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VOL XXV NO 149 PADUCAH KY WEDNESDAY EVENING JUNE 23 1909 0TEN CENTS PER WEEK
Third Degree Given to Chung Sin
By Relays in Effort to Force Him
to Tell Hiding Place ot Murderer
Partier ef Leea Ling Repeats
Slery II Crime He
Wltaetisei
SlrgJla el Elsie Slgel Des
1 cribed by Chiaamaa
I I Wkl Saw it
New York June UTho latest
order ot the police hero aad In other
clttM says to leek for Leon Ling
disguised IY a wowan Tlio order
followed the receipt of a letter I say
lag Ling WM formerly a profos
ilonal female Impersonator
fliMpect Arrested
Ban Francisco JUlie 3A Blgel
murder suspect was arrested today
Police refuse to discuss case
Third Degree Continue
New York June 23 Working In
shifts detectives continued tho third
degree methods In effort to force
from Chung Sin some clew to the
whereabouts of Leon Line He was
taken to the scene of thv murder
this morning and reenacted the
crime as be saw It through a key
hole
ChtHHC Sift Confesses
N ew York June 3Daltec and
Intimidated by detective threatened
with proMcutton and confused with a
rapid fire of questions Chung Sin
onetime room mate of Loon Ling
told JaiL night of Elsie Blgela mur +
der Under the terrific pressure of
the third degree tho Chinaman ad
mitted that ho had seen tho body In
tons room that he tad touched It
while It was pup warm hot ho had
smelled drupes and shad watched
Lfons preparations lor pTa ltiC the
body In a trunk where it was found
horribly decomposed last Friday
night
HM in tieoeo Ball
f Chung In fact If whAt was learned
I at the criminal court buildings Is I cor
I rest described almost everything con
corning the murder of Major Oenoral
Frant Bigots granddaughter ex
cept the actual commission of the
crime After tho Inquisition ho was
f held In 110004 ball In the house of
t detention < o await the Inquest
InQulttt t Galla
t wayN Y fjear Amsterdam and
I brought to New York this morning
t4 It was not until late today that fro
y told the story of Ihe death ot the
itoung lie was surround
l t ed at the limb In the ollcti < s ot Assist
itant District Attorney Ward by detec
i tires from pollc > headquarters Ward
and District Attorney Jerome also
were present and from what can b i
learned It was Jerome tttmiclf who
finally drew the story from Chung
tlll >
I
jfo wast t told thatt Leon had been
t captured and laid the blame upon his
Chungs fifetitild rs This together
with the persistent hammering at the
prlioaer brought the confession
Was fr Fintt
From the mans story It Is appar
ent that Elsie algal was Ural drugged
wltfc chloroform then choked to
r 0 death She was killed apparently1 on
the flight of JUNO I Ckung says that
I rf SattlJsfftiiijlOfJuIQ t 10 he
hoard a strange noise In Leone rooms
adjoining hit sM looktef over the
transom MW the girl lying on the
bed with a bloody towel over her
mouth He past through the room
he ijald to go out and wash his
hands and ai he did so be felt of tilt I
h body which was still warm Ho went
i down to the restaurant below then
I returned to the room
Leon In the meantime had covered
4the body and was bending over her
tf A Twhdkerchlef was sticking out of
r 4 her mouth and > e saw blood on ItSho
4fl was ifiitlBit him but ho only pressed
thf handkerchief harder Into her
mouth Finally she struggled no
more and lay still and Leon stood up
and looked down at her
Those who heard this recital were
t 1 almost overcome with tho thought
thai ChuBfc could have stood In an
r adjoining room without raisins t a
UI I I
In one version of the Chinamans
IIn I ees It is 1 said he admitted help
Ing Leon tying tho trunk also that
he aided him In placing tho body In
It He also admitted giving most of
f the money ho borrowed from Chu
Gain to Leon to aid the latter in his
flight from New York
Strategy t Is Used
F No ono was prepared for the start
ling revelations to cimo In which tbo
i ChInaman contested himself an ln < Jlf
q ferent wlWew to the cruet murder
l br JalttrJend l roommate and Jabs
Chinamen through her mission work
In Chinatown
ChinatownNow
Now Cbong said Mr Ward
you might Just well know in the 00
ginning that Leon Ling has been cap
tired and Is I on his way back to New
York to answer for his crime He
hmad a statement In which ho has
placed you In a bad light You might
as well tell the whole truth wbllo you
ndvo the opportunity or It will go
hard with you
Yes and you know that you have
boon lying all day shouted Captain
Carney shaking his fist under the
Chinamans note
hlnamanlnoloTho
Tho maikllke face of the yellow
man did not chance a line as ho an
swered
Ys me know Ma toll lies cause
no want trouble Mo toll you all you
I
fad out
Yes and youd better stick toI I
that said Copt Carney pounding
tho table Its your last chance 10I I
save yourcelf and mark my words
What bocamo of Elsies rIng
was the next question shot at Chong
Sin by Mr WardI I
Me w > know
No lying now Im talking about I
the ring Leon gave hertbo Jade
ringMe
Me no know
Yes you do know thundered
Capt Carney 1 believe you got It I
somewhere now
AVni In Jllil Itoom I
Where were you on the morning I
of June 91 was tho next question I
the Inquisitors skipping front ono sub
Ject to another lnorder that Chong I
might not be able to prepare his aDI i I
ewers and make up a story
Mo In my room up therelndl
eating by his answer and a wave of
the hand tho room he occupied on 1
tho fourth floor of the bluldlng at i
No 882 Eighth avenue adjoining
that of Leon Ling whore the young
minion worker was strangled to
death and her body concealed In a
trunk > y < v
hero was Leon thaVhorning
lie In his room too
Was the girl In there with him
Mo no know
knowKlulc
Elide IB Room
Yee you do know W sKlslo In
i there with Loon that morning
I Yes
ITt1I I tho truth now
Mo tell the truth
I What LImo of day did you ECO
Loon on Juno 9T
Maybe half past ttwelve Mo
sleep I In morning
Did you go Into Loons room at
that time
No look through keyhole
What made you look
Iftard lots noises llko maybe
man and woman playing like wrest
ling on floor
Did you BOO Elsie and Leon
Yes
I
Now tell us what Elsie and Leon
were doing In that room
May 1 like fight or play fight Leon
bold her down on bed
Was Elsie dressed when you first
saw her
berDId
Did you see any blood
Yes
YesWhat
What did you do then
uMo get afraid euro enough fight
go down stairs
How long did you remain down
stairs
Not long two three minutes
Took Off Her Jacket
Did you then go back to your
roomYes
Yes
Was the door of Leons room open
TWO BURGLARIES
ARB RBPORTBD TO
PADDCAH POLICE
Two burglaries wore reported at
the police station this morning both
taking place in the same neighbor
hood on the south side of the city
The house of ilr F S Johnston 712
South Eleventh street was entered
and a pair ot trousers with about 35
In money In the pockets was taken
The trousers were found this morn
ing lying on the door step In order
to get in the house tho burglar placed
a box Just under a lido window and t
took out tho screen It might have I
been that the burglar used a grab
hook and did not enter the house
Mr Johnston Is superintendent of the I
Johnston Fuel company
Some one entered the residence of t
Mr Erneet H Galloway 835 South
Tenth street by taking out a screen I
arid climbing through a side window
A watchfob war thq only article I
missing this morning The pollco aro I I
keeping a sharp lockout for the bur
glar or burglars as this Is tho fourth L
HBHBLIK IS DEAD
SAYS REPORT AT
FOREIGN OFFICE
Widow Keeps Secret and Puts
Her Choice on the
Throne
Fierce Trouble Breaks Out at
Liverpool
PAIXO AT MOVING IMOTURKS
Romo Juno 23It is reported
from Abyssinia that King Monellk is
dead and Empress Taltu has taken
charge suppressing the death In or
der to name the successor and estab
lish the now ruler without Interfer
ence Government circles do not be
love the report until 1t Is verified
Monellk has been 111 a long time
Prince Lldg JCSBSU the kings grand
son aged twelve years Is heir but
the empress bitterly opposes him
desiring her own blood kin on the
throne
Their Irish Up
Liverpool June 23There Is riot
Ing of Orangemen and Catholics in
various parts of the city today Scores
are Injured Including a number of
policemen Numerous cases of sack
ing houses nnd stores are reported
The trouble grew out of school chll
drens fights Women are prominent
In trio disturbances
disturbancesDowns
Dozens Killed In Panic
Madrid June 23A dozen are
killed and 60 injured In a fire and I <
panic at a moving picture show at I
Dollagur hail
when you went back upstairs
No
But you looked Into the room 1
pllttno
Yea
Now tell us what you caw then
Me r see Elsie on tbq bed She lay
down on her back
Did she stilt have on her clothCfI I
I
Did Yw yon see Leon take Elsies i
clothes off
Say Leon take off this replied I
Chong Indicating what would be thoI I
blouse or waist ota woman con
tame How did ho take It olU
Obong reached his hand up and
caught It In the collar band of his 1
shirt Ho then made a motion as
though to draw < hls hand downward
and rip the garment from the person
ne made no verbal reply to tho ques
lop
Was there any blood In sight
thont
thontYcsv
Ycsv
Yeatbero
tbero
tberoEverywhere
Everywhere
EverywhereWhat
What do you mean by every
where Show us what you mean
Cbong took his clgai tta In his
loft hand and rubbed ba right hand
over his mouth and chin aa though
blood bad been smeared over the
girls face
Was tho blood coming out ot her
mouth and nose
Yes
YesWhat
What did her mouth look llko
Me no can see Have handkor
chief In mouth
How do you know it was a hand
kerchiet
Chong Sing took out a box of cig
arettes carefully lit one drew to a
mouthful of cmoke and slowly ex
celled It Then he looked up and
saidKnow
Know It handkerchief Saw It on I
floor maybe later
Than yon were In the room lat
erT rapidly questioned Mr Ward
Tho Chinaman was not to bo hurled h
rled lie took ils time and then I
said
saldrMaybe
Maybe so
Was the rope around Elslea neck
at this time i
Me not know
Why not
Loon standin way
Did you look Into the room
againMaybe
Maybe so
Did you see Elsie
Yes saw face and hands and feet
Put llody In TntnkI I
The girls feet he said were bare
when ho saw them protruding from
beneath the blanket that had been
thrown over the body
Then what did Leon d07
Ho go In closet
Thats where the trunk was
Interrupted Captain KJarcy Tho China
man nodded an affirmative
What did Leon eepln this
trunk Clothes like be wear clotkea for
the bid maybe others
TI Cbinaman Uwa told how Leon
Horse Thieves May Be Murderers
NO TRACE FOUND
OF CHAS ROBBINS
NEAR IICKLIFFB I I
Place Where Disappeared
Has Been Infested by Gang
01 Horse Thieves For Sev
eral Months River Dyna
mited J
mited1lcklltfo
Vlckllffo Ky June 23 Special
Foul play Is a theory that Is gain
Ing credence In reference to the mys
terious disappearance of Charles
Rollins yesterday morning in the
cane brake near this city The river
is belbg dynamited today but no
traco of man or mule is found The
region he entered OR his way to his
farm has been Infested for months
by roving bands at Gypsy horse
thieves and nearly a dozen animals
were stolen last winter in the bold
cst manner It Is believed the des
peradoes would not hesitate to mur
der Mr Rollins for his mule
More Entries
Frankfort Ky Juno 23 Special
W D Reeves of Elkton and W
II McConnell are trio latest entries
In tho list for appointment as rail
road commissioner to succeed MacD
Ferguson t iiiJtt
Model Store Spk
Denton Ky June 23 Special >
Suit was filed today in tho Marshall
county circuit court by T J Woods
and others agaJnM E A Strove for
15000 Strowe organized the i Model
Store cOmpany Wklchiwa1 8eetroyed
whlohjwas
by fire several months ago Recently
Strove took too bankrupt law Tho
plaintiffs seek to recover money they
put Intdthd Awnan when ifwnoor
ganlzed
TtaptkU at Ashland
Ashland Ky June 2 a11o an
nual meeting at the General Associa
tion of Kentucky Baptists which be
g n here with the state ministers
meeting presided over by Dr J M
Weaver of Louisville was continued
In addition to the ministers meeting
tho annual meetings of the Baptist
Education society of Kentucky and
the Womans Missionary association
will be < held
Secretary Halos report shoes that
tho 400000 necessary to secure the
grant ot coal land offered by Dr A
OatHff of wnilamsburg has been
raised This will mead a general
fund ot at least 500000 for Baptist
education OB the property of Dr Oat
Ilffi I Is easily worth 100000 It Is
understood that Dr Hale will at once
tako tho field in the Interest ot the
600000 endowment for the South
ern Baptist Theological seminary at
Louisville
Tho Womans Missionary associa
tion of which Mrs B F Proctor of
Dowling Green is president and Miss
Elizabeth Garrott of Oak Grove is
secretary will report a year of ad
vance and progress In all missionary
and charitable work fostered by the
association
County Teachers
County school teachers will lie
elected next Saturday by the true
tees of each school division as pre
scribed by the state school tew
Meetings will bo held In sack d lin =
Ion while the teachers for tho Lone
Oak school where the plan of free
transportation will be tried and the
county High school will be left with
tho county school board Trustee W
R Davis of school Jtv4siba No4
has called n meeting of hla board
for Saturday morning at 9 oclock at
tho Arcadia school
schoolWEATHE1t
WEATIIEIl
L
THREATENING
Continued warm unsiltlerl isalier
wih local tlmndcr Flower jpijpht
George Freeman Want
To See His Scaffold
Another day separates Carlee
alias George Freeman tho colored
murderer of Esslo Cobb from his
grave Although he realizes the fate
notd
reticent to discuss any feature of tho
execution and does so with as much
composure as an ordinary person
would sit down to breakfast To
day bo was calm and his nerves were
steady and he denied that ho was
weakening Ho said on Friday
mornlrife he would walk to the scaf
foldunalded and It allowed the op
portunity would make a statement
before the black cap was adjusted
I dont know how my namo got
started as George Freeman said
tho murderer for In I every place I
have been I have answered to JI I
nama of Canoe Freeman In the
court house I told my lawyer that
George was not my name but ha
said go on and answer to It My
wifes name Is Georgia and it might
have bMn mixed up that way and I
Just let It go
No I have not seen the scaffold
but I would like to see It before I
meet my doom as tho papers put it
I never saw a scaffold and I wonder
what one looks like I havent been
hanged yet I have something over
48 hours to live and lots could take
place In that tlmo that would spare
meThis
This morning tho Rev Father
Connolly visited Frcerpnn twice and
the first communion was given to
him Freemans wife arrived from
BOOKS OF COUNTY
CLERK SLOWLY ARE
BEING EXAMINED
Prof John D Smith and Magis
trate J H Burnett Who are working
on the boob of Hiram f Smedley are
reporting slow progress In the work
and they may not be able t6 make a
report by the July meeting of fiscal
court They are wbrklnk on the rec
ords of the years of 1905C7 now
and slower progress Is being made
than at any other tlmo during the in
vestigationIt
It is with muchdifficulty that some
of the records are found and com
pared with the books The books
during Smedteys administration seem
more complicated than while Smed
ley waft serving as 0 deputy It was
hoped to have the Investigation com
pleted toy the July meeting of the
court Professor Smith will make an
unbiased report ot the investigation
and Is 1 preparing it as he works HO
that after the books are finished the
report will be practically ready
MINE AFIRE
AVcliruin pa Juno 23 Fire
started In Ui Lnrkawaima mine
at noon following a gas explo
1IIoH It Is now feared 05 men
are ia danger of burning to
death A telephone message says
three are dead and about 30
badly Injured
ml D WILCOX MAY BE
ICAILIIOAD COMMISSIOJfEn
Friends of ilr I D Wllcox have
started a boom to secure the Demo
cratic nomination for railroad com
missioner to succeed the late McD
Ferguson Mr Wilcox 10 reticent
but It is believed that ho will make
the race
Tho whirlwind educational cam
paign which Is being waged over tho
male will begin 111 McCracken coun +
ty next Monday and will continue tor
three days Superintendent E S
Clark of Corydon will speak in tbr
county In the Interest of better
schools throughout tbo elate He
comes 03 a man Interested in school
Work and will answer all questions I
concerning school taxation and the
plans for better schools
Speeches will be made at six dif
ferent places In the county bs ar
ranged by S J BIlllnRtOBv county
school superintendent and It Ja hoped
to have tare attendances at every
meeting
The program Is I
Keldland 3SO oclock Monday of
t rnoO
ternoonTyler 8 ocloek I Monday nlajit
DIktL
Metropolis yesterday and called at
a
the Jail She asked a trusty to seE <
theFreeman
Freeman and ho replica that every
body was not allowed to see him
Without seeing the Jailers she let t
and did not visit Freeman who say B
ha wants to see his wife once more
She has been telephoned to return
Freeman says he appreciates an y
courtesies granted him Ills last daIs
on earth have been made as pleas
ant as possible by the officials of tho
Jail He Is given what food he wants
Tho death warrant will bo read to
Freeman tomorrow morning by
Sheriff Ogllvle The death watch
will be put on Thursday night
Deputy County Jailers Joe Purchase
and P G Kirk probably will offi
ciate
KILLS WIFE AND SELF
Scdnlla Mo Juno 23
James Irultt a laborer was
Jealous and shot his wife and
self this morning Both will die
MONEY GONE LIFE GONE
Tulsa Okla Juno 23Call
tain F P Anderson 74 years
old once a heavy operator In
rho Joplin mining district and
one of tho promoters of the
Battle Axo railroad failure
whIch project was directly re
sponsible for tho discovery of
oil la the Tulsa district at
tempted suicide by cutting Ids
throat Business reverses are
believed to bo the cause
TYPOS ELECT THEIR
OFFICERS FOR TERM
Officers wore elected last night by
the Paducah local Typographical
Union as follows E M Willis
president G P Adams vicepresi
dent A E Stein secretary and
treasurer H C Green sergeantat
arms C F Johnson E W Wear
and M II1 Danaher delegates to
Central Labor union
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HEAT PROSTRATIONS
PROSTRATIONSFATAL
FATAL IN NEW YORK
Now York Juno 23Thls is the
third day of the torrid wove and al
ready there are fourteen deaths and
scores of prostrations There Is the
usual suffering in tenement districts
and crowds are Bleeping In parks and
on benches ice dealers raised the
price five cents per hundred and the
tenants union Is arranging a num
ber of meetings to protest
Militiaman Free
Paxton Ill Juno 23A Jury ac
quitted Joseph D Klein militiaman
charged with tbo murder ot Earl
Nelson during the Springfield race
riots last summer Thd case was
hero on a change of venue from
Kankakeo county Tho Jury was out
35 minutes
minutesLacemaker I
Lacemaker Plot Victim
Chicago Juno 23The trial to
day of Ella Glnglcs a lacemaker
found bound and gagged In a hotel
several months ago began She te
charged with stealing lace but the
counsel declares the girl Is a victim
of a white slave plot Involving a man
of national reputation They will
attempt to introduce evidence on
this lino
Educational Rally
in McCracfan Co
Lone Oak 8 oclock Tuesday nigh
Milan 330 oclock Wednesday
afternoon Grahamvlllo 8 oclock Wednesday
night
Sanitation Meetidg
A meeting has been called by the
city health officer for the citizens ot
Mecbanlcsburg to meet with Mayor
Smith City Health Officer Dr Sights
and the board of public works to din
cuss sanitary conditions In general
The meeting wilt bo held In the Me
chanicsburg Methodist church tomor
row night at 720 oclock
oclockf
Gentry Is Released
Philadelphia Jane 23Jam H
Gentry the murderer of MI110 fart
who waa pardonW by Gorn Stuart
the
CITY HALL
SURROUNDED
BY MOBILES
SOME CONFESS SOME PRO
TEST I AND SOME WILL
CONTEST
I
MR POLLOCK SAYS OF
FICERS WATCHES ARE
NOT ACCURATE
Tho city hall environs resembled
the grounds of a country club and
police court was a popular resort this
morning Tho court room was well
filled with people principally auto
owners Cases against automobile
owners for speeding comprised the
only business before Judge Cross Out
of 11 warrants served yesterday for
scorching two defendants Frank Pot
ter and C H King pleaded guilty
and wore fined 6 and no costs each
on motion of the prosecuting attor
neyTho
Tho cases against W E Cochran
Dr D L Bradley Henry Fetter A
Pollock Tom Stahl and Roy McKiu
ney were continued to June 25
Robert Dower claims that hits may
chine will not run 17 miles an hour
as Patrolman Morris said It did The
case was left op tt and the jude will
give hIs decisIon later Herbert Wl
lereteln and Sam Dreyf uss bole admit
they were going faster than 8 miles
an hour but deny that they were
running over J5 miles an hour Pa
trolman Morris said the machines
were running 17 and 13 miles aa
hour respectively when he timed
them The two cases were left to
tho Judgment of Judge Cross The
cases continued were for the purpose
of obtaining witnesses for tho de
fence
fenceRoy
Roy McKinney was represented by
Attorney J R Grogan who Intro
duced witnesses to prove tat Mr
McKinney did not have his machine
out tho night Patrolman Morris said
ho exceeded the speed limit Patrol
man Morris said he was positive that
Mr McKinney was in an auto pa
that night but he was not positive
that the machine belonged to McKin
ney Mr McKlnney did not go on
the witness stand Tho case will
coma up again next Thursday
A Pollock also charged with a
breach of the ordinance said that he
remembered the very night Patrol
men Morris and Vick timed him but
that he was not eioeedlng the speed
limit Tko policeman swearing out
the warrant said he was going 18 to
20 miles an hour Pollock Is a Jew
eler Mil said that tho stop watches
varied and that there was not a watch
made tNt would keep correct tlmo
Ho taM tkat the stop watches used by
the patrolmen would bo incorrect as
much as several seconds an hour The
Pollock case will coma up again next
Thursday
ThursdayThis
This worsts two more warrants
were sworn out by Patrolmen Morris
and Trick for scorching against Ir
S Z Holland and Harry Anderson
These offenses are sara to have been
committed yesterday
d
Accident at Murray
Murray Ky June 23 Special
Jeklt Owing was seriously hurt In
an automobile accident here alt
before last when the oar of Mr Ern
est Irving went Into a ditch The car
WHO going at a moderate speed aad
the V ether five occupants were not
badly hurt
JlMAfERJd J
MRS AMERICA DI8MUKE8
DIES AT AltOADIA HOME
Mrs America Dusmukes of Ar
cats died this morning at the fam
ily residence at the age of 84 years
Death was due to general debility
and old age In her younger days
she was considered one ot the most
beautiful women In western Ken
tucky She Is survlyed tit her bus
band who Is In ClovIs New Mexico
for his health She leaves no Imme
diate family No arrangements for
the funeral will be made until Mr
pisraukes return The body Irat the
undertaking parlors ot Nance
Rogers
Robbery and Murder
I Chicago June 23A body be
lieved to be that ot Louis Dlesch
bourg a wealtky business man was
found In the lake this morning Jew
elry and 500 In cash are missing and
murder suspected
t I
Chicago Market
July HI11ILo Close
Wheat 114 H 112 113
Com 711Ji 70 101
Oatst S0 51 e3 J
Pro v2 0 0 117 iJ81
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