The Washington herald., 1919-02-01
2 DEAD ACCORDED
: OLD CHINESE RITE
Heads Of Pair Covered,
But That Of Third Victim
Was Left Bare by Assas-
sin-Dragnet Throw n
Out by Major Pullman in
Effort to Round Up Un-
identified Murderer, Be-
lieved to Be a Chinese.

Three members Of the Chinese
Educational Mission. 2o23 KaIorama
road northwest, were shot and
killed sometime early last Thurs
day morning, at the residence of the
mission. The bodies were found at
I o'clock last night
The Dead.
Theodore +. Wong, A. years old,
director of the Chinese Educational
Mission; one bullet in left breast.
{. ii. Hsie. 81 years old secretary
and treasurer; one bullet in base Of
brain.
Ben Sen WI. 81 years old. private
secretary to Director Wong; one
bullet in left breast and another in
back of head.
Taken TO Headquarters.
At midnight Ii was taken to po-
lice headquarters with a view of
obtaining a full description OF the
stranger" who had been occupying
the house with DR.. Wong a4d his
associates for the last few dSfs
DIR. Ii said DIR. Wong and his as
soCiates rarely kept more than $50
or $50 in their pockets. He stated
that he knew large deposits were
kept at Riggs National Bank >sE. the
Munsey Trust Compap@S&Hxx
He said they were ~ T4tg
of making payments, SW&1t :
and most Of their other kc& 80.
by personal checks on the N5stffS :
He asked one of the detectives 1
whethef any personal check books
had been found on the dead men or
about the house. when informed
that no check books had been found,
Lii stated that this was very strange
as each of the men possessed these
books.
Safe Tempered with.
~While the police could find no cvi-
dence of money or jewelry missing
from the victims pockets or their
rooms. the mission safe, under the
staircase in the Dutch hall Of the
residence. showed signs OF having
been tampered with. bloody finger
prints being disceruible a few inches
above the combination lock.
1t is known that DT. Wong WAS
intrusted with huge sums Of money.
the principal function of the mis-
sion being the financing OF hundreds
of Chinese students throughout the
United States, the money for the pur-
pose having been appropriated from
the Boxer indemnity.
Today experts will be called 10 open
the safe to learn what Is missing.
Every room of the lower floor Of the
house and the cellar showed evidence
of terrific struggles when the poltce
discovered the triple tragedy last
night. ia answer to a telephone sum
mons from Kong Ii, cS years old.
student in the class of political sci
ence at George Washington Tniver-
sity. who lives at 9Ol4 Kalorama ave-
nue., almost opposite the scene of the
murder.
wong's Body in Library.
The body of Wong was found in the
library. at the foot of a small land
ing at the bottom of the stairs lead
ing to the second floor. II lay in a
pool of blood the left arm pointed
upward, the face and chest covered
with a black satin-lined overcoat, be-
lieved TO have been the property Of
WI.
In the furnace room in the cellar,
just south of the kitchen in the rear
of the house, lay the bodies of Hsie
and WI. the formers feet pointing
toward the street. the latter's toward
the kitchen.
Both lay at an angle that sug-
gested the left side of the letter Y,
the face of Hsie's body being COW
cred with a sea-green BillOw. The
body Of WI was uncovered.
Three feet away. opposite the
west wall of the building, lay -
calibre revolver. Four Of the
cartridges had been discharged. 1t
was found on a small stool, made OF
bamboo.
About 1880 o'clock Wednesday
night Detective c. II. Bradley, Of
the Tenth precinct, received a tele-
phone message, che voice saying it
was Director Wong speaking, and
asking that the detective call at the
house to investigate a larceny"
Bradley reached the house shortly
after 9 o'clock that night, and after
ringing the electric bell repeatedly,
failed to get an answer. He left
his card, with a notation on il to the
effect that he had called about 8
o'clock.
Card Found on Shelf.
Last night the card was found on
a shelf in the rear of the disordered
Office back of the Dutch Hall
Kong Ii told the police that on We'd
nesday night about 7.90 O'Clock he Wis
tied the house in the hopes Of learn
ing the cause of the absence of Hsie
and wu from their classes at George
Washington University. A celestial,
whom ne says he never saw before,
came to the ioor, ond in answer to