The Washington herald., 1919-02-04
wan IS HELD
FOR FURTHER
QUESTIONING
Police Intimate That Slight
Discrepancies Exist in
His Statements.
OFFICIALS ARE DIVIDED
Censorship on News Has
Been Clamped Down; No
Talk for Publication.

Deen Slampeo DOWN; NO
Talk for Publication.
The police are convinced that unlcE,
new evidence is presented within
twelve hours. the mystery OF the muir
der Of the three Chinese educators
here on Wednesday night will 60
down iu history as one more or tHs
battling crimes with which the h--
tories OF the Orient are woven.
II was decided YESTERDAY 70 hold
Z. 5. Wan, the young New York Chi
nese. for further examination. The rf.-
timatiou being made that slight DIS
crepaUcies have developed IN some us
his statements
That a Chinese suspect" had boon
locked up sometime late IN the after
noon appeared 10 be a well founded
report last night While Wan IS
known 10 bc held for further que
tioning, his name Is not booked on
the bLOtter OF any precinct station.
although that would not prevent luu
being locked up.
Who the suspect" IS added an-
other mystery 10 the case. Whether
the suspect" Is a Chinese other tEr"
Wan was only a matter OF conjecture
at midnight
II Detective Kelly. who was s0r-
back to New York Immediately aff"~
he had returned from there vita
Wan. is again back On Nashingfun.
bringing with him the "sUspour.
could not be learned last night I-
newspaper men Stationed at Union
Station. who were wiling To admit
that It wouldn't be improbable THAI
Kelly might receive urdrrs-o' N.l
received thcnl-to lock un nus prisoner
in Baltimore. 20 bc brought 10 Wash
inEton later 10y motor.
One or the most interesting T-a-
Of the situation is tie prospect Z
Wan holdinG TO the attitude uf fmI-
prise and iuruc,nre which he ms
maintained from tho time OF hIE g.-
rest Unless further arrests Era
made within q short time, uE U.aT
facts developed. IL Is thought h.s
friends will seek 10y hah,as Cur-
pus proceeding To fore" the police
either TO make charges against MHl
or release hIl1.
Divided Into Two Groups
The scotgs Of .cmciuls who have
worked ssIly apd late Iu iuyesIEa-
ton Of the case yoStCrday were. 80
Nioed into two groups zach hold -
To a different theory OF the moi
Of the crime.
The nrsi group is convinced 1 Q
Chinese in desperate need ~
money and " hp had borrow
money from one or Tue 6.ad o. 7
during the past two weeks. arIm 4
himself " ith the pistol ui Il~ir AVID
when the latter. with Hr. T. e..
Wing. another ~ tn, victims. '.-
turned to their home late Nrar.
day. held them ct bay and ford
them TO sign check Tor $1,000.
MAJ Pullman. superintendent -
police. yesterday found the book
blank checks used by D~. NO..
The last check drawn showed bE
stub that IL Wa- draUr f0 "T. '-
Won-" for S.Tln. The Srguatur, .Tl
the stub docs UoJ agree In all C'i...#
with that OF Dr. Wong. hur han.-
writing experts point ouf tina, o. .-
paars to have loru Signed ir sor
one who was N,rv nervous and ..-
cited.
on Thursday morning at '..'
O'Clock "a check mad, out 10 'D'a. ,.
for 500 and signed hE H~. NO.
and countorsiCuod 10y ll='. was r."-
scented at tho Rigs National EHE
by Chinese.
Not sure of Forgery.
While II was not admitted by me
police that officials at the ea. *
knew positively that the check Vas
a forgery. II was learned from CI..-
sources that when ii was preseH'.d d
for payment 10y the strange chin 20
early last Thursday morning en-. Is
were made 10y telephone 10 c.u-
municate with tho mission-thon a
house Of ira Ecdy-whilc the stran--
er waited iu the bank. ignorant Il
/ the cause OF the delay.
When. after reIeated attempts 20
reach DR.. Wong 10y telephone had
failed, the unknown Celestial AS
politely told that the bank wa~ lot
in the habit Of CashinC $4,000 che. KS
without some assurance that i."
Iroper person was &" receive the
/ money and therefore "It viii he I'r-
essary for YOU l." bring some .Ee
here To identity you Hr never ro-
3 turned.
The bank official who saw the Chrr5
states that he cannot identify Wan =
. the man who attempted TO .ash p
/ Wan swcars that ne was in New Work
at the time the cheek D. said 10 ha fe
/ been presented az the banks. To Is
( believed in some quarters that ire
man who sought 10 cash IN" check
mover left Washington.
Il is not believed the murdoch
would have filled out the stub on The
check book II is assumed that Dor.
Wong made out the check. hut fnwn
force Of habit and 10 gain time '0a. .a
the uotations on the stub. d Is
thought that hc MAY have lan"l
facing a revolver when he sI-ned mo
check. that upon signing his name he
sought to overcome the roubvr. that
the latter killed him and then forced
Fssc to couutcrsiEn the check, killing
him and his friend WI, as soon as
he had the check in his possession.
knew workings of Mission.
B The entire plan OF operation vas
/ impossible except to someone who had
I been about the educational mission
: for sometime and knew the necessary
form for a legal check Of the insu-
tuition. II is held. Many features OF
/ the theory are Incompatible with
known facts, and for that reason many
investigators hold TO the belief that
. the triple staying was an error by
hired assassins. who attacked tho
wrong mission here in a deliberate