Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22
CHUN SIN Is IN THE Ton!
Says He is Able to Throw No Light
On Gruesome Tro gedy.
81 , GIRL IS BURIED
Only L II te Relatives Are Pres
e. 'uneral Service.
YES HIMSELF UP
Restaurant N pprietor of Place
Where Girl Killed, Calmly
surrenders 20 Police and Is
Held as witness.

NEW YORK, June 2.-After a bit OF
police furry today. an hour or two of
unverified reports and telephoning between
cities, the murderer Of Elsie Sigel daugh-
ter of Paul sigel of this city and grand
daughter of Major General Franz SiEel Of
civil war fame, resolved itself into an un-
solved crime again tonight.
Chung Sin, who formerly occupied a
room adjoining that where the girls body
was found, is held by the police at the
little upstate city Of Amsterdam, n. Y,
but what has been learned from him has
served to clear up the case little IL any.
OthSr Suspect Not Leon.
At Schenectady a Chnaman arrested to-
day. at first thought to be Leon Ling, or
William l.. Leon, who Is sought as the
girls murderer, has, according to all in
dications, pretty well established that he
is an unoffendinR Celestial who formerly
worked in a restaurant in New York and
whose arrest was brought about merely
through a strikingly unfortunate resem-
blance to Leon Ling.
The disappearance of Chun Sin about
the time the murder was discovered here
made the police eager for his apprehen-
sion, which was considered second in i'm
view with him at Amsterdam today seems
TO have brought out nothing of value to
the authorities.
He maintains that he rarely associated
with Leon, and while acquainted with Elsie
Sigel, knows nothing Of the murder Thus,
with his arrest of no great import, the
case aside from developments In New York
today is about where It was when Elsie
Sgels body was found in the trunk in a
room over the Eighth avenue chop suey
restaurant last Friday night.
Sun LeonK Surrenders Himself.
While the authorities upstate were put
tins the two Cinnamon through an inqui-
sition, sun Leong, keeper of the restaurant
above which the body was found, was being
questioned at police headquarters here. Sun
Leong disappeared on the night the body
was found but calmly surrendered him
self early today. lie is being detained as
a material witness, but his voluntary sur
render Is taken to mean that he is not i'm
plicated in any way in the crime.
This afternoon the New York police had
been in communication with Schnestady,
and even before the final decision Twas
reached there tonight that the Chinaman
held was innocent, had come to the conclu-
sion that he was not Leon Ling. Detec-
tive Forbes. who hurried to Amsterdam,
however, telegraphed TO headquarters to-
night that there was no doubt about the
identity Of Chung sin, generally referred
TO as Leon Ling's roommate
Murdered Girl l. Buried.
In the midst OF all the police activity the
body of Elsie Sigei was quietly buried this
afternoon in Woodlawn cemetery. AS the
father had announced last night that he
wished to avoid any more publicity, the
coffin containing the mutilated form was
taken directly from the morgue to the
bury ground'tn a plain undertaging wagon
The ceremony at the grave was strictly
private, and was attended only by her
father, two brothers, Reginald and Theo-
dore, and by her uncle, Franz Sigel. Mrs
Sigel II will be recalled, broke down COM
pletely when she learned of her daughters
death, and is now in sanltarium.
Although the mission in Chinatown
where Elsie Sigel formerly taught has
been closed a meeting OF Chinese who have
been converted to Christianity. was held al
Doyer Street mission this afternoon to dis
cuss plans for the raising OF fund to be
offered as a reward for the capture OF
Elsie Sigei's slayer. No definite sum was
decided upon. but committee will &c
through Chinatown today soliciting sub
scriptions Rev. Fung Y. Now, acted as
chairman.
In discussing the case the Rev Nov
said that Leon Ling had never been con-
nOcted with the mission In any way, and
as far as he knew had never attended any
school in Chinatown. Miss Sigel, he said
had taught him. The scholars. he contin'
ued, keeuly felt the disgrace that the muir
der had brought upon the mission schools
and stood ready to aid the police in every
way TO bring about the capture of the
murderer.
Elsie Was Infatuated.
Theories as to the motive of the murder
all coincide, as was indicated last night or
the jealousy OF Leon Ling That he killed
her because OF her apparent friendship fol
Chu Gain, who is stll detained as a ma.
.erial witness, is stin the predominant be
lief.
In support Of this explanation, Mrs
Florence Todd. one of the most prominent
women workers in Chinatown, who knew
Elsie sigel and her mother intimately. said
'his afternoon:
Il knew Gnu Gain who is under arrest
very WELL lie is one of the few Chinamer
whom I would trust with my life Mrs
Sigel ana Elsie also knew him for many
years They were introduced 10 hin
through an uncle OF his.
Il believe that Elsie was in love viii
Chu Gain, and would have married hin
but that he would not marry her"
Jealousy Was the Motive.
Here Mrs. Todd went into the most sig
lificsnt part OF her statement. that bear
ng on Leon Ling. She said;
Within the last year, despite her low,
for Chu Gain. Elsie became apparently in
fatuated with Leon Ling. But think
was only a filtration. He, know. askeS
her to marry him, but she refused him
n fact. she told me that she refused him
Her mother knew AL about IT,"
Despite her statement. Mrs. Todd sai
she was not inclined TO believe that Leol
nnrnnnittaa tha Inl.riar and she went On Z.