The Washington herald., 1919-02-06
MORE ARRESTS
DUE IN CHINESE
TRIPLE MURDER
Police Keep Suspects Un-
der Surveillance as Search
for Evidence Continues.
HOTEL REGISTER CLUE
Entry on Blotter May Break
Down Alibi of One
Suspect.

Day by day the police are weaving
a network OF circumstantisi and docu-
mentary evidence which will point
conclusively not only TO those guilty.
OF the murder Of Or. Theodore T.
Wong. director Of the Chinese Edu-
cational Mission, and his two secre-
taries. c. II. Hsie and Ben Sen WI,
but also establish beyond doubt that
robbery was the motive back OF the
triple murder.
Actual arrest Of two Chinese suF-
poets and the formal entry OF Their
names on the police blotter on the
charge OF having committed the criu1s
is now a mere technical detail. as the
police have all suspects within easy
reach.
Police watch Suspects.
These men are under the closest
surveillance. the delay in formally
charging them with the crime being
due TO the desire OF Mai. Pullman and
Inspector Grant to connect every link
in the chain OF documentary and cir
cumstantial evidence.
Evidence discovered yesterday whirI
will be used in solving the stranEc
murder case includes an entry in ths
register OF a local hotel. which viii
be produced in court as proof that 81
Chinese now under suspicion was i'm
Washington and guest at the hotc-
at time be declared he was in New
York. This evidence Is expected @,
efTectualIy DISPOSE OF at least one
alibi which both suspects are appar-
emily trying 10 establish for them
selves 10 prove that il was Impossible
TO have committed tho crime as they
were not in the city when II occurred.
The exact hour Of tho murder ha.
not yet been established. but the police
v no have now accounted for The
movements Of the victims Of the trau-
cdy up to 1O.3p O'Clock on "Wednesday
night. know that II occurred between
II O'Clock Wednesday night and carly
Thursday morning Otherwise Sccrc-
tarieS lTsic and Nu would have at
tended their classes At George Wash
ipgton University on Thursday as US
ual. The murder was discovered at 6
O'Clock Friday night by Or. Kong Il.
fellow student Of the two seCretar-
les at the university. who had been
sent by Br. sun to investigate their
absence from classes
one OF the most important pieces
OF doCqnnpniaTy evidence discovered
thus far. is the stuo of the mission
. +
the information furnished the police
10y the Riggs National Bank that =
well-dressed and educated Chinese Al
tempted to cash a check for 500 AT
the bank with DR.. Wong's forged sig
nature last Thursday.
The evidence furnished Ivy the hotel
register Is expected to prove tho the
/ Ory entertained by the police that at
/ least one Of the men implicated 81
I the crime remained overnight w
4 Washington following the murders TO-
the purpose OF securing the S5."0a az
the bank by means NJ the sorreJ
check and the letter OF Introduction
No Confession Expected.
No confession is expected by ll-
. police from any OF the sIspea,s.
I Chinese never confess" rs the '0fur-
/ nation furnished by cTiminOIo isis
who have had experience rgunIrs
down crimes IN which persons OF a.
nationality have figured. There TsW
I be. Of course. exceptions 20 this luls.
/ but the Washington police nav" LITTLE
| hope that their unTavelinG Of the rlu~-
/ der mystery Will be made easy lr
! any confessions.
ZinC SunE Wan. who vas E=e last
man seen at th" scene OF tho crime
prior to the finding OF tho body OF
/ Dr. Wong by Or. Kong II on Friday
I evening at o'clock. and wEO Hc-
Companied inc local detectives back
to Washington last SATURDAY. is -till
| in Washington