Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-21
,fhose 10 Chu Gain, Which e Were
Most Tender, May Have We q, I.
Caused Her Murder.
my OWN DEAREST BELOVED b 4 !
addressed spoke OF Her Con,
duct win Leon Ling, and Tod ID
hin Not to be Jealous.

,-aw ynrk, June 21.-1n the love i leu
,srs Of Elsie sigel to two e'h maj Z
,annd The motive for the sreWss0oi3' y ~
,n,r,ers Of Gen. Franz stgefs Crane q
,,auahter. ,rlie nighttime bodySW '3a .alsEa
aa,,sraa wedged into the old trunk "
-, az Leon Ling in Eighth
me t,,c2 notice found "a score OF
~, ~ letters which the girl had az az
i,'sssod III him. They We're endetlTsllls
u " tans md indicated q friendship more
,,.,s, ,n tonic. In searching Gll.l,a-
, ,l.,, last night the detectives ralales a
,,ii.., ia rooms or Chu Gain, owner
~. ~ XII, fayno,ls Port Arthur Chinese
,,.s,aI,ra If. and there they founu l t't,
ono letters which had been 8iiddr 8 ~
"a him by Elsie Sigel. THESE ne iet .,',,:,
were even more end enring II tone I ~
Hose found In Leon Linss a. I,
these she addressed him as my 6,, SM ). y
dearest beloved, own dsai
~, I. ever your loving Elsie, she re n
GENTLY e sigIled herself. The Gnu eIaln
irtters rave the first Information ~ ~
tbc motive for tile murder. Mlss 81, p
ma chr Gain III some of these ict cue,
- ilel.} conduct With Leon Lang, ton J,
Inn not to be Jealous and eSp oli,lil',
Inject in maintaining her file i.tli
hi for Ling. The police will 8not5glNes
nit the full contents of these letle ,l.
1t is now supposed that Leon Lins
decided to tragictlly end the ro ,iI11s
If Ire girl he loved and hi li i.I
ofrscfiol, for Chu Gain was known, as
& s sha,.n IN the letters received by Gnu
5Gnin IN which he and the girl are
threatened with death unless their re t "a
fionship ceased. The murder was Y a a Pr p
parently5 the execution Of that threat eat,
CHINATOWN MISSION:
me Chinatown mission, popularity.
1,now,a as the girls recreation room,
vas closed#last night for the first ti'lle%
since 1t was opened eight years as9o9: .s
No explanation WAS given Tor THIS ~
tion. butit8is supposed that the lnurlin
n these rooms that Miss. sgel first
,,nfertook missionary work IN China
town aud it was here that she wa N
tbrougit in contact With many Of 7 n.y.
residents5of thai section. The your
e;rl missionaries of Chinatown, IKE llS;
elsie Sjgel, use these rooms fln(8M7hllc ca
Is meet the unfortunate 4. Wo men rs. q rs
chinatown aud there ia k rel lglon WIN
them. on stated occasions Chlnaillslal
were invited to- the. rooms ana l ih1.9A's
they met the young girl missionatllee ~
4
induced to attend church and Christian
Sunday schools In different parts IS
the city and from these first messin =, Z
many romances have developed, inc
cinnamon marrying white women. i iss
first OF these weddings, which o .slt y
eight years ago, created much CON IN
1nent. but recently there have pecn 50
many such alliances that little att en-
ton Is paid to them.
kilograms from various9cities oil me ne.
country relative 10 the supposed move NC.
lnents of Leon Ling and his missing
room mate, Ching Sin, have; only served
10 confuse the police in their search ! 9 "
the men wanted. But the Information
from Chicago tina two such men pass
ed through there en- route to van ~
.couvcr, b. g., is considered VI import
ance and points west OF Chicago nave We,
been notified to be on the Lookout TOR
them.
Gnu Gain is being held by the TO- (. n
lice who believe he has not told all ne
Knows.