The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-22
SIGEL MURDER
STILL REMAINS
DEEP MYSTERY
Police Find No Trace of the
Chinese Who Is Suspected
of the Crime
jealousy Is Accepted as the
Motive Prompting Perpetra=
tor of MurderOus Deed

NEW YORK, June 21.-After BIT
of police furry today. an hour or two
of unverified reports and telephoning
between cities, the murder of Elsie
Sigel resolved itself into an unsolved
crime again tonight.
Chun Sin, who formerly occupied a
room adjoining that where the girls
body was found. is held by the police
at the little upstate village of Amster-
dam, n Y, but what has been learned
from him has served to clear up the
case little. if any.
At Schenectady the Chinese arrested
today, at first thought to be Leon
Ling or William L. Leon. who is
sought as the girls murderer, accord
ing to all Indications pretty we'll
established that he is an unoffending
Celestial who formerly worked in a
New York restaurant and whose ar
rest was brought about merely through
striking resemblance to Leon Ling.
Simple Funeral Service
In the midst of all the police activity
the body of Elsie Sigel was buried in
Woodlawn cemetery. AS the father
had announced last night that he
wished to avoid any more publicity,
the coffin containing the mutilated
morgue to the burying ground in a
plain undertaking wagon. The cere-
mony at the grave was strictly private
and was attended only by her father,
two brothers-Reginald and Theodore
and by her uncle. Franz Sigel.
Mrs Sigel it will be recalled, broke
down completely when she learned of
her daughters death and is now in
a sanatorium Theories as to the mo-
tive for the murder all coincide, as
was indicated last night, on the
jealousy of Leon Ling.
Would Not Marry Her
Florence Todd, one of the most promi-
nent women workers in Chinatown.
who knew Elsie sigel and her mother
Intimately, said this afternoon:
Il know Chu Gain, who is under ar
rest, very we'll He. is one of the few
Chinese whom / would trust with my
life. Mrs. Sigel and Elsie also knew
him for many years. They were intro
duced to him through an uncle of his.
II believe Elsie was in love with
Chu Gain and would have married him
but that he would not marry her.
Here Mrs Todd went into the most
significant part of her statement, that
bearing on Leon Ling. She said:
within the last year, despite her
love for Chu Gain, Elsie became ap-
parently infatuated with Leon Ling.
But 1 think it was only a Irritation.
He, I know, asked her ito marry him,
me she refused him. Her mother knew
all about it,
Story of a Dream
Despite her statement Mrs. Todd said
she was not inclined to believe that
Leon committed the murder, and she
went on to relate that she had had a
suicide. Chu Gain, she said, came to
ner on the morning of June IA, five
days after the murder is supposed to
have been committed. and told her tina
he, too, had had dream. In this
dream Chu Gain, according to Mrs.
Todd, had seen the form of the girl
appear before him crying, 'Chu, save
me-"
Josie Suey, % years old, the white
wife of Louis Suey, a Chinese laundry
man, was arrested tonight with her
husband, following raid on Suey's
laundry, where the police allege they
found an opium den.
Josie Suey. the police say, was for
merly missionary worker with Elsie
Sigel. and had been on friendly terms
with Miss Sigel.
The sueys will be held as witnesses
in the murder case.
Legation Gives Orders
WASHINGTON, June 21.-orders were
issued by the Chinese legation here to-
day to Chinese consuls throughout the
United States to do all in their power
to assist in the apprehension of the
murderer or murderers of Elsie sigel.
Those in New York and San Francisco
particularly were ordered to exercise
great vigilance
Six Companies Aid Police
PITTsBURG, June 21.-Chinatown to :
night was posted with f1aring proclama-