The Washington herald., 1919-02-10

educated class, said Maj. Raymond
Pullman. superintendent of police.
last night. There are compare
lively few members of this class in
America. This greatly restricted
our source OF information and made
our Investigations exceedingly dIf-
ncult-
Mistakes Led to Arrest.
For week it has been a case OF
men .bers OF the police department
having to match their wits with the
wits Of cultered Chinese. who have
been educated in the best schools
and colleges. with the background of
thousands OF years Of the wonderful
civilization Of China. But as is
always the case. the men having any
connection with crime make mistakes,
and prove the old truism that even
the desire to commit a crime is
evidence Of stupidity.
The main piece of evidence in this
case was the handwriting on the check
stub from which was torn the check
which was presented at the Riggs
Bank. 1t was on this little piece OF
evidence which We found two days
after the discovery of the crime that
step by step the two Chinese were
themselves convinced that their plea
Of an alibi was futile, that their at
tempt to tell a half dozen storie.
tproven false), about their movements
were foolish. In all of the work o.
questioning the men who came here
as friend and brother Of the friend OF
3. :. WI, and who later mad,
suspects OF themselves by telling
things which we knew to be untrue
we realized that the work was like
working low content gold ore: we haC
to labor hard and spend a great dea
Of time to get the small but important
connecting facts in the story.
Enjoyed Their Philosophy,
The Chinese had their own ideas
about Interviewing which We had tr
indulge or We would not have cyotter
anything. When they wanted to tsIL
about the Peace Conference or some
other unrelated subject and when they
were anxious to talk crime naturally
we were willing to listen intentIy. All
OF US who have had a part in the
questioning-Inspe Grant, Detec-
tive Sergts- BurlinSame and Kelly and
myself am sure. have keenIy en-
joyed their philosophy and views of
life and events.
l greatly appreciate the co-opera-
N'''A "HiNii iieiS Dftll gwen to the no.
lice by law-abidinE Chinese. nv Gin
Zens Of Washington and by most Of
the newspapers in the careful bandIinr
Of facts and for not PUBLISHING in
formation which the police know
would retard their work and perbans
kill the case. This cooperation has
been almost perfect. To Frank u
FenVick. proprietor of the Dewey Ho-
tel. who extended the hospitality Of
his establishment to the friends of
WI and former guests of the mission
l cannot express too hearty thanks II
was a great demonstration of nubIic
spirit Of the finest kind, and his tact
and the care of members of his staff
IN keeping the matter secret was the
only thing that made possible the
careful police investigation, and the
courtesy is one which the police and
the people of the whole city of WASH
ington must surely appreciate.
TO Inspector Grant and the six or
eight men who have worked day and
night on the case, especially to Bur
lingame and Kelly. who were sent out
on the midnight train on the day Of
the discovery of the murder and who
located Wu's friend before 9 o'clock
the next morning, I want to extend
commendation for tact. great patience
and efficiency-especially for their ma
tience."