The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-30
MOTIVE FOUND
foE the Murder Of Elsie Sigei in
New York City.
INSANE JEALOUSY

On the Part OF One Chinaman Be-
cause che Girl Went With Another
Chinaman is Now Supposed TO
Have Caused the Terrible Murder
of the Girl.
A dispatch from E.-w York says
"a ~. love letters o. E:.e Sisei %
:wo Ch!aanen IS foua'! TIC nou"e
20. the g.uesone murder OF Ger.
Franz Sise!'s granddaughter. The
nigh, the body was discovered Seds-
I'd i.:o tie OLD trunk II the rooms
0. Leon Ling. in Eighth avenue. the
police found q score OF mo.e OF let
,e-s. which the glr! had addressed TO
him. They were eadea-!ag n tone
and indicated a friendship more than
platon!c.
II searching Chinatown. tie de-
,ect!yes caiced the private rooms o.
Chu Gain, owae. OF the famous Pert
a-.hu. Chinese restaurant. and there
they found about 200 letters which
had been addressed 20 him by Elsie
S!se,. These letters were even more
| endea.ing in tone than those found
I. Leon Ling's room. In these she
addressed him as Ny OWE dearest
beloved aad my own dear Csu..
eve, you. loving Elsie. she IRE
ouen,ly signed herself. The Cau
Gain letters gave the first !nfo7ma-
ton as 10 he motive 10: the nu'-
! der.
Miss Sisei told Chu Gain. in some
Of the letters. OF her conduct with
Leon Ling. told him not TO be Jealous
and explained her object N MAINTAIN
| ing he. friendship for Lins. The po-
lice Will no, give out the tu!! coz
tents oe these letters.
I, IS now supposed ,ha, Leon Lins
(, decided tsagically TO end the romance
Of the girl he loved and his siva!
Her affection for Chu Gain was
snown. as IS shown by the letters
received by Chu Gsia. IN which ae
and the g:-l are threatened Eitn
death unless their relations ceased
The murder was apparently the ex'
pec,ation OF that threat.
The Chinatown mission. POPULAR!
known as tie g!.ls' recreation rooms
was closed few nights ago for ;aS
f; f.st time since they were opened
eish, years ago. No explanation was
given 10. this action. but il is sup
pcsed that the murde, OF Elsie Sise
was responsible l: was in taess
ROOMS that Miss S;gel first uace1tooH
missionary work in Chinatown. ane
lit vas here .ha, she vas oToueh'
|: IN contact with many OF the resi-
dents OF that section.
| The young girl missionaries o
Chinatown. like Elsie Siee!. use these
rooms in which TO meet the uotoE
inuoate women Of Chinatown ane
;,ha-. talk religion with them. o.
stated occasions Ch!uamea were IN
y!te5 10 the rooms. and there the!
met The young girl missionaries
| In that name. many Cinnamon were
induced TO attend Chr!st!aL SUNDAY
schools in different psrts OF the cis!
and from these d.st meetings man!
rouances have developed. the China
men marrying white women. Ta'
| s,s, OF these weddings which oc
CURED eight years ago. created nuc:
| comment, but recently there haT;
been SO many such alliances that lit
/! tie attention IS paid 10 them.
| Although the mission IN China
town where Elsie Sisel :oEme.!!
taught. has been closed. meetin:
10, Chinese who have been converted
70 Christianity was held N Doye'
stree, mission to discuss plans io'
raising fund 70 be offered as
reward 70. the capture OF E!sis
S:seIs slayer. No definite sum wa:
decided upon. ou, committee Wi!
| 20 through Chinatown soliciting sub
se.;p:ioas. The Rev. Fuas \. Mo"
,c.a1 as chairman
Theories as to the motive OF the
murder al! coincide on the Jealousy
OF Leon Ling. That he killed the
girl because OF her apparent friend
ship for Chu Gain. who IS still! de-
| ,a!ned IS material witness. is the
predominant belief.
In support Of this explanation
Mrs. Florence Todd. one Of the mos;
! prominent women workers in China
| towc. who knew Elsie S!gel aad hes
mother intimately. said:
!. ~ knew chu Gain. who is under
arrest, very well! He IS one Of the
few Cinnamon whom | would trust
with my life. Mrs. S!gel and Elsie
(! also knew him for many years. They
were introduced 10 him through an
uncle o: his.
"I believe that Elsie was IN love
with Chu Gain and would have mar
; .ied him. eu. that he would not mar
!, rs her
Here Mrs. Todd went into the most
E: significant part Of her statement.
that bearing on Leon Ling. She
said:
Within the last year. despite he.
love 70. Chu Gain. Elsie became ap-
paren:!y infatuated with Leon Ling.
But know Il was only Irritation.
He. know. asked her 70 marry him.
ort she refused him. In fact. she
told me that she refused ain. He!
mother knew all about &
Despite hc- statement. Mrs. Todd
..;I 49, ,.,s ,os ;oc1i1oS ~ heffaya