The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-07-02
MissIvEs OF MURDERED MIS-.
sloNARY TELL A PECULIAR
STORY.
TWO STRINGS TO Her BOW
And Both Jealous Chinese strlnas-
One Rich observation-disclosures Poor
Sport-slgned Death Warrant
In Affectionate Notes.

New York, June 26.-Elsie SigeIs co.
quoting with her two Chinese lovers
brought on her death. Her letters to
William Leon. the flashy young sport,
whose pockets were always empty,
and to Chu Gain, who always had
money for his friends, are direct indi-
cations to the police that the grand
daughter of General Franz Sigel would
be alive If she had not tried to play
two Chinese strings to her bow.
The police have kept tight hold on
the girls loving notes to her yellow
admirers, refusing to make them pub
lie for three reasons. The Sigel fam
lily went to Commissioner Bingham
and entreated him not to give them
out.
Hundreds of letters from all over
the country have been received at po-
lice headquarters asking the commits
sioner to withhold them, because their
publication might affect other girls
who might be inclined to be as fool
ish as Elsie had been.
For third reason, the police heads
argue that Leon might have a better
chance to run if the contents of FL
sizes letters were common property.
They have not been entirely sue
cessful in Mulberry street though, in
preventing the contents of q few let
tiers to Leon, hunted all over the world
rs the girls murderer, and to Chu
Gain. her other lover, from becoming
hown and these letters tell in them
selves the cause Of her murder.
Dual Game Of Love.
Size soothed Icons jealousy with
one hand while she smoothed the ruff
fled feelings of the other Chinese
with the other. She wrote one day
to William l.. Leon of the missions,
her "Wihie," assuring him she would
not give him up for anybody. A few
days later she wrote to Chu Gain that
she loved Chu and Chu only and that
Willie" was nothing to her.
All Of this time, for weeks before
she was stranglsd in Icons room,
Leon was snarling with jealousy,
threatening the girl, threatening Chu
Gain, appealing to his own private
Tong to help him get square and send
ing out Chung Sing as a spy.
The police learned that while Elsie
was undoubtedly making love to both
Cinnamon, her mother had ordered
her to break away from Leon and pay
more attention to Chu GAIN
Elsie's letters indicated that she
was willing enough to fatter the
moneyed Cinnamon with loving phras.
es, but she was not ready to break off
with her old friend, Leon.
New York, June 25.-Wfth all tangi-
BILE indications of any near approach
to solution of the murder Of Elsie
Sigel narrowing to the vanishing
point, whereas fresh crop of rumors
springs with each hour of added un-
certainty, another day of threefold in.
vestigation by police, detectives and
district attorney has ended.
Chung Sin, after "a hours of steady
grilling. with but one intermission for
sleep, had day of rest at last.
The same stream of hopeful but I'M
satisfactory clues kept pouring In
from Chinatown itself, from Newark
and the suburbs, and even from the
Cities of the Pacific coast, but so far
as the police here could determine
last night, none of them proved to
have any substantial basis.