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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1909
Page
2
In Washington and Philadelphia police pursue Leon Ling and Chung Ling after Elsie Sigel’s murder. A Washington letter to Sam Wing linked to Bayard Street, New York, and a New York morgue ID battle spur a nationwide hunt with witnesses identifying Ling and Ling at a Chestnut Street cafe.
Paul Sigel of 209 Wadsworth Avenue identified the murdered Miss Sigel, found on the top floor of 782 Highth Avenue, as his daughter. Police favor jealousy over a love triangle with Leon Ling and Chu Gain as the motive, while the mother and cousin had earlier named the victim.
Middletown police detained a Chinese man believed to resemble Leon Ling, the alleged New York slayer. He claims to be Tien Bow Lee, arrived from Massachusetts, attended school, and traveled to New York and then Middletown. He matches Ling in description except height and has no queue.
Yonkers residents reported seeing Leon Ling, a young Chinese man suspected in the Elsie Sigel murder. Mrs. Mary Lax of 152 Nepperson Avenue identified a man noon near her home and police chased the lead with the detective bureau, but the suspect was not found.
A man described as Leon Ling, a Chinese individual, was seen near Utica's New York Central depot on Thursday afternoon. Eyewitnesses say his clothing and appearance aligned with recently published photographs, fueling belief he boarded a train for Mont.
Madison Square Garden hosted the German Saengerfest third concert drawing about 14,000 attendees with 6,500 forming a choir. The event featured Count von Bernstorff, Mme Schumann-Heink, and Claude Cunningham, amid an accident where four box-support workers fell from a collapsed platform but were not seriously injured. An afternoon performance taught 4,940 public school children from 126 schools, while evening soloists included Mme Schumann-Heink and Daniel Beddoe.
Sandwich Mass June 20 with government permit to build two breakwaters in Cape Cod Bay work begins dumping granite from Maine schooners off Sandwich shore toward a long-proposed canal across the cape. The plan aims to shorten the Boston New York voyage and avoid Cape Cod shoals and wrecks dating to 1800s.
J E Marcell former Highland Bank cashier once jailed for a $300000 swindle now flees again charged with more than $25000 in new fraud. Pardoned 15 months ago by Gov Hoch after pleas from his wife and mother he vanished after bidding farewell to family, leaving parents puzzled and fearing exposure.
London reports the King will review the fleet at Cowes on July 31 after manoeuvres. He urges both houses of Parliament to attend, promising an imposing naval display in British waters. The date aligns with a planned visit by the Russian Emperor to France and England, suggesting Russian warships may be nearby with the Emperor as spectator.
Beaumont dispatch reports Tom Bowennan the sole inmate at Kirbyville Jail burned to death as flames destroyed the building. Authorities suspect the blaze was incendiary in origin.
Daniel M Darling 64 a prominent Massachusetts architect and promoter was found dead in his room at 307 West 45th Street yesterday morning. Coroner Harburger said apoplexy caused death after he joked with boarders the night before. He left $4500 at Broadway Trust and belonged to a Massachusetts lodge.
J Olin Howe, a Connecticut newspaperman, has sent his application for Census Supervisor for the state to President Taft. The endorsements come from all state officials led by the Governor and Attorney General, Senate President, House Speaker, tax and insurance commissioners, and editors of major papers. Howe is well known statewide and recently sought the role of Assistant Clerk of the House.
Three women led by Miss Fania Marinoff plan a cooperative truck and fruit farm and canning factory in Northport L I. They will run all branches exclusively by women with two other organizers Mrs Harrison Peters of Boston and a Pittsburgh woman. The venture has acquired six acres and an option on twenty. They seek single women and widows as workers.
Constantine J. McGuire Jr. a Yale graduate of 1907 was seriously injured after falling two stories from Welch's Hall while attempting to enter a dorm room. He is the son of a New York doctor and was revisiting his old Yale rooms during a weekend visit.
Mrs. Annie Wright of 55 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn used a lighted candle to look for her baby's shoes under a bed in her apartment yesterday. The bed clothes ignited and the fire spread before she could smother it. Firemen extinguished the blaze after it caused slight damage to the room.
The steamer Wasis captained by Richey of the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company reported passing 300 icebergs between St Johns Newfoundland and Cape Race on its June 20 arrival from St Johns. A giant berg towered hundreds of feet above water in waters about 600 feet deep.
Heavy week long rains caused extensive floods across the Isthmus and ruined crops in many areas. The Chagres River overflowed its banks but the Panama Canal remained undamaged and operational.
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