Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-19
,,o,l,cl. Promptly Recognized Parts OF
Clothing and Jcwelry but Father
refuses to Believe it His Child.

New York. June 10 - essages have
bsen sent by the police TO Colon and
Panama to hold up the party of
If,.,inese who left this city a week ago,
,rrtoyday en- route to Vancouver. y.
r = in the hope Of arrestng Leonga
Ia Lin, alias William H. Lion, who
occupied the room in Eighth avenue
(, which was found last night the.
,,runk containing the body of Miss
r,lse sigel, missionary among the lo--3
al Chinese, and granddaughter OF
Ne famous Gen. Franz Sigel. III a 5
airbe police discovered today that
B 1eonr Lee Lin started for Vancouver.
Sia Panama, a week ago FRIDAY, the
asy on which he was last seen at
q ia room over the Eighth avenue chop
stiev restaurant. In the party for
Vancouver is said to be also LII
CHUNG who occupied the room adjoin-5
Inc that which revealed the grew
sone tragedySand in Bwhic h9was found
some of the murdered girrls Y cloth N
ing orders were issued to arrest him
MISC. From the condition of the body
and other facts. it is believed the
crime was committed at least week
before the body was found.
From Mrs Margaret Todd a mis-
sionary. who first introduced Miss
Sigel into the work of converting the
residents Of Chinatown to Christians
Nv. the police learned today that while
the young woman taught Leong Lee
Lin the creed OF Christ, he at the
same time learned to love her. From
Mrs. Todds statement and letters
found in the room where the body
had been strangled. partially strapped
and wedged into an old trunk. it has
been discovered Leong Lee Linn was
not the only admirer Of Elsie Eigel,
Letters to Linn threatened him with
death fihe died not cease his atten-
&tlons to the young missionary.
FATHER STILL DOUBTS.
Although Mrs Paul Sigel unhesita-s
tbgly identified the jewelry and pieces
Of clothing found inSthe room as those
y Of her daughter, the girls father re-
fused even today to believe that4the
victim was his child. He is said to-
have started for Washington early to-
day in the hope of finding Elsie
sigel alive. Ten days ago a telegram
was received from her at Washington
saving that she would be home in two
days. When she did not arrive the
police were notified OF her disappear
ance n
stg Mrs. Sigel was SO affected by the
INV . u iiGi 1iduSIlLeI1Sf TATE lila t TO
day she was Frustrated and under
the care of physicians, and nurses.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. 5Sgel. knew
4 leong Lee Lin very we'll After the
daughter had first met him in charge
81 a cane rack at a pleasure resort
Two years ago, she sought to- convert
him. Her mother who had been in
1erested in missionary work among
the Chinese for many years, invited
the Young Chinaman to their home In
ne Bronx and during the course OF
his conversation he was entertained
there frequently. Miss Sigel and her
parents recently accompanied Lin to
y pertormanceina the theater in China
Town. il53
7 MIS- Todd, in her statement TO the
police, declared that Lin was very
jealous of Miss Sigel and had forbid
den her 10 accept attentions from any
one else. She said that Miss Sigel
more than once informed her that
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