New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

/ dered is a four story brick structure. The
! ground floor and the basement are leased by the
! Tiger Cycle Works Company. which deals in
! motorcycles and bicycles. and of which II A.
I Geisman is the head. The three upper floors are
leased by sun Leung from y. Kempner & Sons,
real estate agents, at No. 627 Eighth avenue.
He has on the second floor Chinese restau-
rant and on the fourth floor sleeping apart
ments The third floor is leased to the Tiger
Cycle Company. The firm pies tho two
front rooms as Offices and rents the two back
rooms to a young man who works for auto
mobile house in upper Broadway. His rooms
were locked yesterday. and it was said he had
gone on the road for his firm week ago.
PICTURES OF WOMEN ON THE WALLS.
The top floor where tbe murder was done,
vas in great state of confusion yesterday.
The front room had been occupied by Sun Leung
as living and sleeping room. 1t was we'll fur
nished and the walls were adorned with pict
,lres Of good looking women Of them cut
from ma gaines and others photographs. II was
evident that Leon spent much OF his time in the
rooms Of sun Leung, as many Of his things
were found there. including books and papers
The inner room, back Of Leung's was used as a
sort OF storeroom. It had a single iron bed
stead. but there was bedding it.
The two back rooms were the ones occupied
by Leon and Chung Sin The larger room as
the kitchen of what was meant as q housekeep-
ing apartment but # contained double bed. in
which Chung Sin is said to have slept.
The inner room just in front of Chung Sins
room was Icons. Here IT vas that Miss Sigei
is believed TO have met her death and where
she was found doubled ZIP in trunk. a door
opens into the hall as we'll as into the rear room.
Roth doors were locked when the detectives
we're taken to the house by Sun Leurg 81 $50
o'clock on Friday afternoon. They had - break
down the doors
There was large double bed in the room at
the back which vas made III when the detec-
tives found It. II was covered with a spread
Of red Oriental silk. richly embroidered over
the bed was 2 canopy Of some white material.
which could be drawn n hide any one
sleeping there. There were two trunks in the
room at the foot Of the bed one large Sara
toga trunk. at the back In this the detectives
found the letters Written 10 Leon by various
women and others and quantity of papers.
by which they tracing his history and move
ments
THE TRUNK. WHICH HELD THE BODY
IN front Of this big trunk was a smaller one
a steamer trunk. low but broad II was In this
trunk that the body was found There was no
mistaking the presence Of body. The odor was
sible 10 60 into the room for some minutes
The trunk was securely tied With a stout rope
which defed all efforts Of the detectives until
they got a sharp cieaver from the restaurant.
When the trunk vas opened the body Of the
woman was found wedged in tightly that it
had to be pried out. II had been covered with
quiclIime. apparently with the idea Of prevent
ing the odors of decomposition from attracting
attention
After the Coroner had viewed the body and
ordered its removal swarm OF detectives de-
scended the place and ransacked every room
the fourth floor, as well as the restaurant on
the second floor In the trunk, s already men
toned, they found a quantity Of letters-ther=
we're forty-three in all Thirty-five Of them
were signed Elsie the detectives say. and eight
of them Nellie" Although the police refused
10 allow reporters look at the letters and
would not talk about them. IL is understood that
the Nellie letters came from Brooklyn ad-
dress
The rooms Of the Cinnamon showed that they
vere particular about their dress, quantity
Of clothing Of good make carefully hung up
in the various closets There was brio a -brac
in the front ROOM American brar pipes. tobacco.
novels and other things. which might have led
one TO suppose the apartments were occupied by
young Americans OF sporting proclivities had it
not been for number Of evidences Of Oriental
ism.
A PORTRAIT OF LEON.
In the front room hung large crayon portrait
Of Leon. holding a book IN one hand and con
templating bunch Of lilies which he held in
the other. It showed a handsome young man
with features more regular than those of the
usual Chinaman. dressed In clothes of the latest
design. but not at all loud" Smaller repro
ductions OF this picture were found in various
parts OF the apartments. One Of them was
framed side by side with that of q much
younger man, but bearing enough resemblance
10 make the police think it picture OF Leon
taken several years ago. It portrays a young
in a military uniform. On the cap are the
initials &C. z. r. A. also "Co. l." This evi-
IDENTITY means that Leon belonged TO Company l
OF the Chinese Empire Reform Association, an
international society. 1t Is a military organiza-
tion, but some years ago the federal authorities
refused TO allow its members to carry arms II
supposed to have been disbanded in this
city.
In an album was picture OF a beautiful
young American woman. dressed in what might
have been graduation dress. 1t is not a
picture OF Miss Slgel, however The detectives
declared they had not found picture OF her in
the apartments
In a photograph rack in the back room was a
picture of an elderly woman Of refinement taken
by Marceau. of Los Angeles probably teacher
OF the young Chinaman when he lived on the
Coast Here also vas a copy OF the New Testa-
ment in English on the hyleaf of which was
written. "Leong l. lin. from his teacher Eliza
B. Oakford Xmas 1907 There was also a copy
Of Websters Academic Dictionary, In tie front
Of which was inscribed ''Leong L. Linz Xmas
1901, from A L Lev-enbers Philadelphia. Penn"
The Americanization of the Chinaman could
be traced in the inscription. "Laong Lee Linn"
which appeared on the large trunk i'm his room
ana the name William L. Leon. which was
printed on a sign on the door leading into the
back room from the hall In the latter room was
q bed. which was also made up when the detec-
tiyes broke iI. although there were evidences