The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-06-26
SIGEL GIRL
LOVED BOTH
Interesting Letters Given
to Police
WRITTEN DAY BEFORE MURDER
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Tells Leon She WGl Not Give
Him up. \
On Same nay writes 10 Chs Gain Tell
Ing Him Not To Misd Him
That He Aione h-
LEVIED.
WRITTEN DAT BEFORE MURDER

Elsie Sigei. whose body was found in
"a trunk in Ling's room.e indicate that
the day before she met her DEATH she
wrote to each OF the Cinnamon. giving
assurances Of her entire faith in him.
A short time after Leon Ling appeared
at the Sigel home Intoxicated ana was
driven away BY her parents. Miss sigel
wrote this note. the police say. to
Ling:
7 am writing thfs while mother is
away. She would not let me II she
knew II. Don't think, Willie Cling
was known as william Leon to his
Facquaintances) that will give you UP
for anybody. I win always remember
the dear times we had together Will
see you soon. With love.
Elsie"
The letter to Chu Gain which was
written about the same time and which
was received by the prosperous
Chinatown restaurant owner the next
day. at about the time When life was
being choked out of Elsie sigel. and
reads:
II don't want you to feel badly, be-
cause Willie was here tonight. You
know that love you. and you only
and always. Don't mind Willie. Al
though he is nothing to me. had to
see him did not send for him Your
ever loving. r.Eisie."
The fact that the telegram sent to
the parents OF Elsie SIgel from wash
fngton on the night Of her. disappear
anee assuring them OF her safety and
promising her early return had been
sent by Leon Lang, the young China
man whom the police charge with the
murder, was established today BY DE-
tective Van Wagner. who returned
from Washington armed with the origi-
nal OF the telegram.
Detective Van Wagner was able 20
compare admitted handwrfting Of tfia
Emissing Chinaman with that HoA the
seieeram form and the afsnfIaritv n
The detective also found q nhmber
Of persons who had seen Leon Ia the
National Hotel. Washington. and all
doubt OF his having been in the capitol
on the day the telegram was sent has
been removed
The police and the district attorneys
office have practically reached the con-
.clusion that there is no good basis for
the reports that Leon was In hiding In
Chinatown.
Z Chu Gain. 1.-The restaurant proprietor
and reputed rival of Leon Ling for
Elsie Sigel's affections, made ian at
tempt to leave the city today, but was
brought up with sharp turn by the
authorities. His attorney told the
coroner that his client was under 81
900 bail and was willing to furnish
another $1,000 u allowed to no TO
Atlantic City. where he had longed to
attend summer school. Permission
was refused.
The police of Newtown. L. T., today
arrested q Chinaman answering in Q
general way the description OF Leon
Ling, He seemed anxious to avoid
observation and on him was found
small revolver and box OF cartridges.
He said he was Harry Koio. SO years
old. but gave no address. Detectives
from this city were detailed to inspect
the prisoner.
In their search for the murderer Of
Elsie Sigel. the police are still depend
ing principally on Chung Sin. former
room mate OF Leon Ling, In whose
room the girls body was found. The
next move. one which has been under
consideration for several days. will be
an attempt to straighten out discrep-
ancies in his statements. To do this,
he will be first put through another
questioning in the room itself.
The little Chinaman, who Is held as
a witness, made partial admissions thar
he overhead the conversation between
Elsie and Leon Ling In the next room
before the girl was murdered. subse-
quent denials Of this have not altered
the belief OF the police. and he will be
forced, IL possible, to tell what he
knows Of this feature Of the case.
A heavily yelled woman. who would
only say that she was a neighbor of
the Sigels. called at police headquar-
tiers today ard told Captain Carey, of
the Bureau of Homicides, that twoSd
after the murder she saw a Chinaman,
whom she believed to be Leon Ling,
call at the house with Mabel Sigel, Ell
sizes cousin. Mabel Sfgel has already
denied this story. which turned up pre-
viously at headquarters from other
sources.
After her conversation With Captain
Carey, the woman said he told her that
the police do not believe that the muir
der was lpremeditated, but that Leon
Ling, already on the road down hill.
killed her in rage.
Suspicious Chinnman In Pensacola.
PENSACOLA. Fla. June 25.-(SpeciaI.)
to City Detective Ray and
Deputy United States Marshal Miller.
a man answering every description Of
Leon Ling. wanted IN New York, was
in Pensacola last Friday night, and
was Swallowed for several hours by
them, being suspected of having been
struggled in this country, owing to re-
cent efforts at such work.
When they discovered through con-
versation with the Chinaman that this
was not probable, they left the man,
thought no more OF the matter until
today when they saw photographs and
description of the New York MUIR
derer.
They claim the man was seen in the
lower section OF the city late In the
afternoon and by his rather peculiar
acts and that he was a stranger. they
began shadowing him. about midnight
he entered a Greek restaurant and the
offscers decided to arrest him as a dan
gerous and suspicious character. and
wait an examination at the hands OF
the immigration inspectors. With this
determination they entered the restau-
rant, ordered a meal and engaged the
Chinaman In conversation. The man
ner in which he spoke English showed
them they were In error and that he
has long been a resident OF this coun-