says Leon Said She Bit Her Tongue
and Bed to Death.
New York, June 23--Baited and In.
@5midated by detectives, threatened
with prosecution and confused with
rapid fire questions, Chung Sin, one
Time roommate of Leon Ling, told of
Eslsie Sigels murder. Under the ter
T16c pressure of the third degree"
EAo little Chnaman admitted that he
'iah seen the body in Leon Ling's
room, that he had touched it while II
WAS still warm, that he had smelled
drugs and had watched Leon Lings
preparations for placing the body In
The trunk where 1t was found horribly
aecomposed last Friday night
Chung Sin in fact described almost
everything concerning the murder of
1saior General Franz Sigeps grand
Slaughter. except the actual commits
sion OF the crime. He denied any i'm
wlic.ation in 1t and protested stoutly
thai ne was ignorant of the where
abouts of Leon Ling, the supposed
1narderer. After the inquistion he was
he]d in $4,000 bail in the house of
detention to await the inquest.
Chung Sin was arrested at West
9 galway, N. Y, a small hamlet near
Amsterdam, and was brought to New
Worth Immediately after bis arrest
eIp state and all during the trip by
aTasn 70 this city he was piled with
questions, bullied, persuaded and en-
tangled in a mass of significant ques
lions He was told that Leon Ling
had been captured and had laid the
Shame upon his (Chung Sins) should
era This, together with the persistent
nammering at the prisoner. brought
stne confession.
Girl Was Dragged and Strangied.
From the mans story 1t is apparent
Tina Elsie Sigel first was drugged with
rhloroform and then choked to death.
She was killed apparently on the
night OF June 9, although Chung Sin
appeared a little mixed in his dates.
Esut ne says that early in the morn
eng OF June 10 he heard a strange
7oise in Icons room. adjoining his.
and. looking over the transom. saw the
girl lying on the bed with a bloody
s5wel over her mouth. He passed
through the room, he says. to go out
: 10 wash his hands. and as he did so
91eff. of the body, which was still warm.
Arfer that he went down to the chop
suey restaurant below, then returned
sS the room. Leon in the meantime
sa6 covered the body with blanket
4 l., a I,I trt,t III
10 the middle of the floor. The trunk
Eaon was calmly emptying prepare
Gerry 10 placing the body therein. The
gr1fe with which the body was bound
was lying on the floor at the time. ac-
cnrGng TO Chung Sin. Once again he
wg1t down stairs, said Chung Sin,
where he remained until Leon called
Aim. When he entered the room the
s0dy was not visible, having been
Sound with the rope and placed in the
trunk
At this point of the story the China
gzaan was asked savagely if he had not
assisted his pal in putting the body in
che trunk. Chung Sin started percep-
sg5ly, but said that he had no hand
IN it
Leon Said She Bled to Death.
~ didn't see her no more" said
Syhmg Sin. and when | asked Leon
now she died he said she had bitten
afer tongue and bled to death" Leon
sold him, Chung Sin added that he
WAS going to send the trunk to Jersey
G1ry. thence to Europe. AS a matter
sYf fact il lay untouched in the stuffy
little room until Sun Leung. proprietor
ri 1he restaurant below. noticed the
Issor about the building and summoned
the police.
Despite repeated interrogations
Ching Sin declined to say just what
sappened in the room when the girl
WAS murdered. He admitted having
aeard a scuffe in the room during the
might and told of Elsie having arrived
On the previous afternoon, the day
when she disappeared from her home.
Did Leon take her there or did she
go of her own accord?" he was asked.
She went there alone" he replied.
WAS she in love with Leon or Leon
% IN love with herr was another ques-
sion At this Chung Sin relapsed into
nook mis- head He indicated. how
vFa-. that the girl had sought out the
1samsman.
The confession served but to clinch
. Eoe already prevalent belief that Leon
&Sa-sg killed the girl. who became mi
8 siatea into the ways the Chinese live
through her mother, who now has been
taken to a sanitarium. crazed with
gr5s9 1t does not however, so far as
zzz Se learned, throw any light as to
where the murderer is at present or
she route which he took in his flight
5rcrl the CITY.
New York June 24.-After many
c.rsnnjcting statements the district at
1sow1sys ofscs, acting under instruc'
sLQns from Mr. Jerome and the police
department, under orders from Com
missioner Bingham, refused TO discuss
gaxther what progress had been made
a ssw A. "A Aaa rah far ,pOu Ling the China