The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-19
TRUNK AND ROOM WHERE
BODY WAS FOUND.

pictures had been cut from magazines,
but the majority had undoubtedly been
obtained from the owners.
On the dressing table in Icons room
the principal place was accorded 20 d
photograph OF a handsome young WOm-
an in a flowing gown Beside II Vas Ine
picture of a snooth-faced young Chi
nese, which sun Leung said was that Of
Leon himself
ISeung was plainly terrified by the
presence Of the WOman's body. He told
ire police he had no idea who she was
He said he had never known Leon 10
take woman 10 his room The doors
OF the two rear rooms, ne SAID, nad
been locked for the last four or i've
DAYS. The two men. he said, might
have 5een missing for from one TO Two
weeks for all he knew.
He had finally become alarmed over
their long absence, although they were
often away for days at time. So he
finally nerved himself 10 go 10 the po-
lice station.
ing from time to time, and from these
the police obtained further information
concerning the missing men. They
learned that Leon and his companion
restaurant in Sixth avenue, near Twen-
ty-eighth street.
Promoter Of Restaurants.
But Leon was by no means merely a
restaurant employee. According TO mis-
Z
William Leon was promoter OF res
taurants. being interested in a string Of
them botn on the east and west sides Of
the city Little Joe. himself a dapper
and smartIy dressed Chinese, could
speak English unusually well for a
Chinese. William was IN some fashloG
the representative Z wealthy merchants
in Chinatown, a. acted IS their man
ager in opening up and managing such
places.
alarm was sent out for the arrest or
Leon Ling, Chinese. also known as wa
/ liam Leon. He was desert bed as thirty
years old, 5 feet S inches In height.
weighing l25 pounds, smooth face blacN
eyes. black hair. dressed in a black
suit, black shoes, and a straw hat
Work In Settlement.
Elsie SigeI. who was twenty years ole.
/ had for the past three years. since
I leaving school, been associated with her
mother. who for fifteen years mas been
I a missionary worker among the Chinese
and Japanese. Outside Of her home ne
all If her time was spent in settlement
work.
I Leon Ling. in whose room the body
was found. the police assert was q
/ typical mission Chinamau-' Among
I the letters found in his room. they say,
I are iunumerable eudeariug missives
I from American teachers and settlement
! workers.
According 20 the evidence in the hands
Of the police, Leon had for the past
/ eighteen months been closely associated
with his American instructor The posi-
tive identification Of the body as that
/ OF Miss Sigel was made by the girl s
mother following the finding or several
little trinkets, among them gold
Iocket, belonging to the girl in The
my God. EIsiey' cried the other yhen
shown the iOcl<et. Then she collapsed
Leon Ling, sport"
Leon Ling, the missing occupant Of
the luxurious tenement apartment, was
known among the big-sleeved denizens
of Mott, PelI. and Doyer streets, as "a
sport" I5e had for years been play
1 ing the missionary game, as hls c2un-
trymeu style II, in this city, and IN
Philadelphia. That he was well supplied
with money was evidenced by the md
ing II stock market margin demands
and stock orders Ia his room.
Through his cousin. Joe Leon, he ran
restaurant at rs Lexington avenue.
ana furnished the capital for the place.
TIE police are holding as witnesses
Iu the case. several Cinnamon who We're
found in the Eighth avenue tenement
among them Icons cousin, Joe Leon
who walked casually into the house
Wtiic the police were investigating the
case. He denied any knowledge Of his
cousin Whereabouts.
An autopsy on the girls body is In
progress today
Father An Inspector.
Miss sigel was the daughter OF Paul
sigeI, an inspector in the health depart
ment Her mother Is a missionary work
e. well known for years in the Chinese
quarter Sigel was content that they
should do something TO aid in American
izing the Chinese
Ii was an ordinary thing for the Chi
namen TO show their gratitude by invite
ing the women to 20 TO a theater or BY