Chinese Help Police Close In On Leon In Sigel Murder
Chinatown residents reveal habits of William Leon, alleged murderer of Elsie Sigel, aiding Captain Galvin and his Elizabeth Street precinct. A Sunday meeting of Chinese church groups raised 9 reward for Leon, while testimony from a mission worker and a Chinatown informant link Chu Gain and Chung Sin to the case amid tension over the crime’s impact on the community.
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Elsie Siegel
Galvin
Elizabeth Street
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Chung Sin
Agithouch Leon
Blecken
Army of the
United States
Elsie Sigel
New York
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No. 19
Mott Street
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Roton Point
Elsie
Chu
Grange
National Hotel
Washington
Bayard Street
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Free Masons
Mississippi
San Francisco
Seattle
Mike’ Galvin
Else Eigel
Flizabeth Street
Galin
Chinese government aids in murder arrest aid
Washington June 21 Chinese government orders to consuls across the United States to assist in arresting Elsie Sigel murderers. Consuls general in New York and San Francisco directed to act, showing official regret and urging cooperation to prevent crimes against Americans and to demonstrate unity against crime.
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United States
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San Francony
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Legation
Me Teien
Leon's Roommate in Murder Case Arrest and Witness Tangle
A Chinese man named Leon, implicated in a murder case, moved between police stations and districts, later appearing at 2 am at Police Headquarters and being remanded as a material witness. Coroner Harburger saw him, bail was set, and a habeas corpus challenge followed for On Wing, a detainment issue in the Sigel case.
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Jok
Marine
Hu Jok
Chinatown
Dovers Street
Chu Hung
On Wing
Moses D. Moss
Giegerich
Supreme Court
Endearing letters contrast with cold notes in Sigel murder case
Police surveil a debtor who visited Leon Sigel at the Sigel home while family members were away. Evelyn Briggs Baldwin testified of seeing two well dressed men and a woman in Washington, and a mysterious Chinese penned letter awaits translation. The trunk, burial, and Elsie Sigel’s brief employment at The Christian Herald tie into the inquiry as family members identify the body and bury Elsie at Woodlawn.
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Washington
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McCafferty
Pennsylvania Avenue
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Sam Wing
Bayard Street
The
Christian Herald
Elsie
Franz Sigel
Hanlon
Harburger
Woodlawn
Reginald
Theodore
Sigel
Chinese Society of Free Masons Linked to Leon Hiding
Police say Chinese Society members shelter William L. Leon and Chung Sin and others connected to the Sam Wing laundry as investigators tie Leon to crime. Witnesses condemn Leon as a petty thief and promoter of theft among Chinese confidence men. Elsie Sigel’s father accuses Leon of intoxication and threats. he believes Elsie was lured and killed by Leon in a jealous fit. Letters from Elsie to Leon reportedly began with affectionate terms.
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William L. Leon
Leon
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Sin
Chu
Sam Wing
Bayard Street
Sun Leung
Hich Deerie
Fung
Mow
Mornings Star Mission
Dovers Street
Philadelphia
New York
Brooklyn
Chu Gain
Paul Sigel
Sigel
Elsie
Gaia
Mr. Sigel
Not Leon or Chu Hop A Chinaman Held in Sigel Murder Case
In Schenectady a man detained as William L Leon is suspected in the Sigel murder but others think the prisoner is Chu Hop. He declares his NY addresses and says he arrived with two cousins to buy a local Chinese grocery. Prominent witnesses from New York corroborate his identity as Chu Hop. Meanwhile in St Louis four Chinese men are arrested as police pursue leads in the same case.
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N. Y
William L Leon
Fiste Steel
Vien
J Jfers
Troy
Leon
Fort George
Tretin
Evers
Chung Sin
Amsterdam
Chu Hop
Pell Street
New York
Bayard Street
Chu Hoy
Chu Wu
Ejizeth Avenue
Steels
Florence Todd
Chinatown
No. 10
Mott Street
Lew Bo Foo
Charlie Lee
Man Suspect Tied to Elsie Sigel Killing in New York
A man suspected in the death of Miss Elsie Sigel in New York is linked to a Chicago residence. He and another person traveled to New York to buy merchandise, authorities say.
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Elsie Sigel
New York
Chicago
Held as Sigel witnesses in homicide case
Captain Post at West 47th street station kept Louis Suey under surveillance after Fisie Sigel was found dead at 78 Eighth avenue. Investigations led to a raid on a laundry house where two women, Josephine Suey and Grace Hudson, were found with opium. Lucy Suey and his wife were arrested for keeping an opium den, Grace Hudson for disorderly conduct. The two women were later recorded as witnesses in the Elsie Sigel homicide case.
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West 42d Street
Sigel
Fisie Sigel
Eighth Avenue
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Lucy
Foster
Burberg
Josephine Suey
Grace Hudson
West Mth Street
Elsie Sigel
Four Brooklyn Chinamen Taken In Laundry Raid
Police arrested three Chinese men and three white girls at a laundry rear in Brooklyn's Hoyt Street and later a fourth Chinaman at Adams Street. The girls Rose Bennett May Bennett and Ruth Lafayette were found staying at Hicks Street rooms. Hong Ker Lou Toy and Hong Tong claimed they were the suspects. John Teong was jailed on Adams Street. Hong Teng held for examination on June 23 on assault charges. other Chinamen discharged. girls held for disorderly conduct on June 29.
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Daly
Hines
Butler Street
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Fifth Avenue
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Hicks Street
Hong Ker
Lou Toy
Hong Tong
Heyt Street
John Teong
Tithe
Hong Teng
Chinaman Arrested in Mishawaka Over New York Murder
A man who gave the name George Lee Kin was arrested in Mishawaka Indiana after Chicago police notified South Bend chief Garrett that he was wanted in connection with the murder of Elsie Sigel in New York.
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Ind
George Lee Kin
Mishawaka
Chicago
Garrett
Elsie Sigel
New York
Chinese Fight Ends in Fatal Wounding in Laundry
In Philadelphia a crowd of about 1000 watched Lee Kee shoot and fatally wound Lee Sing during a dispute in a 19th and Locust laundry. Sing fled with a hatchet as Kee pursued with a smoking revolver. a trolley conductor arrested Kee. Lee Kong also arrested. cause of the quarrel unknown.
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Locust Streets
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Lee Sing
Kee
Sing
Lee Kong
Tong
Damage to the Michigan Causes Short Delivery Delay
The battleship Michigan grounded off Cape Cod, damaging propeller blades and bottom plates but not leaking. After drydocking in Philadelphia the repairs will delay delivery by two to three weeks, yet the ship will still arrive several months ahead of contract time.
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Michigan
Cape Cod
Navy Department
Philadelphia
Bids opened for battleships Arkansas and Wyoming
Washington on June 21 bids for the battleships Arkansas and Wyoming will be opened at the Navy Department on August 18. The ships of the Delaware type will be twenty thousand tons or more and may use turbine engines or a turbine reciprocating mix. The Navy seeks bids from three or four large shipyards.
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Arkansas
Wyoming
Navy Department
Fear of the plucking board and naval retirements rise
Washington dispatch reports anxiety as officers anticipate enforced retirements to meet vacancy quotas. Three senior officers retired on request did not create expected vacancies, triggering debate over legality and pay implications. Seventeen to eighteen new vacancies are sought amid retirements and transfers across Army and Navy, with numerous officer movements and ship movements listed.
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Treasury
Navy Yard Conclave and Test Of Fast Torpedo Boat
Washington reports a Sperry board review of naval regulation reports to Secretary Meyer with public release pending. Winthrop met Norfolk and League Island yard commandants to discuss yard machinery and reorganization. Meyer plans further talks with Boston Portsmouth and New York yard heads. In Philadelphia a fast torpedo boat destroyer Joseph B. Smith ships from Cramp for official trial off the Delaware Capes to reach twenty eight knots.
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