New-York tribune., 1909-06-21

fOT the District Attorney
Paul sigel Mabel Sigel and Reginald Sigei
went from the Morgue with Detectives Fogarty
and Woods 70 the West 47th street police sta
fion. where they identified pair OF eyeglasses
found on the dead cirl and the chain which held
the glasses.
Paul sirel was asked last night il his daugh-
ter's funeral would he held his home
WONT HAVE FUNERAL At HOME
NO. no. nor cried Mr. sigeL Positively not
The disgrace has been keen enough It is
without having the funeral here. in front Of
gaping crowd Ny wife and ] have aged ten
years in the last week. This should he lesson
10 Young girls not to mix with other than their
own people.
y have not slept for four five days. but
now that The Identification is certain feel that
7 can get a little rest. Funeral arrangements
viii be made Tomorrow But it viii be quiet
funeral. and no one viii know anything about
Il but the members Of the family, if I can
avoid l."
Afte- the other members of the family had
left the Morgue Franz Sigel said that Elsie's
mother was insane as the result OF the murder
OF her daughter, and that her doctors feared
she would never recover. He said that he had
no theory Of the reason Cor the murder except
that the girl had met her death through her
missionary work He said that she Of a
by or Q O'Clock a. night. She had done a
great deal Of house work in the last year. as
her mother had been sick As far as he knew.
Elsie had not been unusually intimate WITH
Leon or any other Chinaman. He did not know
# she had been in the habit Of going TO Icons
rooms.
Paul Slgel told Captain Carey that he did not
know anything OF his daughters relations with
Leon. He said that he had been opposed 10
-f-,# - ~1-.rTaFr
Sin. Icons roommate Leon and Chu Gain had
al been in the habit Of visiting there.
CHU GAIN FRIENDLY WITH GIRL,
At almost the same time the police were turn
ing up fresh evidences Of Chu Gains intimacy
with the grl. Chu Gain had told Captain Carey
that he knew Elsie and that he was in love
with her lie said that he visited the girls
home. and that the girl frequently went to the
Port Arthur restaurant. but that she always p
peared with her mother or Miss Todd. Of the
Chinese and Bovery Settlement for Girls The
police found in Cfu Gains rooms over the Port
Arthur restaurant more than forty letters sent
TO Chu Gain by Elsie and Mabel Sfgel Most
Of these letters began My Dear Chu Gain" and
all were couched in endearing terms one Of
TIE letters from Elsie said that Chu Gain and
not Leon. was her fayorite. and that Chu Gain
need not fear any attachment between Elsie
and Leon certainly not on Elsie's part.
Cha Cain had already told Captain Carey Of
receiving anonymous letters which he credited
10 Leon. saying that If he did not let Elsie alone
he and the Eirl would be killed. Among the ef-
fects in Icons room were thirty-fve letters
from Elsie TO Leon expressing her affection for
him.
The police ind in this combination the motive
for the murder They think that the girl was
leading both Cinnamon on, and that Leon killed
her in IT Of jealous rage.
But TOW enters into the case the question Of
the date Of the murder and whether Elsie had
gone 70 the extent of elopng with Leon. For
the activities OF the Washington police have dis
closed that Leon was in that city June ..
which. until yesterday. had been supposed 10 he
the day which the girl killed, and that
woman with him. Sufficiently definite de-
scrfntions have not been received from Wash
fngton 70 identify the woman as Elsie Sigel. but
i Is considered significant that Leon was in
Washington with woman on the day that Elsie
disappeared and On the day which dispatch
was sent from that city 70 her parents signed
with her initials assuring them Of her welfare
and that she would return the following Sun
day II Is considered significant. also. that Leon
should have left Washington with his female
companion on June j. which would have
brought Elsie hack TO this city in time to re-
turn to her parents on the Sunday as stated in
the dispatch
SAY LEON WAS HERE WEEK AGO,
Statements have been made by some Of the
Chinese and others examined by the police that
Leon has been in This city as recently as week
ago. This opens UP the possibility that Elsie
eloped with Leon. that they went-to Washing
ton for brief stay. and that on their return
here Elsie was killed in fl Of jealousy.
Chu Gain was arraigned by Captain Calvin.
Of the Elizabeth street station. before Mag
istrste Crane, in the Tombs court yesterday
morning Captain Calvin told the magistrate
that he had reason 10 believe that Chu Gain
had aided Leon and Chung Sin to escape Mag
istrste Crane held the prisoner without bail
until 10 d m tomorrow. to give Captain Gal
yin time 10 look more carefully into the pris-
oner's relations with she other men
The attention Of the Washington police was
first called to the continued presence of Leon in
that city by the discovery that a special de
livery letter from New York had been held at
the National Hotel for Leon since the evening
Of June Il This letter according 10 the return
address on the back. was from Sam Wing No
S5 5ayard street, this city and through the thin
snvelope the name of Elsie Sgel could be read
The police Of this city investigated the sam
Wing laundry Yesterday. It was discovered that
rhe original Sam Wing had run The laundry for
q dozen years. but that three years ago he had
sold out and gone to California. where he died
since then the place has retained the business
name of sam Wing. but has been run by several
chinar2en- The last 20 have it was a company
Of SIX Cinnamon. known as the Lee COMPANY.
Two Of these men started fer Vancouver. p. c
last Thursday with party OF 80 others The
o'her Tour disappeared yesterda. when the DO