The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-03
new Phase IN SE|CEL Case.
Tried to Get Rid of Trunk Like
One Body was Found in.
MYSTERY SOMEWHAT CLEARED UP
Murderer Claims to be Descendant
of Four Fabled Chinese Demi-
Gods Who Lived Before
Chinese History Began.

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have confirmed the new phase Of the
SigA murder case brought to ligh1
in Newark, NJ u, Monday-that Leor
Ling was in Newark, early in the
MACON 4of. taa a aYs of lnardal
with i heavy oval trunk yl IKE the
one in which the body was found
and pressing anxiety to be rid of it
1t has been ascertained that he at
tempted to leave the trunk in the
| Newark restaurant of Ii Sing, but
prudent Ii Sing would not hear to
having the trunk dumped on him.
James Halstead the Newark cabby
who is understood to have driven
Leon and his burden back to New
York the same day, was found to-
night and identified the trunk as the
one he hauled.
The mystery Of just how Elsie ST.
gel was killed, was cleared up to
some extent today with the announce.
ment of the results of the coroner's
autopsy, supporting in a way that
the murder was not premeditated,
but committed on the spur of the
moment by the jealousy crazed China
man.
DR.. O'Hanlon, of the coroner's
office, said there had been found no
ruptured blood vessels such as al
ways accompany death by violent
strangulation, but that on the con-
trary, there was evidence of conges-
tion of the lungs, such as always
goes with death by asphyxiation. The
analysis of the contents of the stom-
ach is not yet complete and on ac-
count of the advanced state of decom-
position in which the body was found,
1T has presented many difficulties.
There is absolutely no conflrma-
ton of the statement made to the
police by clerical friend of the
Sigel family that Elsie married Chu
Gain, Leon Ling's rival, who is held
under bond as material witness
Chu Gain has protested that he has
sorrows enough without being made
out widower.
Police Capt. Calvin was detached
last night on leave of absence, re-
turned to town this morning as sud
denly as he left and was back on
his post again tonight without word
to say. Whatever his clue may have
been, it seems not to have materlaliz-
I'D. The district attorneys Office to-
lay had Ong Fung, English speak
ing Chinaman, up for a little quiz on
he Chinese tongs, and their possible
affilations with the case. Ong Fung
old the authorities that nothing was
Known in Chinatown to connect Leon
with either of the tongs and that ap-
lrt from his membership in the chin
'se Mason (Which the Masons deny)
he only other society to which he
belonged was the descendants of four
abled demi-gods, who lived in the
LOUDLY days before even Chinese his
ory began and who gather now for
lothing more violent than to vaunt
heir descent
Even if Leon is caught and his
ase- comes to trial, it seems little
Ikely from a statement made tonight
hat the carefully guarded Elsie let
ers will ever be made public in their
ntirety.
Think They Have Ling.
Jackson, Tenn.-That they have
l custody Leon Ling, the slayer of ,
Isle Sigel is the belief of the local :,
uthorities. The suspect, a China :
ian. whose facial expression and :
eneral appearance tallies with the
ublished description of Leon, came :
, Jackson June 16. :.