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Show MM SIN, FRIEND OF LEON ! UNO, MAKES IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE Gives Way Under Severe Questioning by District Attorney, Who Is Investigating In-vestigating Miss Sigel's DeathChinaman Says He Saw Girl's Body in Leon Ling's Room on Bed With Handker-, chief Over Her Face load of Chinamen, who will arrive at Vancouver today or tomorrow. These chinamen arc coming from the east In bond, and are bound for China. Pittsburg, June 22. Chinaman from New York, answering the description of Leon Line, wanted for the alleged murder of Elsie SIgel. was arrested her this morning. Later, however, bo was released, the police being convinced con-vinced he was not Ling. Schenectady, Is, June 22. Reginald Reg-inald Sigel, brother of Elsie Sigel, after aft-er looking at the Chinaman arrested here yesterday, declared that he was not William Leon or Leon Ling, the alleged murderer of Miss Sigel. N'ew York. June 22. Chung Sin, the friend of Leon Ling, gme way uneer severe questioning today and made nn important Matrment. to District Dis-trict Attorney Jerome. It was reported report-ed at first that Chung Sin f-ald he saw Leo.i strangle Miss Sigel to death. This was not exactly correct, the district attorney said. Mr. .Jerome paid to the reporters: "It is a long story and you will have to wait until a statement Is written o;it." Chung Sin told Mr. Jerome ho saw ?,!ls3 Sigel's dead body in Leon Ling's rocm on the bed with a handkerchief over her fare He saw the. body also, he s3id. after it had been placed in the trunk. Chung Sin also told fhe district attorney at-torney that I ?on asked him for assistance as-sistance in putting the body of Miss Sigel into the trunk, but Chung refused. re-fused. When Chung asked Leon the cause of Miss Slgel's death, Leon told him she had "bit her tongue and died " Chung was hold by the coroner in $10100 bail as more than a material witness. Chu Gain, being closely questioned, ?tid that he knew Elsie Sigel, at whose home he had visited on an average av-erage of once every two week3, but denied that any engagement of marriage mar-riage had ever existed between thm. II denied that he had ever made love to th young woman, and declared that only in her letters to him had she d!- played any favor toward him. Miss Sigel often visited his restaurant. Chutaid he knew Leon Ling, but the relations existing between them were of the most formal character. Ho L.vi never loaned him money nor exchanged ex-changed confidences with hiiii. Aficr his examination by. the. coroner coron-er Ciiu Gain was released In $1,000 bail New York, June 22. rollee Inspector Inspect-or McCafferty said early today that j lio had great confidence that Leon Ling, wanted in connection with the murder of Elsie Sigel, whose body was found In a trunk In his room in this city, had been arrested at Revel-strol.e. Revel-strol.e. D. C. A few hours after the murder was discovered, the police departments de-partments all over the country were asked to watch out for Ling and his roommate. Chung Sin, who were believed be-lieved to have started for Vancouver. As soon as word was received about the Revelstoke arrest last night, In-r.pector In-r.pector McCafferty telegraphed for further and Immediate confirmation. The telegram received bv the-police paid there was no doubt that the prisoner pris-oner was Leon Ling, but did not furnish fur-nish proofs. The man was taken from a Canadian Pacific train, bound for Vancouver, and appeared to be a modernized mod-ernized Chinaman, who spoke English fluentlr. If, on receipt of additional Information, the New York police are satisfied that the Revelstoke prisoner is , Leon Lins, de-tectlves will be sent thtrc immediately to bring him back. Detectives went to Amsterdam, N. Y , last night, and they are expected 1o arrive here today with Chung Sin, This Chinaman will be asked to explain ex-plain why a number of articles of wo:nau's clothing were found In his loom, and why he left the city about the time the murder was .committed. In a statement to the Amsterdam police, po-lice, Chung Sin admitted that he knew Elsie Sigel and also her mother and father, and that he had been a gueet t ihelr homo. lie will also bo as-a as-a to explain why he obtained $2fi0. under the guise of a loan, from Chu Gain the day he left New York. Chu Gain is the Chinatown restaurant owner who was as madly In love with I'ir-dp Slcel as was Loon Ling, and who 1 '. : 1 1 1 received a letter a few days be-iovo be-iovo the "loan" wax made. In which l.iii life and bat ri Elsie Sigel were tlirearfnod urkss he ceased his relationship rela-tionship wit lier. Chi'. Gain, who is still a prisoner, and Chung Fin will probably be brought face to face today, when In-. In-. teresling developments are expected. Chunz Sin. an assoeialo of Ieon Ling, asd who occupied a room adjoin- j ing that in which Elsie Sigel's body : wa found, wa bronchi to this city . from West Galway. N. Y. He declared de-clared that he did not know whero Leon Ling was, and had not seen him for three weeks. Anked why he lefl NVw York In a hurry, ho said he had lf-pii engaged to go to Went Galway ?nd work for Harvey Kennedy, and that he left New York on "Wednesday. JUMP 11." Wednesday was the day on which Mips Sigel disappeared, and June 11 wns Friday, two days later. Question-fd Question-fd about thin discrepancy, the China-mau China-mau took refuge In the stereotyped pnevor. "Don't know," and thereafter l.ive that response to all queFtl"ns. In-rl'idlnp In-rl'idlnp one as to whether or not ho vii s in the room when the murder was committed. 1'e was more ciolv anestjoned. however, and the polieo prill hope to obtain some useful Information from hjm. Tbe Oriental club of this city, an r-jnnlziulon r-jnnlziulon of rhine?e. to-Jav offered i rtwurd of X500 for tbe arre?t of the murderer of Klsle Sipel. V?ncon'rr, B. C. Juno 22. The re-' r-ortvrt arrest of a Chinaman supnnsed ! 'o le I.oon Ling at Revelstoke, B. C , Js erroneous. It is bei'eved. however, how-ever, that Leon may be one of a car- |