The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-13
LAUNDRY MAN
IS MURDERED
With HAMMER
Chinese Slain by Robber, Is
Belief; Body Stuffed in
Washing Machine.
HEAD BADLY BEATEN
Widow, Son Live in China;
FingerprintS on Death
instrument Studied.

His head badly beaten with a
hammer, apparently when he sur
prised a robber, the body of Willie
Sing, As, Chinese laundryman, was
found today inside rotary washing
machine at his laundry, Alt North
Illinois street.
When found, the body lay in
about six or seven inches of water,
in the bottom of the washer.
The murder was discovered when
Dan Riley, so, 222 East Wabash
street, employed at parking space
nearby, noticed the door of the
laundry open this morning. When
he could not find Mr.. Sing, with
whom he was we'll acquainted, Mr.
Riley hailed patrolman Timothy
Shanahan, who was passing.
Follow Trail of Blood
Noticing the drawer of the cash
register open, the officer thought
the laundry had been robbed and
called headquarters, Patrolmen
James Senteny and James Hasch
responding.
Unlocking a screen gate leading
to the back room, the officers in
vestigated, and followed trail of
blood to a bedroom partitioned off
in the back room of the laundry.
The bedroom had been ransacked
thoroughly. Drawers and a suitcase
were open.
The officers followed a trail of
torn clothing to the washing ma
chine, and found the body. The
back of the laundrymans head
had been mashed in, apparently
with a hammer, while q sharper in
strument had been used to strike
blow above the forehead
The bloody hammer was found on
top of barrel just outside the bed
room, and the blood was found out
side and not inside the bedroom,
leading officers to believe that the
robber was surprised by Mr.. Sing,
who gave battle, despite his small
stature, outside the bedroom door.
Scan Death Instrument
The death instrument, machin-
lists hammer, was to be examined
for fingerprints.
AS soon as the body was found,
Lieutenant Donald Tooley and De-
tectives John Gish and Morris Nc
Carty of the homicide squad were
called and took charge OF the in
vestigation.
DR.. John Wyttenbach, deputy
r~.onor, who investigated, said the
laundryman evidently had been
dead four or five hours. He ordered
the body sent to city morgue for
an immediate autopsy.
Willie's Sings real name was Gong
Dun Jung. He was born in San
Francisco. Several years ago he
went to China and was married.
His widow and a son, 4, live in
China.
Two Cousins Live Here
He has two cousins living in IN
dianapolis, Louis Moy, 122 South
Illinois street, and George Sam, 754
FIT. Wayne avenue, both of whom
arrived at the laundry shortly after
being notified of the murder. An
uncle, Charles Moy, is proprietor OF
cafe at Muncie.
Al Westbrook, occupant OF a
neighboring business Office, said
about two months ago Mr.. Sing told
him that he intended to return to
China soon.
Acquaintance said the slain man
kept only small change in the cash
drawer, going to the back of the
laundry to obtain change for sums
larger than so cents.
He was reputed to have kept large
sums of money hidden in the laun-
dry, and police began minute
search of the premises. An old bank
book indicated Mr.. Sing had lost a
large sum in the defunct Meyer
Kiser bank
Mr.. Sing had operated a laundry
at the same address six or seven
years, according to acquaintance.