Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-29
LING TRIED HARD
TOCONCEAL Trunk
After Packing Body Into Trunk,
Leon Sing Made Desperate Eff
forts to Dispose of His Human
Baggage, But Finally Failed.
CRy Associated Prsas.S


NEW YORK, June 2S.-Evtdence that
Leon Ling, the converted Chinaman, made
more than one desperate effort to dis
pose of the body of Elsie Sigel after he
had damned it into a trunk in his room
in Eighth avenue, was brought to light
last night. Chung Sin, his roommate, has
established the fact that the murder was
committed about noon on June 9.
Witnesses have now been found by
the police who declare that before Leon
Ling tried to dispose of the body in New
ark, the following day; he first employed
a large touring automobile, in which he
placed the trunk at 2 p. m. on June 8.
From the Eighth avenue house he rode
with the trunk in the motor car to a
laundry in Harlem, conducted by
friend of his, who is a member Of the
Chinese High Treason society. known as
the Gee Gong Tong, of which Leon is
also a member. With him he also had
three suit cases, in which it is believed
were Elsie Sigers clothes.
TRUNK WAS REFUSED.
The laundryman refused to keep the
trunk, but did take the suit cases, and
the police expect to obtain them.
The trunk was kept in this laundry I'M
til II o'clock at night when Leon Ling
is said to have employed a taxicab to
take him and the trunk to Newark. dis
lance of about IS miles from Harlem.
In Newark, as has already been dis
covered, the Chinese friend Of Leon, who
conducts a restaurant there. also refused
to accept the trunk. The fact that this
man and the Harlem laundry keeper re-
fused to have anything to do with the
trunk has led the police to believe that
they had knowledge of its gruesome con-
tents.
Early in the morning of June 10, Ling
employed a Newark hackman to bring
him and the trunk back to New York.
TRIED OTHER PLACES.
The police have additional evidence that
Ling attempted to leave the trunk at
several other places, but failed, and took
1t back to the room where the murder
was committed and where it was found
more than a week later.
These discoveries completely upset the
police theory that Ling was the man
who sent the telegram from Washington,
June 10 to Elsie SigeIs parents in this
city. But a Chinaman did send that tele-
gram from Washington, and this con-
yinces the police that Leon Ling, who
was in this vicinity on that date, try
ing to dispose of the body, had at least
one accomplice.
Sigel Murder Draws
Crowds to Chinatown
NEW YORK. June 2s.-Such crowds
have been attracted to Chinatown and
it's restaurants and other resorts
through the publicity given to the muir
der Of Elsie Sigel that additional po-
lice have been detailed to that district
1t is said that never before nave the
oriental eating houses been so crowded
- hn haan
overheard discussing the murder mys-
terry. Dealers in souvenirs have also
done an enormous business and add
tionaI sigh tseeing automobiles pressed
into service.
An echo of the crime was heard in
police court yesterday wen Patrick
O'Eara was arraigned on complaint Of
George Ching, q chop suey expert who
said that OHara pretended to De an
officer and accused him Of being Leon
Ling and promised not to arrest him
on the payment of S25