Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-23


 sirnidated by detectives, threatened with prosecution and confused with rspid-fre questions, Chung Sin, one lr4e roommaee of Leon Ling, told this afternoon of Elsie 'Sigers murder. Un- lict the terrific pressure of the third Gegree." the little Chinaman admitted that he had seen the body in Leon L:Lg's room over the Eighth avenue crop suey restaurant, that he had Gorched it while it was still warm, tl.at he had smeIled drugs and had watched Leon Lmg's preparations for placing the body in the trunk, where IL was found partly decomposed on Friday night last.
 ! Denied Any Implication in the Crime.
 In fact, Chung Sin, if what was <, ioarned at the criminal Courts build ! iLY is correct, described almost every | ting concerning the murder of Major General Franz S5gels granddaughter except the actual commission of thef ! crime. He denied any implication ind ] it, and protested stoutly that he wasSa ignorant of the whereabouts of Leonf i ing, the supposed murderer. Butt { siter the inquisition he was taken be-. [ fore Coroner Hamburger and held iIl /. $10,000 bail in the house of detention .o await the inquest.
 Persistent Hammerins Brought Con-
 fession.
 Chung Sin is 35 wears old, and ns . tive of Canton. He was arrested ye j. te, day morning at West Galway, N. V. a small hamlet near Amsterds m and was brought to New York u lis laorning in custody of Detective Jc hn Ttl bes. Immediately after his arm est up state and all during the trip by train to this city he was piled with questions, bullied. persuaded and en- tf ngled in mass of significant p Ies- tiOns. It was not until late to day, hC wever,' that his spirit was suffici ent- l; broken or sufficient Inducements iCf- Tered, as the case may be, for hir to cast aside the veil of stolidness that . he had maintained and tell of the ceath of the young missionary Which hes aroused the whole country. Then smoking cigarette after. cigarette to Ct jet his nerves, the ChinanaIi told | trckenly but with brutal blult fitness, ! Of the girls death He was sur .ound ed at the time in the office of Assist slI District Attorney Theod ore II. { Ward by detectives from heiihquar- t,1s, who had previously I, ht hin- through a grilling. MT. WairH and District Attorney Jerome als 10 were present. and from what can ', learn ed it was Mir Jerome himij elf who T ally drew the story from Chung Sins lips He was told thtgit Leon Ing had been captured andl had laid the. blame upon his (Chul ig Sin's) shoulders This together with the per vistent hammeriag at the prisoner, . brought the comics sion. It was made z Tartly in English partly in Cbi- n SC, for there was an .Nteru reter pres eni, and was taken down by stenog- T. phers. No statement oi his was niade public, but the more s alient facts of the confession soon bed anne known about the building.
 Drugged and Strauped.
 From the mans story it#iis apparent that Elsie was first drHgged with chioroform and then chob led to death. Sae was killed apparently on the night Of June g. although Chuni Sin appear cd a little mixed in his ates But he gays that early in the ma trning of June 11 he heard a strange II Oise in Leon's room, adjoining him, anfl, looking over ite tran5om, saw the gil Il lying on the led with a bloody to wel over her |. uth. He passed thrG ugh the room, he says, to go out to wash his hands, and as he did so felt of the body, winch was still warm.
 Placed Body iYi Trunk.
 Afterward he went down to the xfop suey restaurant, below, and then r1ttirned to the rooIn Leon in the meantime had cOvere q the body with blanket up to the q lin. and had pull ed a trunk to the m iddle of the floor. Tlis trunk Leon waiB calmly emptying preparatory to placifjg the body there- ir. The rope with which the body -sas bound was lyirig on the floor at the time. according to Chung Sin. Cree again he wenit down stairs, said Chung Sin, where he remained until con called him. When he entered the room the body wast not visible, having lten bound with tine rope and placed ir the trunk.
 At this point of 'the story the ChiHa n an was asked sa aEaeeiy if he had not assisted his pal in putting the body in .he trunk. 3
 Chung Sin stalfted perceptibly, but sad that he had lhad no hand in it.
 T didn't see liner no more" said CIung Sin and when asked Leon ftw she died, he said she had bitten her tongue and Etled to death"
 Leon Told hfna, Chung Sin added, tf at he was gal Ing to send the trunk tc Jersey City, thence to Europe. As a ms tier of fact, it lay untouched in the sulffy little rd pm until Sun Leong, proprietor of the restaurant below, mo- ticed the odor about the building and summoned the police. Declined to Say Just What Happened
 in the Room.
 Until ChunsJ Sins complete account is made publi it will not be explain cd why he saw the dead girl and the preparations flor the removal of the body with SIch apparent unconcern 0t the time. Also, despite the repeat ed interrogat ions, he declined to say lust what hal opened in the room when the girl wa9 murdered. He admitted Paving hearii a scufhe in the room curing the night, and told of Elsie having arriv ed on the previous after 1 room, the day when she disappeared 1 fl om her home.
 Did LeoI take her there, or did she go of her q wn accord?" he was asked.
 She weIlt there alone" he replied
 Was shg D in love with Leon, or Leon ia love ih herr" was another ques- ten. At this Chung relapsed into silence, 1 cnd then only smiled and shook his rrsd He indicated. however, that the eir. had sought out the Chinaman.
 ExpIaini, His Sudden Disappearance. Taking, up his own case, Chung Sin explaine d his sudden disappearance af- ter the murder by saying that he had been employed by well to do New Yorker, at whose country place near AmsteH dam he was arrested yesterday. Chung says that he accepted this posi- tioniir order to get out of town, having hurried from the scene of the murder in festr and sought out his brother in ChnLtown who procured him the po- 1siti9l. He admitted having borrowed k4Q5Nlfrorn Chm Gain ryFOUrietOr of the