The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-08
VAN OFFEREDC CHECK SAYS BAKERY WAS
WHILE WAN WAITED IN ORPHANS BEHALF
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sver TO Kong LIS ring TO let Van IN.
He refused positively to admit Kong
10 Il was THIS brusque treatmen.
which fixed the visit and the llihe -
was made in Kong Lis MIND II az
he vUbo gave the police their hrsI
clue.
Wan Left Monday.
The notice now know that. wan
,arr,inatad his visit at the Chinese
Educational Mission on the Mohuay
morning preceding the murueI'
spite Of the fact that he hao hO' 49,
a guest at the house for three Gays,
wss A. the mission wednesday
niobt when all the members OF the
family were out and answered Cne
door bell when DR.. Kong Ii calieu. ne
was in the house at the same noun
that Young WI. so soon to be nur
dered. was telling his friends at the
restaurant that his friend, wan Hdu
returned to New York.
At o'clock that same evening
when Defective Bradley called at Inc
house on another matter, there was
no response at the door. The ponce
believe that both Wan and Van were
in the house at that moment ana pur-
poseIy did not go to the door, know
ing .5hat the three members OF. lhe
mission would let themselves IN DS
lstchkey and that any other arrival a
the door meant some one Ihey "OulN
not care to admit.
The notice have learned definitely
that Wan slept at the Harris HoteI
Monday and Tuesday preceding the
murder and that with his brother
Van, he stayed there Wednesday, the
night of the murder, entering the
hotel in a most excited fashion aooul
I o'clock Thursday morning, or abou'
two hours and a half after DR.. Theo'
dore T. Wong was last seen alive.
Wa Called at. Hotel.
The Chinese who called 1t the hote
on Monday and Tuesday is DEFINITELY
placed as young WI who although ap'
1arentlv no longer permitted by Dr
Wong to entertain his friend at th'
mission. continued to see him and Il
call upon him at the hotel.
The belief now is that Wan lef
: the. mission at, the request of DR.
Wong. who refused to harbor hin
there any longer, that he then tool
: a room at the Harris Hotel, and al
though he had no apparent reason To-
remaining in Washington after hi!
visit at the mission had ended, con
1inued to stay at the hotel, and only
left after the murder and the failure
TO realize $4,000 by the forged check
wan himself denies that he was re-
ouested to leave the mission: He says
that he was in such poor health thai
he voluntarily changed his quarters
~ D Fg De 4
l-see him in such poor physical condt
ton.
The police know that VANS finance!
were very low. They do not credi
hts statement about the reason FOL
leaving the mission. They believe h
had an Interior motive in remaininI
in the city.
The police theory is that DR.. Wonl
did not approve of Wan, and was urg
ing WI to terminate his relationshi 4
with the young man from New \ ork
They believe Wan resented what n
considered most shabby treatment a
the mission. He is known to haV,
uuarreled with Ben Sen WI in res
tauraut Monday, the same day h
tOSTf room at the Harris Hotel
The police believe he was complain
ing to WI of Wu's treatment OF hin
during his stay in Washington.
DOdEed Meeting Wan.
The three murdered men-Wong
9sie and Wu-ate their luncheon
with great regularity at Breslaus:
deIicatessen restaurant near Eight
renth street and Columbia road U
the Monday preceding the murder w
came into the restaurant accompa
MED by Wan, who was a stranger
the eating place The waitress no
excited. They talked fast and some
what loudly, and seemed to be VIC
lently disagreeing about something
When this conversation was at II
height the restaurant door opened [
admit Dr. T. T. Wong and c. II. Hsl'
When they saw their young asso
ciate WI sitting at the table wit
Wan they turned away abruptly an
left the restaurant Their entire man
ner seemed to be that of men tryin
to avoid an unpleasant interview.
The next day Wong. Hsie and W
appeared at the restaurant for lunch
con as usual, and seemed to be o
the best of terms. The stranger
Wan, was nowhere in evidence. Tn
same program was repeated o
wednesday, the last day the me
were alive.
Employees OF the hotel declare
was between and 10 o'clock on MOI
day morning that Wan registered
the hotel 1t was several hours late
that he lunched with WI at Brei
iau's. II is noticeable that, in regis
tering. Wan gave his address
Shanghai, although he had lived
New York for some time; was mail
tanning a room there, and previous
that had lived in Columbus, OIL
Not for several years had his addrei
been Shanghai.
WI Glad Wan Left.
King Chu, who had dinner with w
but a few hours before the youn
man was murdered, has explained
the police that when WI asked hi
to have dinner with him and told hi
his friend, Wan, had gone to Ne
York a contemptuous eXpressic
came over Wu's face as he mentiont
Vans name. King Chu says he g
the impression at the same time th'
Wu was much relieved that his iTieT
had left the city.
1T looked to be. case OF go
riddance to bad rubbish, King q
told the police. He Is sure Wa b
lieved Wan was already on his vi
70 New York. AS a matter or IA
Wan was at that moment inside I
house at 2O23 Kalorama road.
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