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THE* AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIV., No. 170.
FOUND DEAD BODY
OF PRETTY GIRL
IN CHINESE ROOM
Miss Elsie Sigel, Young
Missionary, Strangled to
Death with Curtain Cord
By Unknown.
BODY CROWDED
IN A TRUNK
Father of Girl Could Not
Identify Body and Has
Gone to Washington “For
Elsie.”
NEW YORK.—The murder of Miss
Elsie Sigel, the granddaughter of
General Franz Sigel, whose body was
found Friday night crowded into a
trunk in tue room of a Chinese after
she had been strangled with a curtain
cord, appears to be the most remark
able case the New York police have
had to investigate in many years.
One of the odd phases of the case is
the failure of the murdered girl's fa
ther, Paul Sigel, to identify the body
as that of his daughter, while the
girl's mother has declared that arti
cles of jewelry found in the room with
the body belonged to Elsie Sigel. Ac
quaintances of Miss Sigel who have
seen the body of the murdered girl
assert that it is that of Miss Sigel.
and a number of persons have been
found by the police who declare that
the young woman has been a friend of
the Chinese, William L. Leon, in
whose room the body was found.
FATHER
LEFT TOWN.
Notwithstanding these identifica
tions it was stated at the home of
Mr. Sigel that Paul Sigel' the girl's
father, had gone to Washington, “to
bring Elsie home.”
William the Chinese, who
was also known by several Chinese
names, was still unsound Saturday, as
was also Chung ' Sin, who occupied
the room adjoining that of Leon, over
a Chinese restaurant conducted by
Sun Leung. The police are searching
for Leon, but with scant, hope of
finding him, as it is believed the nrar
if(T was committed possibly as early
as last Tnursday. The police gave
out a report that Leon and Chung
Sin had sailed Friday for Vancouver,
on a steamer going by way of the Isth
mus of Panama.
Precautions have been taken to in
tercept the steamer at an intermedi
ate port if possible.
The police of Washington have been
asked to aid the New York police by
finding the original copy of a tele
graph message which was received by
the girl’s parents, from that city last
Saturday, saying:
"I will be home by the end of the
week. Don’t worry.”
It was signed with the name of
Elsie Sigel. Miss Sigel had been en
gaged in missionary work among the
Chinese.
GIRL FEARED
THE CHINESE.
Mrs. Florence Todd, one of the mis
sionary workers in the Chinese sec
tion who identified Miss Sigel’s body,
told the police that the girl and the
Chinaman had been thrown much to
gether for a few years and that Leon
was greatly enamored of the girl; that
he was intensely jealous of her and
disliked her to receive the attentions
of other men. This had oaused Miss
Sigel to fear Leon, Mrs. Todd said.
Among several hundred letters dis
covered in Leon's room were a num
ber signed “Elsie.”
The contents of most of them have
not been revealed, but In one of them
“Elsie” reproaches Leon for causing
trouble between her fattier and her
self. "Just think of the sacrifice I
have made for you,” she wrote in one
letter.
ONE REGISTRATION
DAY DISPENSARY
lIiTINILEFT
Special to The Herald.
COLUMBIA, S. who tn
without current registration certifi
cates will have bat one day upon
which to secure certificates before
the elections in “wet” counties Au
gust 17th upon the question of dis
pensary or prohibition.
Mr. J. M. Malpass, one of the su.
pervlsors of registration for Lexing
ton oounty, wrote to Governor Ansel,
saying that whereas the Richland
county board had construed the iaw
to means that the books could be
open only one day—the first Monday
in July the August election,
he and i s colleagues on the Lexing
ton board leaned to the opinion that
the boards would have to keep the
books open three days and thereafter
attend with the books In every town
in the county of more than 300 popu
lation He asked for instructions.
Governor Ansei referred the letter to
the attorney general's office and the
assistant attorney general, Mr. M. P.
Deßruhl, filed an opinion sustaining
the position of the Richland hoard.
He says in closing:
As this year is not a general elec
tion year and the election on the
question of reopening dispensaries is
LIGHTNING BOLT
HURLS CHUM
DOWNUNDEfiTREE
Sixteen At Sunday School
Picnic Were Rendered
Unconsciotis while Seek
ing Shelter from Showers
BOLT PHOTOGRAPHED
TREE ON BODIES
Six Children are in Serious
Condition and Hope of
Their Recovery is De
spaired of.
SPARTA, Ga,—While sixteen chil
dren who were attending a Sunday
school picnic at Martins Springs,
near here, were standing under a tree
Friday, to escape a shower, a bolt of
lightning struck the tree and every
child was rendered unconscious.
When aid came the children were
lying in a heap at the foot of the
tree and all were apparently dead.
There were two doctors in the picnic
party and on examination they found
that not one of the children had been
killed outright, though six of them
were in such a condition that their
recovery is hardly possible. The oth
er ten, while rendered unconscious,
are not considered in a dangerous
condition.
Examinations disclosed that on the
bodies of nine of the children the
tree had bee.n perfectly photographed
by an electric bolt. Shoes' had been
torn from their feet and every piece
of metal about them fused.
CAROLINA MILLS
ASSESSMENTS
GIVEN
COLUMBIA, S. C.—Comptroller
General Jones has given out a sum
mary of the assessments upon cot
ton mills and water powers, cotton
seed oil mills and fertilizer plants
made by the state board of equaliza
tion at the. meeting which closed Fri
day afternoon.
The totals in the several c! -ss
and the committees of the d
which have each class in charg< .re
as follows:
Cotton Mills.
Total actual value of cotton mill
properties, as determined by the
board, $51,615,479; 60 per cent of
actual value taken for taxation, S3O/.
969,288.
Committee on cotton mills: Dr. H.
K. Smith, chairman; J. C. Courtney,
A. H. Richardson, J. S. White, E. H.
Hardin, J. H. Turner, C. O. Goodwin,
J. Smith, W. C. Thompson, S. U. Da
vis, F. P. Pegues, L. W. Floyd, A.
Zimmerman, J. H. Rollin, J. J. Ver
non, T. L. Johnston, John D. Shuler.
Cotton Seed Oil Mills.
Total value of cotton seed oil mills,
as determined by the board, $2,999,-
568; 60 per cent of actual value taken
for taxation, $1,799,740.
Committee on cotton seed oil mills;
Dr. H. J. McLaurln, chairman; M. B.
Edwards, R. A. Cochran, H. B. Rich
ardson, J. R. Lomax, H. C. Von Lehr,
R. P. Adair, J. S. McKenzie, M. A.
Coleman, William Godfrey, T. W.
Traylor, J. Harleston Read, J. R. De-
Kay, J. W. Alton, W. T. O. O’Dell,
H. R. Kittles.
Fertilizer Plants.
Total value of fertilizer plants, as
determined by the board, $3,196,178;
60 per cent of actual value taken for
taxation, $1,917,707.
Committee on fertilizer plants; P.
H. Gadsden, chairman; C. A. Verdier,
C. M. Gavin, M. R. Evans, R. R.
Johnston, S. D. Guess, W. E. James,
N. S. McLeod, W. R. Funk
DOVEY OF BOSTON
OIESJOOENLY
CINCINNATI.—Praeident Dovey, of
the Boston National Baseball club,
died suddenly on a train Saturday
inaralng, near Zenla, 0., with heart
failure.
CAPT. PEARCY DEAD.
WASHINGTON. Captain Joseph
Pearey, a Confederate soldier, and
and one of the founders of the Ku
Klux Klan In the South and prom
inent in Tennessee politics, died Fri
day night of Bright’s disease,
to be held prior to the first day of
September, the supervisors of regis
tration are nnly required to open the
registration books on the first Mon
day in each month, giving one day
for registration. The books must be
closed thirty days before the elec
tion on the dispensary to be held on
the third Tuesday in August. The
provisions directing that one meet
lng be held in each town, etc., and
directing that the books be kept open
three days at the court house, do not
apply to the present year."
Monde*, July sth, is therefore the
only day upon which citizens not. now
provided with current registration
cortificates may qualify themselves
to vote in the dispensary election of
August ii.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 19, 1909.
SCHOOL TEACRER
FIERCELY FOUGHT
REACH ASSAILANT
Was Attacked By Negro
While Out Driving with
Little Child Near George
town.
COVERED WITH BLOOD
IN MAD STRUGGLE
Sheriff Advises Governor
Ansel That He Has Sus
pect in Jail. Protection
Ordered.
COLUMBIA, S. C.—The George
town sheriff advises Governor Ansel
that he has a suspect in ail concern
ing the atempted assault upon a
school teacher of that county Friday
afternoon. The governor telegraphed
the sheriff to protect the prisoner. The
negro caught the school teacher out
driving with a child. When found
she was bloody from her desperate
struggle.
ON FEARFUL OK,
MONROE J. LEE IS
PLACED IN JAIL
Is Accused of Criminal As
sault, His Blind Sixteen-
Year-Old Daughter Be
ing Alleged Victim. He
Denies Accusation.
Monroe J. Lee, a white man, about
50 years oid, was arrested late Fri
day afternoon by Officer Hutto on
a warrant charging him with assault..
The assault is said to have been com
mitted on his 16-year-old daughter,
Ettie. The specific date of the al
leged assault is June 11th. Lee de
nies his guilt. The girl states posi
tively that her father is guilty. Lee
was arrested at the instigation of his
wife and daughter.
Ettie Lee is blind, and for five
years she has been a student at the
Georgia Academy for the Blind, at
Macon. She returned home about
two weeks ago on her vacation Her
story told to the police is as follows:
“I am afraid of my father, as he
has been worrying me since I was
thirteen years old. When I came
home he started again, and on the
11th when mother was away, he as
saulted me." She stated further to
the police that her father hud re
peated the offense. She told her
mother, and Lee’s arrest followed.
The girl was examined late Friday
afternoon by Dr. C. I. Bryans and
Dr. J. M. Caldwell, at the request of
the police, and the physicians bear
out, her statement..
Lee, when arrested, took it very
calmly. Acting Chief of Police Britt
asked him when he was brought to
the barracks, if he knew the charge
against him. Lee replied that he did,
and wanted to know who made the
charges. He was told that, his wife
and child had him arrested. Lee then
said: “1 am innocent of the charge,
but. if my wife and daughter swear
that I did it, 1 reckon I will have to
take my medicine.”
Lee is confined in the Richmond
county jail.
WARRENVILLE PICNIC
AT LAKE SATURDAY
The Warrenville Baptist Sunday
school gave their annual picnic at
Lake View Park Saturday. The pic
nic is in charge of Mr. G. R. Wehb,
the superintendent of the Sunday
school, a largi crowd of children
were on the picnic. The
came over on the street cars.
Mr. and Mrs, W. K. Vanderbilt at Races
FIRE RAGING IN PLANT OF
DIXIE LUMBER COMPANY
Small Frame Houses Catch
From Flying Sparks. The
Firemen Fighting Under
Difficulties.
Fire broke out shortly before two
O’clock Saturday afternoon in the
plant of the Dixie Lumber Co., on
Gwinnette street, and at. once as
sumed such alarming proportions that
a. general alarm was sent in. Owing
to the location the firemen are hav
ing much difficulty in fighting the
fire, which has spread to some small
nearby frame buildings. To all ap
pearances much of the lumber com
pany’s plant will be destroyed and
the damage is expected to be not lesa
than $25,000.
The fire began near the engine room
and was noticed first by somebody
across (he street who ran to the office
and gave the alarm. Almost at, once
that end of the plant was in a blaze
which soon spread all over the yards
with the exception of tile dry kiln
and a big pile of shingles which were
across the railroad track Four houses
on the south side of Gwinnett street
were completely burned and the root
of a fifth house destroyed. Nearly all
the houses on two blocks suffered
damage from flying sparks which ig
nited the shingle roofs.
The firemen say that there were no
fire plug* on the whole block and
that the first wuter they obtained was
from the plug in the Georgia Chemical
company’s yard. Hobo lines two
blocks long were necessary before tire
firemen could get the fire-fighting ap
paratu* to work. At 3 o'clock the
blase was still burning.
WORK BEGINS SOON
ON NEW PAVEMENT
Commissioner Ntsbet Wlngfi<-|d, of
public works, has notified the Georgia
Vitrified Brick and Clay company,
who got (he contract to pave Broad
street from Marbury to MeKinno, that,
council reconsidered, and decided to
lay brick from curb to curb.
It is possible that as a result, of
this revision the terms of contract
will he altered, although it is not.
thought the price will be Increased
very much. Some of the materials
are already delivered, workmen will
break dirt In a few days.
YOUNG SOUTHERNER MAKES
FIRST AERIAL HONEYMOON
PITTSFIELD, ’.into Th< first aerial honeymoon In America start*
at the Aero Part, ninl : i -hr, at 12 o'clock, when Roger Burnham,
a Boston sculpti, ...1 Miss Ehanor Waring, writer Brooklyn, start
tor Cloudlaud. 1 uey wore married at noon Saturday
1
At the top is shown Mr.
and Mrs. William K. Van
derbilt at the races In
France, where Mr, Van
derbilt’s colors finished
first and third in the
French derby. Below is
Oversight, the Vanderbilt
favorite in the derby,
which made the pace and
assured victory for his
stablemate.
GEORGIA POSTMASTERS.
WASHINGTON, D. C- Post masters
appointed: Donovan, Johnson county,
William Jackson, vice J. E. Joyner,
resigned; Toledo, Charlton county,
Willis A. Hodges, vice G. W. Gowan,
resigned.
JOY BIDE GETS II
COLUMBIMIS 111
TROUBLE
Special to The Herald.
COLUMBIA, S. C.—Two prominent
young men, Oh as. E. Provost and W.
C. Itichhurg, were arrested Saturday
for taking the big touring ear belong
ing to Mrs. Lily Fagan, proprietor
of the Hotel Jerome, from W. W,
Pearce and Co.’s garage Friday night
and doing some joy ride stunts in it.
They are charged in warrant sworn
out by Pearce with house breaking
and malicious mischief. They were
given a preliminary Saturday after
noon. Provost, won the recent hilt
climb contest here and Rlchhurg is
a popular man about town.
THE WEATHER
Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity:
Fair tonight and probably Sunday.
For Georgia and South Carolina:
Showers tonight or Bunday.
Showers are reported from nei.tßy
every section of the cotton belt, wlln
heavy rains In some portions of
Georgia, Florida and Texas. Thomas
ville reports a precipitation of 2.1>2
Indies, and Jacksonville had a fail
of 2.70 inches.
Weather in the South Atlantic
state* has been somewhat cooler In
the last 24 hours. Augusta’s maxi
| mum temperature closing at 3 o’clock
Saturday morning was only 88 de
grees, with a minimum of 71.
Ixical weather Saturday Is cloudy,
warm, and oppressive, owing to the
excessive humidity of the atmosphere.
Rain has been threatened momenta
rily, although none huH fallen.
The weather reports show, how
ever, that cloudiness is local, as the
excess over the cotton belt as a
whole is sunshine.
DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR.
11l USE I3EITKEB
-DOZEN CABS RffiE
FOP, COOL CUP
Full Entry in Stock Chas
sis Cars To Run Three
Hundred and Sixty-Six
Tenths Miles.
RACERS RUN
MINUTE APART
Second Event in Great
“W estci’ii Vanderbilt”
Contest One of Most Ex
citing Races in Country.
CROWN POINT, Iml The Cotv
cup raco for stock chassis cars Sal
unlay began wilh perfect weather.
Following is a list nf the contestants,
started In the order names, one min
ute apart, beginning at X o’clock:
Miller in a Stoddard Dayton
Ttourque in a Knox, Seymour in an Ap
person. Strange in a Buick, Rnglebock
in a Stoddard Dayton, Florida in a
Locomobile, Denison in a Knox, Lyetle
in an Apperson, Robertson in a Loco
mobile, Uhevrolet ip a Buick, Hearne
in a plat, Burman in a Buick.
LION CHEWED OP
WOULD-BE TAMER
NKVV YORK- Trying to train a sav
age linn at Rostock's animal show
today, Captain Bomivita was so badly
clawed and bitten It is feared he will
die. Half a dozen men fought nearly
an hour to rescue Bona vita.
MAN KILLED MULE
AND SELF TO KEEP
FROM PAYING DEBT
COLUMBIA, S. Because a cre
ditor hud threatened to seize ills mule
If he did not pay a debt, John S.
Grainger, a white man, aged 40 years,
sihot his mule in the woods ncur |ilh
ihomo In Horry county, then turned
the weapon upon himself, inflicting al
most Instantly fatal injuries. Ain % n
named Wat Is, il is reported here, had
a. bill of sale on the nolle end had
declared he musl have hlu money.
HITCHCOCK DAM RUINED.
AIKEN. S. The city was visited
Thursday niglil by a heavy wind and
rain storm. Trees wore blown down
and the wind was very high. The
dam of Mr. Thomas Hitchcock, a mil
lionaire that visits Aiken every win
ter, was washed away and a part of
the gin was destroyed. The county
bridge was also washed away, cans
ing a lost of about $250 to the counly.
We mv it again:
headers of The Augusta
Herald have a yearly in
come large enough to in
vest their surplus
money.
Borne of this “rainy”
day money goes into
bonds and stocks, some
into business enterprises
a GREAT DEAL of it
into real estate.
Now, Mr. Heal Estate
Agent, you are looking
for some of this real es
tate investment money.
You should spend a
great deal of money to
he brought in line with
a surplus, awaiting in
vestment.
There are hut few real
estate firms that would
not offer an interest in
business to it man who
had the confidence of a
group of people repre
senting such a surplus.
Yet The. Augusta Her
ald possesses that, confi
dence- it goes into the
homes of these people.
Gould a higher tribute
he paid it? Would it he
TAKEN THERE, night
after night, if they did
not RELIEVE in ii ?
Why riot go into this
home circle, too, Mr.
Real Estate Agent
riot every little while,
irregularly, after you
have exhausted all other
“One paper in the home is worth
a thousand on the highway.’*
TOWN Of ELEIJIT
SWEPT BVFIREIO
DARKEST RIGHT
Originated in Teems Hotel,
a Wooden Structure,
Which it Totally De
stroyed. No Insurance.
SEVERAL OTHER
PLACES WERE BURNED
Hipp & Co. Store, Post.of
fiee, Telephone Exchange
and Welch Property alee
Burned Totally.
Special to The Herald.
ELLI.IAY, Ga—The worst fire In the
history of Killjoy occurred last night
at 11 o’clock. II originated in Teems’
hotel, a wooden structure, whioh was
destroyed; loss $6,000, no insurance.
The general store of J. O. Hipp ft
Co, and the post office, telephone ex
change, tile Welch property, Including
three stores, were also HestroyieT
They had but little Insurance. The
court house caught, but was extla
guished.
BISHOP cTndleß
URGED TO ACCEPT
WASHINGTON, D. C— Bishop
Csndler, selected as third arbitrator
in the Georgia railroad controversy,
nod who hesitated to accept on tho
ground that his brother is an -attor
ney for the eornpnny, was today urged
to accept.
REV. HOWARD T. CREE
GONE TO WASHINGTON
Rev. Howard T. free, of the Fir«t
Christian church, has gone to Wash
ington, On , to conduct the Sunday
service at a revival which Is now be
ing conducted there. The revival is
attracting much attention and Dr.
free accepted the Invitation to con
duct the Sunday service.
On account of Dr Oreo's absence
from the city there, will be no ser
vice at the First Christian church
Sunday night.
CHANGE IN PROGRAM
AT ST. PAUL’S SUNDAY
There will be no early service ', at
St Paul's church Sunday, as the pas
tor will officiate al the 8 o’clock ser
vice at Christ's church. There Is also
a change of hour for the Sunday
school of SI. Paul's—from 4.30 in the
afternoon as heretofore to 9.45 In the
morning.
efforts to sell your
properties.
Why not build up a
following among those
people systematical-*
iy ? J
IT GAN BE DONTL !
Organize a peraistent
advertising campaign,
publish your ofNrrings
REGULARLY, three
times a week, or dwflg,
inspire the confidence of
The A ugusta Herafltd
readers. Then you wife!
get their business. Only
a small proportion of it
is big enough to make
you very prosperous.
It will be v< orth yoiT
while to do this NOW—
when business im
proving and there is an
increasing surplus to in
vest.
Many will not want to
buy some will prefer to
pay rent. Has it occur
red to you to figure the
vearly rent roll of The
Augusta Herald readers?
Do you think they can
he reached by hanging a
placard on a vacant
house or apartment, or
through a waste-basket
circular?
Why spend money and
effort on the thro wa
it way? Why ndt invest
in papers that get into
tlit' homes and are read?
