Evening star., 1909-06-19

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. June 19.-Elsie Sigel,
granddaughter of Gen. Franz Sigel, whose
body was found last night crowded into
a trunk in the room of her Chinese ad-
mirer after she had been strangled with
a curtain cord, ran away from home
June 10, the day after her father had a
quarrel with the Chinaman, Leon Ling or
William Leon, and barred him from the
house. This was a revelation today.
Letters from Elsie Sigel to the China
man. in whose fiat she was found MUIR
dered last night, tell their own story OF
mad infatuation.
One letter now in the hands of the
police reads:
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 me.''
rhe earlier letters from Nellie and
Elsie in the same hand. pass through
gradual stages of increasing intimacy and
endearment Those following continue to
express in extreme terms an infatuation
that never slackened.
Reproaches in Girls Letters.
The last letters are reproachful and
accuse the Chinaman of forgetfulness
coidness. fickleness and ingrattude. Some
Of the later letters are from an address
in Brooklyn.
From one of these it appears that the
writer was i'll in bed there and undergo
ing treatment. There is one telegram
from Brooklyn of pitiful directness and
brevity, as follows:
Brooklyn. March Co am very sick
Please send me money at once.
NELLIE
Interested In missionary work among
the Chinese, the young woman-she was
only twenty-became acquainted with
Leon Ling, u professed convert to Chris
tianity.
From all appearances he was adept at
engaging the attentions Of young women
by some willy methods or other.
Love Letters From Many Women.
Letters found were by no means all
from the girl now dead. The Chinaman
had bundles of love letters from innumcr-
able women.
In scores and scores of little packets.
done up with cotton string aud tucked
lice found these letters. There were in
all something less than ZOO letters from
white American girls.
The packets We're found III a detailed
search of the Chinamans room made late
last night. They were stuffed into a pill
low case taken from the Chinaman's bed
and sent 10 the detective bureau They
filed the pillow case tight
As the letters were reopened and eX.
amined carly this morning. one by one,
ut the bureau, the establishment grew.
Nothing similar stood or the detective
records.
The envelopes bore the postmarks of
many cities all over the country. Most
frequent wer,. New York. Brooklyn Phila
dephia. Chicago and some of the smaller
cities OF Illinois. The letters We're usual.
~ headed Dear William" Dear Leon
or with some name of endearment
They were all love letters. Their con-
tents showed that many women had loved
tne Chnaman better than their white
race aud regulations.
Writer Used Two Names.
Letters signed Nellie" and Elsie all
in the same handwriting. were numerous.
one in the same handwriting was signed
in full Elsie SigeI'' All We're thought
10 be from the same writer
notebook belonging to Leon and con-
tanning the names and addresses of hun
dreds Of women and girls was found in
Icons room.
One of the discoveries regarded by the
police as significant is that Miss Sigels
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