The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-20
AFTER SLAYER
 OF ELSIE SIEGEL
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 clans are making a moer minute examin ation of the body and it's organs. An that the victim died from asphyxiation, but since there were indications of poison present, a chemical analysis will be necessary. To this end, the opgans have been sent to Prof, George A. Ferguson, of Columbia University.
 Franz Siegel, an. uncle of the girl and one of four sons who survived General Franz Siegel, has come to the aid of the stricken family of his brother. For some time, it Is said. he has, been es- tranged from them because of MrG Siegeps activity among the Chinese. In time of trouble. however, he put aside his reaentfnent ahd ca1ied at the sStegql home t6ahN HSSsafds sithat he waene9 Mrs SiegeI many times against assocf- vertink them to Christianity,
 "SpealxIngt7- ass the.aauncle of 4 Elsie SieEeLS he said x would warn all wo- men against association with Chinamen. either s4h Church or otherwise. q, do not believe eRe. in a. thousand of the so-called conversions of NChtnaman are genuine. '
 My niece was an innocent girl. She had few associates outside of those chosen for her by her mother. and sha honestly believed It. was her mission to Christianize Chinamen.
 "Too late she realized that the feel ing of the Mongolian to white women Is an animal feeling. believe this Chfnaman, Leon killed Elsie in a spirit of animal revenge.
 That Leon had other correspondents than Miss Siegel was discovered when between 1,5o0 and 2,oo0 letters mainly from various women In New York and other cities were found in his room. Among the number were some signed ''Elsie," which were described by the police as love letters. The contents of the most of them was not revealed by the police, but in one of them Elsie" reproached Leon for causing trouble between her father and herself. Just think of the sacrifice I have made TOT you" she wrote in one letter.
 A note book belonging to Leon and containing the names and addresses of hundreds of women and girls was found In Leon's room. One of the dis coveries regarded by the police as sig nificant is that Miss SiegeFs shoes and stockings were not found in the room where her body was discovered. It Is inferred from this that she had been kept a prisoner there and that her footwear was taken from her to pre- vent her from leaving the room.
 Messages have been sent by the po- lice to Colon and Panama to hold up the party of Chinese who left this city a week ago yesterday enroute to Van. couver, B. C., in the hope of arrest ing Leong Lee Linn, alias William H. Leon, who occupied the room in Eighth Avenue in which was found last night the trunk containing the body of Miss Elsie Siegel.
 The police discovered today that Leon Lee Lim started for Vancouver via Panama a week ago Friday the day on which he was last seen at his room over the Eighth Avenue chop suey res- taurant. In the party for Vancouver is said to be also Ii Chung. who oc- cupied the room adjoining that which revealed the grewsome tragedy and in which was found some of the n1ur- dered girls clothing. Orders were is- sued to arrest him also. From the con- dition of the body and other facts, it least a week before the body was found,
 From Mrs. Margaret Todd. mission ary, who first introduced Miss SIegel into the work of converting the resi- dents of Chinatown to Christianity, the police learned today that while the young woman taught Leong Lee time learned to love her. From Mrs. Todd's statements, and letters found in the room where the body had been strangled. partially stripped and wedg- ed into an old trunk, it has been dis covered Leong Him was not the only admirer Elsie Siegel had. A letter to Idm threatening him with death if he did not cease his attentions to the comely young missionary. was found.
 Mrs. Siegel was so affected by the news of her daughters fate that today she was prostrated and under the care of a physician and nurses. Roth Mir. and Mrs Siegel knew Leong Linn Lee very we'll After the. daughter had drst met him in charge of a cane rack at A pleasure resort two years ago. she sought to convert him. Her mother. who had been interested in missionary work among the Chinese for many years. invited the young Celestial to | their home in the Bronx. and during 1 the course of his conversion he was en- | tertained there frequently. Miss Siegel and her parents recently accompanied Linn to a performance in the theatre in l Chinatown.
 Mrs. Todd, Tn her statement Co the police, declared that Leong Lee Linn