Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-06-25
elsie SICLE MURDER Case
Develops Rapidly, but no So
luton Reachd.
MYSTERIOUS PHASES OF GIRLS LIFE
Leon Ling, a Converted MongoHan
Lover of Elsie Sigel, IL Found
Will Be Asked to Unravol
the Mystery.

lily built Chinese, we'll educated, and
when last seen dressed in a black
suit of American cut, is under arrest
and put through the police inquisi-
ton known as the third degree" IL
is likely the murder Of Elsie Sigels
granddaughter of the old civil war
hero, will remain unsolved.
Leon Ling, alias Long Lee Linn.
alias William L. Leon, alias VIM
Lion converted Mongolian, restauraDs
proprietor, admirer of white women
and lover of Elsie Sigel, Is the man.
When or how he left New York while
the girls body lay cramped and de-
composing in a battered trunk in the
stuffy little room he formerly occu-
pied remains to be learned. With
him is supposed to be his companion
and erstwhile room mate. Chung Sin,
who also may be able to throw some
light upon the murder. Some re-
ports say that both Cinnamon are on
their way to Vancouver via Panama.
All that Is known to a certainty Is
that the are missing and the girls
battered body remained behind in
the room of an Oriental who loved
her jealously dogged her footsteps,
threatened her and at times spoke
with such evil intent that the 20
year-old girl confessed to friends
that she was afraid of her former
pagan wooer.
Fed murder cases in New York
have developed more rapidly and at
the same time come no nearer solu-
tion than the Sigel mystery. But
that part of the story which was un-
ravelled here has brought out prin-
cipally the mysterious phases Of the
girls life; her apparent craze for
mission work among the Chinese, her
associations with the man who Is
supposed to have killed her. and last
ly the fact that it was on his &C
count that she left home on Wednes-
day, June 9. 1t has also come out
that the girls. mother, now pros
trated, according to reports, that 1t
was necessary to remove her to a
hospital, had been fearful of her
daughters safety ever since her dis
appearance, and had searched China
town day after day without success.
Both parents, however, the mother
and Paul Sigel, the father, are hop
ing against hope, clingihs to evasive
clues that a telegram signed E. S.,
was sent from Washington, D. c.. on
the fateful Wednesday. This message
read, "Will come home Sunday or
soon. Don't worry"
Elsie Sigels entry into the mystic
rious ways of the Chinese came
through her grief-stricken mother
who was long identified with Sunday
schools and mission work in China
town. In this way the girl came tc
know various Cinnamon, and when
Leon, whom she met at the Fort
George resort, became attentive he
was received in the Sigel home and
continued his association with the
girl until his love became violent
Then from what can be learned, her
father forbade the Chinaman to visit
the house. 1t was then that Elsie,
although afraid of her admirer, de-
serted her home, never to be seen
alive again by any of the household.
Where she went directly after leav-
ing home, whether she Joined the
Chinaman or was lured to the room
and murdered, must be cleared up.
Her body tells only the story Of q
brutal murder and the disappear
ance of the Chinaman adds the other
morbid features. That the girl cut
her family ties because of the China
man is indicated in the following
note, undated, which was found In
Icons effects.
you seem to be growing cold to
me. Just think of the sacrifice made
for you-my family, my friends. Fol
Gods sake don't forsake me. Ell
SIZE"
As to the motive for the murder
the police are inclined to accept first
jealously and then love mania. The
girl was loved at least by one Other
Chinaman than Leon, and this may
have caused the crime.