The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-19
NEW YORK GIRL IS
VICTIM OF MURDER
Body of WelI-KnOwn Young
Woman Found in Trunk in
Room of Chinaman.
GRANDDAUGHTER OF THE
FAMOUS FRANZ SIGEL
Investigation SO Far Made by
Police Only Adds to Mystery
of Awful Crime.

| NEW YORK, June lS.-ElIzabcth
Sigel. daughter of Paul Sigel, of this
city and granddaughter of the illustri
Gus Franz Sigel, the German warrior
who served with the Union army during
| the civil war, is the victim Of one of
! the most sordid murders in the history
of New York
Taken from a trunk in a room of a
Chiuaman above chop suey restaurant
in the Tenderloin, her body, in n state
of decomposition, is in the morGue
while detectives are investigating a
tangled story involving the girl and her
associations with Chinese. An envelope
addressed To the girl found IN tho room
where the body lay, locket bearing her
initials, her disappearance on June 10.
and a note found in the room signed
=" Elsie, all Indicated that Franz Sig
el S granddaughter was murdered
Mr.. Sigel had not Identified the body
al a late hour tonight, but Mrs. Sigel
identified the torn clothing as that
worn by her daughter.
Adding to Mystery
Sun Lcong, proprietor of the restau-
rant, who conducted the rooming house
above. disappeared shortly after the dis
covery of the murderer, adding further
10 the mystery. The case has many
unusual features, notable among which
is the fact that a Chinaman has been
known to call at the Sigel house pre-
sumablv with the sanction OF the par
cuts. Elsie was 90 years old and was
greatly interested in work among Chin
esc. 1t is understood that she became
acquainted with one Chipaman who may
be able to throw some light on tue case,
several years ago, when he conducted a
cane rack at an amusement park at
Fort George. The Sige home IN Wads-
worth avenue, the Bronx, is not far
away from that resort.
Three Cinnamon were arrested as ma.
tcrial witnesses. They gave the names
of Meo Kim. manager of Sun Lcong' S
restaurant; Gong Wing, salesman for a
chop Suev supply house. and Chin Sum.
Il cook who lived in the rear Of the
restaurant. The man most wanted how
ever. rs the former occupant of the room
where the body was found, evidently
an English speaking celestial.
Judging from the letters this indi-
vidual is Eeong Loo Lin. known AMONG
his English friends as William II. Lion.
Further Identification.
Shortly after midnight Mrs, Florence
NJ. Tood, one of the resident workers
in The Chinatown and Bowcry. settle
lily called at the morgue and after view
ing the body identified the undcrcloth.
ing as that worn by Elsie Sigel.
The House is at No. 1S2 Eighth ave
nue.. in the Tcndcrloin district, Sun
bcung. the proprietor. brought about
the revelation of the crime He noted
peculiar odor and fearing some one
had committed suicide, notified the po-
lice. They asccndcd to the top floor,
entered small room and pred open
Il steamer trunk. There lay the body.
crampcd and partly dccomposcd, with
Il rope wound tightly about the throat
The man who had occupied the room
evidently had left hastily. for there
had been 10 effort 10 remove any
thing. About the room Bibles and
pravcrbooks containing names written
in both English and in Chinese gave
the information that he was known in
English rs William r. Lion, and in
Chinese as Leong Loo Lin.
Ambiguous Note.
Scrawled on "A card in fair English
was an unsigned note, which read:
81 hope do yom not get mad at me,
because all the trouble came from me.
Hope some day the happiness come to
us both,
There was great excitement among
the Chinese in the vicinity when tho
murder was discovered, but with the
exception Of the proprietor they could
not be induced TO view the body,
Decomposition had progressed so far,
however. that except for the whlteness
of the feet it would have been diff
cult TO ascertain whether IT was the
body Of white woman.
Letters May Give Clue,
4 number of letters which the police
expect will throw light on the case
were found in the room, One written
in English addressed to the missing
Cbinamau who occupied the room, but
unsigned, warned hiu that il he did
not stop paving attention To g Elsie
Siopel' he would meet terrible fate.
The other letters found were written
by girl who signed herself Elsie. y
According to the police the mss,ves
were written IN terms nf cndearncnt. .
4 silvor spangled bracelet upon which
were the initials y. &. :, werc found
in dresser drawor. Some text books.
spcIlcr and n geography owned by
the missing Chinaman contained rude
scrawls Of the name Elsie. such as
a person learning go write might make.
\ plain envelope addressed TO Miss
Elizabeth Sicgcl. No. 209 Wadsworth
avenue, New York. but empty. was also
found IN The room,
y man VINO GcS'Flpeu IlIWHcll hS 10
scph K Lang, but who is a Cbinaman,
called at the Eighth avenue residence
unexpectedly during the ui0ht, He
said he called to see his cousin. who
proved 70 be the missing Chinaman who
occupied the room III which the trunk
was found Lang said he saw his cous-
III. Elsie Siegel and her father aud
mother at n performance at the Chi
nesc thcater three weeks ago.
Serious Explosion.