The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-22
Leon Ling Has Not Been Found But Another Man Has
 Been Caught
REWARD ID BE OFFERED
 ID CAPTURE MURDERER
New York Laundryman Has Also Been Arrested and Will Be Held
 Pending the investigation
  Into the Case. r

New York, June n.-After bit of po- lice furry today, an hour or two of unveriffed reports and telephoning be- tween cities the murder of Elsie Sigel. daughter of Paul Sige1 of this city and granddaughter of Maj. Gen. Franz sigeI of civil war fave. resolved itself into an unSolved ci again tonight
 Chung Sin, formerly occupied room adjoining 1t in which the girls body was fo, |, Is held by the police at the little upstate village of Amster- dam. N. r., but what has been learned from him has served to clear the case but little. At Schenectady, N. r., the Chinaman arrested today and at first thought to be Leon Ling or William H. Leon, who Is sought as the girls murderer, has, according to all indica- tions, pretty well established that he Is an unoffending Celestial who formerly worked in a restaurant in New York. and whose arrest was brought about merely through a striking resemblance to Leon Ling.
 Nothing of Value.
 The disappearance of Chung Sin about the time the murder was discovered here made the police eager for his appre- hension, which was considered second in importance to that of Leon, but the interview with him at Amsterdam today | seems to have brought out nothing of value to the authorities He maintains that he rarely associated with Leon. and while acquainted with Elsie Sgel, knows nothing of the murder. Thus his arrest | is of no great importance and the case, aside from the developments in New York today. is about where 1t was when Elsie Sigel's body was found in a trunk In room over the Eighth avenue chop suey restaurant last Friday night. Sun Leong, keeper of the restaurant above which the body was found, calmly sur rendered himself early today. He is being detained as a material witness. but his voluntary surrender is taken to mean that he is not implicated in any way in the crime. In the midst of all the police activity the body of Elsie SigeI was buried this afternoon in Woodlawn cemetery. As the father had announced last night that he wished to avoid any more publicity, the coffin containing the mutilated form was taken directly from the morgue to the burying ground in a plain undertaking wagon. The ceremony at the grave was strictly private and was attended only by her father two brothers. Reginald and Theodore, and her uncle Frank Sgel.
 Mrs Sigel 1t will be recalled, broke down completely when she learned of her daughters death, and is now in a sani- tarium.
 Mission Is Closed. Although the mission in Chinatown, where Elsie Sigel formerly taught, has been closed. a meeting of Chinese who have been converted to Christianity was held in Boyer street mission this after noon to discuss plans for raising a fund to be offered a reward for the cap ture of Elsie Sigels slayer. No definite sum was decided upon but committee wi.- 80 through Chinatown soliciting funds. Rev. Flung Y. Now acted as chairman.
 Theories as to the motive of the murder all coincide on the jealousy of Leon Ling. That he killed the girl be- cause of her apparent friendship for Gnu Gain, who is still detained as material witness, Is still the predom- inant belief.
 In support of this explanation, Mrs. Florence Todd, one of the most prom inent women workers in Chinatown, who knew Elsie Sigel and her mother intimately, said:
 "I knew Gnu Gain, who is under ar rest. very we'll He is one of the few Chinamen whom 1 would trust with my life. Mrs. Sigel and Elsie also knew him for many years. They were in- troduced to him through uncle of his.
 ssY r.1-s Gnu Gain and would have married him. but that he would not marry her"
 Here Mrs. Todd went into the most significant part of her statement, that bearing on Leon Ling.
 Loved Both Men.
 She said within the last year. de- spite her love for Gnu Gain, Elsie be- came apparently infatuated with Leon Ling. But think it was only firta- tion. He always asked her to marry him, but she refused. In fact, she told me she refused him. Her mother knew all about it."
 Despite her statement, Mrs. Todd said she was not inclined to believe that Leon committed the murder and she went on to relate that she had a dream that Elsie Sigel had committed suicide Gnu Gain. she said, came to her on the morning of June 14 five days after the nuruer IS supposed 10 nave been committed. and told her that he too had had a dream In this dream, Gnu Gain, according to Mrs. Todd. had seen the form of the girl appear before him crying Gnu, save me-" This seemed to worry the Chinaman greatly be- cause Elsie was missing at the time.
 Various reports of Chinese being traced in different cities. have come to the New Yorf police, and all are be- ing looked Y Late tonight, how ever, the Y ssions were that thu