Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-02
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CAPITAL SEEKING
|. SLAYER OF THREE.
Crime in Washington Fash
.ionable Section AstOunds s.
State Department.
FIND BODIES OF TRIO
FILLED WITH BULLETS
Two Prominent Society Women
Called at DR.. Wong's Home
During Day. 80
SUSPECT HELD By POLICE
In Rigid Examination, He Fails to
Throw Any Light on Mys-
ferrous Killing.
pEcT HELD By POLICE
In Rigid Examination, He Fails to
Throw Any Light on Mys-.
tcrious killing.

wAsHINGTON. Feb. 1.-The keenest
minds Of the capitals crime detective
agencies tonight are focused on the
battling rystery OF murder OF three
Chinese educators whose bodies were
found in their luxurious home in
WashinEton's most fashionable district
late yesterday.
Many conflicting facts gathered show
three theories Of what happened I'm
the house OF death in tho late hours
o; "Wednesday. They arc.
], u. S. Wan, a private student
from China registered at Columbia
University anG guest for several
weeks OF one OF the murdered men,
has been brought from New York to. tell
What he did before leaving WASH
ir:;ion. prob:bly about midnight We'd
ncsday. -
:. An insane man resembling Wan
may have laid in walt ut the house
and killed the three mon as they re-
turned late in tho evening.
Wiz A A. q H. n nSwer 5n Oriental
In every quarter OF the. globe. may
have committed tae crime to halt
propaganda activities. s}ls4i
STRANGER TRIED TO CASH ret
WONG CHECK FOR $4,000
.o2ments OF the past few, hours
discthsc that, a man answering VANS
description sought to. cash a check foy,
oag 81 f sRa
cducational mission who %Ntas slnin.
The banks refused to essh tisass
circles called ns the residence the
mission and remained there for u shors
The story OF the triple Staying. as
constructed by the police, Indicates
Sd many, conflicting factors that the
theory OF in.ornasionnl p!ottings, Is
gaining wider acceptance With cyesy
hour. ~ $50
On wednesday, afternoon c. II Hsie.
-, - -. f1.. l>pA Il - 4.
mission which is concerned with adj
m Illustration OF the Chinese funds used
by the Chinese students in this SCUM
Later Ben Sen WI, another assistant.
left the house to attend a class in
Italian at Georgetown University. ~
TELLS OF INVITING HIS
FRIEND OUT TO DINNER
After the GLASS he invited n friend,
King Chu. TO dinner at "a restaurant,
ana told him that he had been busy
who had been in twashinst s fos "a l.
visit and whom he had seen off."sI Tt
is presumed that he. either saw, Wan
board an afternoon train or had said
good-hy at the mission.
In the evening Ese attended a pri-
vatc dinner, and Dr. Wong was the
agency which has been active in eNss
pressing the Views OF China towaPS
the pence settismenss. The lattes'
recently sent to Europe. the affairs
be!n" now directed by two assistants
At 1850 o'clock in the evening q
Il, the mission. He SAYS the door was
opened by z. s. Wan. the man now
held by the police, wlro told him that
lao one was at home. -tt,s
FIND BODIES OF THREE;
MEN KILLED ny SHOTS
AT 1920 O'Clock DR.. Wong left the
friends with whom he had Giined ard
walked to the mission arriving there,
q thn1Uht n I a
now believed that Hsie and Wa reached
the house a a later hour from the
bodies OF the three men killed by
bullets were found Friday by friends
who investigated.
When the news of the Staying was
flashed throughout Washington, ofl-
cial circles were stunned. The Stata
Department at once offered sympathy
to, the Chinese legation, and offered
agencies. The police OF the District
OF Columbia have been working on
the case steadily, photog.:aphing finger
and brass lamps thrown ,abou. during
the desperate battle. and from the
handle OF revolver found near the
body OF Dr.. Wong.
MAN HELD BY POLICE
DENIES KNOWLEDGE OF CRIME
Wan denies he knows anything about
the crime. He insists he left Wash
ington at midnight. Officials VINO ex-
6TlNco Vie DouleS SLY the pTOBTcS94 OF
rigor ino-tis shows conclusiveIy that
DIR. Wong was killed near midnight
and that the other two were slain four
or five hours later. Wan insists that
he was very close friend OF WI,
whose guest he YVES in Washington.
The police are convinced that the
murderer lay In wait for DR.. Wong.
who was skilled boxer and athlete.
In the struggle which followed the
nssailant Srappled with DR.: Wong and
fred the fatal shot so close TO tho
body of his victim that the clothing
was burned
1t appears ahat the murderer then
awaited the arrival Of the two assist
ants OF DR. Wong. that lie rushed upon
them, that they fled for the basement
and were shot through tho back or
their heads as they rushed downSthe
stairs. ~ tssS
BELIEVE CRIME rs DUE
TO FAR EAST NITRIC uE
II Is the absence OF motive. the abb
sence OF any -pparent attempt hSS Wan
to hide, the absence of any evidence
that he would seek to Kill his best
friend. WI, that han led many to CON
lecture on the possibility that lniatne
murder OF the three men. WashinEton
has become tho stage for an act IN
the uever-ceasing drama of intrigue
and cunning pr:.ct!ced In. tho Far East.
For years II has beenggorgip among
diplomats that ono OF che most ppwer-s
full factors In tho politisal life ~
Japan was mysterious HEurn con. u
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