The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-19
Especial from United Press)

Especial from United Press.) New York, June 19.-The main hope of the police in their efforts to uh- ravel the mystery surrounding the death of Elsie Sigel, granddaughter of General Franz Sigel, whose bound body was found in steamer trunk in the room of Leon Ling in a Chinese tene- ment in Eighth avenue, rests on what they may be able to determine from 'Josey", an American girl who fre- quented the restaurant on the ground floor of the house. "Josey'' is a CO., are now seeking her. She is under stood to know every woman ever con- nected with the restaurant.
 "Josey's" importance in the case de- veloped at a hearing by Coroner Har- burger this afternoon at which he held Fee Kim, waiter; Ong Wing, a gro- cery salesman, and Chin Seng, the cook of the Eighth avenue restaurant, as witnesses in LOGO bonds each. These three were found in the house when the police discovered the body. The Chinese wife of-Yee Kim appeared aft girl "Josey'' holds the key to the pres ence of Elsie Sigel, in the Chinese tenement A score of detectives were sent to round "Josey."
 That the g1rIS QGatn was the result of the jealousy of a Chinaman. the po- lice now have no doubt. The letters from her to Leon Ling found in his room among 2,000 letters from various
 nance that existed between the 20- year-old settlement worker and her Celestial pupil. These letters indicat- ed that the friendship of the girl for Leon was opposed by her parents. The police have learned that on the day before the girl disappeared Leon had ltried to see her at her home and had been thrown out by her father. They on the next day lured to the Chinese tenement house to the room of her Chinese pupil and there garrotted. While the police have taken every possible precaution to locate the miss ing Leon Ling. and his roommate, Chung Sin their capture is a remote possibility They left the tenement ten days ago and it is generally recog- nized that to overtake them is almost impossible.
 Although the parents of the girl have a faint hope that the body found in the trunk is not that of Elsie Sigeb the Identification established by the police that jealousy was the motive be- hind the killing of the girl, was back ed up this afternoon by Mabel Simile, first cousin of the murdered girl who established the fact that the killing undoubtedly took place on June 9; that Elsie had become acquainted with Leon through her missionary efforts in Chinatown, and that the girls pa- rents had frowned on the attachment
 which they saw developing between
 Elsie and the Asiatic.
 'Elsie left her home" said Miss Sigel, t'on the morning of June 8. She started for her grandmother's. she said
 but did not go there. Her parents be- came anxious, thinking that she might have gone to the mission on Mott
 street, where she often visited, and
 they telephoned there, but she had not
 been there. know about Elsie's get ting fond of some of the Chinamen with whom she came in contact at the mission. I warned her that some day her acquaintanceship with them would get her into serious trouble"
 Dr. OHanlon, who performed the autopsy, reported this afternoon to Coroner Acritelli that he had found traces of poison in the internal organs of the body and the organs were sealed at once and sent to Professor J. A. Ferguson of Columbia University in order to ascertain whether the poison had anything to do with death. The brain was mass of liquid putredca- same shape, according to the doctors report. Death was due to "asphyxa," !" said the doctor. probably caused by some one holding the girl by the throat until she dropped dead
 It would have been impossible for anyone in the next room to have de- tected the odor of decayed flesh. Act . ing on this report, the police are hold ing the restaurant keeper for having Knowledge of the crime.
 The coroner in the course of his in vestigation today discovered that the body of the girl as it was packed in with some chemical, probably bichlor- ide of lime, which had eaten away the flesh in places. This was the reason given for the difficulty experienced in immediately identifying the girl.
 New York, June 19.-Among the hun dreds of love letters in the room where the body of Elsie Sigel settlement worker. and granddaughter of the late General Franz Sfgel, was found jam med in a steamer trunk. the police to- day found letters written by the girl to the converted Chinaman. Leon Ling. which they claim establish a motive for the killing of the girl. The letters extend over period of two years and the last. written from the home of her paxents. MT. and Mrs. Paul Sigel. No. 29 Wadsworth street. reads:
 You seem to be growing cold to me. Just think of the sacrifice have made for you-my family. my friends. For Gods sake don't forsake me now.'
 The leaving behind of these letters has convinced the police that Leon Ling left the place in great haste. A general alarm for him and Chung Sin. another Christianized Chinaman who with Ling has been missing from the house since last sunday. was sent out to-day. Foreign ports have been es- pecially notified to look for the pair From the evidence now in the hands of the police it is indicated that Miss Sigel was greatly interested in Leon Ling and Chung Sin shortly after her entrance into settlement work among the Chinese quarter.
 The police have also found that Leon Ling. and another Chinaman. known as Yung Bing. were very bitter over some American girl The crime was discov- cred yesterday afternoon through Leung an aged Chinaman who runs a restaurant on the ground floor of the four story tenement at No. TSP Eighth avenue. on the top floor of which the body was found. Leung told the police that Leon Ling and his companion who occupied the rear room. had not been seen since last Saturday. Both had been employed in the restaurant and Leung grew suspicious at their absence. Yesterday afternoon he noticed a trickle of blood under the door of Leon's room and he immediately noti- fled the police.
 The body was found in a black