Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-09
Re-Enact Death Scenes
In Effort to Clinch
Evidence.
TWO MEN HURRIED
FROM DEWEY HOTEL
Discoverer Of Crime Aids Detee-
tives in Their Work of Sift-
ing Triple Killing.

In an effort to wiring a confession
from Zing Sung Wan and his brother.
W. 7. Van, who were brought here
from New York in connection with
the murder of the three members Of
the Chinese educational mission the
police last night in their presence re-
hearsed the tragedy in the mission
house at 2023 Kalorama road.
For several hours the police. by
means of various lights and other
methods, took the two men through
the scenes supposed to have been en-
acted on the night Of the murders.
They were started in the cellar, where
the bodies of Hsie and WI, the young
assistants of DR.. Wong, director of the
mission, were found lying at tie foot
ct the stairway, and by varioms stages
taken up the stairway into the recep-
tion hall on the first floor, where the
body of DIR. Wong was found.
Lights Play Big Part.
At times the third floor would be
brilliantly lighted. while the lights ON
the lower floors would be either dim
or entirely extinguished- This would
be followed by the extinguishing Of the
lights on another floor during bril-
liant illumination of other parts Of
the house.
To aid them in this rehearsal the
police called upon Kang Ia. the feI-
low student of Hsie and WI. w.Ao
was the first to discover the crirae.
when he climbed through the parior
window of the mission house last
Friday night a week ago. Kang Ia
was in the house last night for moro
than an hour and a half. and adj
mitted when he left the premises that
the police were rehearsing the
tragedy. He was planted" in the
house to act as interpreter should
the men converse in their native
tongue.
Shortly after o'clock the big high
powered automobile Of the detective
bureau. which earlier in the evening
carried from the Dewey Hotel Wan
and his brother arrived at the Kalo-
rama road house.
Activities Are Started.
AT first great quiet prevailed. and
from all outward appearances the
house in which the triple murder was
committed was apparently deserted.
After the appearance Of Kang Lii, who
rooms almost directly opposite the
house. the activities of those within
became noticeable from the outside.
Through the stiffness of the night
sounds emerged from the house.
During all this time the big car of
the detective bureau was. parked in a
quiet spot in a street in the rear of
the mission house. 1t was in readi-
ness to hurry the suspects to a police
station house in the event the officers
in charge were satisfied that they had
obtained sufficient evidence to war
rant making a formal charge Of muir
der.
Wan and Van Friendly.
notwithstanding close confinement
and long, weary hours spent within
the four walls of their rooms in the
hotel. both Wan and his brother Van
offered no protest. Each has appeared
in good spirits throughout.
They seem to take their position
philosophically. Instead of showing
enmity toward the various plain
clothes men who have acted as their
guardians, they have actually ap-
peared friendly.
Both are highly educated and are
capable of conversing on almost any
topic. They have enjoyed games. es-
pecially cards. Each is an inveterate
smoker of strong cigarettes. They
have eaten heartily of the generous
meals provided by the department.
Neither Incriminates Other.
BY keeping the suspects in the case
separated the police had hoped TO
receive valuable information from
one or the other. The police method
has in the past usually worked to
as one suspect. IL guilty,
usually incriminates the other in ef-
fort to clear himself, or when made
to believe he has been double
crossed" by his associate in crime.
The most adroit and artful tactics Of
the police in this case have been
fruitless.
1t had been planned to place in the
hands of one of the suspects the re-
yolver which figured in the murders
and which was found on chair in
the basement near where the bodies
of the two mission assistants were
found If this is done in the dra-
matte fashion planned. and because of
the bloody appearance of the weapon.
the police look for some telltale ex-
preston on the face of one of the
This revolver is of cheap make Il
S .32 -caIiber and hammerless- b.
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