Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-06
Borrowing of Money Alleged.


1t was learned today that Wan has
| told the police that he frequently
/ borrowed money from w. and they
now have in their possession a check
for $50 which was made out to Wan
i py WI on January / 3, and cashed at
1.-the United States Mortgage and Trust
Company in New York Wan said he
/ WI on January r. just Few days
before the tragedy, but 1t was never
cashed- II. too, is in the possession
of the police.
Wan is said to have had extrava-
giant tastes and to have been what his
intimates termed a reckless spender.
He is known, to have regularly re-
ceived remittances from his mother in
Shanghai, China. and also to have
been somewhat of a borrower, the po-
lice say.
While discussing the newly devel-
oped evidence. showing that Wan was
in Washington Wednesday night and
Thursday morning, and that he was
seen in company with Chinese whose
description answers that of his broth
er, who was brought back from New
York Tuesday to be questioned, the
police strongly intimate that formal
arrests in the case are likely to be
made iate<today or tomorrow.
To Talk With Dancer.
The delay may be due to the desire
of the police to talk with four or
five more witnesses. One of the latter
Is Miss Jeanne La Mar young
American girl. said to be a profess
sional dancer. and who is known to
have been friend of Ben Sen Wa.
Miss Lamar. who is said by the DO
lice to be also known as Celesta or
Cecilia Dean. is thought to be in New
YORK now, and one of the objects of
Detective kelly's hurried trip there
Tuesday was to interview her there
or prevail upon her to return 10
Washington and help the police in un-
raveling certain perplexing details.
The police explained that they are
satisfied that Miss Lamar has abso- /
lutely no knowledge of the tragedy /
about young WI, with whom she was |
seen on a number of occasions in
Washington during the past six /
months. The police know that she |
times during the three months and
that Oh one occasion she called at the (
mission house, but was not enter
tanned there. She and WI imme- /
diately left the house and dined at a /
downtown restaurant.
Police Officials More Sanguine.
With the latest DEVELOPMENTS in the I
case, the police officials today appear 1
ed more sanguine of a quick solution. t
However, they contend that because
of the traits and traditions of the race
of the suspects with which they are
dealing they cannot look for confess /
sions The burden of proof remains I
with the department.
The superintendent of police and
the chief of detectives both expressed
themselves today as being strongly of
the opinion that there was no motive
for the triple murder other than rob-
berry. Of this they feel certain. and
they have no hesitancy in intimating
that evidence collected by them prac-
tically substantiates this fact.
Victims Murdered Separately.
They believe also that Dr. Wong. the
director of the mission, and his two
assistants were murdered separately;
that the intervals between each
murder were of some little duration
They base their opinion for this be-
lief upon the fact that they have evil
denee that the slayer or sayers coolly
repientished their ammunition more
than once, probably after the murster
of the first two victims.
The police have the cartridge box
from which the bullets were taken
and there are blood stains upon it,
nrinta Inere !, are connesti ABSOLUTELY no finger
the police say. There were some
prints about the murder house. but
these We're probably made by per-
sons who We're in the house inn
after the crime was dis
covered.
Crime Believed Premeditated.
There is every indication the police
say, that this crime was premeditated
1t was probably planned weeks ahead
of time 1t was thought that because
of the large funds at the disposal of /,
the mission in carrying on its educa- ,
tional work Dr. Wong usually
kept large sums of money in the safe /
within the mission house.
1t now develops that on the contrary
DR.. Wong kept his funds in several
local banks and as a rule carried lit
tie money on his person and seldom
had more money in the house than
was actually needed for running ex- |
penses of the household. II
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