The Washington times., 1926-07-23

The Chinese Educational Mission.
officially administering the Boxer
indemnity fund for Chinese stu
dents, was located i'm January, Dig,
at 2O23 KaIOralnR Road.
While keeping "Open house for
students directly connected with
the Mission, it was also used as q
rendezvous for diplomats. delegates
and transient Chinese. The only
permanent residents were DIR. i. =.
Wong, the director: Chang Hsi
Hsie, the treasurer, and Ben Sen
WI, secretary. These were all per-
j sOnaI and intimate friends Of Ziang
Sung Wan, who had recently been
3 house guest at the Mission on
the invitation Of both DR.. Wong
and Mr.. WI.
On January 81, 1919, late in the
afternoon. Kang III. Government
medical student living across the
street from the Mission, having
been told by Tsu Ii Sun from the
LegatiOnl Of the Iatter's inability
to get into the Mission, and that
there might be something wrong,
entered the Mission through q side
window and finding q covered body
on the floor, the prOtruding foot Of
which he says he recognized as be-
ing that of DIR. r. T.. Wong. he FLED
from the house and telephOned the
Chinese Legation that Something
terrible had happened" He was
directed 70 find q policeman and
make an investigation. This he did
and q further discovery was made
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C. III. lisie. in the furnace room Of
the basement.
PISTOL FOUND
Wu's pistol was found near his
BODY with two empty shells in 1t.
A broken lamp. overturned table
and chair, bloody surroundings, ETC.,
Indicated that considerable strIIg.
gle had taken place. eight bullets
having been fired, five OF which
had lodged in the bodies of the vic.
Tins. ACtOpsies and evidence gath.
cred later indicated that all three Of
the men had met death late in the
night Of Wednesday, January 20,
or early in the morning Of Thurs.
day. January, so, 1919.
Kang Lii volunteered the In
formation that he had called at
the Mission Wednesday evening
between 6 and z o'clock, and had
found there the recent house.
guest, Zlang Sung Wan, who
stated that there was no one
home, and that he was leaving
shortly. Kang Ii furnished Vans
New York address and accom-
panied the detectives to New
York the night OF January 81.
ard was brought to Washington
the following Saturday morning,
subsequently charged with the
crime and arrested.
Several days later IL was
found that an effort had been
made on Thursday night, JAN
nary 30, by two Chinese, to
cash a check for $1,000 at the
Riggs National Bank. This check
purpOrted to be from the Chinese
Educational Mission, signed r. T.
Wong and G. III. Hsie, and was
made payable to bearer. The
Chinese who presented this check
(which was never casheO was
later identified az Van, the
brother Of Wan, and the second
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 30, 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 bench in the main
waiting room.
Van had encountered these
same two men the day before
"wednesday in the vicinity Of
the Hotel Harris, where he and
Wan were staying, and which is
near the Union Station. They
had introduced themselves as a
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 q 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 a check cashed at the Riggs
Bank, saying they were short OF
money. Van, who had once been
in q similar predlcament in Ohio,
was persuaded and accompanied
Wong to a taxi outside which
they directed to take them to
the bank, MOy saying he would
wait.
Van was carrying . small suit.
case containing $500 In war saw
ings stamps beside some Valu-
able stlCkpins and other jewelry
of Vans which they had thought
unsafe to lesvs in their hotel