Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-19
Wondering Corpse Of Miss Elsie
Siegef, Grand Daughter of
Civil War Hero, Found in
Chinese Tenement,
DEEP MYSTERY SHR0UDS
MOST CHASTITY TRAGEDY
Police Working on Tangled
Story Involing Young Wom-
ans Relations With Celestial
Who Has Disappeared,


lBy Morning journal special Leased Nirel
New York, June Is Elizabeth Sic
gel daughter Of Paul siegel of this
city and grand daughter Of the Illus
trious Franz Siegel, the great warrior,
who served with the Union army dur
ing 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 Chinaman. above a chop suey res
taurant in the tenderloin, her body in
state of decomposition, is in the
morgue, while detectives are mvesti-
eating tangled story involving the
girl ana her associations with the Chi
nese. An envelope addressed to the
girl. found in the room where the
body lay locket bearing her ini-
tials, her disappearance on June 10,
and a note found in the room signed
Elsie" all indicated that Frank Sic
gels granddaughter vas murdered.
Mr. Siegle had not identified the
torn clothing as that worn by his
daughter.
Sun Leong, proprietor of the res
taurant who conducted the rooming
house above disapps red shortly af-
ter the discovery Of the urGer, ad
ding further TO the mystery. The case
has many unusual features notable
among which Is the fact that "A China
man has been known to call at the
Siegel home here, presumably with
the sanction Of the parents. Elsie was
twenty years old and was greatly in
terestcd in work among Chinese. 1t is
understood that she became ac-
quainted with one Chinaman who
may be able to throw some light on
the case several years ago, when he
conducted cane rack at an amuse-
ment park at Fort George.
The Segle home in Wadsworth ave-
nue., the Bronx. is not far away from
that resort Three Cinnamon were
as material witnesses They
gave the names of Yeo Kim. manager
of sun Leong's restaurant; Gong Wing
and Chin Sum. cooks who lived in the
rear of the restaurant The man most
wanted is the former occupant
Of the room where the body was found
evidently an English speaking celes-
tial. Judging from the letters. this
individual is Leong Loo Lin, known
among his English friends as William
Loing
Shortly after midnight Mrs. Flor |
'nce M. Todd one of the resident |
workers in the Chinatown ana Bow |
'ry settlement, who is a friend of the |
'iegel family, called at the morgue
md after viewing the body identified |
he underclothlng as that worn by FL
lie siegel
A number Of letters which the po-
ice expect to throw light upon the
'ase, were found in the room one.
written in English, addressed 10 the
Missing Chinaman. who occupied the
oom. but unsigned warned that If he
lid not stop paying attention to Ell
ie Siegel" he would meet terrible
ate. The other letters found were
by a girl who signed herself
Elsie
According to the police the missives
we're written in term of endearment
silver spangelcd bracelet upon which
'ere the initials n. c. s" was found
D "A dresser drawer. Some text books.
speller ana a geography owned by
he missing Chinaman contained rude
erawls Of the name elsie" such as
person learning to write might make.
A plain envelope addressed To Miss
Elizabeth Siegel. 209 Wadsworth ave-
ne, New York. but empty was also
)und in the room a man who de-
'ribcd himself as Joseph d. Lang,
ut who Is Chinaman called at the
ighth avenue house quite unoXpect-
ily during the night. He said he
llled to see his cousin who proved
, be the missing Chinaman. who oc-
lpied the room in which the trunk
as found. Lang said he saw his
)usin, Elsie Slegol and her father
nd mother at a performance at the
binece theater three weeks ago.
The house is az No. 1872 Eighth ave-
ne In the tcnderloin district sun
cong. the proprietor brought the re-
slation Of the crime. He noted a pc
iliar odor and fearing someone had /,
'mmitted suicide, notified the police. =
hey ascended to the top floor. en-
red a small room and pried open a !,
Gamer trunk. There lay the body,
amped and partly deoomposed. with
rope wound tightly about the throat
The man who had occupied the !,
'om evidently had left hastily for i,
ere had been no effort to remove r
lything. About the room bibles and
aver books containing names writ