The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-20
ELSIE S|GEL IS
MURDERED GIRL
BODY WAS FOUND IN TRUNK IN
CHINATOWN NEW YORK
FRIDAY.
CHINESE LOVER MISSING
Father Had Driven Him From the
House When His Love Became
voIent-Case May Never
Be Solved.

New York, June 19--It is likely that
the murder of Elsie Sigel, grand
daughter of the old German Civil war
hero, will remain unsolved until the
arrest of the Chinaman, Leon Ling, Or
as known among his acquantances,
| William L. Leon, alleged lover of Ell
sic Sigel. Where he has gone, or
when, is still unknown to the police
With him is supposed TO be his com
panion and erstwhile roommate,
Chung Sin, who also may be able to
throw some light upon the murder.
1t is alleged that Lion threatened
| her and at times spoke with such evil
intent that the girl confessed to her
frineds that she was afraid of her
former pagan wooer The part of the
story which was unravelled here TO-
| day brought out principally the mys-
terious phases of the girls life; her
apparent craze for mission work
among the Chimes, her associations
with the men who are supposed to
have killed her, and lastly the fact it
was on his account she left home on
June g.
| 1t has also come out that the girls
mother, now Frustrated and in hos
ptal, had been fearful of her daugh-
ter's safety ever since her disappear
ance, and had searched Chinatown
day after day without success Both
parents, however, are hoping against
hope, clinging 10 the evasive clue In
a telegram signed "E. s" sent from
Washington, d. c., on the fateful
Wednesday. telling them not to worry
| that she would be home soon.
The father, so far as can be learned,
mine whether the telegram was sent
4, by his daughter, or was a blind. The
police maintain that it was sent by
the Chinaman quickly after the muir.
| the murderer to escape. A message
, today by the manager of the Washing
ton telegraph office seems to indl-
cate that it was not sent by Miss 81.
gel
Elsie Sigel's entry into the mystic
rious way of the Chinese came
through her now grief crazed mother
who was long identified with Sunday
schools and mission work in China
town.
In this way the girl came to know
various Cinnamon and when Leon be.
came attentive he was received in
the Sigel home and continued his as
sociations with the girl until his love
became violent Thea, It is said. her
father forbid the Chinaman to visit
the house. 1t was then that Elsie, al
though afraid of her admirer, desert
ed her home never to be seen alive
again by any of her household.
Franz Sigel, uncle of the murdered
girl, and one of the four sons who sur
vive General Sigel, it is said. has
been estranged from his bdother's
family because of Mrs. Sigel's actiyi-
ty among the Chinese. He said he.
warned Mrs. Sigel many times against
association with the Chinese in the
hope Of converting them to christian
ity. In an interview tonight he warn
ed all women against association with
Cinnamon. either in the church or
otherwise. Il do not believe one in q
thousand so-called conversions OF
Cinnamon is genuine. he said
Miss Sigel's body was found in a
steamer trunk in a room in the Chi
nest quarter last night At first the
identity was uncertain, but today it
was established beyond a doubt. The
police are keeping a v.gilant lookout
for Leon, and secrvt service men are
engaged in hunt for the Chinaman
all over the country