The Washington herald., 1909-06-24

New York. June 3-Quan Wick Nam.
the old letter writer and interpreter OF
Chinatown. who carries a gold-headed
cane and is intensely respectable. put
the fear Of his own people in Chung sin
to-day
Old Quan made Chung admit that he
was IN 4eghg Lims room while Elsie
Sigers body lay on the bed and Leuhg
was preparing TO hide II in the trunk
You have lied" said ouau IN Chi
nese. standing over Chung like a grizzled
schooImaster admonishing q bad boy. II
you cannot show that your own hands
are clean there IS not an honest China
man in The world who viii 5efriend YOU
Moreover. you viii be caught IN your
own lies"
Assistant District Attorney Ward ami
Capt Carey had been drilling away a.
Chung sin for Two hours and Chung had
tangled himself IN fifty contradictions
For an hour OF the tine he had doubled
Ike a fox back and forth over his own
trai. trying 10 explain his movements
Immediately after he ran away from tire
Eighth avenue chop-suey house. Ward
was tired and Carey felt savage. They
couldn't pin Chung down 70 anything Ike
an admission he had been near the boay-
Then old Quan took a hand IN 8r-
wards Whispered invitation The DID
letter writer has a pretty high standing
among The merchants OF Chinatown, and
the police and the district attorneys Of
rec. knowing bis reputation for square
dealing. have called on him often in in-
+ tricats Chinese cases
Felt Quan'S Warning.
! Besides 0uan bad been a friend q
( chung sifSs ard chaug knew thar tie
/ old fellows warning was not 70 be laugh
ed a.
( 0uan made a pretty lengthy speech and
! Chung. pufing al a cigarette, listened
.-pDerturbably. The old man told Chung
mar decent Cinnamon all over the coun-
try were signing agreements and takizg
oaths not 20 narbor or assist any Of
rbeir countrymen who had hand n
the murder Of Elsie sigeL and that he
vas considered TO be as guilty as Leung
LIN, unless he could clear himself by tell
ing the truth
Then old Quan withdrew 10 the rear
~ The room and left Ward and Carey
10 deal with Chung. they SCI much
srraiehrer story out OF him than he told
,ba dav before. when he confessed az the
Crfr,i-i,I Courts building. he had not
told the truth when he told Mr- Ward
= that he saw the body only when he
peered through hole u The door and
when Re looked over the Jranson-
more careful examination OF the rooms
over the chop-suey house showed this
morning that Chuns had been lying
about that part.
Door Has No TransOm-
He couldn't have watched Leung BY
= looking through the tTsnso-l- because the
r / connecting door has no transom-
5 rfa covldn't have seen much by squint-
- l,7p through the keyhole-the only hole
d, ,rs soor-because a detective who got
on his knees and laid an eye 70 The key
hole was. able 20 command view OF Only
small part Of the room Most imPoT-
-anr though. Chung couldn't have seen
$ Elsie's BODY from behind his own door.
: because the cheap canopy over the bed
2 v-o-,15 have blocked his view OF Elsie
even II he could have seen the bed itself
through the keylole.
So Chung took a fresh start after Quan
" warning that he had better talk straight
or be would find himself the lonesomest
- C,binaman in 5he world. and admitted
that he had not seen the things he de-
s-ribed Yesterday by looking through the
door but when he was in the room with
Leung-
Promised All the story.
r4a would ten all the truth this time. he
{ said. with a glance az old Guam, who
kept peering hard al him through a pair
r. OF goId-Timmed glasses
p About $3.50 D N. on Wednesday. June
g said Chung Sin. he was washing his
hands in his own room. adjoining Leung' 8
' He had gone 90 bed very late. and he
o didn't get I'D until well on TO l2-So O'Clock
4 that dav. While he was splashing his
e faee-and here Chung acted that part OF IL
s acain for Ward-Leung raped az his
!. dOo-. opened Il. and stepped quickly IN
., side. Ieung said that Elsie was dead or
! diving. Chung wanted 20 know what the
matter was. and Leung told him she had
4 bitten her tongue and had bled TO death
I.eunz asked Chung 10 return 10 the room
where Elsie was and help him dispose OF
; the body. Chung said he was scared q
his shoe tops. but he was such an old
friend Of Leungs that he wanted 10 hels
him II il was possible So he entered The
> room az Leung's heels, and there Sas
ie Elsie on the bed He couldn't see mucf
O. Of her because a sheet was thrown ovei
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