Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-22

! G-Cel, udugnter or Paul Sigel or this ty and granddaughter of Major Gen eral Franz Sigel of civil war fame. resolved itself into an unsolved crime again tonight.
 Suspects Fail to Clear the Case.
 Chung Sin. who formerly occupied a rt om adjoining that where the girls body was found. is held by the police at the little city of Amsterdam N. Y., rot far from Schenectady, but what has been learned from him has served t, clear up the case little if any. At l Schenectady the Chinaman arrested | today, at first thought to be Leon Ling or William l.. Leon, who is sought as l the girls murderer. has. according to all indications, pretty well established C at he is an uponending Celestial who formerly worked in a restaurant in | New York, and whose' arrest was | h. ought about merely through his strikingly unfortunate resemblance to Leon Ling
 Authorities Learn Nothing New,
 The disappearance of Chung Sin apout the time the murder was disc iv- | e. ed here made the police eager for his | apprehension, which was considered | second in importance to that of Leon, Tut the interview with him at Amster- cam today seems to have brought ut | rothing of value 10 the authorities. He
 
 V ;th Leon, and while acquainted with Elsie Sigel know nothing of the mur- 1 Ger. Thus with his arrest of no great | importance, the case, aside from de- 1clc pments in New York today is about where it was when Elsie Sigefs body was found crammed into the | trunk in a room over the Eighth ave- nue chop suey restaurant last Friday right.
 Voluntary Surrender of Sun Leons. 1 While the authorities upstate were rrtting the two Chinamen through an l irouisition, Sun Leong. keeper of the | rt staurant above which the body was found. was being questioned at police | headquarters here. Sun Leong dsap- | reared on the night the body was Iornd. but duietly end calmly surren- | GCred himself early today He is be- ing detained as a material witness, bdt his voluntary surrender Is taken | 70 mean that he is not implicated in | any way in the crime. Early this aft einOon the New Yofk police were in communication with Schenectady, and | even before the final decision was reached there tonight that the China man now being held was innocent.they ,ad come to the conclusion that he vas not Leon Ling. Detective Forhes, | who hurried to Amsterdam, telegraph l ed however. to headquarters tonight 1 that there was no doubt about the | identity of Chung Sin. generally re- | ferred to as Leon Ling's roommate.
 Body of Victim Buried.
 In the midst of all the police activ- | isy the body of Elsie Sigel was quietly buried this afternoon in Woodiawn l cemetery. As her father announced | last night that he wished no more publicity. the coffin containing the mu- | t. ated form was taken directly from Ec morgue to the burying ground in plain undertaker's wagon The cere- rlony at the grave was strictly pri- Iate and was attended only by the | girls father, her brothers. Reginald sLd Theodore, and her uncle. Franz s gel.
 Chinese Aid the Police.
 Mrs. Sigel. it will be recalled. broke down completely when she learned of her daughters death and is now in a sanitarium
 Although the mission in Chinatown where Elsie Sigel formerly taught has been closed. meeting Of those who would be converted to Christianity was held in Dover street mission to plan i for reward for the capture of Elsie ] SigeIs slayer. No definite sum was | decided upon, but committee will go through Chinatown soliciting subscrp- sions. Thirty Chinamen. all scholars in various Sunday schools in the dis l trict. attended the meeting and Rev. Flung Y. Nov acted as chairman. In discussing the case the Rev. Mow said that Leon Ling was never con- nected with the mission in any way and so far as he knew never attended any school in Chinatown. Miss Sigel he said taught him. The scholars. he continued. keenly felt the disgrace that the murder had brought upon the mis- sion schools and stood ready to aid the police in every way in bringing about the capture of the murderer.
 Statement by Prominent Chinese Mis-
 sion Worker.
 Theories as to the move of the mur- der all coincide. as was indicated last night. that the jealousy of Leon Ling caused it. That he killed her because of her apparent friendship for Gnu Gain, who is still detained as A mate rial witness, is still the predominant belief
 In support of this explanation. Mrs Florence Todd. one of the most promi nent women workers in Chinatown. who knew Elsie Sgel and her mother intimately, said this afternoon:
 T know Gnu Gain, who is under ar rest, very well. He is one of the few Chnamen whom l would trust with my life. Mrs. Sigel and Elsie also knew him for many years. They were introduced to him through an uncle of his.
 q believe that Elsie was in love with Gnu Gain and would have mar ried him but that he would not marry her"
 Here Mrs. Todd went into the most significant part of her statement. that bearing on Leon Ling. She said:
 Within the last year despite herI love for Gnu Gain. Elsie became ap- parently infatuated with Leon Ling. But l think it was only nirtat -1n He. know. asked her 10 marry him. but she refused him. In fact she told me that she refused him. Her mother knew all about it."
 Despite her statement. Mrs. Todd said she was not inclined to believe that Leon Committed the murder. and she went on to relate that she had a dream that Elsie Sigel had committed suicide. Gnu Gain. she said. came Co her on the morning of June IA. five days after the murder~is supposed to have been committed. and told her that he too had had a dream. In this dream according to Mrs. Todd. Gnu Gain saw the form of the girl appear before him. crying: Gnu. save me- This seemed to, Worry. the rhinaman greatly be- cause Elsie was missing at the time. l Xax1oz1s xeDpreE of ohiDsse< <bein ng.<raoed