The Washington times., 1919-02-02

left side Of his chest and the other
went through his heart and lung.
DR.. Titus says that the second bullet
probably killed him instantly. a
Wu also was shot twice. One bull
let pierced bis chest and the other en-
tered his brain through the back of
the skull. The wound in. Wu's brain
probably killed him instantly, Dr.
Titus says.
hHsie was shot only once. The bull
let entered the back part of his skull.
One Bullet At Short Range.
''The fact that two Of the men re-
ceived two bullet Shots" DR.. Titus
said, Indicates that after the first
bullet was fired tho slayer, seeing
that his victim did not die instantly,
fired a second shot. OF the five bull
lets in the bodies OF these men only
one was fired at short range. The
bullet fired at short range entered
the front chest Of WI"
That Wong put up strong fight
before he died was shown in the
autopsy by cuts found on his head
and right hand.
I'VE found two cuts on Wong's
head" DR.. Titus said, zone cut was
about two inches long and the other
about one inch, showing he was prob
ably hit over the head with some
other instrument The two cuts on
the right knuckles OF wong's hand
showed that Wong was trying to
ward off a blow.
The bodies Of the other two men
indicated that no struggle took place
between them and the murderer"
Wa First Victim.
DR.. Titus stated that he could not
determine which man had been kill
ed first.
"It is evident" the physician stated,
"that WI probably was the murderer's
first victim. Wu was found in the
basement. He was without a coat and
wore bedroom slippers. From this it
can be deducted that WI entered the
house, removed his coat and shoes,
leaving them on the first or second
floor, and then came downstairs. He
could have entered the basement
kitchen and been shot Immediately"
Dr. Titus said that following the
killing OF WI, the murderer probably
awaited his second victim.
His second victim, probably Hsie,"
the doctor said, could have entered
the house from upstairs; removed his
overcoat and then come down into
the kitchen, where he was found dead
few feet from Wu. His wounds
showed that the murderer stood at a
distance when he fired his bullets"
That the third and last victim was
probably Wong, DR.. Titus said was
possible. The murderer, leaving the
two dead men in the Kitchen, went
upstairs. On the first floor he met
Wong.
He may have carried his revolver
in his hand" the acting coroner said,
"and met Wong just after he had re-
moved his coat. A fight may have
Wong probably received his death |
woun dafter he failed to ward of
with his left hand a blow Of the |
murderer"
Advance Tong Theory.
To the average American mind the |
strange triple tragedy can only be ex-
planned by a process Of reasoning as |
obscure and intricate as a Chinese |
puzzle. Already theories have been |
and argument brought to |
bear TO ,FroYe that any one Of dozen /
secret agf IS -frop7- theAF Far Eastern 1
country the principals |
hail may Ike an avenging 1
fate and 81 Wong to his
death. the two secre-
taries as incidental and
merely Fet up the more import
ant sl5 ms. That 1t may have been
Boxer aRentss or the result of a newt
Tong war are two of the possibilities
advanced.
More plausible comes the theory that
the coming settlement of the Euro
Dean peace and the conflict between