Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-01
TWO OTHERS FOUND
. DEAD IN CELLAR OF
APARTMENT HOUSE
Washington Startled by Dis
cOvery of Triple Murder
in Fashionable Section.
PISTOL LOCATED NEAR
BODY OF DR.. WONG
Evidence of Death Struggle
Found in Room Con-
tanning Body.
PIECE OF GARTER ONLY CLUE
Police Unable to Assign a Motive,
Since There Is No Indica-
ton of Robbery.
PIECE OF GARTER ONLY CLUE
rRx Associated Press L,

toS SAsSoCiateu PreSS. u
WASHINGTON. Jan. Sl.-washing-
ton police tonight were engaged in
an attempt to solve the mystery oc
the killing of r. T. Wong. chief OF
the Chinese educational mission to
the United States. and c. FL Hsie and
Ben Sen Wu. students at George WASH
snston University. whose bodies were
souha tonight In their home in the
hashi ,EN Enable Mount Pleasant sectSon
ihey were seen last alive last .Tues-
day - 1S-s'
-, Absence Of the two students from
Knnr Inc un1iyersisy led fellow-studenS
vestigate tonight. He entered the
mousse through window aud found
6a ene BODY of DR.. Wong on the fret
moor. Pol1ce were summoned, and Sthe
podies OF the two students were found
In the basement All three men hnd
neen ined ,sn snof, Sai and physieians who, exam
been killed Wednesday,. - :
PISTOL FOUND NEAR
BODY OF DIR. wONt;
The pistol, with which the men had
DR.. Wong's body. Traces Of a death
struggle were inS evidence. a gheaxv
brass table lamp lay on the tioor
shade and bulb. A chair in the din
ing.room adjoining was oyertlrned,
and n, ,,brown-celoredSs Z ella site from d
garter was on fthe floor. ~ sS q. i.sIl
The bodies OF Hsie. 6 WHO ~ " & Sis co u
l-retary and treasure r. al fs;the mIsssioif1
and VIZ coniidential asgrstary tor Dn,
IN the furnace room, Siand evfdeIftlpe
had been dragged there.sA gasswaters
neater still was burning when oficers
the basement. Blood stains were on
the kitchen floor and the narrow stairs
leading down to IT. ~
DEEP CASH IN HEAD
OF SLAIN CHINESE ENVOY
hna
back OF his head and two buiist
%SgndS Sesn S.tG II the chest The pistol had
wound In the head and another in the
chest. and Hsie had one wound in the
The police are at loss for a mo.
tive for the triple murder. Tfere was
no evidence that robbery had been
committed, and SO far as they were able
20 establish from the friends of-tthe
men, they had no enemies. The theory
OF the officers Is that the two students
were killed first by some one who
lurked in the house and that Wong
home -
This theory is based upon severa,
taets rae :. The e. FIST is that Iii wents,n
the bell was told by strange Chinese
mat DR.. Wong was not at horne AM
othcr IS that there were only two dis,
charged cartridges in the pistol. where,
the bodies. The officers think that sui
fcient time. elapsed between the death
OF the students and OF DIR. Wong for
the murderer to hide the bodies or
the first two and reload the gun before
DR.. Wong reached me house.
EMBASSY OF'FTGIALs
UNABLE ITO T,XPLAIN
Oficials at the Chinese embassy
could throw no light on the mystery
l>su al Sun, attache of the legation
who in student 1T George Washing
ton University, missed Wu and EIsie
from the university, and it was at his
suggestion that Lii called at the house
on "wednesday TO inquire for Wong.
The police have been furnished with
description of the strange man who
answered the door. and they now are
searching for him,
Wong hSs been in Washington four
years. coming here as the head Of tha
educational mission which is charged
with placing Chinese students in uni
versities and colleges in tho United
States.