The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-06-24
GRANDDAUGHTER OF
GEN. FRANZ SlGEl IS
KILLED BY CHINAMAN
Leon, Girls Celestial Lover,
Receives Hundreds of Love
Letters From Women.

Receives Hundreds OF Love
Letters From Women.
New York, June 22.-The murder
of Miss Elsie Sisel, granddaughter
of General Franz Sigel, whose body
was found last night crowded into
a trunk in the OF . China
man after she had been ~strangled
with a curtain cord, appears to be
the most remarkable case the New
York police nave had to investi-,
gate in many years.
One of the odd phases OF the case is
the failure Of the murdered girls faith
er, Pau Sigel, to identify h body as
that OF his daughter, while the girls
mother has declared hat the articles
Of jewelry found in the room with the
body belonged to the daughter. Ac-
Quaintances Of Miss Sigel. who have
seen the body OF the murdered girl, as
serted thai it is that of Miss Sigel, n
a number Of persons ave been found
by the police who declare that the
young woman has been a friend of the
| Chinaman. William L. Leon, in whose
room the body was found.
Father to Washington.
notwithstanding these identifications
1t was stated at the home today that
Paul Sigel, the girls father, had gone
to Washington ito bring Elsie home"
Leon. who was also known by sew
eral Chinese names, was still unbound
today as was also Chung Sin, who oc-
cupied a room adjoining that Of Leon.
Both rooms are On the fourth floor of
7S2 Eighth ave between Attn n 4Sth
streets, ove a Chinese restaurant con-
Quoted by Sun Leung.
The police are searching for Leon,
but with scant hopes of finding him, as
it is believed the murder was commit
ted possibly as early as Thursday. To-
day the police gave out a report that
Leon and Chung Sin had sailed last
steamer going by the way of the 18TH
mus of anama Precautions have
been taken to intercept the teamer
at ar intermediate port if possible.
Girl Sends Telegram.
The police of WASHINGTON nave
beer asked to aid the New York
Of a telegram Which was reoeived
by the girls parents from that
city last Sunday saying:. ~ will
be home by the end of the week.
Don't worry" 4 was signed with
Miss Sigel had been engaged in mis-
sionary work among the Chinese Of
this city for a few years, having be-
come interested therein by the activ-
ity of her mother in behalf of the
Characterization of the %orientals. Her
SSAtNA "a - Aat6 1ASSA ~
one of the most picturesque figures Of
the civil war, having entered the army
as a colonel, and becoming a major
general. He vas collector of internal
revenue under President Grant, and a
statute in his memory now and in
Riverside park, this city.
Afraid of Chinaman.
Mrs. Florence Todd, one of the mis-
sionary workers in the Chinese section,
who identified Miss Sigels body, told
the police today that the girl and the
Chinaman had been thrown much to-
:. gether for a lew years and that Leon
was greatly enamoured of the girl;
that he was intensely jealous of her and
disliked her to receive the attentions
of other men. This had caused Miss
! That Leon had other CORE
spondents than Miss Sigel was
discovered when between 1900 and
1000 letters, mainly from various
women in New York, and other
cities, were found in his room.
Among them were some signed FL
sie,' which were described by the po-
lice as love letters. The contents of
;, most of them were not revealed by the
police, but in n of them Elsie" re-
preached Leon for causing trouble be-
, tween her father and herself. Jus
J, think of the sacrifice l have made for
you she wrote in one letter. A note
book belonging to Leon and contain
Ing the names and addresses of hun
dreds of women and girls was found
in Leon' room.
One of the discoveries regarded by
the police as significant is that Miss
SigeIs shoes and stockings were not
found in the room where her body was
discovered. 1t is inferred from this
that she had been kept a prisoner there
T and that her footwear was taken from
her to prevent her from leaving the
room.
New York, June 22.-Elizabett
Sigel, daughter of Paul Sigel, of this
city, and granddaughter of the illus.
trious Franz Sigel, the German war.
rior, who served with the union army
during the civil war, is, according t.
all Indications, the victim of one o.
the most bloody murders in the histor,
Of New FORK. If she is not the vic
l tim the police are confronted with
| remarkable series of coiltcidenta
facts.
In Chop Suey Joint.
Taken from a trunk in a room of
chop suey restaurant in the Tender
| loin, the body is in a state of decom
/, position, which makes its identified
ton difficult, and has been remove
l to the morgue while detectives ar
: collecting the threads Of a tangle,
, story involving the girl and her asso
2 Citations with Chinese.
AL CiSCiopS ocal SSoSo u NllV' GIL
l found in the room where the bod,
f lay, a 1ocket bearing her initials, he
4 disappearance on June 10 and a not
: found in the room signed Elsie" al
, seem to indicate that Sigel's daughte
: was murdered.
The body was partly stripped OF it
t clothing, tied with ropes, wrapped /
$ a faded blue blanket and m in
:. to a dilapidated old trunk, where
lay for a week at least before tn
3 odor crept through the building, arous
q ing the suspicious of the proprieto
of the restaurant below, who sum
moned the police and instituted a
/ investigation.
: Mother Becomes HystericaI.
Sigel had not identified the body {
> a late hour last night, nor nae tn
. mother, who When told that he
3 daughter evidently had Deer mul
{ dered by a Chinaman, became hystert
|, cal. She identified the jewelry four
y In the room, however, as that wor
: by her daughter.
Mrs. SigeI's condition was such tn;