New-York tribune., 1909-06-23

Sin to find a Chinese cook to work for him in |
his home at West Galway, near Amsterdam.
Mr.. Kennedy came back on June 9 and Chung |
P. Sin recommended Chung Sin as a good cook |
Arrangements were made fo- Chung Sin to go |
with Mr.. Kennedy to Amsterdam the next |
morning June 10. and shortly before 8 o'clock |
on that day Mr. Kennedy went to the restau- |
rant and got Chung Sin.
Chung SINS story was that he started for Am |
sterdam on the night of June 10. He did not |
say anything about going with Mr.. Kennedy.
Chung P. Sin insisted that Chung Sin did not
tell him anything about the murder.
Chu Gain, jealousy of whom on the part of
Leon is supposed to have caused the murder Of
Elsie Sigel, examined before Coroner Har-
burger yesterday morning and released in $1,000
bail, furnished by A. B. Meyers, who frequently
goes bail for residents of Chinatown.
In his examination before Coroner Hamburger
Chu Gain said that he came to this country in
1901. He had known Elsie Sigel for about two
years, he said, and in the habit of visiting
her home about every two weeks.
He denied that he was ever alone with Elsie
when he called at the house, but said that one
Of her parents always in the room. He said
that he was not engaged to Elsie and did not
want to marry her. He had received a good
many letters from Elsie. the last on June 5. but
he could not remember what was in that last
letter
NEVER MADE LOVE TO ELSIE
Did you ever make love to Elsie sigel?' asked
the Coroner.
NO" Gain replied.
Did she ever make love to you?"
"Only in her letters
Gain said that Elsie and Mrs. SigeI often wenr
to his restaurant, but that Elsie never appeared
there alone
Asked if he was friend of Leon. he said: Il
know him, but he not much friend"
He said that he had not seen Leon for six
weeks or two months. and that he had never
lent him any money, either directly or indirectly.
He did not know whether Leon was engaged to
Elsie. He said that he never gave Elsie any
money or & present Of any kind.
Gain said that he had attended a Sunday
| school in Hackettstown, n. j. but that he did
not belong to a Sunday school in this city. He
said he had never been instructed in Christian
ity by either Mrs. Sgel or Elsie His inter-
course with them was purely a matter of friend
ship.
Gain said that he knew of the murder Of Elsie
on the night that the body was found Paul
Sigel was in the Port Arthur Restaurant on
that night and one of his sons telephoned TO
Mr. Sigel that a newspaper reporter had Just
come to the house and said that Elsie's body
had been found. Mr.. Sigel wanted him to go to
Police Headquarters. Gain said
CHINATOWN WELCOMES GAIN.
Gain was welcomed with open arms his
return to Chinatown yesterday afternoon. He
IS very popular among his fellow countrymen.
and they crowded into the restaurant when the
word came that he had been liberated
While Chu Gain had little TO say. he was in
dignant at the police for locking him up in con-
necton with the case. He would not say that
he intended taking any action against them. but
he intimated that some one would be called to
account Chu Gain would not discuss what in
formation he had given the police
A meeting Of the Oriental Club. which IN
cIudes all OF the prominent Cinnamon in this
city was held yesterday afternoon at the club
house No. Mott street. A reward OF $500 was
offered for the arrest and conviction OF the muir
derer OF Elsie Sigel A resolution was passed
denouncing the crime and Offering any assist
ance possible TO the authorities in their attempt
TO find the guilty party.
Coroner Harburger reduced yesterday after
noon the bail Of Sam Leung, the proprietor Of
the restaurant at No. 7s2 Eighth avenue: Of
Yee Kim, the cook in the restaurant. and Chin
Song. the waiter. from 81 900 to 800 each. The
bail was furnished by Chinatown merchants and
the men were released The police said that the
men werc not important enough as witnesses to
hold them IN high ball The bail OF On Wing,
for whom a writ Of habeas corpus. returnable
before Justice Giegerch. was obtained was also
reduced 10 800
A Chinaman who said he was Joe J. Kay.
was arrested at the restaurant at No. 1872 Eighth
avenue yesterday afternoon. He had admitted
himself with a pass key. and neighbors said that
he had been manager Of the place about three
years ago He trying 10 hide behind the
door when the police found him. It is not be-
lieved that the arrest has important bearing
the case
There was a runor last night that District
Attorney Jerome and some Of the detectives IN
the case were going to take Chung Sin TO the
house at No. 1872 Eighth avenue and have the
Chinaman show them, step by step and move
by move, all that he saw of the tragedy. At
II O'Clock a crowd Of at least three hundred
persons stood on the sidewalk in front of the
house. Automobiles passing the house stopped
while the occupants looked on. The police kept
the crowd moving, and by midnight the morbid
sightseers gave up the watch and went In
search of more promising fields
Lieutenant Stahl, in charge of the House Of
Detention. said that Chung Sin had reached
there at 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon and I'D
to midnight had not been taken away He
knew Of no plans for the rumored visit to the
Eighth avenue house.