The Washington times., 1919-02-01
GHINAMAN VAN IS
FOUND IN NEW YORK
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taking their meals at a restaurant
near Eighteenth street and Columbia
road.
On Monday last the police have
been told WI and Wan ate their
luncheon together and during tne
meal had a heated argument. While
they were talking, DR.. Wong and
Hsie were seen to come TO the door,
and seeing wu and Wan together
turned around and went out. On
Wednesday the three. Wong, Hsie'
and Wu. ate their lunchean at the
same place together. Wan was not
seen. The others were never seen
there again. They were missed on
Thursday and Friday the question
was raised as to where the foreigners
could be, since they were in the habit
Of coming with great regularity.
Two prominent American women
visitors at the mission late the after
noon Of the tragedy, Uay soon become
involved in the case. These two Wo-
men, who were guests at prohibi-
tfon party given that afternoon by
William Jennings Bryan at the La
fayette Hotel, took a taxi from the
hotel 70 the mission. They are said
TO have remained there fifteen min
utes.
DR.. Wong and Secretary Hsie have
been placed up until 10 o'clock the
night Of the tragedy. WI is known
to have been in a downtown Chi
nese restaurant until o'clock.
The revolver left in the basement
by the murderer will almost certainly
show whether Wan is the guilty man
or not 1t has been handled with the
greatest care in order not to mar in
the slightest the finger prints. Five
shots were fired from the revolver,
four entering the victims and one the
wall near the stair.
This bullet hole shows that who
ever held the revolver was crouching
at the foot Of the steps. The re-
volveF, when found, contained three
empty shells, one bullet and one
empty chamber. On the floor in the
hall was one good shell. The police
believe, therefore, that the murderer
reloaded the gun and was prepared to
defend himself IL the sounds of the
scufTle and the shooting attracted any
passerby.
The crime presents most battling
and intricate features owing to the
lack of knowledge by the American
detectives Of the strange manners and
fact that Wan did not go into hiding
in New York. might seem to be the
act Of innocence when viewed from an
Occidental standpoint, it is just the
opposite from the Oriental.
The unwritten law of the Chinese
says that a murderer shall not go
into hiding. He shall walk the
streets. free and unafraid. He is also
supposed to burn joss sticks to his
departed enemy. The three murdered
men were known to be good Chris
tions. Whether Wan had accepted the
new religion or still adhered to the
ancient beliefs of his fathers is not
known
Other theories.
While there have been theories
tLat Jealousy might play an import
ant part in the further revelations
In the case and some American be
come involved in the shooting, the
fact that the faces of the victims
were covered is almost definite proof
to those familiar with Chinese Gus
tom that the slayer was OF the same
race as his victims. The Chinese
does not care to look upon the face
Of the dead. Whether death comes
naturally or by violent means. the
face is Immediately covered. When
the police found the three victims
this old Chinese custom had been
roughly but conscientiously carried
out
VANS immediate departure from
the city. too. would be in keeping
with Chinese custom. were he the
guilty man. The Chinese law says
that a slayer shall not remain in the
city in which the crime has been
committed.
The possibility that old Boxer
hatred may be the actuating cause
for the murder has been voiced by
many Chinese rate lasts forever.
The money which financed the mis-
eion is the Boxer Indemnity" the
sum the Chinese were forced to pay
this country after the Boxer cute
RACES. This country returned the
money to China, which country, in
turn, decided to devote ii to educa-
tion purposes.
That some of the old Boxer adher-
ents might wish to take a belated
revenge is cited as wholly possible.
DR.. Wong is not known TO have had
any enemies. He was looked upon as
a great IeaAder and adviser to all Chi
nese students in the country.
Dr. If Informant.
Within a few hours after the dis
covery Of the bodies OF DR.. Theodore
=. Wong, director OF the mission. and
his two assistants. c. II. Hsie and
Ben Sen WI, the finger Of suspicion
pointed directly at Wan, who had
been a guest in the house for the past
ten days.
The chief informant was DR.. Long
Ii. friend and fellow student Of the
murdered men. 1t was DR.. Ii who
last saw Wan. II was Dr. L
who. missing his friends from the
classroom at George Washington
University, entered the house at
9O23 Kalorama road and discovered
the crime.
The last sign OF life at the Chinese
mission was at Z o'clock "wednesday
night, when DR.. Ii went there 10
call on his friends. The door was
opened by the guest Of the house
wan. He informed DR.. Ii that ther'