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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-13

sIi<S Frances A.. Hubert died Friday
afternoon in the hoHr of her siStcr.
MI. John Rauarh. No. 3%3 Ian "ood-
ave-. after suffering ~tek from
PARALYSIS 81 the left side Recently
Miss Hubert had boon IN chHt - OF
tin cheney Practical Arts school. CT
No. - Broadway. she Wa- ~ y,dlS
old. Tho funeral will bc held Mon
day morning at 10 O'Clock from ~
IT.fs chufth
The Washington herald., 1909-06-20

There Is no information 70 be had BY
any contestant. further than THAI it Will
take work, and a great deal OF II, 70 win
the prizes in this contest Inasmuch as
The Washington Herald expects TO con-
tinue appearing in your homes and upon
the streets long after this contest fs for
gotten. the management could not afford
even though they would. 10 countenance
any methods which were not absolutely
fair 20 every contestant.
We do not attempt 70 explain why one
contestant should claim 70 have more
knowledge Of this contest than another;
In fact. we do not know. We only know
that it is being done. and we wish 10
assure those who have been working hard
since this contest opened. that any such
statements are absolutely false. and Il
may jeopardize your chances 70 give
them the slightest attention.
Less than two weeks remain OF the con-
test, and one had better be busy securing
subscriptions than listening TO ridiculous
stories Of how many votes this contestant
has OF how much money that contestant
has turned in. There is an excellent ser
mon in the four words: Mind your own
business To these may be added FIVE
more: Let others 90 the same
You are reminded that a new vote scale
is now IN effect. 10 remain so until June
26 Don't wait until after that date 10
turn IN your subscriptions as We are
not promising you that the vote scale
VIII be raised afterward.
We have received e letter from a gentle
man IN Atlanta, Ca. who recently won
a $500 home in just such a contest as
this We shall publish some good advice
from II.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-20
Letters Containing False Statements Received
by Some of Our Contestants.
1T IS DANGEROUS TO GIVE THEM ATTENTION
The Only Information to Be Had Is That You Must
Work Hard to Win.

We are making an especial talk 20 you
to-day about our Second Grand Prize.
the White Steamer. You cannot know
too much about this excellent car, and we
are not going 70 allow you 70 forget that
we are giving one away free We have
no idea who will win H. but whoever
the fortunate may be, he or she Will
have proven what hard work viii do IN
a contest OF this kind. where every con
testant is treated with the same degree
Of consideration and each one has the
same opportunity Of winning.
A number Of contestants have received
one or more letters from a certain resi-
dent Of Washington, the letters contain
ing the statement that the writer was in
possession OF information as 10 the
amount Of money it would take 10 win
in this contest. and that this information
would be sold to the highest bidder. We
told you something about this in yester-
days write-up, but since then some Of
the contestants who received these let
te-s have been good enough to send them
70 the Contest Manager, who immedi-
ately communicated with the writer OF
the letters 70 the end that we now have
a statement signed by this writer, ad-
hitting that the letters and signatures
are genuine. but that the statements
made in the letters regarding the amount
OF money necessary TO win are false.
We trust that we shall not be com
PEELED 10 publish this letter. but we shall
do SO sans hesitation If It Is made neces-
sary by further correspondence Of this
sort
The Washington herald., 1909-06-20

RAEaF Mo PREPARATION
4UWUM EXTERNAL
ANTiSEPTIC
For Suubzrn Hosquiio Bites. CoIis Croup Sore throat
ASthma. Buns Sprains Bruises Rhcumstsu Sse-za
Reduces Fever. All DTuEgists. sc. 70 Sf00.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-20
DIED.

SHFORD-Suddenly. ar Providence Hos
piJaL OF Saturday June IS 1873 a.
l2.45 a. m. F. n ASHFORD. beloved
husband OF Fannie Livingston Ash
ford and son OF the late John 7. Ash
Funeral LCom his late residence. SO D
street southeast. Monday. June q az
$50 2. m Relatives ana friends in
vited
BRUNER-On Friday. June IS. 1873. az
o'clock p m, B. F. BRCNER. aged
seveuty-one years.
Funeral private from hts late residence
lSZ3 Corcoran street. on Monday al %
g. m. Interment al Alexandra No
flowers.
KTNG-On Saturday. June g 1919 atsn
m. az her residence. CAROLTNE
KING. aged siXty-sevsn years. Be
loved VIE OF Heury King. r.. de-
ceased
Funeral . 2. m Monday. June q. from
her late residence 1915 Bltmore street.
New York. Philadelphia. Baltimore.
and Texas papers please Copy5
MAEDEL-Suddenly. on Saturday. June
l9. 1879. at lI-30 a. m. at her residence
eS North Carolina avenue southeast
JULIA n MAEDEL. IN the sixty
third year Of her age.
Funeral service a. the Church OF the
Reformation. 3 street between Sec
Ond and Third streets southeast Al
a-51 p m Monday. June q 1903 In
please COpy)
PORTER-On Saturday evening. June 70
1913. az her residence. 12G7 Rhode Is
land avenue. ABBY c., widow OF Lee
Porter.
Notice OF funeral later
STINZING-On Friday. June Is 1919
ANNETTE C. SHINING, widow OF
John p Shining
Funeral Monday morning. az 70 O'Clock
rom her late residence. 2f55 Ontario
road Relatives and friends invited.
lnterment private
TINDALL-At her home II Seattle
Wash. BLANCH BROWNING. BE-
loved wife OF ARIA y TindaW ana
eldest daughter OF 1Tr. and Mrs n
Clay Browning. Of this city.
WEBB-On Friday. June Il 100 A. hts
resldence. lo9 Seventh street southeast.
Joseph WEBB, beloved husband cf
Sarah J. Webb.
Funeral from his late residence Mon
day. June q, az 2 m
The Washington herald., 1909-06-20

Believing that the solution OF the mys-
terry surrounding the murder OF Elsie
Sigel is TO be found in Washington. the
entire detective force of the Central
ONCE last night followed clews which
may lead 70 the arrest Of the Chinaman
who is thought 10 have caused her death.
The most startling result Of the in
vestigation is the theory OF the Wash
ington police that Elsie Sigel was muir
dered in a hotel In this city. and her
body bound and forced into the trunk in
which it was shipped 10 New York City.
Detectives learned that a telegram sent
from Washington 10 Elsie SigeTs parents
and signed with her initials. was not
filed by the girl herself but by a Chi
naman, believed TO be Leung Lin. alias
William Leon, who IS being hunted as
the murderer
The one person whom the police be
lieve knows the Whereabouts of Leon is
an American girl, named -Josey." who
freqUented the restaurant in New York
where the body OF Elsie Sigel was found
II "Jcsey'' can be found. Icons arrest
viii follow. declare detectives.
lhree seen IN Nnp1tal.
Leon. Elsie sigeI and -Josey' were in
Washington together the day Leon sent
the telegram TO the parents OF the mur-
dered girl. according TO detectives who
searched every nook and corner in China
town Persons were found by the police
who declare they saw the three together.
and that they stopped at a hotel in Penn
sylvania avenue.
4 representative Of The Washington
Herald was informed that a Chinaman
who answers the description Of Leon
stopped at the ST. James Hotel. which is
across Pennsylvania avenue from the tele-
graph Office where Leon fled the tele-
gram. A reporter examined the hotel
register but found no signature whIch
resembled the names Leung Lin, or VIII
lam Leon Hotel clerks were asked II a
Chinaman had stopped at the hotel In the
last two or three weeks. They remem-
bered that a Chin7man had been at the
St. James until a few days ago This
Chinan.an did not answer the descrip-
ton Of Leon, however. and has been
known by employees az the hotel for ten
years or more. he is a stout man, who
resides in Baltimore. and would never
be mistaken for a Chinaman Of Icons
slight build.
The police viii not say at what hotel
the three persons are supposed % have
stopped. for IL is not desired that the pub
lie learn the location Of the hosiery until
every room has been examined and the
list Of guests for weeks past investigated
i Is IN the MOTEL where the TWO girls and
the Chinaman stopped that the murder is
believed to have been committed, and
should knowledge Of the hotel reach the
public. the investigation. detectives be-
heve. would he hampered.
The first knowledge that Leon had been
in Washington came 10 the police Of this
city yesterday morning with the receipt
Of telegram from the New York police
The telegram contained a description OF
Leon. together with private advices De
tectives were detailed 20 the case. and
the clew offered by the filing OF the tele-
gram was taken up.
The telegram was filed at a branch Of
fee Of the Postal Telegraph Company in
the National Hotel on the night Of June
The Washington herald., 1909-06-20

heard. first of all. that Mrs. sigel and
her daughter had known Leung Lin for
al least twelve years having met him az
a mission IN Chinatown
They heard that Leung Lin had visited
the Sigel home more than once. and that
Mrs. S.geI ard her daughter had accom-
panied him in several restaurant and
amusement places.
LeunE ran a ball-and-pOCket game IN
der his American uaue. William Leon.
He rented the privilege from Samuel
Bernstein. at Fort George. for 500 a year
Leung used 20 run a small Chinese res
teurant et Amsterdam avenue and 1SSrh
street According 10 the police. Mrs
SjgeI and Elsie had been seen there often.
talking 20 him
At that time. two or three years ago.
the Sigels lived in an uptown apartment
house in West 1SSth street
Objected 10 Chinese Callers
The landlord objected 70 Cinnamon
calling az the place. and the SigeIs moved
10 the apartment house az 209 Wadsworth
avenue. The janitress there said that a
young Chinaman, who resembled the pic
house for Elsie Sigel. and that the ten
ants didn't like il. The Chinaman called
a. the house about two weeks ago. but
was not able 10 see Elsie Sigel
There have been mighty few Chinese
prOfessed Christians that won a reputa-
ton for piety and devotion anywhere
near Leung Inns. the detectives learned
He was known for his eloquent prayers
at the missions. and he sang out loudly
when they were called for hymns. His
was a most attractive case 20 the women
from uptown who visited the missions
AL Of them made a kind Of pet OF
Leung Lin. He was favOrably known st
the Girls Mission at 10 Mott street,
where he used 10 lead IN prayer with a
white girl kneelng 81 his side.
He told them all that he 50 wanted 70
be saved and that the thought of sin
made him shudder.
One OF the things the police would not
divulge was the identity OF the young
woman who sent William Leon a tele-
gram from Brooklyn Apparently she
knew Leung pretty well.
The telegram was dated Brooklyn.
March %. and read:
7 an very sick. Please send me
money at once"
ResembIed ElSie's Writing.
The handwriting Sas similar 20 Elsie
Sigels. but Il was not Elsie who sent T.
for the police have several letters ana
cards sent 70 Leung by Nellie" some OF
which are couched in aTectIonate terms.
The detectives have an idea that Leung
Lin viii be nabbed eventually. Requests
were sent out to-day 70 every city OF
importance in the United States that
Leung Lin be arrested for murder and
Chung Sing be held as a material wit
ness
If the Chinan1en have got out OF the
country they are likely 10 be caught al
any OF the forf ign ports where they Try
70 land. as accurate descriptions OF them
were eabled artund the world this morn
ing
The Washington herald., 1909-06-20
MAY BE IN PITTSBURG.
Detectives Put Cinnamon Through
Third Degree Seeking SLAYER.


Pittsburg. June 19.-The Cinnamon for
whom the police OF the world are search
ing in connection with the murder or
Elsie Sigel. in New York, are believed to
be IN Pittsburg.
In compliance with telegram from
New York to-day. fifteen detectives were
put on the search OF the men who are
said 20 have hid themselves in this CITY.
There are about 1000 Cinnamon In Pitts
burg. and many Of them are being given
the third degree"
Captain Of Detectives William Elmore
received word from the New York police
20 look out for Leung Lin and his cousin
Chin Sing. who are suspected Of the mur-
der and are believed to have struck out
for Pittsburg soon after they left New
York This is believed 10 be the most
logical course 20 be pursued by the Chi
namen- IN most OF the other larger cities
in the United States they are wen known.
but they have never been in Pittsburg
and IT is thought they might have come
here.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-20
Continued from Page one.

Just think OF the sacrifices I have made
for you-my family. my friends For
Gods sake. don't forsake me.-Elsie."
The brutal murder of the girl has
spread CONSERVATION among the hundreds
OF settlement workers in New York and
Brooklyn. who are mostly young wom-
en-. teaching Individual Chinese religion.
Out Of the crime Of the Chinese Don
Juan, whose room was decorated with
hundreds OF letters from white mission
workers, there threatens 10 arise a mass
Of scandal which VIII spread TO other
homes and TO other cities.
Close TO Women Workers.
The death OF Elsie sigeI has revealed
Just how close the white women workers
and the Chinese are brought together
in the missions. The police have learned
that Elsie Sigel. from the time she was
child. had been brought into contact
with the Chinese through her mothers
mission activities. She grew up IN the
mission work and finally came 10 regard
It as her life work 20 save the souls or
the Chinese.
In the course OF her work she met
Leon. whom letters found in hts room
show to have made a practice Of making
love TO his various teachers. He fell in
love with her, the police say, and the
murder was the Inevitable result
Traces of Poison Found.
The autopsy held on the body OF the
girl this afternoon by CoroaeT's -Physi-
clan O'Hanlon showed traces OF poison
in the stomach and intestines Of the girl
Whether the poison was administered and
was one Of the causes Of death DR..
o'Hanlon would not say. as he contended
the poison traces may have been the re-
suit Of decomposition.
The cause Of death he ascribed as as
phyxiation by strangulation. The organs,
however. were sealed up and sent 10 the
Columbia College Of Medicine. where a
chemical analysts viii be made.
Elsie S!gel wrote Leon thirty-fve let
tiers in the last Two years. nearly every
letter studded with phrases OF endear-
ment.
Her letters 10 Dearest Lirn. together
with affectionate OF imploring notes from
another white woman. who signed herself
Nellie" and packets OF picture post
cards from a dozen white women. were
found In the room OF the Chinaman early
this morning. when the detectives poked
about in Leung's disordered effects for
clews 10 the murdered girls Identity.
They were scattered here and there
among hundreds OF pictures Of women.
all white women; photographs OF ac-
tresses. colOred post cards showing girls
in the lowest OF low-necked dresses. cal
endars displaying full formed women IN
the nimsiest drapery; suggestive prints.
picked UP. apparently, from Chinese
sources. and high-colored Autographs Sc
lected 10 NJ in Ieung's singular gallery,
Some OF the letters were undated
Others went back 10 the spring or 1907.
Sun others had been written recently.
within a few weeks
All OF them were signed simply Elsie %
but they contained illusions that left no
doubt as 10 the identity OF the girl who
wrote them.
A few OF the longer ones reproved
Leung Lin for coldness toward a girl
that loved aim, but many held no hint
that she doubted the Chinaman's afec-
The Washington herald., 1909-06-20
SIGEL GIRLS SLAYER FOUND A RIVAL

tions. On the contrary. they glowed
warmly with assurances Of her own de
votion.
There was not a word or a syllable in
one of them which might point the way
TO understanding how Elsie Sigel came
70 her death in the low-ceiled, grimy
room above the chop suey shop
The police heads studied these letters
for hours tonight; then. under straight
orders from Commissioner Bingham. re-
fused to allow them 10 be printed in con-
/ text or substance.
Take it any way you Ike" said one
in authority at headquarters, 1T was
not a pleasant story. and no reason ap-
pears at present why Elsie SigeIs let
ters 10 the queueless missioner should be
spread in public"
II was sufficient 10 say that she was
in love with the yellow man, and that
! their intimacy had been close.
smOthered and strangIed.
The girl was smothered and strangled
IN Leung Inns room. where other white
girls had been many times before. on the
| evening Of Wednesday. June g.
The detectives thought tonight that
there was no reason 20 doubt that her
body had been IN Leung's leather trunk
ten days.
The Chinaman. known far and wide
among the missions OF Greater New York
as a remarkable convert 10 Christianity
skipped away on the night OF the same
day.
At Il o'clock that night a telegram
arrived at the Sigel home. 2os wads.
worth avenue, Washington I.eights. II
was sent from Washingto: ana was
| signed with the girls initial p. c. s.
I Mrs. Sigel. already worried r-e hel
/ daughter had left home IN tn hna
and had not come back and uId not
! be located at the Chinese Mission, 10 Mot
street, or any Of the other missions where
she had met Cinnamon, tore It oper
| hastily and read:
'Wm be home soon on Sunday even
I ing. Don't worry"
There was not a reasonable chance o'
] that telegram being sent BY Elsie Sige
! from Washington. but Il is very likely, IN.
\ deed, that whoever strangled her put Il
on the wire TO mislead the Sigels and de-
/ lay the Uproar and add 20 his chance oi
] lodging arrest
Man Sent the Message.
/ One OF the first things the police dld 10
day was 70 ask Maj. Sylvesters Wash.
/ ington sleuths 70 drag the town for trace.
OF Leung Lin. They managed 70 md out
/ over there that the Lin message was not
delivered TO the telegraph once by &
woman. but they hadn't discovered To-
night whether the sender was a China.
man.
/ The dead girls cousin, Mabel Sigel, q
/ girl of nineteen or thereabouts. very
pretty. with wavy brown hair. dark eyes
and red cheeks. and not especially dis.
tinguished for precision Of English. was
the only one Of the Sigel family who
talked al all freely about Elsie or her =e
/ latious with Cinnamon of the missiars
/ Paul Sigel. Elsie's father who argued
| for years against his wife and daughter
going about with Cinnamon in public
! places. and finally gave IL up as bac
job closed hts mouth grimly.
Neither the police nor anybody elsl
could get FIVE words strung together
I from him about Elsie or her go!ngs on
/ His wife. EIsie's mother, who had accom-
panied the girl among Cinnamon fol
1 years because % her passion for the pur-
/ pose of reforming hop" fends. wen
The Washington herald., 1909-06-20
FIorida Farmer. p-o,...

A complaint was filed with The Inter
state Commefe Commission yesterday in
winch zg railroads. operating in thirty
seven States, fwere named as defendants.
Inc complaint was fled by the Florida
Fruit and vegetable Shippers Associa-
ton. and char1Ees that the railroads in
question discriminate against FIo~fSa
farmers and shippers IN favor Of farmers
and shippers IN California. Mississippi.
Alabama, Texas. Georgia North and
South Carolina and Cuba The charge Is
also made that fthe Florida shippers are
charged more for refrigersting than ship
pers IN other p9rtions OF the country.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-20
CIRCULAR TO POLICE.

The following circular has been
sent 20 every police precinct I'm
the city;
ARREST for homicide Leon
Ling. alias william Leon, thirty
years old, 3 feet 5 inches tails
weight, I25 pounds smooth face
and good teeth, black hair and
eyes; hair cut American fashion,
and dressed in black suit"
The Washington herald., 1909-06-20

y. II was received by the slain girls
father the same night in his home at
2o9 WadswOrth avenue The girl had dis
appeared from her home on June 9. and
the telegram received three days later
was the first word from her.
The telegram read.
''WHl be home soon Sunday Do not
worry"
The Washington herald., 1909-06-20
By MAIL OR CARRIER


the Daily al a
The Washington herald., 1909-06-20
POLICE BELIEVE
GIRL SLAIN HERE
Washington Sleuths Have
Theory Of Trunk Murder.
KILLED IN A HOTEL
Detectives Make Startling State
ments Concerning Death.
KILLED IN A HOTEL

Miss Elsie SigeI. the Victim, and Her
Chinese Pupil and Admirer, Leon
Ling, Seen in City-TeIegram sent
10 Father of Murdered Girl Filed
by ChiRaman-WOman known az
"JOsey7 Wanted by the Police.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-20
BELOW is THE VOTE SCALE WHICH WILL
REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL JUNE 26.

Contestants advised
subscriptions
mean that larger scale Will
PERIOD-FrOm June to June
The Washington herald., 1909-06-20
Pictures in Tights.

There were pictures OF girls in tights.
OF girls in very short skirts. Of girls in
seanty drareries in all sorts OF poses
Wherever you looked around the rooms
thar these processing young Christians
occupied there were cheap prints OF wom-
en-. most Of whom were decidedly under
dressed.
Various women friends had sent or
brought TO the rooms little post card
souvenirs for Leung Lin. or William
Lecn. as they knew him. One card. not
addressed and which had not PASSED
through the mails. bore the inscription:
With love. from Mrs Hill"
From one thing and another detectives
became convinced that several women
had been IN the habit OF visiting the
rooms over Sun Leung's chop suev shop-
They were women. the police say. who
took a great interest in the two good
religiously minded boys. Leung Lin and
Chung Sing. and went 10 the upper floors
OF the place TO encourage the Cinnamon.
Saw Women Enter Place.
People in the neighborhood said they
had seen young white women 20 into
the place often. and there was enough
evidence in the rooms themselves 70
show that their stories were probably
the truth.
Once the letters and post cards had
been taken from the rooms there was
very little left TO interest the detectives.
They roamed widely 10 pick up scraps
OF information bearing on the case. They
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-10-21
News of the Oranges.

Harvest Moon Grange, Thorndike, will en-
tertain Pomona, Tuesday, October 18th.
Georges River Grange of Liberty met in
regular session Wednesday evening, October
18th, when the officers chair were occupied by
the ladies. it being ladies night. A good pro-
gram was presented under the direction If
Mrs. L. c. Morse and was much enjoyed by all
present. Wednesday evening, October 10th, is
young peoples night and fine program is
looked forward to.
At the meeting of Harvest Moon Grange,
Thorndike, October 10Th, Mrs. O. J. Farwell
exhibited some nice, plump, ripe black berries,
brought to her by Mrs. Fred Nichols of Free
dom, who picked them from her vines October
18th Mrs. Farwell said she could have picked
dandelion blossoms from her lawn as she came
to the Grange Saturday. Dandelion blossoms
and ripe blackberries are not often seen the
middle of October.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-10-21
The Difficulty at the U. of NJ.

The following open letter has been forward
ed to the president of the University of Maine
by one of the prominent alumni former pas
tor of the M. E. church in this city and now
superintendent of the Penobscot district and a
resident of Bangor:
pres. George Emory Fellows, Orono, Me.
"Dear Sir: While l may not have correct
knowledge of the details of the present diff
Guilty at the university, yet l assume they
grow out of your effort. backed by the faculty
and trustees, to stamp out hazing. If l am
correct in this trust you will be unyielding in
your position. If you are going to stamp out
this uncivilized, indecent and inhuman thing
called hazing, you must stamp it out.
"Let Maine now win her fairest laurels by
clearly defining what constitutes the superior
ity of an educated man and what is the busi-
ness of great university.
1.-The question now involved is a vastly lar
ger one than whether the institution shall
have no students or 1000 the remainder of the
year.
"As an aforetime rebel against college au-
thority | say to you that in this crisis the well
fare of every former and present student, the
highest ideals and future of the university, in
the great sweep of its influence demands back
bone on the part of those in authority at Orono
-. w. Hatch, 49,"
RaDuor 0otobar 15 1910