The Washington herald., 1919-02-03
JAPANESE "TOYAMA"
MAY BE CONCERNED
In TRIPLE MURDER
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Mission. had three members. The
lied with the Chinese governmental
agents at the Chinese legation. The
second mission, because it has COM
pIete control of its own funds. is only
semi-Official in character. The third
mission was sent to America by the
Canton or Southern Chinese govern
ment and while its members were of
necessity recognized by the Chinese
diplomatic agents named by the
Pekin government Of China, they were
in no manner responsible or subject
to the control of the Chinese Ambas-
sador.
Wrong Mission Picked.
The police believe that the agents,
soon after reaching Washington. de-
termined to kill all members of the
Or. Wong mission. but by a strange
trick of fate they mistoOk the educa-
tional mission of DR.. T. T. Wong for
the political mission of DR.. c. T.
Wong The latter had been engaged
for several weeks in issuing propa-
ganda designed to impress upon the
people of the United States the charge
that Japan, in the forthcoming peace
settlement, hopes to control all islands
in the Pacific, dominating Australia
and other foreign possessions, and
hopes as well to secure an open gate
way into the rich fields of China,
which she hopes to make a subject
nation
In the mysterious "Toyama" Japan
is said to have a hideous agency
which never hesitates to wreak VEN
n II Nuhn o1-
ism of nations. Toyama is unknown
even to high japanese officials. it is
said, but the people of Japan believe
the name represents a wealthy busi-
ness man or group of business inter-
ests who use terrorism to force the
national policy OF the country to fol-
low the lines they believe to be best
for the nations future.
The Washington police are i'm
pressed with the fact that, assum-
ing the agents watched the house
OF the mission closely, they knew it
was deserted early Wednesday eve
ming. 1t is believed under this
theory that. at that time, they elect
ed one OF their trained slayers who
gained admission to the house.
Finds Hsie's Revolver.
II Is suggested the man PROBABLY
went to the second floor to await
his victims, and there found a .3S
CaIiber revolver, the property of
Hsie, and a number of cartridges.
The dead body of DR.. Wong
shows that the supposed hired killer
rushed upon Wong from the hallway
of the ground floor and that the lat
ter, in trying to defend himself, was
cut twice on the right hand in par
rying passes of a dirk. believed to
have been originally selected as the
Instrument of the deed"
In support of the dirk theory. 1t
is pointed out "hatchetmen" of the
Chinese secret societies usually use
a silent weapon. 1t was then that
the murderer suddenly brought the
revolver into play. shooting with his
left hand and sending a bullet into
the heart OF the educator. He fired
another shot into the body and then
prepared to fee if the sound of the
shots brought an investigation.
Neighbors heard the shots, but mis-
took them for automobile explo-
sIons.
Within the next hour the two Sec
retaries returned and the murderer,
made bold by his first success, did
not hesitate to shoot them down.
The only unexplained feature un-
der the theory that the Staying was
the result of international politics,
is that the slayer escaped. For
many years the agents of Toyama,
it is said, have killed themselves bv