The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-25
GIRL SLAIN BY GH|NK
STARTLING MURDER OF ELSIE
sieEL ~ NEW YORK.
BUY FOUND IN A Trunk
eranocaoehter o. Famous General q,
Civil War Victim Of Gotham
Orientsis.

New York. Special. Packed :, .
small steamer trunk. tied MIR -r-,.-
and left IN a stu1y little room abov.. =
chinese chop suey reso-, On Figb,b
avenue. the body OF Miss F.liTah.s,h
Sigel was found last week bv rhs -.
sitiOn. -sS0-I- ~
II was some hours after the e,s,,.
OF the body before positive issr,ie,s,
ton OF the remains we-s ne
through the agency OF ieWeirv so1-d
~ tne trunk and recognized bv NJ
auA Sisei as belonging 10 her daugh-
Ter, Elizabeth or Elsie. cranddsueb.
ter Of the iliustrious PAM So ~
herman warrior. who enlisted his ser
civil war.
me body was partially stripped OF
Us Clothing. tied with ropes. wrsnned
IA FADED blue blanket ami crammed
~ dilaplcaied old trunk. where il
lOF week. al least. before the
1uOF erepi through the building. arous-
lAs the suspicion Of the phlegmatic
proprietor OF the restaurant below.
Nno summoned the police and !nsti-
tutet an investigation.
A-oIIlVtuE OF The res
t4uF AM, who also conducted the room
..s mouse above disappeared shortly
after the discovery Of the MURDER.
ne case has many unusual features
notable among which is the fact that
Inlnese has been known TO call al
me sigel home, presumably with the /
sanction OF the parents.
MISS sigel had been engaged in mis- /
sionary work among the Chinese Of I
lhis eiiy Tor few years. having be- I
come interested therein by the activi- 4
" OF her mother in behalf of the
DECENTRALIZATION OF the orientaIs. Elsie
was about twenty years old Her
grandfather. General Franz Sigel. vas
one OF the most picturesque figures OF
he civil war. having entered the army
IS colonel and retired as a major
general He was collector Of internal
'eVenue under President Grant. and a
statue IN his memory now stands in
riverside Park in this city.
Mrs Florence Todd. one Of the mis-
ionary workers in the Chinese sec 4
Ion, who Identified Miss Sigels BODY.
Oh the police that the girl and the
'hinese had been thrown much To- (
ether Tor few years and that Leon
ias greatly enamOred Of the girl: that
6 was intensely jealous OF her and
lsiiked her 10 receive the attentions
I other men.
This had caused Miss SigeI 10 fear
con, Mrs. Todd said. That Leon had I
tner correspondents than Miss Sigel s
as discovered when between 1900 2
I'd 1000 letters. mainly from various I
omen IN New York and other cities. 0
ere found in his room.
Among the number were some o
gned Elsie" which were described
the police as love letters. The h
'ntents Of most OF them were not re- s.
'aled BY the police. but in one OF b
EN- Elsie" reproached Leon for Il
using trouble between her father v
d herself Just think OF the sacri.
e ! have made for YOU she wrote q
one letter. "a
A note book belonging 10 Leon and in
ntaining the names and addresses Al
hundreds OF women and girls was OF
md In Icons room. tt
One Of the discoveries regarded bv ~
police as significant is that Miss OF
sel : shoes and stockings were not n
ND In the room where her body was
covered. II is inferred from this III
Y she mad been kept a prisoner a
re and that her footwear was taken GU
m her TO prevent her from leaving 70
room. al
he murder following closely upon th'
recent finding Of the dismembered ha
" OF a man on the East Side. gives ag'
New York police two sordid mys vii
es 10 work upon. tov
eneral Franz Sigel. grandfather Of shs
ie Sigel. was one Of the distin- OF
shed Generals in the civil war. 4
{ init Sigel. was the rallying CRY ado
thousands OF Germans who served EN-
er him. He entered the army in l
as Colonel, and was a Major Gen at
when he resigned his commission 1
r the surrender Of Lee. fire
large statue Of General Sigel was =
eiled in Riverside Park October ma,
1907. and many Of the leading citi- ID
Of the city and state were pres ID
10 do honor 10 one OF the UNIQUE aim
IN