Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-21
sIGEL IDENTIFIES DAUGHTER.
Finally Admits Murdered Girl is His
Kin

New York. June 21.--Leon Ling. with
his string of Chinese aliases and his
American clothes. may never be found.
but the mutilated body OF the Now
York girl left behind in a trunk In his
room. will not be buried In tho potter's
field. Paul Slgel. the father. claimed
and positively Identified the body at the
morgue. admitting for the first tlmc
that the victim was his daughter Elsie.
The girls mother, now in a sanitar-
ium. had previously identified the
jewelry; another woman had identified
the under clothing and relatives had
said that the murdered girl was Elsie
Sigel. grand daughter OF Gen. Franz
Sigel. Until this time, however. ti,e
father had maintained an attitude OF
silence. But after conference at po-
lice headquarters Sunday afternoon he
had at the morgue accompanied BY
| relatives. 1t was almost dark when tho
little party reached the morgue. he adj
mitted the relationship Of the murdered
girl
Theories as to exactly how and why
the girl was murdered arc plentiful.
One woman, Mrs. Il Smith, who pro-
fesses to have known the family well,
even suggests the victim is not Elsie
Sigel. but a mysterious Nellie" who
has figured in Leon Ling's love AFFAIRS.
Mrs. Smith holds that 1t Is possible she
and the Chinaman We're preparing to
eiope when Nellie" appeared created
scene and was killed. The substi-
tuition of the clothing and the packing
of the body in the trunk complete this
feminine Sherlock Holmes theory.
During the afternoon two Chinese
called at the Sigel home In the Bronx
ignorant of Mrs. Sigers removal to a
sanatorlum. and asked to see ..our
mother angel" a name which Mrs.
Sigel earned because of hcr mission
work among the Chinese. Ono of the
men said he was Chu Sam, brother
of Chu Gain, who is under arrest.
Chu Sam said that Chung Sin. who
disappeared simultaneously with Leon.
borrowed $3.50 from his brother Chu
Gain. the Tuesday before the murder.
and on the following day wrote that
he would be out of town for some time,
Chu Cain is somewhat of capitalist
and Is president of Chinese loan as
ISOLATION.
Before going to the morgue Mabel
Sigel discussed the case. saying among
other things that Elsie had been In
love with an army man In Wyoming.
She read extracts from letters which
she said had been written by this man
to Elsie, all of which were couched
In affectionate words and were signed
Your old sweetheart. Howard" But
she declined to say where the army
man was stationed.
Notwithstanding the publicity which
has been given the case, Mrs. Todd. the
mission worker who had known all
along Of Leon Lings infatuation for
Elsie, does not care to talk dlscursive-
ly of the efficacy OF Chinese conver.
siof1s 10 christianity. and Captain Car
ey of the bureau OF homicldes will not
permit the mass of letters, found
5umbled with bibles and pictures OF
ballet girls in that strange room where
gorgeous embroideries draped an iron
hospital pallet. to be published, or even
their contents indicated
The mission In Chinatown where Ell.
sic Sigel taught has been closed
May Not 30 Leon lina.
Late this afternoon, the New York
police said they did not believe the
man in custody at Schnectady was
Leon Ling The man sent telegram
to New York, signed Chu Hop. and the
police say Chu Hop is we'll known -
Chinatown, and can be identified cas-
lily.