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Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25

Leon was camly emprylug prepara
tory to placing the body therein The
rope with which the body was bound
was lying on the floor at the time. ac-
cording to Chung Sin. Once again he
went down stairs. said Chung Sin,
where he remained until Leon called
him. When he entered the room the
body was not visible, having been
bound with the rope and placed in the
trunk
At this point of the story the China
man was asked savagely if he had not
assisted his pal in putting the body in
the trunk. Chung Sin started percep-
tibly. but said that he had no hand
in it.
Leon Said She Bled to Death.
"I didn't see her no more" said
Chung Sin. and when [ asked Leon
how she died he said she had bitten
her tongue and bled to death" Leon
told him Chung Sin added. that he
was going to send the trunk TO Jersey
City thence to Europe AS a matter
OF fact, it lay untouched in the stuffy
little room until Sun Leung proprietor
of the restaurant below. noticed the
odor about the building and summoned
the police.
Despite repeated interrogations
Chung Sin declined to say Just what
happened in the room when the girl
was murdered He admitted having
heard a scufile in the room during the
night, and told of Elsie having arrived
on the previous afternoon the day .
when she disappeared from her home. /
did Leon take her there or did she .
30 Of her own accOrd?" he was asked.
"She went there alone" he replied.
"Was she in love with Leon or Leon
In love with her?' was another ques.
ton. At this Chung Sin relapsed into
silence and then only smiled and
shook his head. He indicated, how
sver, that the girl had sought out the
The confession served but to clinch
he already prevalent belief that Leon
ling killed the girl. who became mi
lated into the ways the Chinese live
through her mother who now has been
AIKEN to a sanitarium. crazed with
,rief. It does not. however. so far as
an be learned throw any light as to
yhere the murderer Is at present or :
he route which he took in his fight
rom the city.
Captain Carey. of the bureau of
will not permit the mass Of
stters found iumbled with Bibles and
ictures of ballet girls in that strang~
oom. Whoro GORGEOUS embroideri
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25

draped an iron hospital pallet, to b'
published
Reproached Leon Ling.
Some of the longer ones reproachef
Leon Ling for coldness toward a gl-
that loved him. but many held as
hint that she doubted the Chipaman's
affection On the contrary. they glow
ed warmly with assurances Of her own
devotion There wasn't a word or a
syllable in one of them which might
point the way to understanding how
Elsie Sigel came to her death in the
low-ceiled, grimy room above the chop
Buey shop.
There is juS5 - SsNSs - ~ Hssy
found in the room Of William Leon.
otherwise Leon Ling that gives a
clear view of this tragedy. and all the
other material contained so far. It
reads as follows:
you seem to be growing cold TO
me Just think of the sacrifice / have
made for you-my family. my friends
For Gods sake. don't forsake mel
ELSIE"
Although the mission in Chinatown
where Elsie Sigel formerly taught has
been closed, a meeting Of Chinese who I
have been converted to Christianity .
was held in a DOyer street mission to
discuss plans for raising a fund to be I
offered as a reward for the capture Of /
Elsie Sigel's slayer No definite sum
was decided upon. but a committee
will go through Chinatown soliciting
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25

etable Compound had helped her, and
l tried it, and after the third bottle
was cured Mrs. ALvENA SPERLRSG.
II Langdon Street, Chicago, Ill.
IF you are i'll do not drag along at
home or in your place of employment
until an operation is necessary, but
build up the feminine system, and re-
move the cause of those distressing
aches and pains by taking Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs.
For thirty years it has been the stan
dard remedy for female ills, and has
positively restored the health of thou
sandsOf women who have been troubled
with displacements, Inflammation, ul-
ceration, tibroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, bearing-down
feeling, latulency, indigestion, dizzi-
ness, or nervous prostratiOn. Why
don't you try it?
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
Dandruff

He was born eleventh month twenty.
first and grew to manhood in or near
Frederica. He early learned the tailor
trade and worked at it for many years, in
fact until the advent Of ready made cloth
ing revoutonized the trade and put his
business out Of commission, when he
burned his attention exclusively to farm
Ing. He owned large and productive
arm adjoining the town, upon which he
Dent the greater portion of his life. He
elighted in farming and was among the
rst to adopt improved methods in ag-
culture pursuits Upon all subjects re-
hing to farming, he was an authority
hose opinion it was safe to follow.
On December Goth, 1887, he married
Il Rry Ann, daughter of Waitman and
Ii ry Smithers, who was Eve years young
T han he. BY this union there were
.vt children-all daughters The oldest
la y Annie, married Robert W Rey
loid Is, a merchant, formerly of FELTON,,
ite wards of Frederica. now retired and
ivI in the latter town. The second
laue thter. Emily Bowers, married James
Z. P bstles, son OF Zodoc and Elizabeth
rEor npson Postles and a young farmer
If st tJones Neck butafterwards for near /
y for ty years a merchant of Frederica /
where y they still reside. The third daugh /.
ter, " irginia jenkins, married Charles W. /
5rittt b a farmer. Sarah Elizabeth, the /
iourth|a daughter married Thomas viii /
iiams, painter and decorator and until |
his dea th in 1907 lived in Frederica Tut
since tf ben she has made her home in
Miltorc Laura the Youngest daughter
Walter Carrow, a merchant Of
Frederi ca, who deals in gents furnishing
goods.
MI T. mersOn was a man OF about D
feet II raches in height broad shouldereG
full ches ted and OF ruddy continuance
somewhat inclined to corpulancy. He
was nRan of excellent qualities and
manly vlktues; one of truth and probity.
Growing (up at that period when men
were ensured by the intrinsic merit
they poss9t 9tss and not by the sharp prac-
tees Of thl present day he measured up
to the stardard After the decadence of
the Society of Friends he associated him
self with tie Methodist Church and was
for many Years a consistent member OF
mar deu5m nation. lie died August 7th
1873. little less than sixty.fve years Of
age leaving a reputation aud name, OF
which his descendants may justly be- ,
proud. His widow survived him until t
November 1873. diving in the seventy /
sixth year OF her age. l
ISAAC r. JESTER
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nAMado NJ ehod: Man Cos Ma.

Snyder OKLA, June 23.-When he
learned that $4,000 in paper monev
which he dug up in a field while plow
ing was worthless. William Murphy, a
farmer living three miles east of this
place, lost his mind. Two weeks ago
Murphy unearthed a small tin box
with his plow He pried the top off and
a package Of crisp bills lay snugly
within. Murphy guarded his find care
fully for a week before he learned it
was Confederate money
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
CONFESSES LION
STRANGLED ELSIE
Chung Sin Breaks Down Under
Third Degrees" "
TELLS HOW GIRL WAS SLAIN

Peered Through Transom and Saw
Victim Lying on the Bed. With a
Bloody Towel over Her Mouth.
Says Leon Said She Bit Her Tongue
and sled to Death.
/ New York. June 23.-Baited and in
imidated by detectives. threatened
with prosecution and confused with
rapid-fire questions Chung Sin. one
time roommate Of Leon Ling, told of
Elsie Sigel's murder. Under the ter
rife pressure OF the third degree"
the little Chinaman admitted that he
room, that he had touched it while it
was still warm, that he had smelled
drugs and had watched Leon Llng's
preparations for placing the body in
the trunk where it was found horribly
decOmposed last Friday night
Chung Sin in fact described almost
everything concerning the murder Of
Major General Franz Sigel's grand
daughter except the actual commits
sion of the crime. He denied any i'm
plication in it and protested stoutly
that he was ignorant OF the where
abouts of Leon Ling, the supposed
murderer. After the inquisition he was
held in $4,000 bail in the house Of
detention to await the inquest
Chung Sin was arrested at West
Galway, N. Y. a small hamlet near
Amsterdam. and was brought to New
York. Immediately after his arrest
up state and all during the trip by
train to this city he was piled with
questions. bullied. persuaded and en-
tangled in a mass of significant ques-
tions He was told that Leon Ling
had been captured and had laid the
blame upon his (Chung Sins) should
ers. This, together with the persistent
hammering at the prisoner. brought
the confession.
Girl Was Drugged and Strangled.
From the mans story 1t is apparent I
that Elsie Sigel first was drugged with (
and then choked to death, 7
She was killed apparently on the .
night of June 9, although Chung Sin
appeared a little mixed in his dates. 4
But he says that early in the morn
ng of June 10 he heard a strange .
noise in Icons ROOM adjoining his.
md, looking over the transom, saw the
girl lying on the bed, with a bloody
owel over her mouth He passed
through the room, he says. to go out
o wash his hands and as he did so
cit Of the body. which was still warm.
After that he went down to the chop
uey restaurant below, then returned
o the room. Leon in the meantime
lad covered the body with a blanket
p to the chin and had pulled a trunk
o the middle OF the floor The trunk
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25

operation. I had
already had two
operations. and
they wanted me to
go through a third
one. 1 suffered day
and night from in
tlammatiOn and a
small tumOr, and
never thought Of
seeing a we'll day
a gain. A friend
told me how Lydia
Z. Pinkham's Veg.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
Had sunstroke On Wlfe's Grave.

Chambersburg, Pa, June 23.-Mar-
TN Eyer. aged seventy-three years, a
veteran of the Confederate army, wa7
found lying across the grave of his
wife in Gear Grove cemetery dead
He had beer cutting the grass and the
physicians said that sunstroke had
caused death.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
Killed Parents: Spared Baby.

Riga, June 23.-Lieutenant Ershin.
while sleeping, was beheaded with an
axe by an orderly His wife and his
wife's mother also we're killed after
a short struggle A baby was I'M
harmed. The murderer made his es-
cape.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
GETS $4,000 HEART BALM

Damages Against Philadelphian.
New York. June 23.-Cora Sinclair
who sued Samuel S. Laird, Jr, sor
OF a Philadelphia millionaire. for $50.
600 for breach of promise, was award
ed a verdict of $4,000 by a jury in
Justice Amends part of the supreme
court
Nathan Burkan. in behalf of Laird
said he would appeal after Justice
Amend had denied his application to
set aside the verdict
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
CANOE UPSET; GIRL DROWNS
Two Others Clung to Overturned Craft
Until Rescued.

gTTITT TF-9VN-l1
Philadelphia June 23.-Helen Nord-
gren. aged twenty years was drowned
as a result of a. canoeing accident in
Wissahickou creek at Valley Green
Two other young women, Lydia Mohit
and Anna Olds0n were with Miss
Nordgren in The canoe when it over
turned. They saved themselves by
clinging to the overturned craft until
they were rescued by members Of an
automobile party who witnessed their
predicament while passing along the
nearby road.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
THIRD
OPERATION.
PREVENTED
By Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound

Chicago. ILL., - Il want to tell you
what Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound did for me. / was so sick
that two of the best doctors in Chicago
said | would die If l did not have an
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25

bladder remedy be-
cause of its remark
able health restoring
properties. Swamp
Root fulflls almost
every wish in over
coming rheumatism,
pain in the back, kid
news, liver, bladder
and every part of the
urinary passage. 1t
COrrpCts inability to
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
JOHN EMERSON.

, subject Of this sketch was the son
athon and Nancy Emerson. Mr..
.rsou came of a good old Quaker
his parents being members of the
sy Of Friends and true followers of
aachings Of George Fox and William
disciples of that denomination.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
' Z. MEooiCk l.
J,
once over First National Baps,

Tcern sS,.acted without PAID FiAinE
and plates rgade q very best manner and 3
TeaeOna1-s 5sfms Satisfaction is away
WorE a "a ~ afa~sacaA
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
Do You Get Up
With a Lame Back?

Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.
Almost everyone knows of DR.. Kilmer' s
Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver aud
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25

hold water and scalling pain in passingit,
or bad effects following use of liquor, wine
or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to 90 often
through the day, and to get up many
times during the night.
Swamp-ROOt is not recommended for
everything but if you have kidney, liver
or bladder trouble, it will be found just
the remedy you need. 1t has been thor
oughly tested in private practice, and has
proved so successful that a special ar
rangemeut has been made by which all
readers of this paper, who have not al
ready tried it, may have a sample bottle
sent free by mail also a book telling
more about Swamp-ROot, and how to
find outif you have kid
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When writingmention .s.sRsssiE
reading this generous ssssssss sssssssssss
offer in this paper and s
send your address to
DR.. Kilmer & Co., Homs .. swamp p-lsoci.
Binghamton, N. Y. The regular ifty-cent
and one-dollar size bottles are sold by
all druggists Don't make any mistake
but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the adj
dress, Binghamton, N. Y, on every bottle.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-10-15
MERCURY NEAR
FREEZING POINT
HEAVY FROST CUTS THE POTATO
VINES AND KILLS TO-
MAToES.

Jack Frost was on the pumpkin
Tuesday night with a vengeance, and
incidentally on everything else that
happened to be out OF doors and IN
covered.
Early Monday evening the mercury
began to slide down the tube in the
zero direction, and it was evident that
the long deferred visit OF Crystal Jack
was in sight The thrifty house wife
proceeded Immediately to cover all
her delicate plants with old papers
and other convenient material. This
saved the larger portion Of the flower
crop.
While but little damage was done
by the frost, the potato vines were bit
to the ground, and as soon as the sun
smiled on them this morning proceed
ed to turn black and wither away.
However, the tubers, both sweet and
Irish, will continue to grow, and are
really but little damaged by the loss
Of vines.
There was but little vegetation, 9TH
er than the potato vines, to suffer
from the ravages of Jack. The late
tomato crop was fine, and naturally
the fruit was killed. Ripe tomatoes
were not damaged, but the biggest
portion of the crop happened to be
green. This will have the effect OF
limiting the manufacture OF chow
chow and other condiments In the
preparation of which green tomatoes
are used.
The lowlands were nipped little
closer than the uplands, the latter De
ing naturally less susceptible to the
gentle Establishments of the nocturnal
miner. In the bottom lands the veg
citation was left in state OF democrat
ization; in the uplands the damage
was comparatively slight.
| Just how low the mercury descend
ed is a matter of speculation, there
being no official thermometer in this
CITY. However, early risers claim
that they found the bulk as far dowI
the tube as SO degrees, which is Du'
four degrees above the freezing point
At any rate it was cold enough To-
Acc ond the thoughtful citizen will
the cedar kindling and full coal BIZ
lis looking chesty today.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-10-15
COMMITTEE NAMED
TO LET CONTRACT
FOR THE ORPHANAGE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS HOLD
IMPORTANT BUSINESS
MEETING.
BEGIN WORK IMMEDIATELY
Structure Will Contain Fourteen
Rooms Exclusive of Basement.
Will be Of Brick And Will Stand
West OF Athenaeum.

At a meeting of the board of direc.
tors of the Tennessee Orphans Home
held Tuesday morning in the once OF
John w. Fry building committee was
named consisting of Mr. Fry, John w.
Jackson and Rev. w T. Boaz.
The building committee will let the
contract for the Orphanage at once,
and in order to lose no time will pro-
coed Immediately with the demolition
of Davis Hall, the forty-room building
on the Athenaeum grounds, the mate
rial in which was donated by the city.
According to present plans a four
teen-room building, with extensive
basement, will be erected upon the
lot on Galloway and Eighth Streets
recently purchased. One room OF this
building will be used as an ofice'
three will be used by the family or
the superintendent, leaving ten rooms
for the accommodation of the inmates.
It is estimated that forty children can
be cared for comfortably, if necessity
demands. 1t is alsoaplanned to so
construct the building that additions
can be made at any time, as the scope
of the work is enlarged.
The basement will be used as dining
! room, kitchen, for laundry and other
purposes.
The Orphanage will front northeast
on Galloway street, and will be just
] west of the Athenaeum. 1t will be a
handsome building, constructed en-
tirely of brick, and will be an orna-
ment to the city.
The building committee will employ
an architect to draw the plans, and az
soon as they are accepted will let the
contract.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-10-15
THE CORN CROP
IS RATHER LIGHT
MAURY YIELD NOT so HIGH AZ
LAST YEAR-HlGH PRICES
WILL PREVAIL.

That the yield Of Maury county corn
will be less than that Of last year ID
already assured, the crop practically
being made. The drouth Of the sum-
mer months cut the crop materially,
and as a consequence prices will be
high locally, and the cereal scarce.
But little corn has been brought to
town so far, and that little has sold
for $500 and 1925 per barrel, which is
about the same price that prevailed at
the opening last year. The local grain
dealers have shipped no corn, so far.
and it is hardly likely that the export
trade will be heavy. Hogs are bring
ing big prices, and much Of this years
surplus corn will be fed to them. The
local dealers report bumper crop in
the West and say that they will ship
considerable corn in, for local con-
sumption. Stiff prices will prevail In
the local corn market, which together
with the steep quotations OF live
stock, will strike balance for the
farmer with last years account.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-10-15
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, Oct 10
Hundreds of Confederate soldiers are
here today attending the annual state
reunion. The attendance is larger
than in years. The association OF
Confederate bivouacs was called TO
order at 10 o'clock by First Vice Pres
ident ]. T. Williamson, of Columbia
Cant. Frank Moses, special pension
examiner, submitted a report stating
that since the last meeting 1927 appn'
cation had been received from sol
diers and 1856 from widows, S19 sol
diers and 644 widows were added to
the roll. The pension roll now STANDS
as follows: Soldiers 5,OSS, widows
1885. The report of the Soldiers
Home showed inmates October l.
1908. 1874; received SO total ITO; died.
%. discharged, IA; remaining, octo'
her /, 1909, 131. The death rate this
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-10-15
CADETS PLAY
MASSEY NEXT
GOALS ENCOUNTER PULASKI
ELEVEN ON ACADEMY FIELD
SATURDAY..

On next Saturday the Cadet foot
ball squad will face the Massey eleven
on Academy Field, this being the third
game of the year and the second on
the local grounds. While the G. M
A. rooters are praying that the hoodoo
will be dispelled and the run OF bad
luck broken, there is not much con-
ISOLATION to be found in the dope. the
locals went down before Jones High
by the score Of II to two weeks ago
while last Saturday Jones High was
ingloriously defeated by Massey by
the score of 80 to 0. It is not expect
ed that C. M. A. will be as easy foI
the Massey team as the Lynnville
aggregation, but the silver lining tc
the cloud is hard to find, 30 far az
victory is concerned. However, q
pretty and snappy game is assured
and the sport loving public is certain
to get their moneys worth.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-10-15
MAJOR WILLIAMSON IS
HONORED BY THE VETERANS
ocA MAN NAMED AS PRESIDENT OF STATE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
NEXT FRANKLIN

year Is the greatest since the organl
cation of the home. The per capita
tax received from the state from Oct
1. 1908 to Oct. /. 1908. amounts to
s1S.6S3: As sales from the home, $16,'
641.O2. Total, $30,3O.47. Expenses,
$19,777O6. Balance on hand, $S27.41
The following officers were elected;
J T. Williamson, Columbia, Presi'
dent; Capt. ]. P. Hammer, Franklin
First Vice President; Judge Q. W.
Tyler, GAINESVILLE, Second Vice Presi
dent; John P. Hickman, Nashville
Secretary and Treasurer; Rev. j. H
McNeilly, Nashville. Chaplain; J. D
Armstrong, Sergeant-at-Arms.
Franklin was selected as the next
place of meeting.
Following adjournment the old sol
diers we're served with barbecue al
the Gracey warehouse. Senator
lanes B. Frazier addressed the old
soldiers this afternoon.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-10-15
CUDAHY co. PAYS
FINE OF 100000
GOVERNMENT COMPROMISE ITS
SUIT FOR USING TOO SMALL
STAMPS.

LEAvENWORTH, Kas., Oct. IL
The case against the Cudahy Packing
Company for the violation of the In
ternal revenue laws by failing to place
stamps of proper denomination on
nackages of oleomargarine came to an
end in the Federal Court here Monday
by a compromise, when the packing
company was fined $1,000 and agreed
to pay a back tax of $82,777.5O and
special tax of $4,000 for agencies.
This makes the total of $97777.5O to
be paid by the packing company to
the Government.
The Cudahy Company was indicted
last April on sos counts. 1t was al
legged the company colored oleomar-
garine, which should have subjected
the company to tax of 10 cents
mound. and that 1t was disposed OF as
the uncolored product upon which the
revenue is but quarter of cent a
pound. The maximum fine in event
of conviction would have been $685.
600.
The decree agreed upon Monday is
"a specific penalty in compromise oil
criminal liability"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-10-15
F. G. COOK BUYS
SPARROW PLACE
POPULAR FURNITURE MAN HAS
ABANDONED IDEA OF CO.
ING WEST.

The Atwell Thompson place in High
Park, better known as the Sparrow
Place, has been sold by B. E. Regen
and s. o. Thomas to Frank G. Cook.
Mr.. Cook had intended going to Okla
homa City, Okla, to engage in bust
ness, but owing to the fact that he
could not dispose of his Columbia In
terests to an advantage, has for the
present abandoned the idea Of leaving
Gods country. This is source of
satisfaction to the friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. Cook. It would be a loss to a
community to lose such a hustling
and enterprising business man as
Frank Cook, and business circles will
receive with much satisfaction news
Of his decision to stay here.
Mr.. Cook has been in business in
Columbia for a number of years and
has built up magnificent trade in the
furniture and house fitting line. A
Herald reporter called upon Mr.. Cook
this morning and asked him in regard
to his future plans and what improve
ments he anticipated making on his
newly acquired home. He stated that
the grounds would be greatly Inn
proved and beautifed. Modern barns
and out houses will be erected ant
the interior and exterior of the house
will be overhauled and made beautiful
He expects to get possession OF the
house the latter part of November ant
will move in as soon as Mr.. and Mrs
John Frazier move out.
This part of the town is one OF thu
coming resident sections and is be
ing rapidly built up. All houses tne
are being erected are neat and attrac
tive. Concrete walks are addinl
greatly TO the convenience and ele
gance of the locality.