The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-09-20
WIDOW TELLSHER
STORY BUT JURY
BINDS HER OVER
Mrs. Alice David Sing Held After
Coroners Inquest Though She
Denies She Is Guilty.
DISPLAYS NO EMOTION
WHEN VERDICT IS READ


Chicago, Sept 10 Mrs. Alice
| Davis Sing, the white widow OF the
Chinese restaurant proprietor, Chas.
Lo Sing, who was stabbed to death
at his home at $3.50 Archer avenue
carly In the morning of Setember 2,
was held to the grand jury on a
charge of murder.
No sign o. emotion was visible
en- the features of the accused wo-
| nan as she listened to the words
Of the verdict read slowly and dis
tinctly. She and Logoonin (Sam
Singl her husbands brother, are
Joint benefceries of the $4,000 in
surancc policy on Sings life.
Dr. Louis A. Msnagan. inferno at
the Peoples Hospital, testified that
when Mrs Sing was brought to the
hosp tai at 6 O'Clock in the morning
| If September % she had bright
| pots of blood on the shoulder OF
| Ter night gown that she were she
was dazed and did not talk, he said
| I don't know whether she could
lot or merely would not Sing was
brought n at 1870 O'clock. He
had a cut in his throat under his
right jaw. He died thirty minutes
atec."
Mrs Sing Takes Stand.
| Inst hpfnFn no ptpSn pf tho 5vn9Inct
Mrs. Sing gave to the jurors her ar
count Of what happened on the fatal
night, but repeated her denials that
she had taken any part in the crime
She was placed on the stand by her
| attorney, Claude r. Smith. following
test mony from several Chinese that
brawls had been of frequent occur
RANGES In the Sing household
Mrs. Sing said she had been at
home until nearly o'clock in the
morning when Josie Modjeski, the
Polish maid, returned from work at
the chop suey restaurant owned by
Sing at BASS Archer avenue. Her
husband returned later she sad
and they retired for the night after
he had told her of some trouble he
had had in paying an electric light
bin.
Charlie and were in bed" she
said in an even colorless voice.
Il woke up and Charlie was moan
ing---l think he is dreaming like the
other boys that stay at our house.
Il sleep on inside of bed---I start
70 turn over on my left side--then
look, and what do see? see two
persons standing right by the bed.
One person holding something up to
my face and say, You cry kill you
Il was scared--T put my hand
over my FACET turn close to wall
Next thing | know, Charlie stretched
across my feet. pull up my feet
! start to get out of bed. Then |
TALL to tioor-~-I am too weak to stand.
| try TO call Josie, but my throat is
losed My tongue it feel broad.
htck and heavy like.
Then | start and pull myself on
left side, inch by inch, to Josie's
door. and next thing | know | wake
up in hospital"
Josie Modjeski, the Polish maid.
told of being awakened during the
night by sounds of struggle in the
front room, where the Sings slept.
She said she heard sobbing and then
crash, followed by Sing calling
'Josiel"
OpcnT Door For Mrs, Sing.
She heard Mrs. Sing at her door.
She cpen'd it. and when she saw
Mr. Sin lying on the floor she hur-
riet and c2.eG the police. She told
OF sou'g1l 1narrcls caused by Mrs.
sing be NJ awrv from home at night
Patel n dward Harder pro-
duced the pearl handle OF the knife
said b ythe police to have been used
by Mrs. Sing t kill her husband
lie found it behind the bed in pool
Of blood he declared. The knife
| handle was identified by several
Chinese as that of a knife carried
by Sing.
Jesse Len, friend of Mrs. Sing.
told how Charlie Sing had accused
Mrs, Sing of lying over the purchase
OF silk dress. She said Mrs. Sing
tried to keep her from telling Char
lie that part of the money had been
borrowed from George der Morn.
who is now being sought by the DO
zee as an accessory to the murder.
during the hearing, Mrs. Sing. heav-
.ly yelled and dressed in mourning.
sat between her attorney and Mrs.
Lena Palmer, matron of the Stock
Yards police station.