The Washington times., 1926-07-22
Circumstantial Web
Woven Around Wan

Wong and G. TT. Hsie, and was
made payable to bearer. The
Chinese who presented this check
later identified as Van, the
Chinese who had accompanied
him but remained outside in the
taxi, was later declared by the
taxi driver to be Wan, himself.
WENT TO BANK
Actually, Van acknowledged go
ing to the bank, but said that
he had been accOsted on Tues
day morning, January 80, by two
strange, Chinese standing in the
doorway of the mems room OF
the Union Station and whom he
passed on his way to the ticket
window after settling Wan, who
was sick, on q bench IN the main.
waiting room.
Van had encountered these
same two men the day before
"wednesday i'm the vicinity OF
the Hotel Harris, where he and
Wan were staying, and which is
near the Union Station. They
had introduced themselves as q
T. Wong and a Mr.. Moy, and
insisted they had met Van when
he landed at Vancouver. Van
corrected them by saying he
landed at San Francisco, and
after a short walk and talk with
them, excused himself and re-.
turned to the hotel.
Encountering them this second
time Thursday they again ap.
! preached him and on the plea OF
their ignorance of English, asked
him to act as interpreter In get
ting q check ,cashed at the Riggs
Bank, saying they were short OF
money. Van, who. had once been
in a similar predicament in Ohio,
was persuaded and accompanied
Wong to q taxi outside which
they directed to take them to
the bank. Moy saying he would
wait.
Van was carrying a small suit
case containing $500 in war saw
ings stamps beside some valu-
able stickpins and other JeWelry
of Vans which they had thought
unsafe to leave in their hotel
room. This small case he took
with him into the bank, leaving
the stranger, Wong, outside In
the taxi. After about 40 minutes
consideration by the bank Off.
Gals, the envelope with the check
and letter was returned to him
with regrets and a suggestion
that he bring someone in with
him for further Identification.
HAVE ARGUMENT
Van returned to the taxi and
gave back to the alleged Wong
the envelope and contents and
they were driven back to the sta
tion, stopping on the North Cap
itOI Street side of the pestOffice,
where they saw MOy waiting for
them. A heated controversy
arose between Wong and Moy In
a dialect which Van could not
understand, so he paid the taxi
bill of SEQ or whereabouts, and
hastened on to his brother in the
station, leaving the two Chinese
to their argument. Such is vans
account of his trip to the bank.
Ascertaining the next possible
SIC ana wan W UAh-
Hotel Harris, paid the hotel bill
and checked out. En- route to New
York, Van, in addition to being
very angry with his brother for
the delay, was too miserably sick
to talk, and Van, an inveterate
smoker, went to the smoking car
where he stayed for most Of the
journey.
Thus it happened that he failed
to tell Wan of his trip to the
bank, and thus it happened that
when the detectives told Wan
of the details of the crime, in
Guiding the story of the alleged
forged check, Wan frankly and
promptly said: Find the man who
took the check to the bank and
you will find the murderer"
To his utter and disbeIieving
CONSERVATION they replied, eve
have the man who took the check
to the bank, it was your brother,
| Vanv'
And so, the web of circumstan-
tial evidence was woven about
the two. woven so tightly and
strengthened so merciIessly that
one narveIs to find Ziang Sung
Wan alive today.