The Washington times., 1919-02-06
POLICE SEEK GIRL
COMPANION OF WI
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Riggs, and called for $50 for Wan.
it was dated January 13, and cashed
January %. VANS Endorsement on
the back Of the check, corresponds
scientifically with the 0Eriting on the
check stub of the forged $4,000 check.
according to Police Department eX-
perts.
That the murder of DR.. Wong and
his assistants was a cold-blooded
crime, planned weeks in advance by
two men so short of money as TO be
IN absolute desperation has just been
revealed by the police probe into the
case.
That the young Chinese who was
the guest at the Educational Mission,
POPS Kalorama road, used his visit
there for the sole purpose Of laying
his plans fer the commission of the
crime has just come TO light That his
brother was summoned from New
York to Washington to assist in the
crime is equally apparent. While to
the average mind $1,000 seems a small
sum for which to take three lives, the
police are certain that the two young
Chinese involved were in such finan-
cisl condition that IS 900 looked very
large, that they had to have the
money, and that they got it in the
only way they saw possible.
The time OF the murder is now
definitely fixed at about IL o'clock.
All three Of the murdered men are
now believed to have been in the
basement Kitchen when attacked.
This would account for the fact that
the triple tragedy couid have been
committed without even disturbing
the nearest neighbors.
DR.. Wong Slain First.
DR.. Wong is believed to have met
his death at the foot of the narrow
stairs leading, into the basement
kitchen. He is believed to have re-.
ceived his first wound, the one in the
breast while. standing at the foot of
these stairs. He is then believed to
have hurried up the stairs, possibly
in an attempt to escape or to reach
the telephone on the second floor. A
handkerchief stained with blood with
the name Wong on the hem and a
pair Of broken eyeglasses, positively
adentifed as belonging to the noted
teducatoT. were found on the stairs.
The police believe he stumbled up
s4he stairs, hotly pursued by the as
{ tSassin, and that the second bullet
was sent into his heart just as he
fTeached the reception hall on The
second floor. He must then have
dropped in his tracks and lay in the
pool Of blood in which he was found
That the other two men, Hsie and
tWu were also in the basement when
attacked is practically certain. They
were attacked and killed there, the
police say. They were not dragged
down the stairs.
Tive Men Involved.
That two men were involved in the |
actual commission Of the murder is
the police belief That both men
stayed in Washington that night has |
talso developed.
1t has been definitely proved that
Wan was a guest at the Harris Hotel, !
near the Union Station, until noon of |
1.-THE day after the murder; that hel
had been keeping a room at the hotel
since the Monday previous, although
until "wednesday afternoon he was a |
guest at the mission and occupying |
the same room with WI, whose body |
was later found in the basement.
At the Harris he registered as 2. S. /
Wan, Szeshuan, Shanghai, and was as
signed to room 431.
Wan does not deny to the police
that he was a guest at the Harris
Monday night, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, according to the state
ment Of Mr.. Sprigg, the clerk at the
hotel.
Hotel Clerks Story.
There was no need for my facing
Wan" said Sprigg to The Times. 'I
told Major Pullman that Wan was
registered at the hotel and Of his ac-
tions and movements while he was
here. I was told by the police that
when Wan was told what had said,