New-York tribune., 1909-06-19
GEN. SIGEL'S GRAND
DAUGHTER KILLED
FIND BODY IN TRUNK
HUNT FOR CHINAMAN.
Tictim Disc0rered Orer a Chop
Sueg Place in Eighth Arenue-
Mother Recognizes LOcket.

killed about a week ago. was found last
evening in steamer trunk in a Ginly lighted.
badly ventilated room fitted up in Oriental
fashion on the top. or fourth. floor OF the red
brick building at No. TS2 Eighth avenue. The
woman had been strangled 70 death.
locket. marked e c. s." was the chief
clew which led according TO the police. 10 the
Identification of the body as that of Miss Elsie
SigeI, daughter of Paul SigeI and grand
daughter Of General Franz SigeI. of Civil War
fame The Siges lived at No. 900 Wadsworth
avenue. Elsie had been missing from her home
since June 10 Mr. SfgeI could not identify the
body but when the Iocket was shown to hts
wife she said at once it was the one worn by
her daughter when she left home.
Early this morning the police sent out gen.
eraI alarm for Leon Ling or William Lion
He is an Ansericanzed Chinaman who wears
American clothes and has his hair cut short
About 1890 O'Clock Mrs. Florence NJ Todd.
one of the resident workers in the Chinatown
and Bowery Rescue Settlement and Recreation
Room for Girls, at No 10 Mott street. who is a
friend of the SfgeI family. called at the Morgus
to look at the girls body. Mrs. Todd took notes
Of the measurements and marks Of the clothing,
evidently for comparison with what the family
knew Of the girls clothing
When Paul SigeI left the Eighth avenue house
he said ne was going home But Detective Grif-
fifth. who had been assigned to take Mr.. sigel
from Police Headquarters 70 the scene Of the
finding OF the body, told SigeI that il he would
wait he (Griffth) would get the jewelry. and
they would take it up to the house and see IL
Mrs. SigeI could identify il.
NO. I don't want 20 do that" SigeI replied
What's the use?"
Captain Carey told Of this and said 20
SigeI he didn't care what he (SigeD liked about
it, that he (SigeD had acted strangely while he
- I'll C-rfe= Nt71r
SigeI didn't want 20 go to his own home with
| the iewelry. that Griffith was under orders 70
go alone and see Mrs SigeL SigeI went away
Mrs SigeI received Griffith. and when she saw
the spangIes and the medaI-Iike I0cket she cried
out that those were the trinkets Of her own
daughter. Elsie. and were worn by Elsie when
the girl was last seen about the house
MOTHER IDENTIFIES LOCKET
At 1.24 O'Clock this morning Captain Carey
got report from Detective Griffith and made
the positive announcement that Mrs Sigel had
| identified the jeweIry. and that the Body OF the
| murdered girl AT the morgue was beyond a rea-
| sonabIe doubt that OF Elsie SigeI-
Captain Carey said early to-day thar the PO-
| lice Department had wired 20 all cities de-
scriptiOn OF the man wanted in connection with
the murder and that it would De the next thing
to impossible for the man to get far away.
Captain Carey. at Headquarters. said last
night that several love letters written by girl
who signed herself Elsie found in the
dresser in the room in which the murdered
woman's body found. He said the letters
We're written in terms Of endearment. and
showed intimacy between the sender and the re-
cpient \ silver spanged bracelet upon which
were the initials e c. :" was found in the
same dresser The jewery found on tho
woman-s neck. chain and the locket, was the
work Of Dieges x CIust. No. % John street. ac-
cording to Captain Carey.
A plain envelope, empty. addressed 20 Miss
Elizabeth SigeI No 2o9 Wadsworth avenue. New
York city was found in the dresser, the police
captain said
There is a chop suey restaurant Cn the first
floor above the street of No. 7S2 Eighth avenus.
and the two floors above that are leased by the
proprietor Of the restaurant. Sun Leung- The
room in which the murdered woman was found
was a middle room on the top floor the only
ventilation TO it being through transom over
the hall door
LOOK FOR CHINESE WAITER
Captafn Carey has sent out over the police
wires a description OF Chinese waiter whom
he wants The dead woman was probably
about twenty-six years of age
A letter written by man who signed himself
Henry G; Barneu. If the Hotel Bristol. No. I'D
had occupied the room. was found by the police
Earneu later was seen. and proved 70 be a man
interested in the Amercanizng of Chinese IN
this citv He gave the police what information
he had concerning the man with whom he had
baen corresponding He described the man as
standing : feet inches in height, and as be-
fr, a heavy set Chinaman. with a square jaw.
who wore American clothes
The letter found was merely a friendly one,
arranging for a visit and fixing a date for q
call The man who had occupied the room had
made no effort to remove anything. for Bibles
and prayerbOOks containing his name. in Eng
Ish and Chinese script, were found. well
several photographs of him
blue army blanket was wrapped about the
body of the dead woman when she was put into
the trunk
Barnelf told Captain carey he knew very Ittis
of the associates of the man he had been CORE
spending with. and never heard him speak OF
any women He said that young woman a
missionary. known to him only Miss SigeI.7
or a name which sounded like that (Barneu
wouldn't be sure OF the spelling) was interested
ip the missing Chinaman
sun I-eung was overcome when he saw in
stead of the body of a Chinaman that OF a
woman Leung said he not only had never seen
the woman before. TO his knowledge but was
not aware any woman had been in the room
where the trunk was found. The trunk was a
small steamer trunk. eighteen inches in height
and about four feet in length
The police found in the room where the BODY
was a court summons issued from the 4th Dis
trict (Yorkville) Municipal Court directed
against one Yung Bing by one William Lion.
on the night of May IS a Chinarnan attsrsd as
a Celestial. who called himself Yung Bing- was
arrested on the steps Of St Patrick's Cathedral