The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-01-07

by repeated blows from a heavy
instrument. Is Sam Wah the
Oriental who was murdered in APP
parently in cold blood? Or is it
Gee Wong, whose frail body was
found by Officer Tom Wallace OF
the St. Johnsbury police that
Tuesday evening at 7.30?
Sam Wah alias Gee Wong. The
authorities are completely bafled
by this unexpected turn in the IL
vestigation now oeing rigidly con-
Quoted. Perhaps it was Gee Wong
alias Sam Wah. In any event
evidence is in the hands of the
authorities to prove that the celes-
tial at diverse times during the
35 years he was resident in ST.
Johnsbury, did receive letters ad-
dressed to Gee Wong.
Was the cruelty murdered ORR
entail under cloud while he lived
in st. Johnsbury? What was the
reason for masouerading under an
alias. If Gee Wong was not Sam
Wah perhaps he was a second
person, a celestial. whom the
laundryman was keeping under
cover through the Vaccinations of
the underground railroad" said
to have been used in running
Chinese into this country from
Canada.
1t is a well known fact that
traffic in Chinese once fourished
through Northeastern Vermont.
Even now occasional arrests by
the vigilant immigration autilori-
ties at Newport, reveal snuG-
Cling trade, gradually being
stamped out. Fifteen or twenty
years ago Sam Wah is known to
have been more or less connected
with a trio of Orientals, who were
deportcd to China. At the time,
Charlie Lee, implicated in the
smuggling of the Chinese, was
sent to prison for two years for
violating the immigration laW+.
Charlie Lee then lived with Sam
Wah on Eastern Avenue.
Was Gee Wong the name by
which the dead celestial was
known in New York, Boston or
Montreal, where he communicate
secretly with members of the yc'-
low race? And was Sam Wah
the name by which he preferred
to be known in ST. Johnsbury,
where he bore the ostensible
outer marks Of law-abidinS
foreigner. A capable detective,
engaged by States Attorney
Campbell, is vigorously probing
into the mystery. Development
are awaited with unusual interest.
James X. Wood who gives his
name to the Wood detective
agency has been called to 81.
Johnsbury where he is in consul
tation with States Attorney
Campbell. MI Wood will return
TO Boston this evening. The muir
der of the st. Johnsbury laundry
man is one Of the most mysterious
and engrossing that has ever come
to the attention of the Wood d.
tective agency.
The authorities are busy run
ming to earth any information con-
cerning the young Chinaman who
came to visit Sam Wah on two
occasions. Wah's youthful coun-
tryman came to the laundry about /
two months ago for the last time.
Investigation has revealed that he
paid a visit here sometime before
that. Sam Wah appeared to en-
Joy immensely the company Of
his visitor. They chatted away
amiably and later, witnesses say,
went out together o.,tensibly to
lunch. The visitor was well
groomed and appeared to be one
of the many young Chinese stu
dents who spend their time, when
not engaged in study, in travelling |
about the United States.
Wild rumorS, concerning the .
ownership of the pound and half |
of sirloin steak found in Saa'
Wah's front room, are alb olutelv /
disrupted by careful inquiry. |
Examination of the package Of |
meat showed that about a half
pound had been cut and cooked |
This tends to show that Sam Wal /
had purchased the meat himself /
sometime before his death. He |
had cooked and eaten a portion. /
Therefore the murderer did moi, .
in the haste of making his get /
away, forget the marcel Of mca-
And no Other really definite clue .
hqs pre- ented itself to the invee-
ti"atorS. which makes the mystetr /
all the deeper
Another rumor. Concelnln@ the /
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