New-York tribune., 1909-06-21
FATHER IDENTIFIES
ELSIE SIGEL'S BODY
LEON TRACED rs FAR As
BALTIMORE.
Jealousy OCer the Girl Bet5ceen
Missing ChiuQman and Chu Gain
NOtire for Crime.


nit that the body of the murdered girl which
has been lying in the morgue since Friday. was
that of Elsie SigeL
Meanwhile. the Washington police were ur1-
earthing the fact that William l. Leon the
Chinaman in whose room the girls body was
found, was in Washington on June @ the Gay OF
the girls disappearance. with a woman. and that
he went motor riding with his companion ana
then went TO Baltimore with her on june Il At
the National Hotel. in Washington a letter ad-
dressed to him and sent from New York City
was received on June II. It will be opened to-
day
Chinatown in this city brought out at the
same time the motive fJr the murder in the
jealousy over the girl that existed between Chu
Gain. manager Of the Port Arthur restaurant. at
No. 9 Mott street. and Leon
Six Cinnamon who are thought by the police
to be intimately connected with the case. have
disappeared since last Thursday. two OF them
on Thursday and four yesterday. These men,
who composed the Lee Company, ran the sam
Wing laundry. at No. IS 8ayard street They
are thought to be the ones who sent special
delivery letter to Leon in Washington on June
H. the day before Leon went TO Baltimore with
his female companion
Coroner Hamburger. who went to the n1orgue
to be present at the Identification Of Elsie Sigers
body. advanced the theory there that Sun Leuns,
the proprietor of the restaurant at No IS2
Eighth avenue, over which Leon had his rooms.
and on Wing, one of the sent TO the House
Of Detention by Coroner Hamburger, were cog
nizant Of the murder. and went to Coney Island
together the day after the murder to plan for
the disposal Of the trunk containing the body
SIGELS co To THE MORGUE-
The remarkable series of attempts to get
positive and official Identification Of the body
reached their climax yesterday afternoon. when
a party, consisting Of Paul Sigel. father OF the
murdered girl; Mabel stgeI. her cousin; Reginald
sigeI. her brother and Franz Sigel. her uncle.
went 20 the morgue and identified the body as
that Of Elsie SfgeL Theodore SigeL another
brother. appeared little later and added his
testimony
But the fnaI identification was not accom-
pIshed without anot..er denial In the morning
| Captain Carey. Of the Detective Bureau re-
ceived a detailed denial Of the identity Of the
girl from Pau sigeL Mr.. sigeI based his de-
NAL on the appearance Of the hands and teeth
of the Ceqd girl which. he said, did not cor
respond with those Of his daughter. At the
morgue the Identification was made on the very
characteristics which had formed the basis Of
the denial in the morning.
The SigeI family were pressed for explana-
tion of their continued denials and Franz Sigel.
who spoke for the family said that there had
been no denial. that the family had only waited
the opportunity to make certain identifca-
tion. He said that the mother of the dead girl
had been prostrated by the shock and her hUs-
band had TO take her TO a sanatOriUm in Con-
necticut When he returned TO this city to-day
the identification made.
Paul SigeI and Franz SigeI went 20 the De-
tective Bureau 4:3O O'Clock yesterday after
noon and after short talk with Captain Carey.
who urged them TO make a close examination Of
the dead girls body. went with Detectives
Fogarty and Woods 10 the nOrgue. where they
were met by Reginald Sigel and Mabel sigeI-
WAIT FOR THE CORONER
Paul SigeI and Mabel sigeI went into the room
where the body kept and identified IT by
the underwear. the hands and decayed molar
on the lower right side of the mouth After
the Identification they went 20 the chapel OF
the morgue and talked with tie detectives while
they waited for Coroner Hamburger. who had
been teIephoned for All we're dressed in Ordi-
nary street clothes. Mabel SigeI wearing a light
green dress and black hat, with dotted veil,
and Franz and Reginald SigeI wearing gray
suits and straw hats while Paul SigeI wore a
dark blue suit and derby hat. Paul and Franz
SigeI smoked cigarettes and chatted and smiled
occasionally during the wait for the coroner
When Coroner Hamburger arrived Paul SigeI
was identified by Detective Woods. and then
he told the coroner that they were satisfied
that the body that of Elsie Sigel. his
daughter. Mabel Slgel confirmed this state
uent and the coroner was -old that the tdenti-
hcation was made by means Of the underwear.
the teeth and the hands. Coroner Harburger
then said:
Il am obliged to do a little police work once
in a while in connection with my office. and II
YOU know anything. Mr.. stgeI. that VIII help
us TO find the murderer 1 think it Is your duty
to tell US Do you know anything about the
relations between your daughter and the China
men that would hep?"
No Mr.. sigeI replied. II do not I cannot
help you
II am going to tell you what my suspicious
are" the coroner said. and perhaps that viii
help you TO throw some light the case
THINKS THEY KNEW ABOUT MURDER
Il have man named on Wing at the House
of Detention. He went to COney Island the day
after the murder with Sun Leung. who kept the
restaurant at No. 7s2 Eighth avenue I think
both Of those men knew about the murder and
that they went there to plan how to dispose OF
the trunk with the body"
Coroner Hamburger waited few seconds, and
then Mr.. SigeI said once more:
II cannot help you. This is news to me. I
had not thought OF it before"
Finding that he could get no help from Mr..
Siqel the Coroner said that he would make out
tbe certificate permitting the removal OF the
bodv Franz Sigel said that he would take
charge of the body and OF the arrangements for
the funeral and the permit was made out in his