The Washington times., 1926-07-22
Vans Own Story of Fight for Life

found belonged to someone else in
the house at the time.
Eyeglasses can be traced with
accuracy and it seems criminal
negligence for the Government to
conceal and now to acknowledge
lost" piece of evidence which
would have vindIcated me.
The handkerchief, too, is in doubt.
1t is marked Wong" in two places
and it is a coarse handkerchief, not
like one DR.. Wong would carry.
II marked in indelible ink they
could certainly have found more
like it among his personal effects
and thus proven it. But no dupli-
cate of it was produced. The hand
kerchief was more like working
mans handkerchief and the fact
that it was marked Wong might
prove many things.
About February 5, 1919, the
Washington police telegraphed San
Francisco to use every means Of
locating a G. s. Wong, 25 years
old, feet inches in height. 7
There were in Washington at ( at
time two missions of three mem
bers each. The Educational Mission
was headed by T. T. Wong, and
the other one, engaged in anti
Japanese propa ganda, was headed
by one C. r. Wong.
Just a summer or so ago, the
last named was reported to have
said he believed 1t was he and not
T. II. Wong that the murderer was
after. Also it should be renem
bered that the man who asked my
brother Van to go to the bank Tor
him said his name was p. T.. Wong,
and this man was later located in
Bihghamton, N. Y, where he was
known as an opium dealer, and has
since died.
There were many clues right here
that the police should have fol-
lowed. Knowing that the glasses
did not belong to DIR. Wong makes
II probable that the handkerchief
found with them was not his either.
I'm spite of its marking. At any
rate the police could have proved
it beyond doubt at the time end
should have done SO.
Had JeWelry
There were many other things
to prove that I need not have
risked forging a check il I only
wanted money. Besides the very
large amount in the safe and the
many good checks found out on
the desk upstairs, all the mission
members owned much jewelry
which the police acknowledged was
untouched.
At the last trial, when asked to
produce their receipts for valu.
ables, they read one for "a silver
watch and chain belonging to
Mr.. WI. happened to know
that this was very expensive
platinum watch and chain. !
think IL any one had wanted to
rob, he could easily have picked up
enough of value around the house,
even without opening the safe, ana
gained more than the $4,000 check
which they have tried to prove !
forged.
From all this evidence, which
has 50 slowly come to light and
which indicates still more not yet
uncovered, know that ! was not
arrested and jailed because OF any
honest mistake on the part OF the
authorities, but because they either
wanted the glory Of solving q
Chinese murder mystery, which all
police circles know to be SO per
cent unsolvable, or because the
temptation to secure the reward
offered by the Chinese government
was too much to resist.
They knew that I was desper-
ately sick person In fact my land
lady, Mrs. Bartels. a government
witness, testified on the stand that
Detective Kelly told her in New
York my stomach was gone" and
that / would never live to be tried.
Being thus sure of my death. they
probably dared do as they did.
Tomorrow. another section Of
VANS remarkable story will be
published. He viii point out how
some of the evidence was gath
cred i'm an attempt to convict
him. and win show how q circum-
stantial web might have been
built up against another person
in the case.