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EDITION
Washington, Jane 21 Fore
cast for North Carolina for to
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eastern, Bhowers In the west.
ESTABLISHED 1871
RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1909.
PBICE 5 CENTS
POLICE ON TRAIL
OFTHEMURDERER
OF ELSIE SIGEL
Jealousy Was the Cause of
Fearffol Crime Committed
Id New York
FACTS ABOUT CRIME
William Leon is Believed to Have
Slain the Girl He is En Route to
Vancouver Where He Hopes to
Sail for China, but Police Are
Keeping a Close Watch and He Can
Hardly Get Out of the Country
Chu Gotn, Proprietor of a Restau
rant, Arrested and. liocked Up
Was Favorite Suitor of the Girl
And Leon Had Threatened Him
and He Had Paid, His Rival Money
About the Time the Murder Was
Committed.:
(By Leased Wire t TheTlmeB.)
New York, June 21.' With the po
lice of the west trailing William
Leon, supposed slayer of Elsie Sigel,
General Franz Slgel's granddaughter,
as he flees to 'Vancouver on his way
to China, the authorities to-day set
tled upon jealousy as the cause of
the tragedy.
It was the attentions of one China
man, accepted instead of another's,
that resulted in Elsie Sigel being
lain and her body stuffed in a trunk
in a Chinese den at 782 Eighth
avenue by the rejected wooer, the po
lice declared to-day.
The wooer was Leon Ling, whose
American name is William Leon,
and his rival was Chu Gain, the pro
prietor of the noted Chinese restau
rant, Port Arthur, on Mott street.
Leon and his roommate, Chong
Sing, as well as half a dozen other
Chinamen are in flight, with the po
lice of a thousand cities watching
for them while Chu Gain Is locked up
in police headquarters.
Leon, with his roommate and a
white woman, wont to Washington
Immediately after the murder, and
from there Leon Btarted for Van?
couver, passing through Chicago. A
clue was obtained in the latter city
and the police In every town between
Chicago and Vancouver have been
notified. It is expected that the
fugitives will be arrested within the
next 24 hours. The steamships Cey
lon Maru and Empress of India ure
due to sail from Puget Sound to-day
and Wednesday, ; They will be
watched and the police say It will be
Impossible for the Chinamen to es
cape by these ships.
Chu Gain was arrested and de
tained as a witness because it was
learned that he and Leon, a former
employee at the restaurant, had
quarreled over Miss Sigel. Chu
Gain's room in the restaurant build
ing was searched, and a handful of
letters to him from M'ss Sigel, of
almost the same tenor as those ad
dressed to Leon and found in a search
of Leon's room After the discovery
of the body were found among Chu
Gain's effects.
To add still another strange chap
ter to the tragedy which cost tlie
granddaughter of General Sigel her
life, Chu Gain the rival of Leon
Ling, furnished the money to pay
for his flight from the c'ty, and this
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slaying was premeditated and ar
ranged with the cunning of an ori
ental mind. "-
Chu Gain received a letter, written
in Chinese. -In which he was told that
unless he Immediately ceased his at
tentions to Miss Sigel both he and
the girl would be slain and their
bodies cut into little pieces and dis
posed of.
: The letter greatly frightened Chu,
for he knew that both Leon Ling and
Chong Sing, his roommate, were vis
itors at the Sigel home, and that
their connection with the secret so-
nobles aim ivugD ui vii iiiaiu tr u iiiauu
them very powerful and wll able to
carry out such a threat. Because of
his quarrels wjth Leon, Chu did not
wish to treat with him, but sent for
Chong Sing to buy him off, knowing
that be could reach Leon, too, by
such methods. -
Chong Sing called on Chu Gain.
As nearly a Chu Gain can recollect
It, Chong Sing made this Visit about
noon on June 9, the day that has
been definitely fixed as the one on
which Elsie Slgol was strangled to
death and her - body placed inVa
trunk. .
To the great surprise of Chu Gain
his visitor was agitated and very
anxious to treat with him, and read
ily agreed, o get out Of tu" city tad
stay out Mf Chu Gain would furnish
the money for transportation. He
demanded a large sum, but when Chu
Gain told him that he would have to
wait until he could get the money
together Chong Sing-agreed to take
any money that was immediately
available and ended by accepting
1260, all the money there was on
hand In the restaurant.
Chong Sing hurried away, Bud that
is the last trace that has been ob
tained of, him. He is believed to
have returned to the room he occu
pied jointly with Leon Ling on the
fourth floor of No. 782 Eighth ave
nue, whore Ore girl was strangled
wth a cord knotted about her neck,
and where the.ihurder was done or
had Ttlready been accomplished. The
two men then fled the city, perhaps
in different directions, but Leon Ling
Is believed to have gone lmmediatety
to Washington. Chu Gain soon
learned that both Chong Sing and
Leon Ling had left New York, and
later learned from the mission at
No. 10 Mott street that Mrs. Sigel
had been looking for her daughter
and was on the verge of collapse
from fear for the fate of her child.
Elsie never had been absent from
her home before until late at night
unless her parents knew her where
abouts. On the morning of Tuesday, June
15, almost a week after Elsie Slgot
disappeared, Chu Gain wrote out and
had inserted in a morning newspaper
the following advertisement:
"E. J. S. Mother very ill. Come
home, dear one."
There was no signature, but when
Chu Gain was arrested he readily
admitted that he had put the adver
tisement in the paper, in the hope
that it would catch the eye of the
missing girl and cause her to return
home. He freely told of his quarrels
with Leon and of his willingness to
pay blackmail to get Chong Sing and
Leon Ling, both former employees of
the restaurant, out of the city.
When he learned that the girl had
been slain he felt Biire his name
would be connected with 'the case, but
made no attempt at -flight. He Is
held without ball, and will be a wit
ness at the inquest.
HENEY READY FOR FIGHT
Will Agaiyegto Prosecution
of Grafters '
The Jury Disagreed in the Calhoun
Case. Which It jTook Five Months
to Try, but Assistant District At
torney Announces That He Is
Ready to Begin Again.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
San Francisco, Cal., June 21.
Patrick Calhoun, the millionaire pres
ident of the street railway system of
Saa Francisco, : whose five months
trial on a charge of bribery resulted
In a disagreement, is to be brought
to trial immediately on another of
the numerous indictments pending
against him, according to a statement
made to-day by Prosecutor Heney.
After being out 24 hours the jury
reported that it could not reach a
Verdict. The last vote stood ten for
acquittal and two for conviction.
Five ballots were taken, three of
them shortly after the jury retired.
On the first vote they stood 8 for ac
quittal and 4 for conviction. Two
of the four joined the majority on
the second ballot and one of the re
maining two announced his determi
nation to remain out a month it
necessary.
"I am ready to try this case again.
and I will go ahead to-day it neces
sary," said Prosecutor Henoy aftor
the adjournment.
Calhoun made the following state
ment: ,':
"I am disappointed at the failure
of the jury to acquit mo of the un
just charges against me. I should
have liked my vindication to be abso
lute." "The judgo was hostile, the assist
ant district attorney bribed and the
administration of the criminal law of
this Btate disgraced. I propose at the
proper time and in a proper manner
to submit formal chargos against As
sistant District Attorney Heney for
receiving bribes as a public officer and
against Rudolph Spreckles and James
D. Phelan, who financed the prose
cution, foi having paid them."
Sultan's Troop Deflated.
(By Cable to The Times.)
Paris, June 21 Telegrams receiv
ed from Tangier today report an
overwhelming defeat of the sultan of
Morocco's troops In battle with El
Roghl'i forces on Wednesday. The
sultan's troops fled from (he field,
abandoning tents, ammunition and
heavy guns. Hundreds were captur
ed and killed The battle may pre
cipitate a grave crista.
North Carotin Postmasters.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, June 21 Jesse E
Stanley was appointed fourth-claBs
postmaster at Cody, N. C today.
THEGOVERNMENT
BEGINS
ts MAIN
ATTACKONTRUST
Attorneys and Witnesses Ap
pear Before federal Grand
Jury in Sugar Case
WILL PUSH THE CASE
The Government Attorneys, the Coun
sel for the Trust and the Receiver
for the Pennsylvania Sugar Relln.
ing Company Appear Before the
Grand Jury In Proceeding to Prove
That Trust Has Continually A'lo
latcd the Shmnan Anti-Trust
Luw Attorney-General Wicker.
Sham AnxiouH to Have Case
Pushed Believes the Reputation
of His Department is at Stake
Present is Psychological Moment..
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, June 21 The govern
ment's main attack on the sugar
trust, to which its previous actions
were but preliminary and, in a meas
ure, incidental, began to-day when
the government attorneys, the coun
sel for the trust and Receiver George
H. Earle, of the Pennsylvania Sugar
Refining Company, appeared be ro re
the federal grand jury In a proceed
ing brought against the trust for al
leged violation of the Sherman anti
trust law in the endeavor to prove
the trust criminally culpable and to
have it penalized as such.
Receiver Earle appeared in re
sponse to a subpoenae as did his coun
sel and witnesses In the suit brought
by the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining
Company against the trust. One of
the subpoenacs called for the pro
duction In this proceeding of the
documents used in the Pennsylvania
company's suit, including the stoch
books of the company and practically
all of the correspondence between
Adolph Segal and Gustav Kislel used
In that suit.
Attorney-General Wlckersham Is
understood to have instructed the
government's attorneys that the case
against the sugar trust must be
pushed as hard and fast as possible.
Aside from the fact that President
Taft Is generally understood to have
spurred the department of justice to
get after this self-avowed corporate
offender it is believed that, the severe
strictures placed upon the department
by Receiver Earle, who recently de
clared there was no possibility of get
ting justice under the present admin
istration of the department, made the
attorney-general smart until he deter
mined to answer It by deeds rather
than words. Mr. Wlckersham's trip
to New York last week, although pri
marily made to attend the wedding
of his son, Is understood to have been
given over In part to conferences
with the. government attorneys here.
In which he Impressed upon them
that the reputation of the department
was more or less concerned in haling
the sugnr trust to the bar of justice
as a proved criminal offender.
The present investigation tindoubt
edly will deal as much with the sugaj;
trust s methods as revealed In the
Pennsylvania company) action as
with the weighing frauds. AJ the
time the government accepted heavy
restitution for those frauds It spe
cifically reserved the right to prose
cute the trust criminally at any time
the administration might see fit.
The present, it would appear, the
administration has come to recognize
as the psychological moment.
OPPOSE GUARANTY LAW.
Banks of Nebraska Ask for An In
junction to Restrain Enforcement
of the Law.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Omaha, Neb., June 21 Fifty-two
of the national and state banking
houses of Nebraska, through their at
torneys, appeared In Judge Munger's
court today to ask for an Injunction
to restrain the enforcement of : the
state guaranty of deposit act passed
by the last legislature.
Their petition alleges that the law
Is confiscatory In that it appropriates
the property . of depositors of one
bank to liquidate the obligations of
another; that the act is defective and
did not pass the legislature in the
regular way; that Its assessment sec
tions are so drawn that the amount
and number of assessments are prac
tically limitless; and that the entire
act is contrary to the spirit of the
federal constitution. Finally, the pe
titlon asks that the act be declared
Invalid and that Its enforcement be
suspended until a showing of law
and facts can be matte, V
HOWARD GOULD
GAVE HIS WIFE
- 1
A
Dodged the Witness Stand
by Abruptly Closing Case
Case for Defense
WOMAN DISAPPOINTED
Attorney Dclancey Xicoll Made the
Aiiiioiiiicepcnt That Defense Didn't
Think it Necessary to Introduce
Any Further Testimony ProseciP
(Ion Taken by Surprise and Disap
IMilntcd as They Wanted to Get
Howard Gould on the Stand and
Subject Him to Cross-Examina-tloti
Mr. Shearn Immediately
Opened in Rebuttal.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Now York, June 21. Howard
Gould sprang a surprise on his wife
in her suit for separation and ali
mony to-day when Justice Dowling
opened the ninth day's session of the
trial. Attorney Delancey Nlcoll
made this announcement: ..-,'
"I have consulted with my associ
ates and we feel that the case we
presented is of Bitch a character that
further evidence is not necessary.
Therefore we rest, our case."
In taking this step Mr. Nicoll
saved Howard Gould a severe grill-
lag that was awaiting him at the
hands of Attorney Clarence J. Shearn
who wanted to straighten out a num
ber of points through the young
millionaire. After the defense had
rested Mr. Shearn opened the rebut
tal, which he said would last until
about Wednesday. He said many
witnesses were to be called and that
some of them were out of the city.
He will endeavor to combat the testi
mony againut - IUrn. -Gould 4n which
the name of Actor Dustln Farnum
was mentioned.
Mrs. Gould showed her disappolnr-
ment when Mr. Nicoll's announce
ment was made.
Lawyer Shearn immediately began
reading depositions. The first one
was from Mrs. Alice StlcKney Bank
head, wife of Colonel H. Mac A.
Bankhead, V, S. A., stationed at At
lanta, Ga.
"I accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Gould
on a trip to Cairo, Egypt, in 1902,
nnd always found Mrs. Gould con
ducted herself in a ladylike manner.
She was never Intoxicated," the then
lieutenant s wife had said In her
sworn statement.
Nlcoll fought hard to exclude n
great part of this testimony In favor
of Mrs. Gould. Justice Dowling
ruled out all reference to what others
said about Mrs. Gould's conduct.
"The party consisted of Consul
General John J. Long and Prince
Mohammed, brother of the Khedive,"
the deposition went on.
"I saw Mrs. Gould every day and
never found her eonduct to be other
than decorous and highly proper."
The trip from Cairo to Alexandria
along the river Nile was referred to,
but. not. gone into in detail. It is on
this trip that Mr. Gould is said to
have become jealous of the prince.
EAGLE ATTACKS BOY.
Infuriated Over the Loss of its Mat)',
It Swoojm Down on Hunter.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Alton, Ills., June 21 An eagle
infuriated over the death of Its mate,
attacked thirteen-year-old Joseph
Dalley, son of Constable J. B. Dailey,
of Alton, and was battling with the
boy when his father clubbed It with
his shotgun, killing it.
Dalley and his son were out shoot
ing and observed two birds flying
above them. The elder Dalley shot
one on the wing and when It dropped
the other followed. The eagle had
its talons almost on the boy's head
before the'fathor struck the fatal
blow. The attacking bird measured
seven fet from tip to tip.
BRYAN AND SALVATION.
What Would Happen If Mr. Bryan
Should Butt Into the Plan Qf Sal
vation. (By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, June 21 Represen
tative Walter P. Brownlow, of Ten
nessee, has returned today from a
visit to his district. Today he Is tell
Ing friends at the capitol this story
which Is greatly enjoyed by the dem
ocrats:
"At Culpepper, Va., last Saturday,
two new passengers boarded the
train. They looked like professional
gentlemen. They wore clean shirts
and were well shaved. They must
BIG
SURPRISE
have been democrats from their con
versation, for they were not exces
sively sanguine about auy subject. I
could not help overhearing them.
" 'I hear,' said one of them, 'that
Bryan will not run for senator, but
that he has decided to enter the min
istry. I trust this is true. Mr. Bryan
is a good and pure man. With his
wonderful oratory he ought to con
vert many persons.'
" "I don't know about that, said
the other. '1 admit he Is all you say
he Is, but if he should do for the
plan of salvation what he has al
ready dbne for the democratic party,
we would be in a h of a fix.'"
DIVORCE MILL RUNNING.
Kustem Divorce Colony at Reno
Lands Some Divorces.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Reno, Nev., June 21 Divorces
have been granted to Mrs Annie R.
Rogers and Mrs. Adclia Prescott,
members -of the eastern divorce col
ony here. Mrs. Rogers was freed from
Lord E. Rogers, an attorney of New
York. Mrs. Rogers charged extreme
cruelty. They were married in Mont
gomery, Ala., in November, 1894.
Mr. Rogers was a former law partner
of Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler.
Mrs. Prescott was freed from th
Rev. Allen C. Prescott, an Episcopal
clergyman of Buffalo, N. Y., who de
serted her in 190?.
SHIPS COIJLIDE IN FOG.
Unknown Steamer Rammed by Red
Star Liner.
(By Cable to The Times)
London, June 21 Ships off Dover,
in the English channel, kept a keen
lookout today when the fog lifted,
for a badly damaged steamer which
had been rammed last night by the
Red Star liner Zeeland, bound from
Antwerp for New York. The Zee
land struck the unidentified ship
amidship and it is thought she was
badly crippled possibly sunk.
The accident happened almost sim
ultaneously with the ramming of the
British third class Wilson liner Sap
pho, off Dungess, which was the re
sult of the same fog..
UPCHURCH ACQUITTED
Evidence Coaipletly Exoner
ates Him
Tried This Morning and is Acquit
ted No Evidence Whatever
Aguinst Him Offense With Which
He Was Charged Committed by
Others Represented by Three
Lawyers Other Cases Disposed
Of. ,
The case of greatest interest this
morning was that of State Vs. J.
Sherwood Upchurch, disorderly con
duct. Mr. Upchurch was charged
with cursing on the streets Friday
night, following the aldermanic
caucus from which he was excluded.
Three witnesses were summoned for
the slate -Aldermen Joseph G.
Brown, E. D. Peebles and Geo. L.
VVomble. Alderman Brown "knew
nothing" about It, Alderman Womble
placed himself in the same category
and Alderman Peebles did not know
much about it. He did not sec the
Irate alderman but heard his -angry
voice raised In profune protestations
against the "powers that be." Mr.
Peebles was in the mayor's office on
the third floor of the City Hall, and
the sound of the cursing' came from
down the street. He did not see Mr.
Upchurch and when questioned : by
Attorney Watson said that he could
not swear that it was Mr. Upchurch
who was doing the cursing. He said
that he thought he know Upchurch's
voice when he heard It, and believed
that It, was Upchurch who was doing
the cursing.
; In answer to questions he told of
the holding of a democratic caucus
Friday night; of Mr, Upchurch's
visit to the room where the caucus
was held; of his exclusion from the
councils of the board, etc. He could
not give any more definite testimony
against Upchurch, repeating the
statement that he could not swear II
was Upchurch who cursed.
It later developed that there was
cursing and quarreling on Fayctte
vlllo street engaged In by several
boys, among whom wero Frank Hor
ton, John Cheek, George Vaughan
and a boy named Richardson, all of
which happened at or about the time
Mr. Upchurch was alleged to have
raised a disturbance. Judge Stron
ach stated that he had a warrant for
the boys who did the cursing, and
that the case would be tried later.
In view of the fact that there was no
evidence against him, the case against
Mr. Upchurch was dismissed.
Mr. Upchurch was represented by
Attorneys W. L. Watson, John W.
HInBdale, Jr., and Bart M. Gatllng.
Mr. T. B. Heartt was on hHnd to act
as stenographer and Mr. Upchurcn
had a small army Of Witnesses on
hand to testify that he was not cut
(Contfnued on page Two.)
SESSION MAY BE
DRAWN OUT UNTIL
I.
Disposition to Discuss Pro
posed Corporation Tax Hay
Prolong the Session.
DETAILS OF THE BILL
Discussion of the Remaining Para
graphs of the Main Bill Will Prob
ably Take Up All the Balance of
the Week and Income Tax Proposi
"tion May Not he Reached Before
the First of Next Week Subject
Will Not be Taken Up Until all the
Schedules of the Tariff Bfll Are
DlsKsed of May U Offered to the
Senate Tomorrow However Sev
eral Details as Yet Undecided
Amendment Will Have Opposition.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, June 21 It is not
improbable, leaders in the senate say,
that the thirty-eighth paragraphs In
the schedules and the free list yet
to be acted upon will consume this
week, and that the Income tax propo
sition will not be reached before the
first of next week. This indicates
that Senator Aldrich has revised his
opinion of last week that: the tariff
bill would be fn conference by Julyt
1. The change In the situation, it
was said today, is due to the Taft
amendment to tax the net income of
corporations which amendment is
now in course of construction. This
subject will not be taken up until all
the schedules have been perfected.
It is probable the proposed cor
poration tax amendment to the tariff
bill as prepared by Attorney General
VVlckcrsham : will be submitted to
Chairman Aldrich of the finance
committee this afternoon. Should
the committee be able to consider It
tonight or tomorrow morning it
would then be possible to offer it in
the senate tomorrow.
There are several details as yet
undecided in regard to the provisions
of the amendment. The principal
ore is in relation to the bond exemp
tion which some believe is necessary
to avoid double taxation. An exemp
tion of net earnings of corporations
under $5,000 a year has also been
suggested and is under consideration.
While the republican leaders ex
pnet the amendment will pass, they
are beginning to see that It will have
opposition from sources which they
had hot anticipated. Not all of the
republicans of the regular organiza
tion favor it, and others are luke
warm. Even Senator Aldrich at heart
is opposed to it, but is forced to ac
cept it and work for It in order to
dodge the income tax issue. The in
troduction of the amendment will
cause a delay of front ten days to
two weeks in the date of adjourn
ment according to all predictions. It
may prolong the session well toward
August 1, as there is much disposi
tion to discuss the subject,
Senator Page, of Vermont, advo
cated free pitch. Senator Carter, of
Montana, opposed the removal of the
duty, contending that such : action
would benefit the leather trust.
Senator Hale, of Maine, interrupt
ed th tariff debate with a motion to
reconsider a joint resolution passed
Saturday continuing, after the close
of the present fiscal year, the river
and harbor appropriation made prior
to 1904, which lapsed after five
years. His motion went over with
out action and Senator Carter resum
ed his argument.
NO MONEY FOR OHIO.
Carnegie Foundation Will Give No
Money to Ohio But Recommends
, Changes.
Columbus, O.; June 21 Benefits
of the Carnegie foundation fund for
the advancement of teaching among
colleges and universities are with
held from Ohio University at Athena,
Ohio; the Ohio State University here,
and tho Miami University at Oxford,
Ohio, according to a letter sent to
Governor Harmon S. Prltchett, presi
dent of the foundation, on the)
ground that the conditions of higher
education In the state are so unsat
isfactory that the cause of education
would not be served by their admis
sion. The letter concludes:
"The committee most respectfully
ventures to suggest that the educa
tional Interests of the state of Ohio
require that these three institutions
be re-constructed In such wise that
their functions may be differential
and that each be assigned a definite
place In a comparative and tonslBt
ent education system,"
ABOUT AUGUST