The Washington herald., 1919-02-04
WAN HELD BY POLICE
FOR QUESTIONING
In MURDER CASE
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OelOfo NO Wono SuOiLht u dLISsi.
Police sphinxIike.
Every official OF any Importance
connected with the police department,
who could be located up to midnight.
was Sphinxlike. Z None would admit
that they had orders to keep their
lips sealed, but their movements
throughout the day and night indi-
Gated that they knew a great deal
more than they pretended.
Maj. Raymond Pullman, superin-
tendent Of the department, who has
worked increasingly on the mystery
surrounding the murders of the three
high-caste Chinese, again yesterday
was conspicuous by his absence from
headquarters, his every movement be-
ing carefully guarded in an effort to
prevent an army of newspaper men
from following him When he was
questioned on an uptown street, as
he was ready TO Jump into an auto
mobile, said repeatedly:
'I don't say So"
The Chinese murder has complete
ly changed the general policy OF the
department and while those in a po-
sition to know will admit nothing,
they would not deny the "delicacy''
Of the case necessitated closing down
on many avenues OF news
Interview with Daughter.
Helen Wong, 2o-year-old American
lied daughter of Theodore T. Wong,
who with his two colleagues was
murdered last Wednesday night at
the Chinese Educational Mission to
the United States, 2O23 KaloraTna road
northwest has been grieving over the
fate of her father in a truly unre-
strained Occidental fashion.
Msis Wong arrived in Washington
late Sunday evening from Ann Ar
Dor, Mich, where she Is studying at
the University of Michigan, in re-
sponse to a telegram sent her by
the Chinese Embassy. She was i'm
mediately told of her fathers death
upon her arrival here. She believed
that he was only seriously i'll up to
that time.
Sitting in the half light of a dark
ened reception room at the home of
the friends of her father, Thomas
Morrison, 1882 Riggs street north
west, Miss Wong told the story OF
her grief.
Telegraph Father Is Ill.
The first warning had that any
thing was wrong" Miss Wong said.
was when I received a telegram from
the Chinese Embassy saying father
was very i'll and they thought it best
that I come to Washington.
This 1 did Immediately. but it was
not until I arrived here that learn
ed that he had been killed. I did not
l.,
world. Every one seemed to love him
dearly"
Miss Wong does not try to trace the
causes that led to the death of her
father, for she has been away at
school since her arrival in this country
and does not know his associates in
timateIy. She last saw him in Sep
tember when she left Washington for
her first semester at Michigan Uni
versity.
So thoroughly adjusted to the ways
of her adopted country has Miss Wong
become that there was no evidence
last night that she was other than a
sl-year American girl in her freshman
year at the university.
Has Quietness of Oriental.
Something Of the quietness of the
Oriental, however remains about her
in spite OF her American manners and
clothes.
Never. she said, in spite OF f'the fact
that she belonged to a family CEN
turtles old in China, was she made to
endure any OF the practices of ola
China Her grandfather, she stated.
was an Episcopal clergyman and her
father had been educated at the Uni
'crsity OF Virginia.
Miss Wong has made an enviabIe
reputation for herself in the schools
she has attended in this country.
Always she has been an excellent
student, studying conscientlously, and
taking studies in addition to the reg
ular course.
At Ann Arbor she is taking not only
the freshman courses, but also special
work in French and Latin. She hopes
later to be a practicing physician ana
to take the knowledge she has gained
IN the new world back to her age
old fatherland.
Death VIII Not Change Plans.
She said she did not believe that
the death of her father would inter-
tere with her school plans, as she
had won a five-year scholarship at
the university for her work at the
HanamOre Academy, near Baltimore,
Md.
For two years Miss Wong attend
ed Miss Madeira's School for Girls,
1924 Nineteenth street northwest
Her teachers there said last night
that she had been one of their cIev-
crest students.
Although she was very quiet, -
one of the teachers at the school
who remembered her distinctly said
last night, "she was a great favorite
with the girls and teachers. She
was one of the brightest girls we
have ever had. Not only was she
very intelligent, but she also was
extremely charming in her manner"
Old Friend of Family.
Miss Morrison. who has known
Miss Wong since she first came to
America and also her mother who
is living in Shanghai, China, said
that Miss Wong had been very brave
for a young girl 1000 miles from
home and her own people, since she
has been told OF her fathers death.
Miss Wong was not permitted to
see her father and il is not probable
that she will be until the funeral
ceremonies. It is believed that these
will follow the lines of orthodox
Christian ceremony, as DR.. Wong
was a Christian convert who observ-
ed few of the customs of his coun-