The Washington herald., 1909-06-21
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Il was monstrous. Mrs. SigeI had been
III and shaken by nervous attacks ever
since Elsie's strange disappearance on
the morning of Wednesday. June g.
She had a presentiment that Elsie had
come to harm through her Chinese as
sociations, so she went on Monday,
June Il, 10 Florence Todd, the Mother"
Of the Mission al 10 Mott street. the
Chinatown and Bowery rescue mission
for girls. and asked the head OF the mis-
sion 10 advertise for her daughter.
MISS Todd went across the street to the
Red and Green restaurant at 9 Mott.
where cleaning dragons attract the
sightseer al night. and talked TO Chu
Cain, who manages the Port Arthur for a
chinese company. II was Chu Cain,
who was fond Of Elsie himself. bv
his own story to-day. and who hated and
feared Leung Linn. that put a personal IN
the New York Herald which was print
ed on the morning Of Tuesday. June Is.
Il read simply:
T. J. S: Mother very III; come home.
dear one.
Chu Gain, with some very lively fears
or MS own. had no desire 10 appear
openly in the business, so he wrote the
appeal and sent IL by a spry Chinese boy
VINO worked for him. OF course, there
was no answer Elsie Sigel had been
oead nve days. and Mrs. SigeTs nervous
ness increased so apparently that her
iaihily feared she would go insane.
Hoped She Would Return.
They hoped still that the telegram re-
eeived from Washington on the night OF
the day Elsie left the house In her old
clothes was not a lie. and that the girl
would be found IN Washington or turn
up here. Mrs. Sigel tried to learn some
thing from Sun Leung, who owned the
chop-suey house in Eighth avenue. where
Elsie was murdered. the same Sun L.eung
who told the police last Friday night I
go down Chinatown. I'M cuzzin." and
melted away; but she couldn't reach Sun
Leung. and the walters in the chop-suey
place would tell her nothing.
Then came the detectives. who asked
her TO go down TO the morgue and look
at the fearfully changed body. Mr.. Sigel
tried TO keep Jne news from her. He
went down town himself. and though he
feared it was the body Of his daughter.
he could not be sure, he said. and did
not want 20 go back home and probably
drive his wife insane unless he was
positive
When he returned home he found that
the detectives had been before him with
Elsie's chain and bangles picked. up In
Leung Inns room Mrs. SigeI had seen
the bangles. known them for E7sie's. and
was IN an uncomfortable state OF nervous
ness. Mr.. SigeI sat with her all night
Friday. She did nothing but moan and
call for her daughter. In che morning
she had TO be taken 10 a sanatorium IN
Permit Is Refused.
Mr.. Sigel could not bring himself % be-
lieve that the body was Elsie's until this
afternoon. but he thought Il best 10 ask
Coroner Hamburger FOR a permit 10 re-
move 1t from the morgue and give II 10
an undertaken. The coroner refused 20
grant the request until Mr.. Sigel made
the Identification positive
Some question has been raised by a
newspaper, which quoted Mrs.
Franz Sigel. Jr-. as saying that the body
could not possibly be that OF her niece.
and the coroner demanded absolute iden-
from the father before acting.
Mr.. Sigel sent for his brother Franz
and they travelled down 10 police head
quarters where they talked TO Can't.
Carey for an hour or more about Elsie's
friendship for Leung Lin and the re-