The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-05

diseases, the highest admission rate
was In the Sixth corps area, the
second In the Eighth corps area.
the third in the Fourth corps area.
The troops in the Eighth corps
area had the highest social disease
rate. which was but slightly higher
than the one in the Fifth corps
area. The Eighth corps area In.
cludes the Mexican border.
The third highest was in the
Third corps area, which includes
Maryland, Virginia. Pennsylvania
and the District of Columbia.
did ] at that time. And, as neither
Mr.. WI nor Mr.. Hsie wore glasses
at all. the trimmed glasses at the
bottom Of the kitchen stairs, with
the bloody handkerchief, with rea-
s0nable presumption. belong to the
man who committed the murder.
The Government never produced
this most valuable link between the
crime and the criminal 1T win be
remembered that pair Of glasses
was absolutely the only clue which
led to the solution Of the Bobby
Franks murderD, and It now &C
knowfedges them "lost, az the
stcnographic records have been
lost
II then, the glasses did not be.
long to DIR. Wong, how about the
handkerchief This was more care
fully guarded than the glasses and
was produced at each trial. Why
Presumably because It was tndelibly
marked In two places with the name
wong
But was this necessarily 7. Il.
Wong? Al scrutiny OF the h-.ddker-
chief shows it to be not q fine
Iflinen handkerchief such as DIR.
Wong was accustomed to carry, nut
was q coarse working mans hand
kerchief, crudely marked. DR.. Wong
might have had such q handker-
chief as an emergency affair, nut
he would never bother to have II
marked In two places with indelible
ink.
No Other Like IL
However, IL he did have one
handkerchief 50 marked, it Is but
a fair inference that he would
have one or more like It OF similar
quality and similarly marked. Yet
no other was produced. DR.. Wong's
daughter was In the city at the
time but was not called upon to
identity 1t. Personally. / feel sure
the handkerchief did not belong to
DR.. 4. q. Wong. But It might
easily have belonged to another
Wong. In this connection the fol
lowing excerpts from local news
papers are of interest:
Feb. q, 1919
Representative Julius Kahn. ut CALI
fornia, who knew DR.. T. T. Wong and
the mission members. stated on several
occasions 'he was convinced II was
broken out In san Francisco with yen-
geance sworn against the ssWongS FAM
uy. Two Chinese had already been
killed of the Hip Sen family related
Wong, had been fatally wounded.
FEB. s. 1919
Police tslegraphsd San francisco
police to use every means Of locating
Wang: IS years old. feet : inches IN
It should also be recalled that the
Chiness from Binghamton, NJ. r.,
was named Wong" and that the
man who asked Van to 20 to the
bank to get the check cashed was
named Wong" The Wong from
Binghamton was q criminal char
acter and incidentally q very large
man. said to weigh over 200 pounds.
But there Is stu greater weak
ness in this part OF the story. Ac-
cording to police theory" Mr.. Hsie
land this Is about right, according
to- testimony Of witnessesl After
which IL seems reasonable to allow
at least 10 minutes for the shooting
OF Hsis. And. according to Bur.
lfngame and Kelly, DIR. Wong comes
In 10 or 20 minutes after this
which would bring It to 10 minutes
of II or IL o'clock.
1t was known that DR.. Wong at
tended banquet that night and
arose from the table about 10 D. M,
undoubtedly with full stomach. 1t
is physiological fact that it would
take from three to four hours for
solid food % pass entirely out OF the
stomach. A layman can verify this
from any doctor or by consulting an
encyclopedia or physiology.
The coroner testified that the
autopsy showed FLUID with small |
particles of food in the stomach
This condition, according to scien-
tific fact, beyond any conflicting |
opinions Of witnesses, any police |
theories" any argument from at |
torneys, or any form OF human
error. would therefore not be found |
until three or four hours after |
eating.
Persons familiar with Chinese
customs know that at banquet, |
the Chinese eat slowly and con.
tinuously, and leave Immediately |
after eating. Doctor Wong was a |
hearty eater and it is beyond any
other inference that when he arose |
from that banquet at 10 p. M, he |
arose with a full stomach.
BY the laws of physiology there |
fore, 1t was around / a. M, Or |
after, when Doctor Wong's life |
was 30 cruelty snuffed out as III.
refutably recorded by conditions of |
digestion within his stomach. |
There can be no mistake about |
this. IT was a physical impos-
sibility for him to have been killed |
by WI Tor anyone else) at IL p. M,
or just one hour after he had
finished eating, as stated in this
confession
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