Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-23
WEDNESDAY, JUNE % cITY UTAH

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me to help him. / don't know VIVA ia
IN the trunk and / help him tie. OH
SO many knots 81,
Do You mean to say YOU did not
know I3lsle w In that trunk" de-
manded Mr., Ward. j, @
Chung not know II" replied the
Chinanlan,
The assistant district attorney lean
ed over and stared Chung In the face
ment and then he broke into a grin.
No Chung tells the truth. said the
fCllirainan. He would not lle.,' TN
Did not You help put Elsie in that
trunk ~ r.
Chung did not. Leon must have put
Elsie In the trunk.
s2 81 Now. I want You to tell llie truth"
upon Chung. .You helped put that
rope around Elsie's neck2"
Chung leaped from his chair and
dashed to the radiator at the window
of Mr.. Wards office, where he sat
igiaring wildly at Capt. Carr.
81 did not put Elsie in the trunk"
screamed the Chinaman. 1T Leon.
i say. see her on the bed and when
i come back she is gone. l do not
know where"
Chung Sin then told of becoming
frightened and going to Chinatown to
see his brother, who obtained for him
the position as cook at country estate
near Amsterdam, N. Y, where he was
arrested.
y Part of the statement OF Chung Sin
was not divuiged by the police and it is
understood that this deals with the pos
sible flight OF Leon. During the ques-
.tioning of Chung, hurried messages
tf, cay "a, nd va c
believed that Chung had told where
Leon Ling might be found. Inspector
Dafforty admitted that an important
arrest was expected today.
After the inquistion. he was taken
before Coroner Hamburger and held in
$4,000 bail to await the inquest.
Chung Sin is 80 years old and a ma
tive OF Canton.
POLICE VERY RETICENT.
New York. June 2S--If the statement
made by Chung Sin last night, accusr
ing Leon Ling of having killed Elsie
Sigel, has given the authorities any
tangible clue to the hiding place of
Leon, the police have not made it
known audit has resulted limo arrests.
In the maze of conflicting stories told
by Chung and even after he apparently
gave in undersincessant accusations and
questions of the police, Chung is;duoted
as asserting that he, does not know
where Leon fed after tying Miss Si-a
gels body in the trunk although he
admitted giving Leon the larger part
of $3.50 which Chung had borrowed from
Chu Gain.
The renewed activity of the police
during and after Chung's statement
might indicate, however, that he told
a great deal more about Leon than the
police have allowed to become pub
lie, There was much telegraphing
about the country by the police last
night, following Chung's story that he
saw Leon strangling the woman.
Clung' $ reluctance instelling the facts,
his evident intention to deny that he
knew anything about the murder and
his extraordinary Indifference as to the
terrible fate of the young woman all
convince the police that he has by, no
means told all he knows about the muf-s
der. Further attempts to make him
diNnlge the facts which the police most
desire-those giving a clue to Icons
hiding place--wfll be made, but5there:
seems to be- scant hope Of getting any.
useful sinforinat ton. &
day since the murder finds the police
without any tangible clue to the
of LeonfI Ling. The police
are rather inclined to believe that
Leon may have gone to the Pacific
coast to take a steamerFforEC China, but
they do not reject the theory that he
may have remained in this city. 1t Is
known he was n member of at least.
one OF the powerful Chinese secret
societies and that he could have OBJ
tanned ample funds for fight or to
support himself in seclusion, The news
that something had happened to Elsie
SigeI was whispered about Chinese
quarters for days before the girls
body was discovered. but so far no
Cinnamon has been found who will
admit that he knew the murder had
been committed or that Leon had fled !.
That Leon is hiding in some densely
populated Chinatown in the disguise
of o woman is another possibility
Which Is engaging serious attention on
the part OF the police. lin statement
issned by the district attorneys Office
today it was said that Leon was an
actor and that it was through this
profession that he gained admission
to this country about III years ago.
Leon's speciality on the stage of this
country. it was admitted, was that Of
impersonating female characters.
1t is also thought possible that Leon
Went south and the police today asked
the authorities in southern cities.
especially Galveston and New Orleans
to make search for him.
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