Evening star., 1919-02-11

The check was taken from the book
Tuesday.
wednesday morning Hsie discovered
the theft of the check and reported
the matter to Dr. Wong. What the
doctor said to WI is not known, but
the latter is reported to have told
Wan that the doctor gave him plain
talk, accusing him OF the thefI Then
WI hurried to Harris Hotel to see
Wan At that time, It is stated. there
had been nothing said of taking life.
Wan sent word to Van to come from
New York Tuesday, and he arrived the
next day.
In all OF VANS talks with the po-
lice he declared his brother knew
nothing of the plans arranged by
WI and himself; that all he was
wanted for was to get the money a,
Riggs Bank on the check He did not
even know there was a check in the
envelope that he took to the bank.
Wan said. WI was very much in
censed at Hsie, he told Wan, because
he knew the latter had reported hlm
to DR.. Wong. Not only had he re-
ported the taking of the check. il is
he had been reported for other things,
among them his entertainment OF
woman friends, which meant the ex-
penditure of money.
Wu also had reason to believe be
had been suspected of pilfering. Yale
locks had replaced locks to which he
had keys following the disappear
ance of property from the office and
room of Hsie. He was spoken or as
a spendthrift, although he had bank
account and was not broke. The eli
max was approached the day OF the
murder, when WI learned that DR..
Wong had sent for detective: De-
tective Bradley responded and LETT
his card under the door.
Discuss Plans to Get Check.
Means Of getting the $1,000 were
discussed by Wan and Wu when the
latter visited the Harris Hotel We'd
that Wu told his friend of Hsie's atti-
tude toward him tWu). and they con-
cluded that they must get the check
finished that night, meaning to nil IL
out and affix the stamp OF the mis-
sion. Wan said he wrote the check,
and WI obtained the mission stamp
and made it appear genuine. The door
of the mission was left unlocked for
Wan. who was in the house when
Kung Ii called.
The check having been finished,
Wan and wu went to the kitchen,
where Wan complained of being
chilly and had his friend start fire
to heat water in the boiler attached
to the gas stove. 1t was shortly aft
erward that the triple tragedy took
place.
Believed Wu Robbed Wong.
That WI had robbed Dr. Wong after
the latter had been killed was the
belief expressed by Wan in a state
and Kelly at the tenth police pre-
cinct.
The prisoner said that after WI
had killed DR.. Wong upstairs he came
down in the basement and handed
him $40 or sl2 to pay the Ia xicab
wu had taken the money from DR..
Wong's pocket.
The detectives went to the police
station about IL o'clock this morning
with a stenographer from police
headquarters and again questioned
Wan as to the crime.
Wan related, the detectives said,
more in detail the killing of the mis-
sion head and his two assistants. He
told of Wu giving him the money to
pay the taxicab bill. and said that Wu
told him he would give him more after
he had secured the $1,000 on the
check, which they intended to have
cashed at the bank the next day. He
said Wu was to take $50 of the money,
which represented what Wan had bor-
that WI only intended to give him a
small portion of the money, and it was
then they became engaged in the
quarrel.
The rest of the statement of Wan to-
day, was substantially the same as he
had made to Inspector Grant and De-
tective Burlingame yesterday.
Van, the brother of the prisoner, who
is also held in custody by the detec-
tfves. was not questioned. He was
locked in a cell, while his brother was
in the detention -:am being ques-
toned by the detectives.