The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-21
FATHER CLAIMS
WoMAN'S BODY
Admits Chinaman's Victim
Is Daughter.
CELESTIAL NOT LOCATED

Relatives Visit Morsue and stand
With fearless Eyes but Strained
Faces a. Each Article Of Clothing
ls Handed Out For Inspection.
Teeth Of Corpse Identified by
Cousin Of the Settlement Worker.
Uncle Arranoes For Funeral.
New York, June 21. = Leon Ling.
with his string Of English Chinese
aliases and his American clothes,
may never be found, but the mutt
lated body OF the New York girl left
behind IN trunk in his room here
will not be buried In Potters' Field
Paul Sigel, the father. claimed and
positively identified the body at the
morgue and admitted for the first
time that the victim was his daugh-
ter Elsie.
The girls mother now in sani.
tarium. had previously identified the
jewelry; another woman had identi-
fed the underclothing, and relatives
had said that the murdered girl was
Elsie Sigel. granddaughter of GEN
eral Franz Sigel. However, the faith
er had maintained an attitude OF 81.
lence; but after conference at po-
lice headquarters he visited the
morgue. accompanied by Franz Sigel,
brother; Reginald. son, and by
Mabel Sigel. cousin of the victim.
There were no tears, but their
faces we're strained and pale as they
entered the gloomy~ morgue. First
the clothing on the body was exam
ined by Mabel Sigel. Elsie" said
the girl, as she examined II. used to
wear a peculiar white-headed pin"
A detective ran his fingers through
the clothing and in moment held
up white.headed pin. Mabel Sigel
nodded. ELSIE wore that" she said.
After moment she was sure the
clothing was that worn by her cousin.
The party passed into the dead
room. where the body lay in long.
coffin-llke drawer. Amid silence the
compartment was drawn out. The
face was first uncovered and the
teeth examined. The father was 81
lent, but Mabel Sigel was quick to
note the teeth. "Those are Elsie's
teeth" she said "and her hands,
too" Paul Sigel nodded his head az.
firmatlvely as each new feature was
brought out to strengthen the identi.
fication. $3.50
Coroner Hamburger asked the faith
er II he was certain the body was
that Of his daughter Elsie. Are you
satisfied in every way of the accu-
racy Of the Identification? he was
asked II am satisfied" said the
man, In a broken voice, as he was
led away. Franz Sigel made arrange
ments for the immediate removal of
the body and for the funeral.
Mr.. Sigel at his home. after return
Ing from the morgue, gave out an in
terview. the first since the discovery
OF the murder. He said the funeral
will not be held from the house. "The
disgrace has been keen enough as II
Is, without having the funeral from
hcic III iioht VI BdpiHS tTOWu, ne
said. "My wife and have aged 10
years In the last week. This should
be lessen to young girls not to mix
with other than their own people.
have not slept for four or five days,
but now that the identification Is cer-
tain. feel that can get little rest.
II will be a quiet funeral. and no one
will know anything about II hut the
members Of the family, II can avoid
H." l.4
Letters which may have an impor-
tant bearing on the case. particularly
with reference to Chu Gain now un-
der arrest, have been found in the
Port Arthur restaurant. There were
nearly 200 of them, all written by
Elsie Sigel to Chu Gain They show
that the girl bestowed terms OF en-
dearment upon at least one other
Chinaman besides Leon Ling.