Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-19
YOUNG WOMAN SUPPOSED TO az
MISS ELSIE sIoEL KILLED BY
CHINESE.
FATHER FAILS TO IDENTIFY,
FRIENDS SAY IT IS MISS sloEu
Young Woman Interested in Missionary
Work Among Chinese Found
stransIed and Packed in Trunk -
Oriental Occupants Arc Missing =.
Granddaughter of Gen. Franz sissI.

New York. June 19-The murder Of
MISS Elsie Slgel. granddaughter Of
Gen. Franz Sigel. whose body wass
found late last night crowded into a
trunk In a room OF a Chinese. after sho
mad been strangled with curtain cord.
appears to be the most remarkable
case the New York police have had To
investigate in many years ono odd
phase of the case is the failure of tho
murdered girls father. Paul Sigel. To
Identify the body as that of his daurh-
ter. while the girls mother has de-
clared the articles of jewelry found In
the room with her body belonged Ia
Elsie.
Acqualntances Of Miss Sigel. who
have seen the body of the murdered
girl. assert that 1t is that of Miss Sirel.
and a number of persons have been
FOUND by the police who declare the
young woman has been the friend OF
the chinese. William l.. Leon. In whose
room the body was found Notwith-
standing these identitications 1t was
stated at the home OF Sigel today that
l'aul Sigel. the girls father. had gono
TO Washington Ito bring Elsie home"
William l.. Leon, the Chinese who Is
also known by several Chinese names.
was sun unbound today. as was also
CHUNG SIN, who occupied De- room adj
joining thAt of Leon Today the po-
lice gave out report that Leon and
CHUNG Sin had smiled last Friday for
Vancouver. h. c. on steamer going
by way OF the 1sthmus of Panama.
Precautions have been taken TO inter-
cept the steamer at an Intermediate
port II possible
Finding of the Body.
| Packed in strong trunk tied with
ropes, and left In a s,uffy little room
IN the house occupied principally by
chinese. the body OF young womuts
was discovered last night An the In.
dications are that 1t was murder by
strangulation, and while the body had
not been Identified late last night, tf,A
police believe II may prove 70 be thar
OF young woman missionary, Henry
q. Barnell. who Ia interested In thN
Americanlzing OF the Chinese. last
night gave the police a valuable clue
In that he described Chinaman who
formerly occupied tho room where tho
body was found. While there Is no al.
rect evidence to connect this China.
man with the murder. the fact that no
was the last occupant OF the room
makes him a valuable witness at least.
Paul Sige1, son of Gen. Franz SigcI.
OF civil war fnme. was summoned TO
police headquarters. for his daughter
has been missing for more than
week. and the police were anxious
to have him view the body. Barneli
said he knew a young white woman
by sight only. who was Interested in
the work among the Chinese, and he
was inclined TO think the name was
Sigel. With this partly colncidental
information. altho vague and uncer.
tain. the police began their inves,iga-
tlons.
Unsigned Note Is Found.
The body was covered with blood
and the clothing was torn, Indicating
It struggle a butchers cleaver was
found. The man who had occupied tho
room evidently had left hastily. for
there had been no effort to remove
anything. He was evidently converted
TO christianity. for there were about
the room bibles and prayer books. con-
tanning names written In both English
and In Chinese. which gave the infor-
nation that he was known In English
as William Leon. and In Chinese as
Leong Loo Lin.
Scrawled on n card In fairly good
English was an unsigned note. which
read: Il hope you do not get mad at
me. because all the trouble come from
me. Hope some day the happiness
come to us both"
There was great excitement among
tho Chinese In the vicinity when the
murder was discovered. but with ths
exception OF tho proprietor they could
not be induced to view the body. FIX.
animation showed that 1t was frst
wrapped In n blue blanket. altho the
outer clothing was removed. The feet
was bare. Dragging the trunk out into
hall the detectives made a more min
ute inspection. Decomposition had
progressed so far. however, that except
for the whiteness of the feet In would
have been difficult to ascertain whether
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