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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-10
Major Pullman Reviews the
Unraveling Of the Mystery
By MAJOR RAYMOND W. PULLMAN,
Superintendent of Police.

da 1.-The Investigation connection with the great triple Chinese
the attention of the District Columbia Metropolitan Police
IN fact the attention Of any police department OF the United
important had the circles of Chinese of the
members Of this class in America This greatly
of information and made Investigations exceedingly
For week it Of members of the Police cs, De;
Chinese who have schools and col
@ 1R Re PH 6 3 Ba
always the case the men having any connection with the CRIME
commit a crime evidence of stupidity.
The piece handwriting
which torn the check pre-
scented at Riggs Bank 1t was on this little piece Of evidence which
step Chinese were themselves plea
proven false about their movements foolish In all of
the work n % the men Who a ng here s s5 and
poets of themselves by telling things which knew to be untrue
realized that the task before like working low content
gold had labor hard and spend deal of time to
had ideas interviewing which
we had to indulge would not have gotten anything When
unrelated subject had talk that subject and when they
ntenty All Of US who have had part in the questioning
specor Grant Detective Segeants Burngame and Kelly and
myself am sure have keeny enjoyed their philosophy and
the by aw-abng Chinese by citizens of Washington
and d 6 no Dps S INCARNATION S b poe knew ]
retard their work and perhaps Kill the case This cooperation
of the Dewey Hotel who extended the hospitality of his establish
cannot express too hearty thanks great
ton of public spirit Of the finest kind and his tact and the of
thing that made possible the careful police investigation and
courtesy police and the people of the
city of Washington must surely appreciate.
Il also greatly appreciate the courtesy and cooperation of
National Bank. Had been for their
handling the forged check for $4,000
promptly notifying the police this crime discov
would missed important piece evidence
which 10 proceed with investigation.
taken the by Mrs Mary X
proprietor Mr. Charles Linkn attorney of the Harris
where Wan had registered during part of the period when he
guest the Chinese Educational Mission greatly
appreciated by the police.
ITO Inspector Grant and the six eight who
WORKED day and night the especially to Detective Ser
The
discovery of the
located friends before o'clock the morning,
commentator for their tact patience efficiency
especially for their patience
Major Pullman said that the premature publication of the fact
being held the Dewey
planned charges afternoon newspaper (NOT THE TIMES)
with violating of the police agree
joined by all The to disclose the location
Of the Chinese suspects
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-10

his outer wraps in the reception hall
upstairs. They knew he would
soon come down into the kitchen.
They knew it was only a mat
ter of seconds wheQ he would
inquire if his treasurer, Hsie, had
returned home. They knew they
had no time to conceal the CHASTITY
sight of Hsie lying in his own blood
on the basement floor.
WI Then Shot Wong.
Wu's decision seemed to come all
of a sudden, Wan explains. Quick
as a cat, he took up his position at
the foot of the basement stairs
Almost Immediately DR.. Wong start
ed down. The moment he reached
the last step, a bullet from Wu's re-
volver pierced his breast He
wheeled around, almost fell, regained
himself and staggered blindly up the
stairs. His glasses fell and broke.
He gained the second floor, knock
ing a chair and lamp over as he
stumbled along.
WI waited only an instant. Then,
revolver in hand, he darted up the
stairs and after his victim. Wan
saws he heard one shot and then an
other and still another. When he
quickly followed upstairs, he saw
Wan bending over the PROSTATE form
of DR.. Wong. He had shot him clean
through the heart. Together they
placed over the dead mans face the
overcoat he had removed only a few
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-10

moments before. 1t was the Celes-
tails last mark of respect for the
dead.
Wan paused for a long time
when he had reached this stage of
the confession. He seemed, for the
first time, to be a little overcome.
Sorry Wong Was Killed.
"Dr. Wong was my friend" he
said, by way of apology. "He
knew my mother aud visited her in
Shanghai. l feel very badly that
he is dead"
With two dead men in the house,
WI and Wan then went back into
the basement kitchen. Wan de-
scribes WI as being very deliber-
ate.
"He still carried his pistol in his
hand" Wan says. "He had fired
five shots. Suddenly he broke the
revolver and emptied the empty
shells on the kitchen floor. He
then laid the unloaded revolver on
the kitchen table"
Wan describes himself as being
very angry with WI for killing DR..
Wong. He says he felt the murder
was altogether uncalled for and very
cruel, considering Wong's wife in
China, his five daughters, and his
two sons.
Suddenly, he confesses, he seized
the empty revolver, put in two shells,
and turned the weapon on WI. WI
started to run toward the front Of
the basement. Wan hit him first in
the head. WI fell in his tracks.
Held Close To Heart.
"Then went up to him, held the
revolver close to his treacherous
heart, and fired another bullet into
him." Wan concluded, without any
show of emotion.
Insists He Was Justified.
Wan insists the killing of WI was
justified. He says he did not cover
Wu's face. in death because WI had
committed a crime. The faces of
both Dr. Wong and Hsie were COW
cred. The circumstance that care
had been taken to cover the faces of
tue IF Tho daod mon in .coor5,-oo
with Chinese custom, and that Wu's
face remained uncovered, which had
been puzzling the police, is thus ex-
planned.
Wan declares his one idea from
the moment he murdered his friend
WI, was to get money enough TO
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charged with being an accomplice
after the fact.
ut is up to a jury to decide
whether Van was also guilty or not, J"
the police say.
., Pullman Is Satisfied.
Upon learning from Inspector
Grant of the confession, Major
Pullman declared himself confident
that Wan was telling the truth.
every detail of his confession fits
into the facts we have uncovered"
he declared to The Times. Wan has
nothing to gain by naming WI, be-
cause he is just as bad OF with a
confession of one murder against
him as he would be with three. am
certain the mystery is solved at last
and that further elaboration of Vans
confession will clean the thing up
before night"
Goodness Existed.
The police know that a GOODNESS ex-
listed between Ben Sen WI and c. H.
Hsie. the man Wan claims WI shot
They have learned there was quite
little jealousy between the men They
have also learned that WI led more
or less of a gay life, and did mnay
things which he concealed from his
patron and employer. DR.. Wong.
II WI was a traitor to the men with
L. lot hot
many heretofore perplexing points
will be explained. They have been
amazed from the start that no one of
the three murdered men were able TO
escape or give the alarm, especially
il there was only one assailant in
volved. They say they know that
WI must have been at least a party
to the murder if not an active par
Licipant
The start Of VANS confession cstne
last night.
Taking Inspector Grant aside last
night, Wan declared he wanted to
telh him secret"
After a long preamble, in which
Wan said he had had certain matters
ION his soul" which he had not
wanted to discuss with the police,
he told something of his newest and
most startling version of the triple
crime. As a result, Inspector Grant
decided to again re-enact the murder
with Wan.
Wan declared "he had hello out so
long" for the purpose OF protecting
the name of another man. He ex-
planned that it is the Chinese GUS
tom never to talk of a crime or re-
veal how it happened after its COM
mission. He said it was the Chinese
theory that once a murder had been
committed, it was best to say no
more, since the dead could not be re-
called. He said this tradition was
all the more imperative il ones good
friends are involved.
He claimed his long silence and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-10

had no political aspirations OF con-
nections.
Then Wan suggested that IL might
have been a disgruntled student. A.
police search failed to show that any
student ever threatened the director
of the mission or had any reason to
desire his death
Then Wan spoke Of the Chinese laun-
dryman, who did DR.. WOng's work. He
told the police that DR.. Wong had had
words with the man, had told him he
did not want him to come inside the
house because he was too dirty looking"
The police discovered that the laundry
man was perfectly harmless and could
account for himself on the night Of the
killing.
AS a fourth theory Wan told the
police Of Wu's many women friends,
insinUating that he had a great many
he weuld never have cared to intro
duce to his employer, DR.. Wong.
Helen Wong. the bcrcaved daugh-
ter of the dead director OF the mis-
sion, was told OF the arrests in the
case late yesterday.
at is a great relief from suspense"
she said sadly when she had learned
briefly Of the evidence against the
two men. The uncertainty, the mys-
terry, the fear that my father might
have had powerful enemies was very
distressing l shall be glad to see
the guilty men brought to justice.
Whoever did this crime held life ter
ribly cheap, and my fathers life was
so valuable TO the country and to my
mother and US children"
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conflicting statements came through
his desire to shield Wu's name
COrrObOrates Van
He insists his brother was not with
him and did not even know where he
was. This corresponds to Vans own
claim. that he spent Wednesday even
ing in a picture house. When asked
how long he had stayed thehe, he said
he did not know exactly but that he
saw the show "Over and over"
Wan explains the filling out Of the
check stub, after the check had been
forged, by the statement that he
wanted everything to look regular"
When it was explained to him that
il was this check stub which led To-
the knowledge Of the forged check,
he said that it WIGS his intention Of
concealing the forgery by filling in
the stub. so as to make it appear that
DIT. Wong had done it in the usual
way. While the blank check was
stolen before the shooting, the forgery
according to Wan, did not take place
until aftervard.
VANS Many Theories.
VANS confession comes after a
desperate effort on his part to mis-
lead and confuse the police. He has
racked his brain to provide theories"
to account for the killing. 1t was
Wan who first suggested to them
that DR.. Wong might have been killed
by political enemies. The police in
vestigation showed that the educator
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-10

1kc himself and his younger brother
3ack to China.
Seating himself at the kitchen
table, with hands trembling in spite
of himself, Wan confeSses he
forged the check, which called Tor
$1,000 Of the mission funds.
Brother Innocent
My brother is absolutely lnno-
cent" he repeats over and over
again. "He had no part in the kill
ing. lie knew nothing of it. lie
was only my tool in attempting to
pass the forged check"
Immediately following the full
by Wan, a formal charge
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WAN TELLS WHOLE
STORY OF CRIME
CConrinued from First Page.)

CONTINUED from First Page)
greeting. Almost Immediately, WI
took deliberate aim and fired at Hsie
The shot went wild, and, Hsie start
ing up IN alarm, ran around the ta-
bic. Va fired again, and again
missed his target. Hsie was max
ing for the front exit of the base
ment when WI took more careful
aim. This shot pierced Hsie's brain.
He fell in his tracks, directly where
the police found him.
Wa ard Wan than sat down and
discussed what to do, Wan says.
While they were still talking and
still very. excited, they heard Dr..
Wong come in.
They could hear him taking off
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-10

of murder was placed against him
on the police blotter. The younger
brother, Van, is still marked, "held
for the detective bureau" Inspector
Grant declares Van also will be
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-10
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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-07-17

Hon. James T. Bradshaw Of Kansas
City, warehouse commissioner of Mis-
souri,, arrived here on Monday to visit
his daughter, Mrs. Lester Mallette,
two grandchildren and other relatives.
He will return to Kansas City on Sat
urday, together with Mrs. Mallette
and her children. Mr. Bradshaw says
that crops look fine throughout the
country where he travelled but none
finer than around Princeton. He spoke
particularly of the splendid appear
ance of corn here. Corn planting in
Missouri, he says, was delayed by wet
weather, but is coming along all right.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-07-17
Lion Welcomes Old Master.


Paris, July 16.-Excitment was
caused at the Paris zoo recently by the
sight. of a, French aviation captain ca
ressing a fullgrown lion through the
bars Of the cage.
The lion had been laying in corner,
but jumped up at the captains voice
and was licking his hand like a dog.
A crowd of 500 persons speedily col
lected, whose amazement at the air
mans daring was unbounded. It was
Captain Thenault, who commanded the
Lafayette escadrille throughout it's ex-
istence, paying visit to Whiskey, the
,escadrille's mascot from the spring of
1916 to the summer of the following
year. The lion is suffering from rheu-
5matism, contracted during cold wealth
Ter insthe beginning of 1917, when he
shared the aviator's draughty wooden
hut at Cachy, in the region of the
Somme
Whiskey's companion, Soda, died of
the same ailment two months ago, and
Thenault fears Whiskey will soon fol-
low. When Thenault went away
Whiskcy stood looking after him for
a moment and then Gmped back to
the corner where he spends all his
time listlessly huddled.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-07-17

Crops are generally good in this
part of the country and the agricul-
tural exhibits at the county fair on
August ~, %, 20 and 80 should conse-
quently be numerous and of excellent
quality. Farmers should begin making
their selections for display. The
premium list is larger than in any
previous year and the program Of
amusements will be particularly at
tractive feature.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-07-17
Washington Notes.

Il Former Congressman James Burke
Of Pennsylvania sent letters and
checks repeatedly to the war risk bu-
reau to cover insurance for his son
who was soldier. The only reply he
ever received inclosed government
policy insuring the elder Burke for
$4,000. The Hughes committee will
investigate the extent to which the
bureau has scattered government in
surance around to persons not entitled
to it.
That the internal revenue bureau
has! adopted standard of one-haf
of / per cent alcohol as means of
raising as much revenue as possible
and not because that amount would in
toxicate, was commended by Represen-
tative L. C. Dyer of Missouri in al
speech in the house against the prohi-
bition enforcement bill. Mr.. Dyer ac-
cused Representatives A. J. Volstead
of Minnesota, chairman of the ju-
dietary committee, and dry leader, of
misrepresenting the situation.
With his salary reduced by income
taxes to $53,57O and considerable en-
tertainment of royalty in prospect,
the president may have some difficulty
making both ends meet out of his pay
envelope this year, and the presiden-
tial salary of $4,000 may not be so
attractive to aspirants next year. The
president was not hit hard by income
taxes until congress last year aban-
doned the theory that taxations of the
executive in effect reduced his salary
contrary to the constitutional inhibi-
tions.
The anti-saloon league issued a
warning that the prohibition constitu-
tional amendment will become dead
letter unless congress defines intoxi-
eating liquor in the enforcement legis-
lation now before the house.
, Former Senator j. H. Lewis of Hi.
nois looks for some scrambled politics
next year as result Of the league OF
nations controversy He would not be
!. surprised to see a proleague demo.
possibly Mr.. Wilson-nominatec
:. for president with a proleague repub
lican for running mate and the op
position ticket composed of an anti
\ league republican and antileague dem
ocrat.
e Japan is reported to be threatening
: to refuse to evacuate Shantung O.
otherwise to negotiate with the Chi
nese until China 81 GINS the peace treat.
r and thereby approves the settlemen
) granting Japan vast rights in China.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-07-17

The fall term of the Little Falls
Business college Of Little Falls and
the College Of Commerce Of st. Cloud
will begin Tuesday, September 2. Ev-
cry young man and young woman
needs college education in business.
You can start at any time. Tuition
payable by the month, no notes, no
contracts, no scholarships. Write for
free catalogue and general informa-
|tion. Typewriters for rent. 28-1Oc. ]
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-07-17

c., recently.
The pony is the property Of John
Lethro, a farmer of Greensboro, and is
a great pet Of his ten-year-old daugh-
ter, Gladys. The pony had its right
fore foot torn off in barbed wire
fence, and DR.. Eaton amputated the
leg above the fetlock and fitted on an
artificial leg. To the delight Of the
owner and his daughter, the animal
once more began to meet the children
coming home from school.
The artificial leg Is removed at
night. In the morning, when the pony
wakes up, he whinnies until someone
comes and places his leg in position
for the day. Then he is happy and
stalks around the farm as well as any
four footed pony.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-07-17

Onamia defeated Wahkon on Sum
day in one of the most peppery little
ball contests ever pulled off between
these two teams. It was real league
game each side making some SPLEEN
did plays. One to goose egg was the
score and the Onamia boys had to go
some to make that single tally. These
teams are credit to the Mile Laos
lake country.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-07-17

N. J. Oredson, cashier of the 500
State bank Of Wahkon, D. E. Emmons,
G. r. Zickrick and H. B. Emerson
drove down from the lake on Monday,
and the Union is indebted to Mr..
Oredson for pleasant call.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-07-17

A food sale will be held at Mrs.
Meyers millinery store next Saturday.
Boston baked pork and beans, brown
bread speciality. Order what you
want. Phone 1919. 30-1p
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-07-17

Sam Droogsma, the cattle king of
Milo, was in town on Monday. Sam
is one of the farmers who invariably
has fine display of full-blooded cat
tie at the county fair and always car
t:ies home a pocketful of awards.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-07-17

Bill Lipp of Long Siding started on
Monday for his old stamping grounds
at Waconia to visit everybody in town.
Bill knows 'em all and also knows the
best places in Clearwater lake to get
a string of black bass.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-07-17

Torkel Johnson of Blue Hill was
among the Unions callers this week.
Mr.. johnson is man well posted on
current issues of the day as well as on
all points which pertain to successful
farming.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-07-17

Mrs. Maggie Jewell, accompanied by
Miss Pearl Wilhelm, motored from
Sheffield, Iowa, this week, making the
distance of 800 miles in one day. Mrs.
Jewell came to visit her mother, Mrs.
s. M. Sinclair.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-07-17

w. H. Townsend' celebrated his
eighty fourth birthday on Tuesday.
Many persons participated in the cele-
bration and large cake with "a can
dies was one Of the prominent fea-
lures. Following the festivities
Frank Campbell and Jos: Craig took
Mr.. and Mrs. Townsend on JOY ride
to Milaca and back.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-07-17

Rev. Lundquist and wife were over
from Isanti yesterday. The reverend
gentleman says he is we'll pleased
with his charge in Isanti. He was for
merly pastor of the Swedish Lutheran
church in Princeton and made many
friends while a resident here.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-07-17

/ From the program issued by the
.chautauqua people it is evident that
the features are of more than ordinary
merit-features which those who at
tend can scarcely fail to appreciate
The chautauqua will open on July q
and close on July 20.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-07-17

DR.. J. F. HOFFMAN, optometrist, will
be in town on Tuesday, July 20. Eyes
examined and glasses fitted. Office
at Merchants hotel. 2-tfc
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-07-17

J. F. Bockoven and Henry Schmidt
were down from Isle this week. There
is big building boom in that pretty
little village near the big lake dwell
ling houses and store buildings are go
ing up fast and another bank will be
installed.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-07-17

The annual election for Independent
school district No. 1 will be held in
the village hall, Princeton, on Satur-
day evening, between the hours of z
and 8. Two members will be elected
at this time to succeed E. E. Whitney
and A. B. Gramer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-07-17

DR.. Kaliher has been appointed by
the chief of the bureau of animal in
dustry at Washington, D. c., to test
cattle for interstate shipment in this
district under THE new law.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-07-17
POW With Artificial Leg.

DR.. VIM. s. Eaton, prominent vet
Urinary Of Lowell, now in the bureau
Of animal industry Of the department
Of agriculture, peri an operation
on this pony while in Greensboro, N.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-07-17

Mr.. and Mrs. E. Thoreson of Winnie
bago City, were guests over Sunday
of Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Olson. Mrs.
Thoreson was formerly Miss Ollie
Olson of Princeton. She was married
on June 80 in Minneapolis. The Union
congratulates the young people.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-07-17

Rush City's team, which has nothing
but victories to it's credit, will play
Princeton at the fair grounds here
next Sunday. When these two organ
izations come together there will be
hot tomales flying in the air. Be
ready to witness the fray.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-07-17

The Salvation army campaign will
be conducted for the purpose of rails
ing money for purely humanitarian
purposes welfare work among the
needy and it will doubtless meet with
ready response. The campaign opens
on August 10 and closes August 10.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-07-17

The Misses Hofflander, Ruth Briggs
and Eunice Nicely are camping at
Spectacle lake. Miss Balcomb, Will
Walker and Henry Milbraith were
their guests on Sunday.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-07-17

Professor Hall of Kasson has been
selected by the Princeton board of ed
ucation to succeed Mr.. Hayes as SUI
perintendent of the public schools.
Mr.. Hall, who called at the Union Of
flee last week, is very pleasant gen.
tleman to meet.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-07-17

Men are expected here next week
to change the motors and meters for
the Elk River Power and Light COM
pany.