New-York tribune., 1909-06-29
KNOW Icons HELPER
WENT WITH THE TRUNK.
Police Sag He Also Sent Dispatch
4 from Washington.


endeavor TO dispose of the body Of Elsie Sgel It
was learned Yesterday was A Chinaman named
Yung He was the who helped carry the
trunk downstairs from the house IN Eighth ave
nue. went Harlem with Leon in rhe motor car
and afterward took the dispatch to washington
and from that place sent II 10 the Sigels
This man is about Leon's height and build He
Is an Arnericanized Chinarnan, without queue
and speaks and reads English easily aescrlp-
ton Of Leon il learned, would answer well
for Eung. except that Yungs eyes are larger ana
his mouth ard chin smaller
The police learned yesterday that Leon had been
IN correspondence nth YUngs relatives ever since
his fight from this city. They put dragnet out
in New York Brooklyn and Jersey city IN search
of the man who has been receiving the letters Ihe
police got their information from relative ot
Yune and they are particularly anxious to ma
Yung Dat whose Arnericanized name Is Arthur
Yung. d member Of the same family
Yung Dat was a close friend and partner OF
Leon and also friend Of Chu Gain He worked
in the Port Arthur restaurant run by Gnu Gam
un-n about FIVE months ago, when ne opeheo .
laundry in Brooklyn. The police had Yung Dat AZ
t5eadouarters and examined him day or t"o
before Chung Sin was caught snoe ClN' '
he has not been seen
cuang Eick Nam, the Chinese interpreted W.
one of those who busy yesterday N 'ne
.es-ca, @or Y,.nr Dat He returned 70 his place
Of business late last night An answer cane S
.e-day morning one Of the many 'e1ss-a-~
fa6 sent in the endeavor to and Leon The as
NJ aod Nr Nam started at once on the search
E5A said last night that il was hard 10 set mo-
tfon from Cinnamon now as they We. a. -
frightened that at the most IneS U
truths. He added -.o <
81 eo,,s soc;e.,, mas offered 4 reward OF 81" for
hss csn-,,-e Don't believe IN thaf offer they
were in earnest they coslld proouoe LeO- -
y,fn,,.es It ts his society that is hiking nm
Mr Nam was asked what he thought OF d
-71rno- that Leon had been killed by 3eaoaS 3"i
-s.I and tba+ the same man had killed Elsie
Sigel- ,.
..If Leon thought he was going TO be caught
he might KIN himself" he sane 80
The Newark police discovered yesterday .1dS
ra5 sir- the keeper Of the restaurant IN ~hlch
Icon se,x the trunk with Elsie Sisels BODY 10Y
several bvu-s. was a relative O. Niiui-s -
Iecn's roommate. They learned also 'naI at aOO.'
on June 10 a cab with New YORK
1,se ,,,~,ber stood in front Of Sings restaurant
<or several minutes. TIE horse was badly b!o"h'
as though he had had hard drive in q snort
tine the cab started fo- this city
Deputv Police Commissioner Woods SAID yes
+~ssv tba- the nolice we're sill searching Harlem
for the cab driver who took Leon ana 'he l'ullA
10 Newark. -
The case Is very involved" he added and
-he fresh details add seem only 70 inNoiNe =
more deeply. One of our most positive pieces OF
information has seemed TO be thai Leon was IN
>-asbfnr-on and sent the telegram from there 70
the sigels i seems entirely creoioie 'haI
another man went to Washington ano sent 'ne
dispatch"
we understand that you have witness who
&c -elat5,-H OF the accoTnpIIoe, and who has con
tessed that It was his cousin who he!ped try 70
d,spose OF the trunk and went 70 Washington Win
the telegram" he vas told
NJ woods merely replied, Have we?'
ts s11,,zt-a+es the reticence Of tire police They
admit now that the trunk taken 70 Newark
and brought back 20 the Eighth avenue house
while at the same tine Halstead, the Newark
.abr7an, was identifying the trunk Inspector NC
IL ~
The theory that the trunk taken 70 Newark
n a red taxicab destroyed yesterday by the
testimony Of the manager Of the New York Taxi
cab Company. who said that none Of It's cabs
aad made trip 70 Newark or June or 10
The police are anxious 10 see chauffeur who
Hved in the house IN Eighth avenue where the
crime was committed This man was IN the habit
of getting home about a n, and usually aVoke
Al just about the hour when Leon would be IN
search OF a motor car driver take him and his
srevsonne burden 10 Harlem He lived on the third
floor. in the room under the occupied by Chung
Sin. a day or +vo after the murder he left the
city and has only returned 10 his room twice since,
Al about u O'Clock in the morning, andNstaytng not
than fifteen minutes TO get few articles OF
clothing.
Assistant District Attorney Ward will call before
ain and examine to-day Sing P Lee. who was TO
start the restaurant with Leon in West 145th street
Mr. Ward is much interested IN Lees story. and
would Ike 70 have some Of the discrepancies eE-
pa!ned. Re does not understand why Lee should
have been so anxious To see Leon OF June u why
ae should have returned the next day put note
1nder Icons door. Lees affiliations with the Gee
Gong Tong must also be cleared up
The Newark police awaiting instructions from
his city 10 make arrest in Newark
man who said he was an eXpressran, whose
name and address was withheld by the police.
rallied the West 18th street station late last
night. and said that on June he took a trunk
from No T2 Eighth avenue to> Chinese laundry
30 80 West 1eth street by Man Lee.
He showed sheet from his receipt book, showing
that Mar Lee had receipted for a trunk that
date Last night detectives placed police lock on
he door TO The laundry.