The Washington herald., 1909-06-22
NEW CLEWS IN SIGEL MYSTERY

the man n possible Mr.. Sigel said that
either himself or his brother Franz would
go tomorrow morning.
With Chung prisoner, and the motive
pretty well explained. the detectives were
gayer and a lot less talkative than they
had been.
Motive for the Murder.
Tho motive, Leung Inns Jealousy about
Chu Gains progress n Elsie SigeTs az
fections, was cleared up to-day. wheA
they put the letters to Leung and the let
ters 20 Chu Gain side by side in Commits
sioner Woods Office and went over them
page by page and line by line. Elsie had
written thirty-five letters 20 Leung inside
OF two years. nearly every letter headed
with passion In a little more than a
year past she had written about twelve
10 Chu Gain, less endeaTing in character.
but full OF affectionate, intimate phrases.
There was curious feature IN the com
parison OF these letters. one the more IN
tellgent individuals al 800 Mulberry street
were quick to discover. ABOUT the time
Elsies letters to Leung Lin began 20
cool OF. 20 grow more commonplace and
matter Of fact. her letters TO Chu Gain.
who entertained her frequently AZ the
nashy restaurant he ran az Mott street.
warmed Up, grew more anectonate more
marked by phrases OF endearment.
Il was possible 20 trace the waning Of
Leung's influence on the girl by the grow
Ing intimacy Of her letters 10 the mana
ger Of the Port Arthur. The letters indl-
Gated that a few weeks before her death
the girl had become fonGer Of Chu Cain
than she was Of Leung Lin.
Terms OF Endearment.
Her notes 10 the mission Chinaman
she accompanied 70 Sunday schools were
undated, many OF them. but enough had
dates 10 indicate that she was not as
much smitten with Leung a short time
before her death as she was a year ago.
AZ that time she was addressing the
young Chinaman IN the most affectionate
terms, writing the kind OF letters that &
love-sick girl sends 10 one OF her own
race Many OF them started with NY
Darling William. Dearest William" or
Daring Toward the close Of the CORE
spondence she preGxed 20 her letters NV
Dear William or Dear william"
The notes 10 Chu Gain. found IN his
after he was arrested. were mild and
colorless al the start, but she put more
warmth into them az the correspondence
grew. Toward the close II was Dear
Chu" and Dearest ChU." In one Of the
letters she regretted that Chu became III
after one OF her visits 10 the Port Arthur.
She felt very bad about that. she said.
and she hoped so much that ne would be
well when she came again
Learns of DupIIcity.
II seemed absolutely certain 70 the de-
tectives that Leung Lin became insaneIy
Jealous when he discovered for certain
that Elsie was playing two strings 10
her bow. From several sources Of fnfor-
nation they gathered that Leung hadn't
known until quite recently that Chu Gain
was supplanting him in the girls afSec-
TORS.
The police got story to-day that
Chung Sing was the tattler. Chung, Il
appears. had been working for Chu Gain
and had been supplied with money BY
Gnu Gain. Therefore Chu used him In
his affair with Elsie. Sometimes Chung
carried notes. sometimes lie DID the teie-
phoning, and several times. the police
heard, he went 70 the Sigel home with
messages from Chu Gain 70 the girl.
But Chu was rOOming with Leung Lin
az sun Leung's ehop-house and doing
precisely he same go-between work FOR
LeunS Il has been established that
Chung took messages 10 the Sigel house
for LcunG
Threatened with Death.
The theory worked out to-day is that
Leung discovered that the astute Chung
had been playing double for what there
was IN T. Chung liked Leung. but Chu
Gain always had money for a poor China
man who liked to see the dice roll and
match dominoes with friends. Where
upon Leung. il is supposed. threatened
Chung with death If he didn't throw
Chu Gain over and pay strict attention
to him
About three weeks ago. Chu Gain got
The anonymous letter which he believed
Leung wrote. the letter which Informed
chu that he would be cut up like
pig. and the girl killed. too. II he didn't
cease his attentions 10 Elsie. Just about
the same time, Chung Sing went to Chu
Gain and said he wanted 10 start a shop
in Chinatown. He could go into busi-
ness, he said, If somebody who loved him
would give him about $500 Chu Gain
passed over $3.50 without q word.
On this theory the detectives believe
that Chung Sing knew what Lsung was
about 10 do. kin Elsie and possibly Chu
Gain, and then get away The police
have witnesses to the fact that Leung
and Chung were talking excitedly in
sun Leung's chop suey house on the
Of Wednesday, June 9, the day
Elsie disappeared.
They believe that after Leung stran-
gied the girl he removed her clothes and
destroyed or hid them. intending 10 come
back and get the trunk which held the
body. They think II is likely, too, that
he wanted to kill Chu Gain before he
Jed from New York, but that his nerve
failed and he hurried out Of the city
without paying any more attention to the
BODY or taking vengeance on Chu Gain.
--,cOry of the Father.
Paul sigeL Elsie's father. had something
10 say to-day in support Of the theory
hat Leung's jealousy was OF recent ORR
gin. Mr.. Sigel said he knew that his wife
and Elsie were receiving Chinanen NJ
he house and going about with them. but
hat his wife had concealed the true Sit
iation from him. and he hadn't an idea
how far things had gone. He didn't
know until after his daughters body was
found. Then he learned that both Chu
Gain ard Leung were in love with Elsie.
and that Leung had grown savagely jeal-
BUS in the past few weeks. On the after
noon OF Tuesday. June 6. there was a
party at the Sigei house. at 9o9 Wads-
worth avenue. and several Cinnamon were
among the guests. Chu Gain was one OF
them, but Leang Lin was not. While