The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-26
Police of New York VIII Put Chung Sin Though th4
 Third Degree Again
ELSIE SIGEL MADE LOVE
 ID BOTH TIE CHINAMEN
Letters in Leon Line's Room Show That the Young Girl Professed to Love Each One of the Ri-
 vaIs for Her Affections.

New York, June 25-In their search for the murderer of Elsie sige the police are still depending principally on Shung Sin, former roommate 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 discrepancies in his statements To do this he will be put first through another questioning in the room itself
 The little Chinaman who is held as a witness made partial admissions that he overheard the conversations between Elsie and Leon in the next room before the girl was murdered Subsequent denials of this have not altered the opinion of the police and he will be forced if possible to tell what he knows of this feature of the case.
 Letters found in the rooms occupied by Leon Ling and Gnu Gain rivals for the love of Elsie Sigel, indicate that the day before she met her death she wrote to each of the Chinamen, giving assurances of her entire faith in him. A short time after Leon Ling appeared at the SigeI home intoxicated and was driven away by her parents, Miss sigel wrote this note, the police say, to Ling:
 "I am writing this while mother is away. She would not let me if she knew it. Don't think Willie ding was known as William Leon to his acquaintances) that I will give you up for anybody I will always remember the dear times we had together. I will see you soon. With love. ELSIE"
 The letter to Gnu Gain, which was writ ten 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, read
 T don't want you to feel badly because Willie was here tonight. You know that l love you and you only and always Don't mind Willie. Although he is noth- ing to me I had to see him. I did not send for him. Your ever loving
 ELSIE"
 The fact that the telegram sent to the parents of Elsie Sigel from Washing ton on the night of her disappearance ing her early return had been sent by Leon Ling, the young Chinaman whom the police charge with her murder, was established today by Detective Van Wag- oner who returned from Washington armed with the original telegram.
 Detective Van Wagoner was able to compare admitted handwriting of the missing Chinaman with that on the tele- gram form and the similarity is marked. The detective also found a number of per sons who had seen Leon in the National hotel at Washington, and all doubt of his having been in the capital the day the telegram was sent has been removed. The police and district officers have prac- tically reached the conclusion that there is no good basis that Leon was in hiding afn Chinatown.
 Gnu Gain, the restaurant proprietor and reputed rival of Leon Ling for Elsie Sigers affections, made attempt to leave the city today but was brought up with a sharp turn by the author fties. His attorney told the coroner that his client was under 5000 bail and was willing to furnish S5000 ball if allowed to go to Atlantic City, where he had long planned to attend a summer school. Permission was refused.