The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-06-23
.S|CEL GIRLS MURDER
Man Arrested at Schenectady
Apparently Not Leon Ling.

Keeper Of the Restaurant Above
Which the Body Was Found Re.
turned and Surrendered Himself
Girls Mutlated Body Is Buried
ouietIy-Meeting Of Converted Chi.
namen Held to Raise Money For
Reward For Capture of Murderer.
New York, June 22.-After a bit of
police furry, an hour or two of un-
verified reports and telephoning be-
tween cities, the murder of Elsie Sigel
of this city and granddaughter of Ma
jor General Franz Sigel of Civil war
fame, has resolved itself into an un-
solved crime again.
Chung Sin, who formerly occupied
room adjoining that where the girls
body was found, Is held by the police
at the little city of Amsterdam, n. Y,
but what has been learned from him
has served to clear up the case little,
if any. AT Schenectady the China
man, at first thought to be Leon Ling
or William l.. Leon, who is sought as
the girls murderer, has, according to
all indications, pretty well established
that he is an upoffending Celestial
who formerly worked in a restaurant
in New York and whose arrest was
brought about merely through strik
ingly unfortunate resemblance to Leon
Ling.
The disappearance of Chung Sin
about the time the murder was dis
covered here made the police eager
for his apprehension, which was con-
sidered second in importance to that Of
Leon, but the interview with him at
Amsterdam seems to have brought out
nothing of value to the authorities.
He maintains that he rarely associat-
ed with Leon and while acquainted
with Elsie Sigel knows nothing of the
murder.
Sun leong a Material Witness.
While the authorities upstate were
putting the Cinnamon through an in
QUESTION Sun Leong, keeper of the
restaurant above which the body was
found, was being questioned at police
headquarters here. Sun Leong disap-
peared on the night the body was
found, but quietly and calmly surren-
dored himself early yesterday. He is
being detained as a material witness,
but his voluntary surrender is taken to
mean that he is not implicated in any
way in the crime.
In the midst of all the police activity
the body of Elsie Sigel was quietly
buried in Woodlawn cemetery. AS
the father had announced that he
wished to avoid any more publicity,
the coffin containing the mutilated
form was taken directly from the
morgue to the burying ground in
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
sanitarium.
Cinnamon Offer Reward.
Although the mission in Chinatown
where Elsie Sigel formerly taught has
been closed a meeting of Chinese
whohavcbeen conVerted to Christianity
was held in Dover street mission to
discuss plans for raising a fund to be
offered as a reward for the capture of
Elsie Sigel's slayer No definite sum
was decided upon, but committee
will go through Chinatown soliciting
subscriptions. Thirty Chinaman, all
scholars of various Sunday schools in
the district, attended the meeting and
Rev. Fung Y. Now acted as chairman.
In discussing the case Rev. Now
said that Leon Ling had never been
connected with the mission in any
way and as far as he knew had never
attended any school in Chinatown.
Miss Sigel, he said, had taught him.
The scholars, he continued, keenly
felt the O. sgrace that the murder had
brought upon the mission schools and
stood ready to aid the police in every
way to bring about the capture of the
murderer.