Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-03

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developed. 1t has been along the lines
suggested by this motive that their
attention is today devoted. From
what they have been able to learn thus
far the police are satisfied that the
crime was not the result of an oriental
feud or for political reasons.
Daughter of Victim Here.
Helen Wong twenty years old.
daughter of the murdered educator
arrived in Washington yesterday
morning. and is staying with the fam
lily of Thomas Morrison, at 1882 Riggs
place. She came from Ann Arbor.
Mich, where she is a student at Mich
igan University. Immediately upon re-
ceiving word of the tragedy.
She was greatly shocked upon re-
ceiving the news. When she alighted
from the train yesterday morning she
collapsed in the arms of one of the
attaches of the Chinese legation. who
with several others from the legation
and member of the Morrison family,
was on hand to meet her.
She went directly to the Morrison
home and since has been confined to
her room, SO nervous has been her
condition. She was unable to furnish
any information which might throw
light upon the mysterious case.
She said she had recently received
letter from her father, and in ii
ne referred to no impending danger
On the CONTRARY, the letter would In
dicate that DR.. Wong was In high
spirits when he conaposed 4.
Police silent az to wan.
What the police have learned from,
their talk with q. s. Wan. the student
who had been staying in the mission
house and who was brought back
from New York by local detectives to
be questioned regarding the case. they
refuse to make known. In fact the
whereabouts of Wan is being guarded
as a secret.
The police refuse to say whether or
not Wan has been identified as the
Chinese who presented a check for
IS. 600 bearing DIR. Wong's name at the
Riggs Bank.
Mai. Pullman said the check for
$4,000 presented at Riggs Bank is
one of two or three important leads
forged check was found in large
check book in the mission yesterday
by Maj. Pullman. The book was not
hidden, the superintendent stated, but
was merely overlooked, probably be-
cause of its size and prominence. The
stub was numbered twenty-four.
The writing on the Stub" he de-
clared, bears a marked resemblance
to the writing of a man who is known
to both Inspector Grant and myself"
'Is that Wan?" he was asked by a
Star reporter.
adding that the department has not
yet eliminated any one from the in
vestigation.
Found Book on Third Visit.
Maj. Pullman said he was at the
mission three times yesterday, find
ing the check book containing the
stub of the $1,000 check on the oc-
casion of the third visit. He declined
to say the department knew the
identity of the person who presented
the check at the bank.
Mai. Pullman said a peculiar and
somewhat important thing in the case
is that the stub shows the check
was made out to DR.. Wong while the
check presented at the bank was made
payable to the bearer. 1t was the
custom of the mission to have all
checks bear the signatures of DR..
! Wong, director of the mission. and
| G. II Hsie, treasurer. Both names
appeared on the check. according to
| the chief of police.
j..
! Pullman, is not an easy one to forge.
although 1t is simple There is a loop
! forming part of the name that is
/ difficult to initiate. and the loop in
( the forgery suggested 1t was written
with an unsteady hand.
'rWhoever did it," he suggested,
! Thought the thing out in foxy sort
| of a way.
| Mai. Pullman said the case was in
/ a condition in which the fine points
/ of the investigation were being made.
and the department VIII announce
/ the result as soon as it is safe to do
So 1t is a case of being patient, he
said.
II have not heard of any beaten and
bruised man being found" he said, in
( response to an inquiry
| Has Wan any bruises on him?" he
was asked.
II don't say SO" was his answer.
Cartridge Supplies Found.
He said he did not imagine the per-
son who committed the crime would
have had much blood on his clothing
| He told of finding two supplies OF
cartridges in the mission, suggesting
! that two pistols had been used or that
the one weapon had been reloaded
The revolver found in the mission be-
Ionged to Ben Sen WI, one of the
/ slain men.
! The check represented on the sinh
Immediately preceding the fiye-thou-
/ sand dollar one. il is stated. was for
$40, and was given on the Dupont Ma
/ tional BANK. NO checks to individuals
for large sums were shown on the
stubs OF any one of the several check
books found in the mission, the larg-
est one being to an institution. That
/ was for $3.50.