The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-21
OF Murder Of Elsie SigeI, is
Now Believed
Alleged to Have Been Made BY Leon
Ling, Who Is Not to Be Found
Now-Father of the Girl Ad-
mits Identification.

New York. June 21.--Chu Gain. new
Chinese figure in the murder Of Elsie
sigel, who was discovered BY the police
today, admits his love for the girl. Hs
said that Leon Ling had threatened to
kill him and the girl like pigs unless he
ceases his attentions to the girl. Chu
Gain declares that he paid $500 TO a
friend Of Leon as a bribe to avert Icons
vengeance on june 9, the day Of the
murder Tho police are working on the
theory that Leon Is fleeing west via
Chicago, and that he plans to embark
at San Francisco for China
Paul Sigel, the father claimed and
positively identified the body at the NOR
que last night, admitting for the irst
time that the victim was his daughter,
Elsie. The girls mother, now in a sani-
torium, had identified the iewelryi an
other woman had identified the stained
underclothing, and relatives had said
that the murdered girl was Elsie Sigel,
grand daughter Of Gen. Franz sigel, but
until last evening the father had main
tanned an attitude Of silence unexplain-
ed.
But after a conference at police head.
quarters in the afternoon, he visited the
morgue, accompanied BY Franz Sigel, a
brother, and Reginald, son, and by
Mabel Sigel, cousin Of the victim. It
was almost dark when the little party
reached the silent morgue Of the city
and claimed the dead. There we're no
tears but their faces were strained and
pale as they entered the gloomy morgue
The clothing found on the body was
shown TO the father first to make the
shock as gradual as possible. First the
underclothing was examined by Mabel
sigel.
Elsie" said the girl, as she examined
the clothing used to wear a peculiar
white headed pin"
A detective ran his fingers through the
clothing and IN moment held up a
white headed pin. Mabel Sgel nodded
Elsie wore thosep she said, and she
continued her examination. After mo-
ment she was sure that the clothing was
that worn BY her cousin and the party
passed into the dead room where the
body lay in a long, coffin-like drawer.
Amid silence the compartment was re-
moved and there was revealed, packed
in oakum and preservative mummifed
thing that looked almost ike human
forms in Egyptian vaults. The face
was first uncovered and the teeth exam
ined. The father was silent as he had
be- during the examination Of the
elothes, but Mabel Sigel was quick TO
note the teeth.
"Those are Eisie's teeth she said,
@and her hands, too" she added as at
tendants lifted the hands from the box
Paul Sigel stood BY nodding his head
III the Affirmative as each new feature
was brought out to strengthen the iden
tihcation.
q am satisfied" said the father,
brokenly, and he was lead away
Franz Sigel made arrangements for
the immediate removal Of the body for
the funeral.
Elsie Sigels stomach, however, is in
the hands Of the Columbia universi
professor who win make a chemical
analysis Of its contents. Although the
murder is supposed to have been COM
mitted on Wednesday, June 9, the exact
cause Of her death has never been aseer
tanned While the autopsy determined
that death was probably due to asphy-
xiation, whether she was choked, smoth
cred under a pillow, or drugged, bound
with ropes and left to die horribly in
the trunk is as much mystery as is
the whereabouts of Leon Ling and his
pal, Chung Sing