New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
MISS SIGEL'S BODY MAY
GO TO P0TTER'S FIELD
FATHER STILL REFUSES
TO CLAIM 1T.
Police S5carm Ont after Leon Ling,
the CbindmdH an UhOse Room
the Girl Has Found.

uunk at NO IS2 Eighth avenue Friday
night Is held officially at the NIorzue as "+lu-
| identified" the police acting on the conviction
that it is that Of Miss Elsie sigel granddauShter
OF General Franz Sigel are making every effort
| TO find William l. Leon. the Chinese friend OF
| the young mission worker. Unless Paul Sizsl.
| the father OF that young woman. who has been
| missing from his home. No 209 Wadswcrth
/ avenue, since Wednesday morning. Juns g.
| changes his mind. the body. believed BY others
to be that Of his daughter. viii go to the Pot4
| ters Field
The police know that William Leon. who be-
| fore his Annericanization had the Chinese mans
of Leong Lee Linn. and has also been known az
| Leon Ling and William L. Lion had been max
| ing love TO Miss Sigel for a long time. They
nave thirtyf1ve letters. signed Elsie which.
they declare, show that she was infatuated with
the Chinaman and was reproachins him ap-
parently for losing mis- interest in her.
The police are holding four men as witnesses.
fifth was arrested because a citizen. who IateuI
| disappeared thought he bore resemblance t1l
| the picture Of Leon. Later he was released
ALSO ADMIRED MISS SIGEI.
OF the witnesses detained. Chu Gain. the man
| sger Of the Port Arthur restaurant at No q
Mott street is understood to have had communi-
| cation with Leon since the Iatters disappear-
| auce- The police say he was not only an intf-
| mate friend Of Leon. but also an admirer es
| Miss Sigel.
/ The police say that telegram was sent from
| Washington to Gain on the same day the dis
patch signed e 5" was filed there. II reads
Don't worry. Finish my work This was
/ signed William and the police suspect that
/ the sender may have been William Leon Cain
was close friend of Leon. having worked in
| the IatteT's Fort George restaurant Three
weeks ago Gain gave $3.50 to Chung Sin. Icons
+ room mate ostensibIy to enable the latter to
/ start restaurant
/ The police say Gain received letter soms
| time ago in which it was tntinated that he and
/ a girl would be killed. That is all they have 70
/ say about IL
/ In Chinatown last night there was a rumor
/ that Gain might have had something to do with
4 personal appearing in morning newspaper
/ on Tuesday reading: e J. S.-Mother very III:
/ come home, dear one
/ II was rumored that Leon had asked him in
/ a dispatch from Washington TO look after his
+ business affairs u was also said that Gain had
/ inserted advertisements in a morning paper
asking for information Of the missing girl
At first he denied his identity. but CAPTAIN
4 Calvin snd Dersctivs BriclIsy brought several
/ Chinese around. who said that he was Chu Gain
Then he admitted that was his name and he
was immediately taken to Police Headquarters.
| where I'e was examined by Captain Carey, OF the
/ homicide bureau.
| TIE other witnesses held are the cook ard a
waiter in the restaurant Of Sun Leung, at Nc
/ 7s2 Eighth avenue, and 4 salesman IN Fell
street who knew the missing Chinaman-
Miss Sige1, who was tTerny-ons years old.
had been employed for about year as book
LsAper for The Christian Herald. in the Bible
House. She left her home early on Wednesday
morning. saying she was going 70 see her
grandmother. the widow Of General Sigsl. in Tbs
rronx None Of her friends has seen her stncs,
| The police believe that she was murdered thar
da-- the autopsy bearing out the suggestion
that she had been dead for about eight or nins
| days.
THE TELEGRAM FROM WAsRINGToS-
on the same Wednesday night. after the fam
| fIv had begun TO Worry about the young von1~
ans failure 70 come home for dinner. they re-
ceived this telegram, dated IN washington
.1'u be home soon sunday night Don't
worry.
The family we're puzzled b. the message. but
thought that possibly ths girl would explain IN
a letter They did not inform the police OF her
dfsanpearance until last sunday. Even then
thew did not say anything about the girls n
fstuation for Leon, otherwise the crime nn1sns
have been discovered earlier
The police believe that Leon left the city on
Wednesday with Chung Sin. his rooranaate'
They think he may have sent the telegram from
Advices from the manager of the Postal Tels@
e-~,rr7 COMPANY in Washington last night said
that the dispatch fled there was evidently writ
+er b,- a child or person who was not famihar
,+t writing English. The telegraph operators
., the branch Office at the National Hotel could
not recall whether the message had been fled
b,- = man or a woman The message bore M
other name than the initials E s.
WASHINGTON POLICE UNSUCCESSFUL
Tbs Washington police have been unable 70
4n5 = man there answering the description Of
Icon. This general alarm has been sent TO al
the large cities in this country;
Arrest for homicide Leon Ling. alias Lsonz
ae lin alias William L. Leon. alias William L
Description: About thirty years old. i've feet
seven inches in height weighs $50 pounds
uas smooth face, dark complexion biacs
hair and eyes and good teeth
Hair cut in American style and dresses Amer
When last seen wore black suit OF clothes
JAMES BrCAFFERTYs
Inspector. detective bureau
George Anderson. of Union Hill. trsinmastsr
-, che West shore Railroad. reported at ths
West A7tb street station last night that two
C,btnamen answering the description Of Leon
and Chung Sin crossed on the 42d street ferry
about o'clock on the night the murder is sup
posed to have occurred Anderson was at
tracted to the men by their haste to get the boat
one was good looking Chinaman. he said. well
dressed and attractive. while the other
somewhat shabby Both were dressed in Amer
lean clothing. They rushed aboard the boat and
naced restlessIy up and down until IL left thu
slip.
when Coroner Acriten called up the Sissi
far,ilv, Yesterday afternoon. after the autopsy
,.5 been coropIeted. to find out what Arrange