The Washington herald., 1919-02-01

were orientals. One picture alone,
among the framed prints on the wall
OF famous American and English
artists, indicated the race of the
inmates. This was a large framed
photograph Of 4 banquet hall, the
guests being Chinese.
No rich Chinese embroiderfes,
none of the flavor Of the Far East
was apparent anywhere. In the
study the work had been conducted
according to the latest business
methods. Neatly labeled letter files
were used in connection with the
paper wOr kOf the mission.
Several hats and overcoats hung on
the hat rack in the vestibUle hallway.
Laundry recently delivered. and still
unwrapped lay on the floor of the
front hallway. The furniture of the
'front.' drawing room remained undis-
turbed- Apparently the death struggle
had centered bask of the folding door
dividing the front room and the GEN.
ter reception room, the landing of the
stairway and the official study Of the
mission.
Shot without Warning.
Upstairs there had been no par
lieve that the chief of the mission
had been called downstairs and
without warning had been plunged
into the death trap.
The bodies of Hsie and WI were
found In the furnace room, dressed
as though for the street with the
exception Of the bedroom slippers
worn by Hsie, one Of which had
been kicked of. The two young
students had evidently fallen to-
gether. lying back to back and with
their heads touching.
The murderer had covered Hsie's
face with a pillow, but wu lay as
he had dropped with his chin tilted
slightly toward the ceiling. The
pistol with its four empty cham
bers. lay on a chair a few feet from
the dead men, evidently thrown
there by their murderer after he
had convinced himself that his vic
Tins were dead.
Fire Burnt Out.
The fire in the furnace room had
burnt TO ashes, the doors closed and
drafts shut as though for the night.
In the adjoining room the kitchen
OF the house, the gas flame under
the hot water tank WIS blazing
when the police entered the room.
The only sign of a struggle or hur-
Tied flight, was an overturned chair
near the stove. 1t seems improbable
that the chair was upset by either
Hsie or WI, as a number Of sharp
knives lay on the tables near both
stove and chair untouched, any one
of which could have served the un-
fortunate young Cinnamon as weap-
Ons OF defense If they had been near
enough to seize them when they
were attacked.
A few UnwaShed dishes and a pan
OF knives and chop sticks waiting to
be dried in the wire dripper bore no
evidence OF blood or haste. The
dripper had been placed carefully on
the table, the clean dishes arranged
10 be carried to the cupboard, and
the tea cloth by the sic of the pan.
On the table in the middle of the
room 4 half-cut. pink frosted cake
waited with a knife by the side of
the plate, perhaps for the two stu
dents who had come to the kitchen
for bite to eat before going to bed.
Everything Else Normal
With the exception of the pink and
white ivory shop sticks the room was
as thousands of kitchen of kitchens
throughout the city must have looked
last night. The half opend drawers
of China cupboard and table, the
partly Strengthened room and dainty
pink cake were as far removed from
Tragedy. as the two dead men lying in
pools Of blood in the next room were
4 part of IT.
Leading to the Kitchen from above
4 tiny crooked stairway must have
been the path trodden by the murderer
of the man upstairs. Perhaps the two
younger men fed down the stairs af-
ter their patron had been slain, or
watched the narrow passage with
,ear-stricken eyes after hearing the
JhotS from above.
At the Chinese legation last night
he secretary declared that the triple
murder was as much a mystery to
him a. to the police, and that as far
Us he knew the three men had not an
Z snemy N the world.
The servants at the legation were
erTihed at the horrible fate three of
heir countrymen had met in this
'trange land. They told the represen-
ative Of the Washington Herald that
hey had known all three men well
md knew them to he uDriPbt and