The Washington times., 1919-12-15

eby the Governments contention the
motive for this murder was the OBJ
tanning of this $1,000 without deiec-
tion and that Wan brought his broth
er Van here to be his agent In the
cashing Of the check. For that rea-
son Vans acts became VANS acts In
the matter Of this check. AS ! have
stated, Van presented the check, while
Wan waited outside in the automo-
bile. The paying teller Of the bank
scrutinized the check closely and took
particular notice OF the signature.
The bank check was one that was
generally used: the bank account was
fully sufficient to pay this check and
this Chinaman had q letter on the
Chinese Educational Mission letter
head. But the signature did not look
genuine. So the paying teller at
tempted to call to the mission on the
phone. or course, he received no an
swer. The men at the mission were
dead st that time.
Ne Answer to rAe,e.
''Then the paying teller talked fur
ther with Van. who handed him .
mard Of r. 8. WI. one Of the murdered
men. But even this did not succ, ed
in getting the check cashed. The pay
Mr.. Vass. assistant cashier, and the
latter in turn took 1t up with Mr..
Fleming. another officer Of the bank
Mr.. Fleming tried to get the mission
on the phone without success. He
had not told Van Of his attempt to
call on the phone. So when he said
to Van he could not cash the check
without DR.. Wong Identifying him,
Van told him to call the mission on
the phone. Mr.. Fleming advised him
that would be no good. because he
might not recognize DR.. Wong's voice.
Before Van left the bank he again
exhibited the visiting card Of B. s.
WI and Mr.. Vass kept It. The letter
Of introduction and the forged check
Van took with him. Van rejoined
Wan in the taxicab and they drove
to the Harris Hotel. went in and
checked out. leaving the same after
noon for New York"
"Bear In mind" cautioned Mr.
Laws. this was on Thursday. have
told you these events occurred
"wednesday night between the time
WI, Hsie. and DR.. Wong. respectively,
returned home and Thursday morn
ing. This will be shown as follows:
Mr.. II saw Wan at the house at Z
o'clock that evening. Officer Brad
ley. then OF the Tenth precinct, had
occasion to call at the mission house
that night He got there at Q o'clock
He knew those at the mission He
rang the doorbell a number of times
no response. He tried the front door;
found II locked. He tried the side
window at the front OF the house
and 1t was locked.
The next morning the mail man
came to the house. He got there
about o'clock. He was accustomed
to ring the doorbell and then walk
in and place the mail on the table
In the hall. This particular morning
he had q special delivery letter. He
rang the bell and tried the door, but
could not get In. He noticed q bottle
OF milk and . morning newspaper In
the vestibule. Because OF having the
special delivery letter he endeavored
for some time to get In. OF course.
he had no success. AS he was coming
front side window raised about half
an inch from the bottom. This post
man came to the house two more
times that day and found the same
state Of Affairs. Two special delivery
agents called at the house that even
ing. but got no response to the door
bell
"A ClinbeA IN window.
You will recall the phone had been
called twice that morning from Riggs
I,ank. The next day. Friday. January
81. last. the same postman found the
same condition as he had found them
the day .before-except there were
more newspapers. This was 20 on all
three visits that day.
"A Mr.. Sun, who H. connected with
the Chinese legation. called at the
Mission House Friday afternoon. He
saw the newspapers In the vestibuIe
the milk bottle, q bundle of laundry,
and got no response to the door bell.
He had missed Mr.. Hsie and Mr.. wv
from their classes at George WASH
ington University and upon finding
this situation spoke to Kang Ii about
It. Kang Ii. you will recall Is the
same one who saw Wan there Wed
nesday night. Ii went to the miss on
house at Friday night about 6 o'clo X.
He also saw the newspapers, etc, nd
received no response to his ringing
Of the door bell!"
Mr.. Laws then described how Ii
raised the window and climbed in the
house. He flashed on the electric
light and In the reception hall saw
the foot Of a man. He rushed out
Of the house and phoned 10 Mr.. Sun
and ran out for q policeman. The
police came in a short time and four. s
that DR.. Wong had been murdered
An overcoat was found thrown over
his head and body. While Ii went
over to his house to look for SOME
pictures Of other occupants of the
house the police found the bodies Of
the other two men Of th- mission.
They were In the basement furnace
room lying head to head. revolver
was found on q chair within two
feet Of the murdered bodies In the
furnace room"
Wan Found In New York.
Tho police" said Mr.. Laws, de
termined TO locate Wan. who was last
seen at the mission Wednesday night.
Mr.. Ii accompanied police detectives
Kelly and Burlingame to New York
to find Wan. They found him at 3l3